NUS CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR Engineering

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and National University of Singapore Sign Research Partnership Agreement

Partnership will Foster Research in Chemical, Energy, and Materials Sciences, with an Initial Focus on Desalination, Water Treatment and Nanostructured Materials for Catalysis

The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) signed a partnership agreement on 25 March 2008 with the National University of Singapore (NUS). The universities will collaborate on advancing scientific research, graduate education and technological development in fundamental and applied sciences for the benefit of their respective countries and the world.

As an initial phase of the research collaboration, KAUST is offering an award of about US$ 5.5 million over roughly a 3-year period to NUS in support of three research projects in the fields of desalination and nanomaterials in the NUS Faculty of Engineering.

The partnership, coordinated by Prof Raj Rajagopalan (Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering), representing NUS, includes projects on

The projects will be led by Prof Ng Kim Choon (Mechanical Engineering), Prof Neal Chung Tai-Shung (Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering), and Prof Zeng Hua Chun (Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering), and will be assisted by Prof Raj Rajagopalan.

As part of the announcement, KAUST and NUS (which announced their intent to collaborate in June 2007) agreed to partner on the design, construction and initial operation of research centers and laboratory facilities; to cooperate on research projects conducted by either NUS, KAUST, or both; to hold scientific and/or technical meetings on topics of mutual interest; to exchange personnel (scientific, technical and administrative staff) for varying periods of time; and to exchange information on research and engineering in energy sciences.