CV 0001

Civil Engineering
&
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Sustainable Built Environment

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 Team Presentation Project
Self-define a topic in the
following areas:
Green
Sustainable
building &
waste
sustainable
manageme
constructio
nt
n

Space
Sustainable
creation for
transportati
sustainable
on
urban living
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 Team Project
Sample topics:

Recycled concrete aggregates for concrete production

Demolished construction waste  concrete can be recycled

Recycling municipal solid waste incineration ash as raw

materials for the production of cement
1 landfill remaining in Singapore (Pulau Semakau), lifetime 30-40yrs, can
either prolong lifespan, build another, or reduce waste – incineration reduces
80-90% of solid waste, incineration ash landfill – recycle or reuse (cement)!

Development of underground space

Singapore‘s size: 500  710 km2 due to land reclamation, deeper water as we
go out, how to create additional space to sustain living: high rise buildings &
underground space – too broad, look into fire safety within etc.
Innovative strategies to encourage car sharing, taxi
sharing, and car pooling 3
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Greener approach in transportation– but people need incentives... How can we
provide incentives to make this happen?
 Evaluation Criteria
1.
Ability to
identify the
key issues and
to define a
good topic
with proper
scope

4.
2.
Effectiveness
& feasibility
TEAM Understandin
g of the
of the
proposed
WORK background
information
solution

3.
Novelty of the
proposed 4
solution 4
 Hints
1. Ability to identify the key issues and to define a
good topic with proper scope
This is a critical step and almost determines the success of your
project
You should spend quality time to brainstorm with you teammates
to come up with a “good” topic with manageable scope
Remember this is a term project and you only have two months
Avoid defining a general topic with broad scope, such as Design
of Green Building. This type of project is generally superficial and
lack of depth
The proposed solution is often a combination of existing
technologies and is not considered novel & original

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 Hints
2. Understanding of the background information

You should equip yourself with deep knowledge in

the selected field by conducting extensive literature
review from books, journal papers, and internet…

This step is the key for you to:

Define a good topic in the field
Define a proper scope which is manageable
Create innovative solution
Provide justification to the proposed solution
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 Hints
3. Novelty of the proposed solution

The proposed solution should be novel and original

This does NOT mean it has to be a completely new
idea
The solution is considered novel and original if:
It overcomes the limitation of existing solutions (i.e.
introduces a significant improvement)
It is a combination of existing solutions and creates new
features and abilities that could not be achieved before (in
other words 1 + 1 > 2)

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 Hints
4. Effectiveness & feasibility of the proposed
solution

Provide justification to the proposed solution to

demonstrate the idea is effective and feasible now
or in 5-10 years with some additional R&D effort

Justification can be calculation, estimation,

simulation, cost-benefit analysis, prototype, etc.

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 Novel Ideas that Overcome
Limitations of Existing Solutions

Existing technology
used in new
applications

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Used Paper Recycled Paper
Vending Machine

+
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Reprocessed
Paper 10
Team Dynamics

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 Group Final Report

SUBMISSION FORMAT CONTENT

LENGTH
• Topic & scope of the
Each group project
No more than 4
should submit Arial 11pt, Single
• Background
pages information
ONE report to Dr
(excluding cover space, Normal • Proposed solution
David Chew margin
page, references • Justification
through email by (effectiveness &
and appendix)
25 Mar 5pm feasibility)

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 Report Layout

1. 3. 5. 7.
Introductio Problem Discussio Reference
n statement n s

2. 4. 6.
Literature Propose Conclusio
review d n
solution

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 Group Presentation
Each member should
participate by
presenting for 2
Each group should minutes each
give ONE presentation
(creativity is always
encouraged &
rewarded!)

Each group will present Submit your

for 15 minutes presentation slides to
(12 mins presentation + Dr David Chew by 27
3 mins Q&A) March

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 Video Creation
Within the same teams formed
for the team project, each team
is to come up with a specific The teams are expected to
product/consumption related suggest potential solutions to
issue and highlight their own reduce the overall impact on the
perspectives by reflecting on the environment.
environmental aspects of this
product.

The work shall be presented as

a short video clip of 4-5 minutes
3 main selection criteria:
prepared by the team, featuring
Content, effort, and creativity.
each student (every student has
to talk and act on the video!).
The video shall be uploaded to Submission deadline:
Dropbox and the access link has
to be sent to me by email by 7 7 March 2020
March.
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Important Deadlines

Team project
PPT Slides presentation:
Submission: 31 March, 7 April
Team project 27 March and 14 April
final report
Video submission:
creation: 25 March
7 March
Team self-
grouping:
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February

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