Filtered by: Entrepreneurship

Switching Off Waste: How Two NUS Computing Founders are Rethinking Energy Use with Ecovolt

28 February 2026

Department of Computer Science, Entrepreneurship, School of Computing, Start-Up, Student Awards, Student Feature

For Eugene and Glenn, sustainability did not begin as a grand mission. It started with frustration – high electricity bills, limited visibility, and the sense that energy was being wasted in ways no one could clearly explain or control. Eugene Chia, a Computer Science graduate from NUS School of Computing, and Glenn Quah, a final-year Information Systems student, are co-founders of Ecovolt, a startup developing smart energy solutions for schools and commercial buildings. Together with their third co-founder, Raphael, they are building systems that help organisations see, understand, and reduce energy waste at scale.

Highlights

CallBridge: Two NUS Computing Students Are Making Phone Calls Accessible for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Community

21 February 2026

Department of Computer Science, Entrepreneurship, School of Computing, Start-Up, Student Awards, Student Feature

For many deaf and hard-of-hearing people, something as routine as a phone call can mean dependence on others. Wayne and Randall could not ignore that. Both Year 2 Computer Science students at the NUS School of Computing, Wayne and Randall are the co-founders of CallBridge, an accessibility-focused app designed to help deaf and hard-of-hearing users make and receive phone calls independently. What started as a hackathon project has since grown into a real-world tool, shaped closely by the community it serves.

Bytes

NUS Computing Students Put Singapore on the Map with Hult Prize Win

10 September 2025

Department of Computer Science, Entrepreneurship, Feature, Global Competitions, Student, Student Awards, Tech for Good

Media Mentions

Good Tech: From scroll to Snowball – Turning screen time into hobby time

13 August 2025

Alumni, Department of Computer Science, Entrepreneurship, News Media, Tech for Good

Social media apps are built to keep you scrolling, and that’s not an easy habit to break. But what if there’s an app specially designed to help you spend your free time more intentionally and meaningfully? On Good Tech, Lynlee Foo speaks to Sindhu Mohan (NUS BBA alumna, 2025) and Vishnu Sundaresan (NUS Computer Science alumnus, 2024), Co-Founders of Snowball to learn more about a very different kind of social media that rewards you for living more offline.

Money FM 89.3, 13 Aug 2025

Media Mentions

Good Tech: How two NUS grads built an AI study tool for struggling students

30 July 2025

Alumni, Department of Computer Science, Entrepreneurship, News Media, Tech for Good

Can AI make high-quality academic support more accessible and empower students to learn better, not just faster? Two graduates from the National University of Singapore saw an opportunity to do that. On Good Tech, Lynlee Foo speaks to Andre Lim and Jed Ng, co-founders of Pallo (Formally called Check) , an AI-powered tool developed to offer hyper-personalised academic support for students from secondary school to junior college.

Money FM 89.3, 30 Jul 2025