Host Faculty/ Department

Department of Chemistry
Faculty of Science

Internship Title

Green Catalysis

Duration of Internship

27 May – 19 July 2013

Supervisor / Mentor

Professor Andy HOR / Mr Fei XUE

Internship Description

Host Faculty/ Department

Department of Chemistry
Faculty of Science

Internship Title

Understanding outer membrane assembly in Gram-negative bacteria

Duration of Internship

27 May – 19 July 2013

Supervisor/ Mentor

Dr CHNG Shu Sin

Internship Description

Gram-negative bacteria are able to live in harsh environments due to the presence of the outer membrane, which serves as an effective permeability barrier that prevents toxic molecules. Many classes of antibiotics (macrolides, glycopeptides, etc) are not effective in treating Gram-negative infections because they cannot penetrate the outer membrane. Furthermore, resistance to effective drug classes (β-lactams, fluoroquinolones, etc) is already on the rise, underscoring the need to invent new strategies to fight Gram-negative pathogens. Since the outer membrane is essential for the survival of these pathogens, and compromising outer membrane integrity enables the use of many antibiotics currently only effective against Gram-positive pathogens, the molecular machines that build the outer membrane have great potential as new targets for antibiotic discovery. A mechanistic understanding of how the outer membrane is assembled would thus be extremely valuable. During this internship, the intern will be expressing and purifying membrane protein complexes involved in processes important for outer membrane assembly and stability. These protein complexes will be characterized using biochemical assays to study their functions.

The intern should be able to:

Skills required:

Host Faculty/ Department

Department of Computer Science
School of Computing

Intership Title

Computer Vision and Machine Learning

Duration of Internship

13 May – 2 August 2013

Supervisor/ Mentor

Dr Li CHENG

Internship Description

The intern is expected to develop vision/learning algorithms for biological and medical applications.

Skills required:

Host Faculty/ Department

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Faculty of Engineering

Internship Title

Tele-rehabilitation System for Stroke Rehabilitation

Duration of Internship

27 May – 19 July 2013

Supervisor / Mentor

Associate Professor Arthur TAY

Internship Description

The ability to monitor and measure accurately, comfortably, and continuously the progress of a patient undergoing rehabilitation, without injecting cumbersome wires or boxes into their activities, has the potential to revolutionize health therapies and services.

In this work, we propose to develop affordable, wireless, lightweight monitoring system that will be well tolerated by stroke patients, and can be performed over the duration needed to obtain results. The sensors will be developed with the direct and frequent involvement of doctors, therapists, and the patients themselves (the end-users), e.g. different types of sensors will be used for different exercises. The proposed therapy system allows patients to improve their motor control by providing them with real-time feedback using wireless sensors embedded in the wearable devices.

The focus of this work is to develop sensors that measure the strength of a patient during different rehab exercise. This is a collaboration project with NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and Singapore General Hospital.

Skills required:
The student should have basic knowledge of programming (e.g. C++, Matlab).  Knowledge of embedded systems would be good but not compulsory.  The project will allow the candidate to work with healthcare workers, patients, engineers in the development of tele-rehabilitation devices, as well as involvement in data analysis/collection.

Host Faculty/ Department

NUS Museum, NUS Centre For the Arts

Internship Title

Portraits Exhibition

Duration of Internship

27 May – 19 July 2013

Supervisor / Mentor

Ms FOO Soo Ling

Internship Description

This internship will be centred around an exhibition featuring portraits from various Straits Chinese families. The exhibition will explore the social motivations behind the commissioning of portraits during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the mix of cultural influences which characterized the practice.

The intern will assist in exhibition preparations, setup and administrative duties.

The intern will be exposed to Straits Chinese culture and portraiture and learn the process of exhibition-making.

Skills required:

Host Faculty/ Department

Office of the Vice President (Campus Infrastructure)

Duration of Internship

27 May – 19 July 2013

Internship Title

Planning Assistant

Supervisor / Mentor

Ms Ashley WONG

Internship Description

The intern is required to update and manage space data, carry out space audit at selected campus sites and archive drawings and documents.

At the end of the internship, the intern will appreciate space data collection and manage of data records of the University. He will understand how spaces are managed in the University and will be familiarised on how information is consolidated to generate reports required for Management decision. He will have hands on practice on Archibus - Space management system

Skills required:
Essential to have knowledge of autocad and be conversant in understanding layout plans

Host Faculty/ Department

Office of the Vice President (Campus Infrastructure)

Duration of Internship

27 May – 19 July 2013

Internship Title

Web developer

Supervisor / Mentor

Ms Wendy CHING

Internship Description

The intern will develop the website that fulfills the concept requirement; design overall web layout, animation, graphical images, and navigation flow of website using HTML and create engagement platforms on the website.

Skills required:
Candidate should have knowledge of HTML, Dreamweaver software.