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My name is Alvin, the President of the 33rd Management committee. As the new President of MAE club, I would first like to thank the 32nd Management committee for their hard work and contributions during the past academic year. To the students of MAE, on behalf of the 33rd Management Committee, I would like to take this opportunity to to convey my sincerest greeting to all of the MAE students.

This year marks another important milestone for MAE Club. Rebranding is an important process for the club as we strive to create a new identity as well as to instill a culture within all 2700 students in MAE. Our logo is designed in such a way that students within MAE or non MAE can easily recognize us at a glance. A logo that is of representation of every students in MAE.

Keeping in line with our vision, Vibrancy, Professionalism and Outreach, and with our mission to Build an MAE Without strangers, the club has undergone some internal restructuring in order to better serve our students. This year, we have created a new portfolio - Orientation. This portfolio will be tasked with organizing FWD(Freshmen Welcome Day) as well as bonding events for students throughout the year. We believe that in order to create a more vibrant school culture and stronger identity, we have to start with the freshmen’s first experience when they enter MAE. Publicity, Publication and MIT have also been merged to form PnP to allow the club to better coordinate operations between the portfolios. Through the merger we hope to tell a common design story in all our publicity materials so as to create our own MAE identity. Social has been renamed as Events portfolio. With this new name our Events portfolio will strive to create more events that will add vibrancy to school life within MAE. Do stay tuned for more exciting events ahead.

Last but not least, Welfare and Academics have also been combined into Student Affairs. This will be a brand new portfolio with a brand new objectives. We hope to provide our students with better Welfare and the best Academic support so that we could all excel academically together. This is a club for you students and we are here to serve you as well as to become the bridge between you and the school and we welcome all forms of feedbacks. We sincerely believe that through constant feedback can we improve as a club and better serve you. Do not hesitate to drop me an email at president@maeclub.com or Feedback@maeclub.com.

Thank you,

Alvin Foo

Perpetual Motion (PM) always strives to deliver news to the students in innovative ways. In this edition of Perpetual Motion, we are bringing you all the coverage of MAE Club events, starting from the new orientation event for MAE freshmen, Freshmen Welcome Day all the way until the first ever Supper Hop! On top of that, our team had the chance to interview three MAE students who had gone on exchange last semester and were willing to share their experience with us. Do check out the video of this interview on MAE Club Facebook Page or simply scroll down to read the story. We hope this edition of Perpetual Motion will give you a new insight of what is happening on MAE Club! For any feedbacks or suggestions, please share your thoughts to publications@maeclub.com

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Editor’s NotePresident’s NoteFreshmen Welcome DayMAE WeekInvestitureSubcomm Bonding SessionMAEat-VeningGoing Exchange?MAE Crossword

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Stefan Putra LionarAssistant Managing Editor

Index

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8th August is a significant milestone for the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) as we welcome the new batch of juniors. Freshmen Welcome Day (FWD) was a new initiative by the school to help shaping a unique school identity and to bring forward a vibrant image of MAE to the incoming MAE freshmen. The preparation for this camp started all the way in February when the organizing committee was formed.

Along the way we had more than 100 Group Leaders (GL) and Game Masters joining the FWD family, after rigorous training and preparation. Finally our

GLs and Game Masters were ready for the big day to welcome the freshmen to the big MAE family. It was an exciting moment for all of us as this was the first time MAE hosted such an event to welcome all the freshmen on board.

The theme of this camp was supervillains and every freshman was grouped in an Orientation Group. A grand total of 6 clans, 30 Orientation groups and 650 students got together and began the day through various talks and ice breaker games before going through the amazing race where the freshmen were being brought to different part of the campus.

After going through 6 station games, the best clan was finally decided at the NIE hockey pitch where we had our finale there. During the finale, each clan presented their own clan mascot where Clan Joker won the best Mascot Award. The grand finale for FWD was the tug of war competition where each clan needed to send a team of 20 to compete. After many rounds of contest, Clan Red Skull won the grand finale and was eventually crowned as the best clan of the day.

After the event, there were smiles of satisfaction from all the freshmen as they made new friends. This was what the

organizing committee aimed to achieve. Although the GLs and Game Masters were tired, they were satisfied with their effort. They had managed to bring much fun and laughter to all freshmen under their care. FWD 2014 was a resounding success and we hope it will stay for many years to come. Together, we hope to create a unique identity for all MAE students.

Stay tuned for FWD 2015!

Alvin Foo (FWD Chairperson)

Freshmen Welcome Day

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Cathay movie tickets were in high demand throughout the event

Having fun with the basketball arcade game.

Asst. Prof Wong Chee How officially started MAE Week 2014

The proud winner of our grand prize!

Crowds were intensely waiting for the grand prize lucky draw

MAE WeeK 2014 EVENTS

Special present from MAE Club for May, June, July and August babies’

Cup Stacking has never been this fun before

Siang Lim, GoPro winner for Facebook Photo Contest

Queuing for goodie bags and free McChicken

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The investiture, which was held on Wednesday, 24th September 2014, highlighted the beginning of the journey of the new 33rd MAE Club Committee as a whole. This event was attended by quite significant number of students from Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, ranging from freshmen to graduating students, as well as three guests of honor, namely Prof. Ooi Kim Tiow, Asst. Prof. Wong Chee How, and Assoc. Prof. Lee Yong Tsui.

Investiture 2014

As the light was dimmed, an emotionally-moving video was played to exhibit all past events that the 32nd Committee has successfully done and achieved. The students were silently watching and giggling as the photos that remind them of many unforgettable moments were shown on the screen. This video, I believe, has said more than a thousand words and has become a source of inspiration that drives the incoming committee to do as much, or even better.

“It has been a remarkable year for MAE Club and for me,” said Lee Ming Hor, the former president of MAE Club. He went on to thank all the people that have supported MAE Club under his leadership, especially the professors who have provided him with valuable guidance and advices. He ended his message on a positive note by believing that the incoming 33rd Committee will continue the legacy and soar up.

An interesting thing occurred when it was Prof. Ooi Kim Tiow’s turn to deliver a short message. Observing that quite a number of students are somehow neglected and isolated in their own world, he challenged the incoming committee to find a solution to this problem. He expects that a student should not be only good academically, but also should be active in a club that helps him/her grow personally.

The 33rd Management Committee is fully prepared to realize this year’s

motto: “MAE without Strangers”

It was finally the peak of the event as the new president, Alvin Foo, made his way to the front podium.

“Vibrancy, professionalism, and outreach,” he confidently mentioned the vision of MAE Club for this year. Under his leadership, a new portfolio called Orientation has been created and one of its objectives is to make the freshmen feel at home in university. This also can be considered as an approach to address the challenge Prof. Ooi mentioned. It seems that MAE is attempting to incorporate a new value, a culture that emphasizes on the significance of “family”. On top of that, he also paid attention to the needs of the final year students by arranging numerous enrichment programmes such as interview skill, presentation skill, and resume writing class. Lastly, he reminded his team about the reasons they join MAE club as a committee. It is to bring MAE to a greater height.

Prof. Ooi Kim Tiow

Chun YuanLeadership DevelopmentProgrammeme President

“I hope that the incoming committee can organize

events that involve us too. When you are focusing on how to serve the students, we are often the ones that are neglected,” he jokingly

said. He wants to know the students better and if chance permits, playing together will

undoubtedly help much.

“The most essential things are the willingness to learn and the communication between each committee. One may

be inexperienced, but as long as he/she is not shy to ask, a meaningful lesson is up

ahead.”

by Samuel Juan

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It was a bright, sunny Saturday morning on the 11th of October, when the MAE subcommittee members gathered in front of The Quad, eager to get the session started and have a blast. The enthusiastic youngsters were spilt into 6 groups: the bloodthirsty Draculas, the beastly Werewolves, the spooky Ghosts, the powerful Frankenstein, the malicious Witches, and the undead Zombies each with its own GL. A bunch of ice breaking games set the gears of the SBS spinning and the bonding session was well on its way. The laughs, the giggles, the chitter-chatter going all around and the hilarious forfeits some of the members were asked to do, made the entire occasion a wonderful experience. After the ice breaking games, the bonding session’s host, Low Choon Chye, introduced his organizing committee. Then, the MAE Club president, Alvin Foo, was called upon to officially inaugurate the event.

The first set of games for the day were spread out over the entire campus. However, the curiosity to find out what fun-filled games laid ahead, pulled each OG across the distance they had to span and all their effort did

not end in vain. The games were brilliant, blending a competitive and cheerful mood perfectly to give the participants some of their best memories of SBS. One of the highlights of the station games was the water volleyball. 2 OGs were pitted against each other, and it was an extremely enjoyable activity, with water balloons spurting in their faces when each OG tried to catch those that came flying their way.

The special game of the day was the Zombie Apocalypse that took place at the field next to NIE. The misty weather and the facial expressions of the zombies gave the field the perfect spooky setting, but the excitement that each participant experienced made it one of the best games of the day.

It was finally time for the day’s finale – the skit and the cheer the OGs were supposed to perform. After a brief entertainment session, when a few sub & maincomm members displayed their artistic talents, each OG was invited to the floor to perform their piece. All performances were stunning, but the Zombies completely outshone the other OGs with their Plants vs

Zombies skit and the creative Ra-Ra cheer.

The second day of the SBS was on a completely different level; the expressions of delight and joy on the faces of the club’s freshmen were testament to this fact. The games for the second day took place at the SRC swimming pool, and were a series of 4 station games; Water Charades and Wet Waffle Balls a few among them. The highlight was once again the mass game at the end that made every OG put in all their might. The most memorable occasion was most certainly when every OG teamed up to force the MAE Club president over the platform and into the pool. But the amalgam of comradery and the spirit to win, made the game truly enjoyable.

The Zombies were declared the best OG, which, according to how well they were performing, was no surprise. And with that, like everything else, the SBS had to unfortunately come to an end. From the looks on every member’s faces, it could be seen that they were already looking forward to the SBS next year; that was how good it was…

SUBCOMM BONDING SESSIONby Rahul

PROGRAMME

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MAEAT-VENINGDIET CAN WAIT

The rendezvous point was near Tan Chin Tuan Lecture Theatre. While waiting for the bus, ice-breaking games were played among the group fellows, such as concentration game, name-chain game, etc.

On the way to the first stop, some games were played in the bus. One of the games was called

Charades, a word guessing game. The first person was given a word related to food. He, then, had to use body gestures to describe the food to the next person until the last person, who had to guess what the word meant. Participants were enthusiastic while playing this game as the gestures comically transformed from one person to the other.

After an hour long trip, the groups finally arrived at the Balestier Market of Novena which is a well-known hawker center. During dinner, the groups shared dishes so everybody could taste each of the delicacies.

Afterwards, the groups proceeded to the next location for dessert. Each group went to their respective dessert parlours where the dessert complemented the cuisines well.

After dessert, the groups made their way to The Roti Prata House which serves Indian Cuisine and is famous for its huge variety of toppings. There, a photo competition between the groups was held. It was about taking a photo containing as many MAE

logos as possible. Group 1 was announced as the overall winner after the final games were played.

MAEat-Vening finally came to an end as the participants gained an extra kilo. It was a tiring yet a refreshing day. Many thanks for the awesome Events Committee!

MAEat-vening 2014 was an outing event organized by MAE Club Events Committee with the purpose of refreshing and bonding the MAE students. It was attended by around 100 people who were divided into 4 groups.

by Andramica

EVENTS

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Going Exchange?United States of America, Europe and South Korea are on top of the list of popular destinations for student’s

exchange programme. Perpetual Motion had the chance to interview three MAE students, namely Dalton Lim, Wee

Ting and Wang Yawei who had the privilege to spend a semester in University of Illinois USA, KAIST South Korea

and University of Stratchlyde Europe respectively.

What was your first impression when you arrived at the university?

Dalton: I was marveled when I first saw the grand structure of the school which features the castle-style building and has been standing for over a century.

Wee Ting: The first thing that popped up in my mind was “Am I in Hogwarts?” The university has a classical architecture style with a lot of castle like structures. This gave a great start to my exchange experience.

Yawei: The most noticable difference was the climate as I arrived during winter season and KAIST is also a huge university.

How do you explain the cultural differences in your country of study?

Dalton: I think the Americans are more chilled and relaxed when it comes to work, but that doesn’t mean they don’t do their work. Unlike us, Asians, who like to get our work done way before the deadline.

Wee Ting: The classes are much smaller and the primary focus during tutorials was on the interaction between tutors and students. The locals were also quite approachable and friendly which made it easier for me to befriend them.

Yawei: It was the unity. Singapore’s

culture is very diverse. But in Korea, the residents are mostly Korean.

What is the most memorable and unforgettable moment there?

Dalton: It was when I got to travel with friends that I met there. We went to several Illinois’ most famous landmarks together. I also had my first experience in skydiving during my exchange.

Wee Ting: I planned a backpacking trip all by myself to the Isle of Skye, a famous landmark in Scotland. When I arrived at the hostel, I found out that my roommates were two Canadians whom I joined randomly. We had a number of

wonderful and unpredictable adventures.

Yawei: It was when I joined a Dance CCA in KAIST. During this time, I could practice my Korean through daily conversation with the locals. After preparing for the concert for about 2 months, I could finally perform on stage with my friends.

In what ways do you think your exchange programmeme benefits your personal development and future career?

Dalton: The very reason I wanted to take exchange programmeme was to expose myself to the outside world and see what it’s like to meet a variety of people

in the world. My exchange programmeme gave me the opportunity to learn how to interact and work with people who are different than me. I hope that the skill I acquired will be useful in the workplace.

Wee Ting: Throughout the exchange programme, I gradually became more independent and learned how to handle things better on my own. It also boosted my confidence to tackle unpredictable situations.

Yawei: I was not the type of person who could speak up well; however, I feel an improvement in that aspect now. In terms of career, I am planning to work there after I graduate. Although language is still an obstacle, I feel very comfortable living there. If I have a chance, I will give it a shot.

What are the major pulls that attract you to choose this university?

Dalton: Among all the choices that we had in terms of engineering faculty, it was one of the top choices available. I wanted to learn how this university is different from NTU and bring some knowledge back home.

Wee Ting: Firstly, I love nature and Scotland has a lot of breathtaking landscapes. Secondly, the University of Strathclyde has a very good reputation and is also the alma mater of a number of MAE professors.

Yawei: I am really into a Korean culture as I heard the people there are very warm and friendly. Also,

being an Aerospace student, this university offers quite vast choices of core modules that I can match.

Do you have any advices for those students who are interested to go on exchange programmes and want to make the most out of it?

Dalton: Travel as much as you can but do not neglect your studies. If you can manage your work, try your best to travel around.

Wee Ting: Don’t be afraid to try out new things and make friends with people because it is the best time for you to explore more about yourself.

Yawei: I think you need to make a priority list and rank your goals. My utmost priorities were to feel the Korean culture and mingle with the locals.

How do you describe your experience in one or two sentences?

Dalton: It has been a challenging and fruitful experience.

Wee Ting: It was a wonderful experience that helped me discover my potential and develop myself into a better individual.

Yawei: Unforgettable, fulfilling, and enriching!

INTERVIEW

Dalton LimUniversity of Illinois

Teo Wee TingUniversity of Stratchlyde

Wang YaweiKAIST

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Across1. Messenger of love in Roman mythology3. Another name for Asian Games6. NTU School of Communication and Information8. National anthem of Singapore, ___ Singapura11. Singapura means ___12. Longest river in France13. Electro-mechanical device, often resembling a human or animal.15. MRT Station between Marsiling and Admiralty17. Singapore’s most well-known shopping street20. Strong Italian coffee22. In Parkinson’s Law, work ____ so as to fill the time available for its comple-tion23. SS3-B2-1025. Chamomile and Oolong are popular types of this beverage26. Eating House & Catering @ Hall 1629. The S for CEST30. A historical building in Singapore that is currently a food center31. Star Wars and Indiana Jones director, George ___32. Singapore was founded by Sir Stamford ___33. Vanda “Miss Joaquim”, Singapore’s national flower is a type of ___

Down2. If the flame is hot enough, the gases are ionized and become this state of matter4. MAE stands for ___5. The god of sky and thunder in Greek mythology7. MAE Event on 1st and 2nd September 20149. Singaporean popular spicy noodle soup10. Scoring 10 on Mohs’ scale, this gemstone is the hardest material known14. Building besides NTU SSC, ___ Healthcare16. ______ Barrage, a dam in Singapore18. NTU Research Techno Plaza19. 33rd MAE Club President21. Tourist attraction island in Singapore23. Light beam that has useful applications in many fields of science and industry24. Nasty sprite known, in legend, for the trick it plays on humans27. MA100128. In Singapore, males contribute to Military Defence by enrolling National ___

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