On March 10th, a delegation from the Singapore Polytechnic (SP) arrived at DTU to conduct several environmental protection projects with DTU students. The activity was part of Learning Express, initiated by Singapore Polytechnic in 2011, with the participation of Vietnam, Indonesia, Japan and Singapore. The five-week field trip around industrial parks and villages in Vietnam will be a great opportunity for DTU and SP students to learn, gain hands-on experience, exchange ideas and cultures and improve their awareness of community development.
Twenty students and some faculty members of SP and DTU will implement three collaborative projects, involving pollution treatment and environmental protection. These include the production of biodiesel fuel from waste cooking oil, the development of high productivity systems for shrimp farming, using automatic water quality control and the production of green, unbaked brick.
Students will study the production of the biodiesel fuel from the waste cooking oil of local restaurants. The shrimp farming project will be carried out at the Truong Dinh Shrimp Farm in Danang. In the production of green, un-burnt brick, students will use coconut shells, rice husks and cement to produce brick.
SP students took a tour of the DTU campus and labs. Wei Quan, a student at Singapore Polytechnic, said: “It is our pleasure to conduct environmental protection projects with DTU. The DTU facilities and equipment are state-of-the-art and I am deeply impressed by the quality of the DTU faculty and students. The trip was highly enjoyable and helped to learn more about the Vietnamese culture.”
DTU frequently sends its students abroad for field study and welcomes international students to DTU to conduct joint projects. This creates an interesting study and research environment, which steadily enhances the quality of education at DTU.
