The National University of Singapore (NUS), founded in 1905, is consistently ranked among the best universities in Asia and also in the world. NUS decided to put the individual Gömböc 1905, carrying its year of foundation as serial number, on permanent exhibit. Gömböc 1905 was presented to the President of NUS, Professor Tan Eng Chye by H.E. Judit Pach, ambassador of Hungary in Singapore. (see upper photo).
The ceremony was attended also by Sir Konstantin Sergeevich Novoselov (left photo) , professor at NUS and also at the University of Manchester who in 2010 received the Nobel Prize in physics jointly with Andre Geim for inventing graphene. Professor Novoselov was instrumental in bringing Gömböc 1905 to NUS. The picture on the right shows Prof. Novoselov explaining the properties of the Gömböc to ambassador H.E. Judit Pach (left), Deputy Head of Mission Olivér Fodor (middle) and Assoc. Prof. Victor Tan (right), Vice Chairman of the Department of Mathematics at NUS.
The production of Gömböc 1905, 90mm tall, made from AlMgSi alloy, was supported by Ottó Albrecht and it is on permanent display in the showcase in the Common Room of the Department of Mathematics at NUS, located in building S17:
NUS announced the event on its facebook page and the Faculty of Science on its website: