Stability and deformation of underground excavation in rocks by Koh, Dezhan.

“…Different factors that affect the stability and deformation of an underground rock excavation are examined to find out what kind of effect they have on an underground excavation. …”
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Best switching angles of multilevel DC/AC inverters by Ye, Jian.

“…The multilevel inverters operate at fundamental frequency, so that the switching loss can be reduced comparing to PWM inverter.The main objective of this project is to find out the best switching angles for different level of diode clamped inverter and simulate a few level of diode clamped inverter.…”
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Superconvergence of linear finite elements on simplicial meshes by Chen, Jie

“…In four dimensional spaces, we find that there is no simplicial mesh that satisfies the edge pair condition.…”
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How to profit from pharmaceutical IPO first day returns. by Chew, Benjamin Wei Chiang., Chua, Hui Ting., Soon, John Hao Han.

“…This paper aims to create a model, with which retail investors can use historical financial information to find out if the IPO price is over or undervalued. …”
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Singaporean men and marriage. by Ko, Chong Tat.

“…My research focuses heavily on Singaporean Chinese single and unmarried men without university qualifications. I intend to find out more about their attitudes towards marriage even though they are not lowly educated. …”
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Moving online - exploring the effects of online communication on social interactions. by Goh, Gloria Yu Yu.

“…Additionally, respondents find online interaction on social media to lack a quality of communication that offline interaction provides.…”
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Measurement of Base-of-Support gait parameter using UWB radios by Chow, Justina Xiu Ting.

“…The objectives of this project is to prove the reliability of the UWB system compared to other tracking devices like the motion sensor and conduct an experiment to find the Base-of-Support (BOS) distance for different walking speeds.…”
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Clean energy generator : redesign by Chan, KaChun.

“…Fossil fuel are still mainly used to generate electricity which is not good for the environment as it increases pollution and the fuel sources is depleting, hence it is essential to find viable alternative to replace fossil fuelled power plants. …”
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Target detection in stationary background by Liu, Lu.

“…In this experiment, we are trying to find the moving object by using webcam, and three basic image processing algorithms are used to get the best result. …”
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Income distribution in Singapore - an overview by Chua, Kok Chuan, Hoh, Chee Chong

“…Our report attempts to study the income distribution pattern in Singapore and find out how much the poor received as compared to the rich. …”
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A study on the extent of Singaporeans' knowledge of their history by Chan Lai Yin Ivy Hannah, Ong Siok Lay Jessie, Tay Siang Ling Hannah

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Educational data mining for structured mathematical questions by Kok, Mun Kiat

“…As such, solving O-level elementary math requires a different skill set of being able to identify concepts being tested before applying the mathematical skill to find the solution. The project aims to use latent semantic analysis and BM25F scoring algorithm in search engines to successfully identify patterns and key features of questions as well as classify a data base of O-level mathematic questions. …”
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Age and productivity : a sector perspective by Gan, Geraldine Xinya, Shia, Lisong, Yang, Fan

“…We theorize that different demands of the labour force necessitated by the different sectors results in varying productivity profiles. The findings that an expansion of the service industry will likely flatten the overall productivity profile suggest a relatively flat profile of the service industry. …”
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An evaluation on the local government expenditure in China : productivity, efficiency and optimality by Liao, Zhaopeng, Chen, Lin, Tong, Yiling

“…In light of past work, we revise and generalize Barro’s model and apply it in the context of China. We find that local government expenditure in China is productive. …”
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Analysis of total factor productivity growth in marine and offshore industry by Chia, Cheryl Xin Yu, Lin, Joyce Shi Ying, Neo, Kai Min

“…The main motivation behind this paper is to estimate the Total Factor Productivity growth (TFPG) in Marine and Offshore (M&O) industry from 1981 to 2013, and find out the determinants of estimated TFPG in this industry. …”
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Influence maximization on dynamic graphs by Lim, Zi Xiang

“…Due to the great potential in targeted recommendations and viral marketing, there is a tremendous incentive to find the top k influencers. However, due to the nature of the dynamic graph, we will tackle the inherent problem of finding the top k influencers as the dynamic graph is constantly changing. …”
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Optimal operation of combined cooling heat and power (CCHP) systems in future energy networks by Chen, Yumin

“…Besides, comparison and discussion were made on three separate scheduling modes of microgrid in order to find the best and most cost-saving mode. The results of calculation indicate that the model established in this paper could effectively reduce the operational costs. …”
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Do investors over-anticipate? : Evidence from their reactions to gain and loss contingencies by Xu, Tu

“…In this thesis, I conducted a between-participants experiment to examine how investors anticipate firms’ uncertain future outcomes in response to contingency disclosures. I find that, inconsistent with expected utility theory but consistent with findings from psychology, investors raise a firm’s valuation in response to a gain contingency as if the gain contingency has realized its best possible outcome. …”
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Web-based interactive graph visualization by Ng, Chin Teck

“…Data visualization are techniques to process dataset into a visual object for the users to view it graphically, in order to help people find patterns, trends and correlation in the complex dataset, but to perform data visualization, analyst usually needs to install software on their computers. …”
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WIthbuddy : virtual study group by Sujono, Edward

“…Regardless, student still find a difficulty to complete the online course. …”
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