Dual tracks allow the robot to mount
stairs or obstacles if required
The control interface on the PC
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The Polytechnic Student Research Programme aims to encourage polytechnic students to undertake Research & Development
by engaging them in projects carried out in collaboration with universities and research institutes. It is organised annually by NTU.
| Dual tracks allow the robot to mount stairs or obstacles if required | The control interface on the PC |
| Students | Former Sec School |
|---|---|
| Peh Jin Rui Raymond | Pasir Ris Sec |
| Chia Yong Jie | Pasir Ris Sec |
| Sim See Yong Desmond | Pasir Ris Sec |
A Search & Rescue robot developed by 3 students from the Diploma in Electronics has won the Poly Student Research Programme award.
The robot is equipped with a wireless camera that sends images to the operator at a base station. The robot is also able to negotiate stairs, and to detect and avoid obstacles in its way.
Highly versatile, the robot could potentially be used by the civil defence force to search for casualties buried in the rubble of disaster zones, especially in spaces that are too tiny to be reached by human beings.
Remarkably, all 3 project student were formerly from Pasir Ris Sec School, a possible testimony to the strong academic grounding that this neighbourhood secondary school provides.
The students received their award and $500 cash at a presentation ceremony held on 11 Mar 2008.
Polytechnic Student Research Programme 2003
Team members exhibiting their project at the presentation ceremony
| Students | Former Sec School |
|---|---|
| Ang Pei Xuan | Bedok View Sec |
| Diana Naulibasa Sutanto | (Indonesia) |
| Ong Yee Liang | (Malaysia) |
| Sung Wong Hwee | Broadrick Sec |
Temasek Engineering School's Bone Scaffold Development II, an extension of last year's project, won a project award and $5,000 cash at the Polytechnic Student Research Programme. The students received their award at a presentation ceremony held on 27 June 2003 at Singapore Polytechnic.
A follow-up from last year's project, the project team successfully fabricated Polycaprolactone scaffolds and studies have been made on these scaffolds in in-vivo and in-vitro animal experiments. In order to produce scaffolds with higher stiffness to promote more bone growth and stability in healing process, a compound material of Polycaprolactone and Tri-Calcium Phosphate was also explored. This year's project involves identifying the process parameters and fabricating the scaffolds made of the compound material for animal experiments.
NSTB-Polytechnic Research Programme 2002
 Team members receiving their prize at the award ceremony |
 Benjamin Chung making his presentation |
| Students | Former Sec School |
|---|---|
| Benjamin Chung Chee Wei | St Patrick's Sec School |
| Mohd Hariyan bin Mohd Hassan | Ngee Ann Sec School |
Temasek Engineering School's Bone Scaffold Development grabbed the Best Project Award and $5,000 cash at the NSTB-Polytechnic Research Programme presentation ceremony held on on 25 June 2002 at Singapore Polytechnic.
A follow-up from last year's project, the Bone Scaffold Development project involves the application of the principles of engineering and biology to understand the structure-function relationship in normal and pathological mammalian tissues. It also studies the development of autologous substitutes to restore, maintain, or improve tissue and organ functions.
In this project, three-dimensional porous scaffolds that have the ability to enable cellular tissue growth are used. The aim is to modify a newly acquired Fused Deposition Modelling machine (FDM3000) and identify the parameters to fabricate bioresorbable three-dimensional (3D) tissue-engineered bone scaffolds made of polycaprolactone. (PCL) with a matrix of interconnected pores.
The NUS and Temasek Engineering School have jointly filed for a U.S. patent for the design and fabrication process of the PCL scaffold.
NSTB-Polytechnic Research Programme 2001
 |
 Clockwise from left:Tan Kim Cheng, Parveen, Retz and Kian Choon at the award presentation ceremony. |
| Students | Former Sec School |
|---|---|
| Sri Retz Fernando | St Hilda Sec School |
| Parveen Kaur | Outram Sec School |
| Lim Kian Choon | Henderson Sec School |
The Bioresorbable Scaffold for Tissue Regeneration won a "Best Project" award and $5,000 cash under the NSTB-Polytechnic Research Programme, formerly known as the NTU-Polytechnic Research Programme. Made of polycaprolactone material, the revolutionary scaffold is used to aid organ regeneration in the field of tissue engineering. The award was presented to the team members at a ceremony held at the Temasek Convention Centre on 2 June 2001.
NTU-Polytechnic Research Programme 2000
 |
 Leong Chew, Founding Principal Dr Varaprasad, Dina, and Mr Nadir at the prize presentation ceremony |
| Students | Former Sec School |
|---|---|
| Dina Teng Mei Hwa (MC12) | Bedok North Sec School |
| Tan Leong Chew (MC 15) | Bedok View Sec School |
The Robotic Colonoscope project won a Gold Award user the NTU-Polytechnic Research Programme . The Robotic Colonoscope allows surgeons to view the walls of the colon in real-time, hence allowing the observation and diagnosis of diseases such as colorectal cancer. The Temasek Engineering students received their award at a prsentation ceremony heldat Singapore Polytechnic on 20 May 2000.
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