MAE Alumni in the Global Undergraduate Awards 2026
NTU MAE congratulates our alumni, whose work has been recognised as Highly Commended in the Engineering category, placing them among the top 10% of submissions worldwide. The 2026 awards received submissions from more than 100 institutions across 48 countries.
The Global Undergraduate Awards (GUA) is an international programme that recognises outstanding undergraduate research and provides a platform for students to showcase their academic work to a global community. Each submission is assessed through an international, anonymous peer-review process, involving over 400 academics and subject experts.
Aditya Ishaan Talamudipi – Class of 2025, Aerospace Engineering
As a year 2 student, Aditya received the second prize in the Electrical, Electronic, and Computer Engineering Category for his URECA project supervised by Professor Erick Lansard from NTU School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
He continued this research for his FYP-URECA project, "Tropical Vector-Borne Disease Surveillance Using Satellites", supervised by both Prof Lansard and Associate Professor Holden Li. The work explored how satellites in near-equatorial orbits can help address issues related to climate change, in this case, mosquito-borne diseases. This work was awarded the Thomas Clarkson Bronze Medal, one of five recognitions in the Engineering categories at the GUA 2026.
After graduating in 2025 with a bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Aditya joined Air Traffic Management Research Institute as a Research Engineer, continuing to explore new applications of aerospace research.
He also presented his team's research at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS2025) in Singapore, the 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2025) in Australia, and the Singapore Space Symposium (SSS) 2026, where he was also a panel speaker. The team is aiming for a journal publication as part of its future work.
Trudy Teo Zhi Hui – Class of 2026, Aerospace Engineering
For her URECA project, Trudy investigated hydrogen jets through simulations to better understand their flow characteristics, supervised by Associate Professor Daniel New. She presented this work at the International Conference for Undergraduate Research (ICUR) 2024.
Trudy advanced her research through her URECA-FYP project, "High Fidelity Simulation on Highly Pressurized Hydrogen Leakages", which was recognised with the Thomas Clarkson Bronze Medal at the GUA 2026. She conducted simulations of leakages in hydrogen jets, analysing the resulting flow structures and hydrogen concentration in the surrounding air to assess the risk of autoignition. The project was also supervised by Prof Daniel New.
In 2026, Trudy graduated with a bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering and a second major in Data Analytics with Honours (Highest Distinction), and received the Discover Scholarship. In 2025, she was also recognised in the Singapore Girls in Tech list.
Currently, she is a Repair Design Engineer (Engine Life Management Team Asia Pacific) at Pratt & Whitney, where she continues to build her career in the aviation industry.
Congratulations once again to Aditya and Trudy on this international recognition!
