Name | Research Interests |
Asst Prof Amal Chandran | • Small Satellite Development.
• Satellite Instrumentation for Atmospheric remote sensing.
• Optical and Infrared remote sensing on cubesat platforms
• Cubesat instrumentation for Ionospheric plasma measurements.
• Climate Modeling: Stratospheric Sudden Warmings, Atmospheric Coupling, Stratosphere-Mesosphere dynamics
I have PhD student positions open for suitable candidates to work on instrumentation and atmospheric modeling.
In addition to their research, the PhD students will be expected to work as student project managers/system engineers on ongoing cubesat projects, learning all aspects of cubesat development and engineering. Students with prior experience in working with satellite hardware and background in electrical/mechanical engineering and coding experience will be preferred. |
Dr Basman Elhadidi | Active Flow Control
Aerodynamics
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Remotely Operated Vehicles
Wind Turbines |
Prof (Adj) Bhangu Bikramjit Singh | Power electronics, power semiconductor devices, advanced machines and drives, intelligent power converters, sensorless control of high speed generators, battery storage, battery management systems, health monitoring of power converters and health monitoring of rotating electrical machines. |
Assoc Prof Chai Gin Boay | Composite Materials & Structures, Buckling and Failure of Structures,
Practical Application of Finite Element softwares (ANSYS, ABAQUS, MARC/MENTAT). |
Asst Prof Chan Wai Lee | Combustion modeling; Combustion instability; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); Flamelet models; Fluid-structure interactions; Gas turbine engines; High-fidelity simulations; High-speed air-breathing vehicles; Large-eddy simulations; Numerical combustion; Pollutant emission; Turbulent non-/reacting flows |
Prof Chang, Joseph Sylvester | Joseph Chang is multi-disciplinary engineer with research encompassing core CAS-related fields including analog, digital and aerospace circuits/systems; biomedical/life-sciences related-fields; and the emerging printed-electronics. He received the B.Eng (ECE) from Monash University, and Ph.D. from the Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne, and has two-years IC-related industrial-experience. He is currently with the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (and Adjunct at Texas A&M).
He has contributed to senior university administration and to ECE undergraduate/graduate education. He was the inaugural Associate-Dean of Research-and-Graduate-Studies at the 660 faculty-strong College-of-Engineering. For undergraduate education, he emphasized on promoting and instilling undergraduates’ interest in ECE, including being the chair of the Undergraduate-Research-Experience-on-Campus and Undergraduate-Research-Opportunities-Program programs, chaired Orientation-Programs and national-level undergraduate-conferences, and has given several talks in high-schools.
In the IEEE, he contributed to both core and multi-disciplinary fields, including as Guest-Editor of the Proceedings-of-the-IEEE on ‘Computational System-Biology’, Guest-Editor of the CAS-Magazine on ‘Special-Issue on Life-Sciences’, Editor of the CAS-Magazine’s Open-Column, Chairperson of the IEEE-NIH Life-Sciences-Systems-and-Applications (LiSSA) Workshop, Chairperson of two IEEE-NIH CAS-Medical-and-Environmental (CASME) Workshops, Chairperson of the LiSSA Technical-Committee, Associate-Editor of IEEE TCAS-I (3-terms) and -II, Associate-Editor of the IEEE CAS-Magazine, Distinguished-Lecturer, etc. Of specific interest, he organized the successful merging of the BioCAS and LiSSA technical-committees, largely for CAS’s concerted/united life-sciences efforts. He was instrumental in several non-IEEE establishments’ engagement in CAS’s activities, including other IEEE societies, National-Institutes-of-Health, Telemedicine-and-Advanced-Technology-Research-Center, American-Institute-of-Medical-and-Bioengineering, etc. Impact thereto includes NIH’s request for each of their 27 institutes a copy of the aforesaid CAS-magazine’s special-issue, representation by different IEEE societies at the IEEE-NIH workshops and NIH financial support for CASME.
He has published over 200 referee-reviewed publications (primarily in IEEE) and has over 20 patents (awarded/pending). In the field of ‘Class-D amplifier’, he has the most number of publications in the IEEE; and the top-ranked paper (excluding patents) and four of the top six papers in ‘Digital Class-D Amplifier’ in Google Scholar. He has received numerous grants from local and international funding-agencies (including DARPA and the EU) and from industry, amounting to >US$10M. He has founded two startups, and has designed numerous ECE-related products for industry.
His research interests are largely emerging technologies, including bioengineering, microfluidics, audiology, psychoacoustics, and analog and digital circuit designs. He leads a group of 25 researchers - externally funded - including from DARPA (USA) and from the European Union. Some description of his work may be found in the following editorials of the Proceedings of the IEEE and the IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine (where he served as a Guest Editor):
J. Chang, S. Wong, R. Newcomb and P. Häfliger, ‘Third Revolution in Medicine – the Convergence of Life Sciences with Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering’, IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, Special Issue on Life Sciences, Aug 2012
S. Wong, M. Ogorzalek and J. Chang, ‘Editorial on the Special Issue on Computational Systems Biology’, The Proceedings of the IEEE, Aug 2008 |
Prof Chen Zhong | Thin Films & Low-dimensional Materials: Thin films & nano-materials for clean energy and environmental applications; Microelectronic thin films; Protective and functional surface coatings.
Mechanical Behavior of Materials: Fracture, fatigue, and creep of bulk monolithic & composite materials, thin films and multi-layers; Experimental and computational mechanics. |
Prof Cho Mengu | Please see
http://laseine.ele.kyutech.ac.jp/english/research/index.html |
Dr Chow Wai Tuck | Maintenance Repair and Overhaul, Structures Analysis, Fracture Analysis, Engine Design and Aircraft Design. |
Asst Prof Erdal Kayacan | His research areas are computational intelligence methods, sliding mode control, model predictive control, mechatronics and unmanned aerial vehicles. |
Assoc Prof Fan Hui | Prof. Fan has been conducting research in the area of solid mechanics for over 20 years. His publications touched topics: fracture mechanics, mechanics of composites, micromechanics of defects in the solids, and multi-physics. |
Asst Prof Fan Zheng, David | - Non-destructive testing of composites
- Structure health monitoring
- Materials characterization
- Ultrasonic modeling |
Assoc Prof Huang Weimin | Shape memory materials and technologies
Smart actuators and devices
Active assembly and disassembly
Surface patterning
Yield surface of materials
Materials selection |
Assoc Prof Huang Xiaoyang | Microscale fluidics and acoustics, nonlinear acoustics, aerodynamic instabilities, flow-structure interactions. |
Asst Prof Kim Young Jin | Ultrafast Photonics for Ultra-Precision:
Advancing the ultra-precision light source technology from IR to EUV regime by ultra-short femtosecond lasers, and its interdisciplinary applications including precision metrology, optical communication, surface topography, biomedical diagnosis, space LIDARs and nano/micro material processing. |
Prof Lam Yee Cheong | Dr. Lam's research is well supported by private and public funding. His most current research endeavor is on microfluidics, which include mixing and particle separation in microchannels. His recent research activities include modeling of materials and their processing, injection moldings, fiber composite manufacturing and the behaviors of polymers. He has also conducted research in the areas of metal working, fracture mechanics, life extension of structures and finite element analysis. He has published more than three hundred technical papers. His research in plastic injection molding is supported by Moldflow Corporation, USA, the leading and dominant company in plastic injection molding simulation software. As a result of this research collaboration, Moldflow donated $12.4 million dollars of software to NTU for research and educational purposes in 2000. |
Assoc Prof Li Hua | Dr. Li Hua's area of expertise is computational science and engineering. His current research works focus on the multiphysics modelling of soft matters (smart hydrogel in BioMEMS and biological cell in micro scale fields), development of highly efficient numerical computational methodology (meshless & multiscale algorithms), simulation of sustainable energy (building energy efficiency and fuel cell system), and dynamics (high-speed rotating shell and composite materials structure). |
Asst Prof Li King Ho, Holden | Holden's research interest is in the area of microelectronics, micro and nano fabrication methods and MEMS reliability study. The area in MEMS reliability is essentially an important aspect that is lacking in the academic world. Some of his latest works include the long term reliability of MEMS sensor under high constant acceleration field and various packaging options. Besides, Holden is actively working in the area of integration of microelectronics with MEMS and system level design. |
Assoc Prof (Adj) Lim Yeow Khee | My research interest is mainly on Education and Training with special focus on Aerospace engineers and technicians. Other interests include advances in aircraft design, avionics and Air traffic Management. |
Assoc Prof Lin Rongming | These include Vibration Modelling, Modal Testing, MEMS, Dynamics of Microsystems. |
Dr Liu Shukui | (1) Marine Hydrodynamics
(2) Ship Design and Optimization
(3) Ship Performance Analysis in Seaways
(4) Ship Stability |
Prof Lu Yilong | Prof LU Yilong's research interests include modern radar systems, antennas, array signal processing, microwave circuits/devices, computational electromagnetics, evolutionary computation for optimization of complex problems. His current research works focus on new radar system concepts and demonstration, integrated millimeter wave antenna array, vector antennas, and new approaches for estimation of direction of arrival.
Below is a more detailed list of his research interests:
1. Modern Radar Systems
1.1 Passive Radar (based on GSM, DTV and WiMAX illuminations)
1.2 High Frequency Surface Wave Radar (HFSWR)
1.3 Foliage Penetration Radar
1.4 Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output (MIMO) Radar
1.5 Radar Imaging
2. Antennas
2.1 Wire antennas
2.2 Microstrip antennas
2.3 Millimeter wave antennas
2.4 Cavity antennas
2.5 Conformal antennas
2.6 Vector antennas
3. Array Signal Processing
3.1 Arbitrary digital beamforming (DBF)
3.2 Estimation of direction of arrival (DoA)
4. Microwave/Optical Circuits/Devices
4.1 Microwave digital receiver modules
4.2 Microwave filters
4.3 Integrated dielectric waveguides
4.4 Photonic crystal fiber (PCF)
5. Computational Electromagnetics (CEM)
5.1 Finite Element Method (FEM)
5.2 Method of Moment (MoM)
5.3 Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method
5.4 Wavelet Transform Method (WTM)
5.5 Efficient matrix equation solvers for generalized eigensystems
6. Evolutionary Computation
6.1 Genetic Algorithms (GA)
6.2 Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO)
6.3 Applications of Evolution Computation for Optimization of Complex problems
7. GUI Software Development
7.1 MATLAB NEC Toolbox (NEC: Numerical Electromagnetic Code)
7.2 MATLAB Receiver Toolbox
7.3 MATLAB Radar Toolbox |
Asst Prof Matteo Seita | Dr. Seita’s research is focused on the development of novel metallic materials with improved reliability and tailored properties using additive manufacturing technology. Areas of current interest are:
- Microstructure control during metal additive manufacturing;
- Development of novel additive manufacturing techniques;
- High-throughput characterization of polycrystalline metals;
- Grain boundary crystallography-property relationships;
- Environment-assisted failure of structural metals and metal alloys. |
Asst Prof Moon Seung Ki | He is interested in the boundary-spanning research that integrates the knowledge of design, engineering, and economics. His current focuses include applying economic theory to the design of customized and sustainable products and services, universal design for human variability, strategic and multidiscipline design optimization, service design and management for smart grid, and 3D additive manufacturing and welding. |
Assoc Prof New Tze How, Daniel | Jet mixing and control enhancements
Jet in cross-flow phenomenon
Impinging jets and vortex-rings
Vortex dynamics and flow physics
Experimental aerodynamics
Marine and aerospace propulsion |
Asst Prof Ng Bing Feng | Building sustainability, aerosol dynamics, VTOL, UAVs, rotary-wings, low-speed aerodynamics, fluid-structure interaction, wind/tidal energy, additive manufacturing |
Assoc Prof Ng Heong Wah | His early research interests have been in analysis and design of high temperature structures and pressure systems components including pressure vessels and piping design and analysis, fracture mechanics and defect assessment. Currently, his research focused on experimental, diagnostics, CFD modeling and simulation of plasma sprayed deposition of coatings for thermal barrier, SOFC fuel cells and other industrial applications. |
Assoc Prof Ng Yin Kwee | His main area of research is thermal imaging, biomedical engineering; computational turbomachinery aerodynamics; marine sustainable energy problems; computational fluid dynamics & computational heat transfer such as laser modelling, bioheat transfer analysis. He is the: Adjunct National University Hospital Scientist; Editor-in-Chief for the J. of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology; J. Med. Imaging and Health Informatics (Founding EiC); and strategy Assoc. Editor-in-Chief for World J. of Clinical Oncology;
Assoc. Editor for Int. J. of Rotating Machinery; Computational Fluid Dynamics J. (CFDJ); Int. J. of Breast Cancer, Chinese J. of Medicine, Open Medical Informatics J., Open Numerical Methods J., J. of Healthcare Engg, J. of Scientific Conf. Proceedings, and J. of Bionano Science & many more; co-chairman for 15th Int. Conf. on Mechanics in Medicine and Biology (2006); co-chair of the working group on thermal imagers under Medical Technology Standards Committee by SPRING, Singapore (handling the international standardisation aspects for thermal imagers for ISO-IEC) etc. |
Prof (Adj) Poh Eng Kee | Assoc Prof (Adj.) Dr Poh Eng Kee specializes in guidance, navigation, control and signal processing. His areas of research focus on advanced navigation and control design for unmanned aerial vehicles and autonomous underwater vehicle, satellite formation control and communication, GPS receiver design and algorithms. |
Assoc Prof Sameer Alam | Artificial Intelligence methods for Air Traffic Management and Airport Operations
Machine Learning
Swarm Intelligence and Ant Colony Optimization
Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Computation
Multi Objective Optimization |
Assoc Prof Seah Leong Keey | Phase-resolved Imaging, Latent Fingerprint Imaging, Strain Measurement, Thin-Walled Structures, Buckling Analysis, Structural Behaviour, |
Dr Sellakkutti Rajendran | Dr Rajendran’s current research focuses on computational methods related to novel finite elements, meshless methods, and vibration and buckling of aircraft structures. Some past researches include molecular dynamics (MD) simulation of carbon nanotubes and graphene, computational methods for large eigenproblems, modelling of MEMS gyroscope and delamination buckling of composites. |
Assoc Prof Shu Dong Wei | Drop test of Seagate Hard Disk Drives and other consumer products;
Working with the defence industry and the hard disk drive industry;
High speed camera at speed upto 20,000 fps;
Impact tester at peak accleration upto 10,000g;
Effects of delaminations in laminate composites on vibration and buckling;
Piezo-electric sensors and actuators embedded in composites as vibration control-Theory;
Piezo-electric ceramics fibres and particulates embedded in piezo-electric polymers;
Stress of solder, metal foams, AZ90 and MA50 alloys at high strain rate of about 1000/s.
Study on the Split Hopkinson Bar technique;
FEM simulation of collision, energy absorbing devices (EAD)
Ballistic testing on novel materials such as SMA, Solder, and metal foams;
Spina Bifida in salamander and its early development;
Youngs Modulus of metal foams;
Youngs modulus of tropical swine bones under different moistures. |
Assoc Prof Sridhar Idapalapati | Mechanics of Materials; Failure Ananlysis; composites consolidation with CNTs; Optimal Sandwich Panels design as protective structures; Nanoindentation and contact mechanics especially for adhesion; bone fracture fixation |
Assoc Prof Sunil C. Joshi | His research expertise emcompass - Process modelling for composites, Transition mechanisms in hydrogels, Novel composites, and Thermal controls for micro-satellites.
(For more details, visit personal homepage - http://ntu.edu.sg/home/mscjoshi/
Alternatively, for research publications visit - http://www.researcherid.com/rid/G-5082-2010)
The current and past research activities include -
** Numerical simulation and optimization of composites manufacturing processes:
- FE/NCV approach for heat and mass transfer simulation in fabrication assemblies for prepreg moulding,
resin transfer moulding, resin film infusion processes
- Modelling resin curing, mould filling, resin film infusion, polymer crystallization phenomena
- Simulation of pultrusion process for monolithic and sandwich panels
- Optimization of pultrusion parameters including resin shrinkage
** Polymer blends and thermo-sensitive hydrogels:
- Studies on rheological behaviour, shear heating in injection moulding
- Modelling of ceramic tape casting, polymer blends processing, demoulding
- Thermo-reversibility of physical hydrogels
- Simulation of gelation/ degelation of hydrogels
- Fluid uptake and drug release of HPMC tablets
** Design, analysis and testing of thermal controls for micro-satellites:
- Outgassing and surface characterization of thermal control coatings
- Thermal analysis of spacecrafts in orbit
- Modelling for thermal radiation properties of coated substrates
- Plasma-spray coatings
- Thermal vacuum and balance testing of micro-spacecrafts
- Qualification testing of spacecraft test appendages
** Fibre reinforced and other composites:
- Studies on delamination, composite repairs and joints
- Failure analysis of the aircraft tail sections, composite bridge deck sections
- Behaviour of woven composites and FMLs
- Hygrothermal testing of polymer composites
- Nano-engineered composites
- Silica aerogel composites (patent filed, licensed, for its launch media release, visit http://media.ntu.edu.sg/MediaReports/Pages/newsdetail.aspx?news=c3c76e6e-497c-4cea-b0b8-9e3b347d7ac5) |
Assoc Prof Tai Kang | design automation, design optimization, multiobjective optimization, structural optimization, topology optimization, shape optimization, evolutionary computation, genetic and evolutionary algorithms, computational intelligence, discrete and combinatorial optimization, compliant mechanisms, flexural mechanisms, finite and boundary element analysis, paperboard packaging, folding and unfolding of 3D folded structures, flat pattern design, computational geometry, UAV trajectory planning, sensor network deployment, probability collectives, collective intelligence, system identification, mathematical modeling |
Assoc Prof Tegoeh Tjahjowidodo | dynamics, vibration, (nonlinear) identification and modelling |
Prof Vu N. Duong | My research interests are in the junction of Air Traffic Management, Artificial Intelligence, Complex Systems Modelling, and Data Analytics. |
Assoc Prof Wang Jianliang | 1. Robust and Reliable Control, Fault Detection and Identification, Nonlinear Control, and Model Predictive Control.
2. Applications to Aircraft Flight Control System Design.
3. Control of Graphics Rendering Process. |
Assoc Prof Wong Chee How | Associate Professor Wong Chee How's research interests largely involves numerical work, simulation and modeling. (1) Under the ambit of atomistic simulations, his research interests include investigation of properties of materials at nano-scale. Current research also includes modelling of additive manufacturing processes. (2) Recently, he also picked up interest in exploration of advanced numerical and theoretical framework and associated implementation for asymmetric lift production. |
Asst Prof Wu Yanhua | Experimental diagnostics of complex fluid systems including smooth- and rough-wall turbulent flows, biological fluids, turbulence and flow control, unsteady aerodynamics of flapping wing flight, bio-mimic flows, multi-phase reactive flows, and fluid engineering related to renewable energy. |
Assoc Prof Xiao Zhongmin | Nano and Micro Mechanics of interacting defects in Composite Materials;
Elastic-plastic Fracture Mechanics for Engineering Structures and Materials;
Failure Analysis and Prevention of Aerospace Structures, Offshore Structures and Related Materials. |
Prof Yang Yaowen | (a) Application of smart sensor technology for structural health monitoring;
(b) Energy harvesting using smart materials;
(c) Uncertainty analysis and modeling for structural systems; and
(d) Evolutionary computation for optimization and inverse problem solving; |
Prof Yue Chee Yoon | Advanced materials modeling, processing and properties with emphasis on fibre reinforced composites, liquid crystalline polymer-based polymer blends, micro-replication techniques, nanocomposites and applications of polymers in biomedical engineering and microelectronics. Interfacial properties of composites; surface treatment and modification; adhesion; solvent welding of polymers; prediction of long-term properties of polymers. Micro- and nano-manufacturing with a focus on micro-embossing of polymers aimed at the production of microfluidic devices. |
Assoc Prof Zhou Kun | — First-principles calculation and atomistic simulation
— Synthesis, characterization and modeling of nanomaterials
— Material reliability and sustainability (fatigue, wear and corrosion)
— Contact mechanics and tribology
— 3D printing
— Energy and environmental technologies |