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Name	Research Interests
Assoc Prof Alton Chua Yeow Kuan	His current research interests lie in information and knowledge management, communities of practice, online education and social computing
Assoc Prof Appa Iyer Sivakumar	Advanced Manufacturing Systems Engineering; Design, Planning, & Scheduling of Manufacturing systems; Supply Chain and Logistics Analysis; Operations Research; Planning & design of Supply Chain; Multi-Objective Optimization, Discrete Event Simulation, Scheduling, Logistics, and Research Methodology
Asst Prof Arvind Sainathan	Supply Chain Management Interface of Operations Management/Marketing Healthcare Operations
Assoc Prof Chen Chun-Hsien	Assoc Prof Chen Chun-Hsien's areas of expertise are Industrial/Product Design, Knowledge Engineering, and Decision Support Systems. His current research work focuses on collaborative/human-centric/consumer-oriented product design and development, knowledge management, decision support systems and artificial intelligence in product/engineering design.
Asst Prof Chen Songlin	My research is generally positioned at the interface between engineering and economics concerning the design and operations of advanced manufacturing/service systems. Specific research topics include: Mass customization, Manufacturing and service operations, System reliability and risk management, and Supply chain contracting. Personal Website: http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/home/Songlin/
Asst Prof Cheung Sai Hung	-Catastrophe risk modeling, analysis, mitigation and management due to natural disasters and man-made hazards -Reliability, Risk engineering and science -Stochastic dynamics -Complexity science -Earthquake engineering, Performance-based engineering -Sustainable urban planning and development -Climate Change Impact Studies -Optimal decision making, design and control under uncertainty -Uncertainty quantification, System identification -Structural health monitoring
Dr Chew Ah Seng, David	Prof David Chew's areas of expertise are Construction and Project Management, Relationship Marketing for International Construction, Partnering and Strategic Alliances for Infrastructure Projects, Strategic Management of China's Construction Industry and Competitiveness of International Construction Firms. His current research works focus on Impact of Construction Regulations on Foreign-invested Construction Enterprsies in China and Supply Chain Management for Construction.
Asst Prof Chua Geoffrey Bryan Ang	His research interests are in (1) Analysis and Design of Flexible Capacity, (2) Inventory Management, (3) Sustainable Operations, (4) Supply Chain Network Design, and (5) Decision Making under Uncertainty.
Prof Etienne De Klerk	My main research interest is the interplay between continuous and combinatorial optimization. With regards to continuous optimization, my main area of interest is semidefinite programming and its relation to topics in real algebraic geometry. As for combinatorial optimization, my main interest is the approximation of certain graph invariants, such as crossing numbers, clique numbers, and chromatic numbers.
Assoc Prof (Adj) Gan Oon Peen	Intelligent factory control and prognostic health management, in particular, intelligent control, discrete event system modeling and control, data mining, operation research, and industrial automation.
Assoc Prof Gooi Hoay Beng	Prof Gooi's areas of expertise are Energy Management Systems, Forecast & Scheduling Applications, and Network Applications. His current research focuses on Microgrid Energy Management Systems, Electricity Markets, Spinning Reserve, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources.
Dr Huang Shell Ying	intelligent agents, multi-agent systems, simulation based optimization and intelligent decision support systems, intelligent operational management in maritime industry
Asst Prof Jitamitra Desai	Dr. Desai's research interests are primarily in the area of mathematical optimization and nonconvex analysis, with a focus on analyzing and designing algorithms for mixed-integer, nonlinear, nonconvex programs. He is also pursuing research ideas in stochastic decision analysis, network and graph problems, and computational optimization. Application areas include transportation systems, wireless communications, and emergency response management.
Assoc Prof (Adj) Kang Kok Hin	Strategic management of facilities & projects Whole life performance of buildings Key performance indicators Energy management & green audit Wind induced dynamic response of tall buildings Fluid dynamic Township planning & management
Assoc Prof Khong Poh Wah	-project management -management of technology -patent technology -sustainable development
Assoc Prof Kwoh Chee Keong	Development of a Computer Prediction System For Rational Design Of HLA-Based Peptide Vaccine; Data Mining and Analysis on Infectious Disease Heterogeneous Multi-Core Systems For Bioinformatics Constrained Optimzation for Bioinformatics Protein Interaction Network Analysis Using Graph Mining Approaches
Prof (Adj) Lau Joo Ming	Building Technology , Energy , Environment, Material Science, Materials,Civil and Structural Engineering
Assoc Prof Lee Siang Guan, Stephen	Collaborative entreprise modeling and management Product Lifecycle Management Advanced Measurement and Inspection
Prof (Adj) Lim Cherng Yih Richard	Robustness and Resiliency of large complex adaptive systems Catastrophic failure in large complex systems Anticipating disruptive events in large complex systems
Assoc Prof Lim Meng Hiot	Computational intelligence, reconfigurable hardware systems, computational finance, evolutionary learning, memetic computing
Prof Ling Shih Fu	• Transduction matrix of actuators and their applications • A class of new transducers capable of simultaneously measuring force, motion and mechanical impedance • In-process quality monitoring of manufacturing processes • Impedance matching and power transmission of electro-mechanical systems • Characterization, evaluation and modeling of mechanical properties of human limbs
Assoc Prof (Adj) Loh Kok Hua	Bin Packing Problem Knapsack Problem Heuristic Search Network Optimization Military Operations Research
Prof Lye Sun Woh	His research interests include Design and process decision support systems. Statistical sensing and modeling analysis for mechanical design and processes, foam and composite design and manufacture.
Assoc Prof Ma Maode	Wireless Networking, Wireless Network Security, MAC layer Protocol Design, Performance Evaluation of Computer Networks
Asst Prof Mao Jianfeng	Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, Simulation-based Optimization, Scheduling and Combinatorial Optimization, Wireless Sensor Networks, Port-focal Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Systems
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.
Asst Prof Nie Xiaofeng	Dr. Nie’s research interests focus on security, risk management, and optimization in transportation, logistics, and supply chains.
Asst Prof Park Taezoon	His research area includes Human-Computer Interaction, user experience design, affective and cognitive information processing, and high performance computing. Current research interests are smart home design for elderly, human factors in maritime system, and affective design and evaluation of consumer products.
Asst Prof Qu Xingda	Human Factors Engineering Human Factors Research Design Occupational Biomechanics Industrial Ergonomics and Work Physiology Occupational Safety and Health
Assoc Prof Rajesh Piplani	Dr. Piplani's interests are in the area of supply chain management of manufacturing enterprises, supply chain coordination, reverse logistics and design and analysis of manufacturing systems.
Assoc Prof Ravishankar Sharma	Currently working on Knowledge and Digital Economies. "Business Models and Pricing Strategies in the IDM Marketplace".
Assoc Prof Rohit Bhatnagar	Dr. Bhatnagar’s research encompasses two broad areas (1) Supply Chain Planning and Design with focus on third party logistics services providers, and (2) Planning and Design of Manufacturing Systems with focus on production and inventory planning within a multi-plant context. His work in the first area – supply chain planning and design with focus on third party logistics services providers – has evolved as part of his agenda to conduct research in collaboration with the local industry. He has specifically sought collaborative tie-ups with Singapore based companies such as YCH Logistics, Hewlett-Packard, UPS, Motorola, Caterpillar Logistics, DHL and Dell Computers among others. His work in the second area – planning and design of manufacturing systems within a multi-plant context – was initially inspired by his doctoral training and later reinforced by his tie-ups with Singapore based manufacturing firms such as Apple Computers and Keppel-Fels. Since his research work has been carried out in rich real-life contexts, and in close collaboration with the local logistics and manufacturing industry, many of the research findings and insights have been shared and implemented in these firms. This is a significant impact of his research. Another important impact has been the development of robust analytical research methods with broad applications in real life settings.
Prof S Viswanathan	His research interests are in Inventory Management, Joint Replenishment Inventory Systems, Supply Chain Coordination, Reverse Logistics Models, Manufacturing Systems, and Forecasting.
Assoc Prof See Kye Yak	Electomagnetic Compatibility, Signal Integrity, Electromagnetic Shielding and Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting.
Dr Seow Kiam Tian	Dr. Seow's research interests include intelligent agents and multiagent systems, supervisory control of discrete-event systems and temporal logic, with emphasis on their mutual connections and applications. Information about his research group can be found on his web homepage.
Vg Assoc Prof Shaligram Pokharel	Dr. Pokharel has an expertise in Logistics, project management and energy planning and modeling. Currently, his research is focusing particularly in reverse logistics area developing networking and economic models. He has also provided consulting services in these areas to the industry and government organizations.
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 Wang Peng	Power system planning and operation; Renewable energy planning; Solar/electricity convesion system; Power market; Power system reliability analysis.
Assoc Prof Wee Beng Geok	Her research focus is in case research and writing and she has published more than 25 cases. Her cases have been published in strategy and operations management textbooks. She has also written/edited three casebooks, including one on best practices in the hospitality industry. Her current areas of such research are: 1. The maritime and shipping sector in Asia 2. The social welfare services in Singapore as well as other NPLs 3. The hospitality industry in Asia. More generic research interests are: 1. Complex adaptive systems 2. Business history 3. Technological innovation
Asst Prof Wu Kan	Performance Evaluation, Productivity Improvement, Capacity Planning, Queueing Theory, Supply Chain Management, Scheduling and Dispatching in Manufacturing Systems
Assoc Prof Xiao Gaoxi	* Complex Systems and Networks * Optical and Wireless Networking * Internet Technologies * Network Security
Assoc Prof (Adj) Yau Wei Yun	Dr. Wei-Yun Yau's areas of expertise are computer vision, biometrics, and robot-vision interface. His current research works focus on fingerprint system such as match-on-card, cancelable template, fake finger detection and soft-biometric fusion as well as media personalization focusing on user analysis, content recommendation and personalization and interactive interface.
Asst Prof (Adj) Zin Melvin	Dr. Zin’s research interests are in the development of functional materials and ways of processing these well-designed materials to create unique constructions (either in the form of multilayer coatings and films or devices) for innovative applications. As a result, his work is highly interdisciplinary. Discoveries and inventions, consequently, take place at the intersection of materials science, precision engineering, and system integration. His research approach consists of 3 trusts: materials development, processing and fabrication, and application innovation. In materials development, the objective is to systematically design and synthesize (i) self-assembled monolayers and (ii) polymeric hybrid composites modified with 1-D and 2-D nanoparticles, in order to achieve tailored surface (anti-corrosion, adhesion, etc.), optical (anti-reflection, UV absorption, etc.) and electrical properties. In processing and fabrication, the focus is on (i) precision coating, (ii) nano/micro scale replication and (iii) printing. Final trust of Dr. Zin’s research efforts is in application innovations where uncommon connections between advanced materials and process engineering are made to generate smart products. Dr. Zin’s research interests are also in the interface of technology and business, and include the role of innovation and entrepreneurship culture in R&D, technical leadership development, and organization behavior in global technology-based corporations.

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