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WELCOME BY VICE DEAN

VISION

Congratulations for having come this far. We look forward to you

being a part of the family at the biggest faculty in the National
University of Singapore, a global university centred in Asia.

A leading Engineering School that innovates

for a better future.

The Faculty of Engineering is ranked among the top 20 engineering schools in the world
by Times Higher Education. Separately, the QS World University Rankings ranked NUS
Engineering among the top 10 by subjects.

MISSION

To nurture Engineer-Leaders and to address

global challenges through Research, Innovation,
Inspiration and Influence.

The Facultys Graduate Studies Office administers research-based graduate programmes

leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Master of Engineering (MEng)
and coursework-based Master of Science (MSc) programmes.
Our PhD programme is the prime focus of our research degree programmes and is
designed to stimulate creative activity and original research, preparing them for a career in
academia, research or industry.

CONTENTS
Welcome by Vice Dean
Research-Based Programmes
Coursework-Based Programmes
International Collaboration for Graduate Studies

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About our Departments / Divisions

Bioengineering
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Civil Engineering Programme
Environmental Science & Engineering Programme

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Electrical & Computer Engineering

Engineering & Technology Management
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Materials Science & Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

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Scholarships and Financial Aid

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Why NUS Engineering?

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About Singapore

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Nurturing Engineer-Leaders, the Faculty has through the years, produced graduates who
through their passion, expertise and innovative spirit, helped solve complex challenges for
the betterment of society. We hope you will help us further this cause.

Professor Quek Ser Tong

Vice Dean
Graduate Studies

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RESEARCH-BASED
PROGRAMMES

COURSEWORK-BASED
PROGRAMMES

The Faculty offers exciting opportunities for

research students working towards the degrees
of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Master of
Engineering (MEng) in the following areas:

The Faculty offers a diverse and distinctive mix of

quality Master of Science (MSc) programmes to meet
the industrial need for highly trained manpower in
specific fields.

Bioengineering

Our MSc programmes include:

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Civil Engineering

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Our collaborations include:

Engineering Technology & Management

Environmental Engineering

Joint PhD with Imperial College, London

Industrial & Systems Engineering

Geotechnical Engineering

Joint PhD with Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Materials Science & Engineering

Hydraulic Engineering & Water

Resources Management

Joint PhD with Ecole Suprieure dElectricit, France

Mechanical Engineering

NUS Faculty of Engineering has over the years built

up strong capabilities and international reputation
in research. Our strategy is to pursue global research
excellence by conducting high impact research and
producing high quality research manpower.

Industrial & Systems Engineering

Intellectual Property Management
Management of Technology

INTERNATIONAL
COLLABORATION FOR
GRADUATE STUDIES
The Faculty has created exciting opportunities for
students to embark on double/joint degree programmes
with leading overseas institutions to enhance their
educational experience. They will also gain exposure to
foreign culture, to network with the best students at
some of the finest institutions around the world.

Joint PhD with Technische Universiteit Eindhoven,

the Netherlands
Double Degree Programme with French
Grandes Ecoles*

Materials Science & Engineering

Mechanical Engineering
Mechatronics
Offshore Technology
Safety, Health & Environmental Technology
Supply Chain Management
Systems Design & Management
Transportation Systems & Management

* Includes Ecole Centrale Paris, Ecole Polytechnique,

Ecole Suprieure dElectricit, Ecole Nationale
Superieure des Mines de Paris, Ecole Nationale
Superieure des Telecommunications

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ABOUT OUR
DEPARTMENTS / DIVISIONS

BIOENGINEERING
Integrating engineering, biology and medicine
Theory fuses with practice in this multidisciplinary field
that applies engineering knowledge to relevant problems
in biology and medicine. Breakthroughs in basic research
and healthcare are sought through the development
of new processes, materials and devices, along with
predictive models and quantitative approaches. In our
Division we have four main research thrusts:
Biomaterials/Tissue Engineering & Repair
Bioimaging/Biosignal Processing
Nanobioengineering/ Chemotherapeutic Engineering
Biomechanics/ Computational Bioengineering
Multidisciplinary research projects are being conducted
at the laboratories in the Division of Bioengineering,
equipped with the state-of-the-art facilities. These
include Biofluid Mechanics, Biomedical Mechanics &
Materials, Biosignal Processing & Instrumentation,
Cellular & Molecular Bioengineering, Chemotherapeutic
Engineering, Computational Bioengineering,
Computational Functional Anatomy, Microhemodynamics,
Nanobioanalytics, Nanobiomechanics, Optical
Bioimaging, Supramolecular Biomaterials, and Tissue
Engineering, Modulation & Repair.

ACHIEVEMENTS
Professor James Goh was elected Vice-President of the
International Federation for Medical and Biological
Engineering (IFMBE) at the IFMBE General Assembly
held in conjunction with the 2012 World Congress
on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering in
Beijing, China. As Vice-President of the IFMBE, he also
holds the title of President-Elect concurrently and will
assume the position of President in 2015.
Associate Professor Michael Raghunath was awarded
a patent for a new method in molecular biology and
visiting Professorships in Australia and Ireland.
Professor Lim Chwee Teck was conferred the 2011
Presidents Technology Award (PTA) for his invention
of a novel microfluidic biochip capable of detecting,
isolating and retrieving live cancer cells from the
blood of patients, without the use of biomarkers. This
groundbreaking work which employs cell mechanic
principles, is a worlds first.

CONTACT US
Email: biebox2@nus.
edu.sg
Tel:
(65) 6516 4267
Website: www.bioeng.nu
s.edu.sg/

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CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING

CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Bridging physical, life and material sciences

Understanding molecular-level chemical and biological
transformations is critical for large-scale production in
process industries. In this respect, research activities in the
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
provide the key link between engineering and science.
In particular, we target physical, life and material sciences
for developing innovative engineering solutions for the
benefit of society. Transcending classical studies, we
examine issues in biotechnology, systems biology, protein
engineering, drug-delivery systems, chemotherapeutic
engineering, novel separations, process design and clean
energy, among others. Our key activities are in

Biomolecular and Biomedical Engineering

Chemical Engineering Sciences
Chemical and Biological Systems
Energy and Environmentally Sustainable Processes
Nanostructured Materials & Devices
State-of-the-art research facilities are available for surface
analysis, spectroscopy and chemical and biological
analyses, which are building blocks of nanotechnology,
biomolecular engineering, advanced materials and
classical chemical engineering. Extensive computational
facilities support research in chemical and biological
systems engineering.
Our research endeavours are reinforced by our strong
links with local research institutes such as Institute of
Chemical & Engineering Sciences (ICES), Institute of
Materials Research & Engineering (IMRE), Bioprocessing
Technology Institute (BTI), Institute of Bioengineering &
Nanotechnology (IBN) and Institute of High Performance
Computing (IHPC).

CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAMME

ACHIEVEMENTS

Civil Engineering is indispensable to civilisation. It is

ever growing and relevant in our globally connected
modern world.

Professor Neal Chung received the Hyflux-SNIC

(Singapore National Institute of Chemistry) Award
in Environmental Chemistry (2010) and the IChemE
(Institute of Chemical Engineers, UK) in Singapore
Award for Excellence and Innovation (2010) in
Sustainable Technology. He was also the recipient of
the IChemE Innovation and Excellence Award in Energy
(Highly Commended) as well as in Water Management
and Supply (Highly Commended) in 2009.

Graduate study in the department is distinguished

by our goals to facilitate interdisciplinary research
and education that transcend well beyond the
boundaries of traditional civil engineering disciplines.
We invite exceptional students to join us in research
at the forefront of issues faced locally and globally
ranging from sustainability in construction to
the impact of global warming and infrastructural
engineering research under severe environment such
as those faced in the global offshore industry. Major
interdisciplinary programmes:

Professor Kang En-Tang was an inaugural recipient

of the Singapore Millennium Foundation (SMF) NUS
Research Horizons Award (2010).
Associate Professor Liu Bin was honoured with
the National Young Scientist Award (2008), the
LOreal-Singapore Women in Science National
Fellowship (2011) and NUS Faculty Young Researcher
Award (2012).
Professor Miranda Yap received the Presidents Science
and Technology Medal (2009).
Professor Zeng Hua Chun has been named among the
worlds top 100 chemists (2000-2010) by Thomson
Reuters based on citation impact.

Offshore Engineering

CONTACT US
Email: chbe_grad_pro
grams@nus.edu.sg
Tel:
(65) 6516 5031
Website: www.chbe.nu
s.edu.sg

Structural, Geotechnical and Transportation

Engineering
Hydrology & Hydraulic Engineering
Hazards, Risk & Mitigation

ACHIEVEMENTS
Associate Professor Meng Qiang and Dr Weng
JinXian received The Best Paper Award for
Methodological Development in the Eastern Asia
Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS) (2012).
Professor Richard Liew Jat Yuen conferred the award
of Honorary Fellow by the Hong Kong Institute of
Steel Construction (2011).
Dr Chew Soon Hoe received Ministers Innovation
Award 2011 (Distinguished Award) by the Ministry
of Transport (MOT).
Assoc Professor Lee Der Horng appointed Guest
Professor by President of Inner Mongolian
University, China from 2010 to 2015.
Dr Raymond Ong Ghim Ping received the Alfred
Noble Prize 2009 from The American Society of Civil
Engineers (ASCE), USA; the Best Paper Award at
the 6th International Conference on Maintenance
and Rehabilitation of Pavements and Technological
Control, Torino, Italy, 2009.

Protective Technology
Advanced equipment in our laboratories includes large
diameter industrial wind tunnels, 1,000 ton static
and pseudo-dynamic loading frames, wave basins, a
40g-tonne geotechnical centrifuge and large diameter
Hopkinson bar.

CONTACT US
du.sg
Email: ceecv@nus.e
(65) 6516 4513
Tel:
edu.sg/civil
Website: www.eng.nus.

Connecting the future through sustainability

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CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING PROGRAMME
Environmental Science & Engineering undertakes a
multidisciplinary research programme to address complex
environmental problems and to provide innovative
scientific and technological solutions that serve local,
regional and global needs.

Providing innovative solutions for complex issues

We are equipped with a comprehensive array of stateof-the-art laboratory facilities which enable students and
researchers to perform advanced computer modelling
and state-of-the-art laboratory investigations in the key
research areas. Students and researchers may work on
pilot or full-scale tests.

Aerosol Science & Technology

ACHIEVEMENTS

Air Pollution Assessment & Control

Associate Professor He Jianzhong received the HyfluxSNIC Award in Environmental Chemistry 2011 from
the Singapore National Institute of Chemistry (SNIC)
and a collaborator corporation Hyflux.

Energy Resources, Conservation & Alternatives

Environmental Chemistry & Biochemistry
Environmental Microbiology & Biotechnology
Hazardous & Solid Waste
Human & Environmental Health
Industrial Ecology
Marine & Coastal Systems
Membrane Separations & Technologies
Nano-biotechnology & Nano-materials
Renewable Energy
Sensor Systems in Air, Land & Water
Separation Science & Technologies
Sustainable Development
System Modeling & Simulation
Wastewater Reclamation & Reuse
Water Quality & Treatment
Water Resources

1. Communications & Networks

Wireless communications
(free-space and underwater)
Optical communications
Information theory & networking
2. Control, Intelligent Systems & Robotics
Intelligent control systems & intelligent
mechatronics
Computational intelligence, machine
learning & optimisation
Robotics & autonomous systems

Associate Professor Ng How Yong and Co-PIs: Dr He

Jianzhong, Associate Professor Hu Jiangyong, Professor
Ng Kim Choon and Professor Ong Say Leong awarded
the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations Reinvent
the Toilet Challenge Grant in 2011, amounting to
US$280,500 for a duration of one year. Out of the
21 top universities in the world that were invited to
submit proposals for this grant, only 7 proposals were
finally selected for funding.
Associate Professor Ng How Yong, Professor Ong Say
Leong, Dr Duan Wei, Mr Zhang Junyou and Mr Tan
Chien Hsiang received Best Poster Runner-Up for the
poster Performance of Low-fouling Forward Osmosis
Membrane Bioreactors with Different Mean Cell
Residence Times in the Water Convention 2011.
Associate Professor Paul Chen, Professor Lim Chwee
Teck, Dr Ernest Chua, and Dr Ho Ghim Wei Awarded
the National Research Foundation Proofofconcept
grants of S$250,000 in 2011, each for their research
in the areas of environmental pollution, sustainable
energy and noninvasive liquid biopsy.

Meeting ever changing demands

The Department with its strong base of over 200
internationally acclaimed faculty members and
research staff, and its comprehensive research
facilities and equipment, is well poised to help
students meet changing demands. Our research
comprises these areas:

The key research areas are:

Climate Change

ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

3. Integrated Circuits & Embedded Systems

Analog and mixed-signal integrated
circuit design
Radio frequency integrated circuit design
Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
Integrated circuits for biomedical applications
Platform architectures and associated
EDA tools
Distributed systems

CONTACT US
du.sg
Email: ceecv@nus.e
45
(65) 6516 13
Tel:
edu.sg/civil
Website: www.eng.nus.

4. Microelectronic Technologies & Devices

Nanomaterials & nanostructures
Silicon nanodevices
Optotoelectronics, photonics & plasmonics
Nanomagnetism & spintronics
Renewable energy
Nano-sensors, MEMS

5. Microwave & RF
Microwave/RF circuits & systems
Antennas & propagation
Electromagnetic scattering & imaging
Computational electromagnetics
6. Power & Energy Systems
Power electronic converters, electrical drives & control
Power semiconductor devices & microelectronics
Micro-grid, smart-grid, & renewable energy operation
& control
Power system operation, planning, and reliability
High voltage testing & lightning protection
Intelligent transportation systems
Energy harvesting for portable electronic systems
7. Signal Processing & New Media
Computer vision & image processing & machine learning
Medical imaging, neuro coding & psychophysics
Human computer interaction & immersive environment
Virtual & mixed reality, mobile computing &
entertainment computing
Research facilities include a S$20 million nano-fabrication
facility with class 1-100 cleanroom for 68 inch wafer
processing capability and a S$65 million, 2-storey high
Antenna and Radar Cross-Section Measurement Facility.
Representative research laboratories / groups in each of the
areas include Communications Lab; Centre for Intelligent Control,
Computational Intelligence Group, System Learning & Control
Group, UAV Research Group, Intelligent Robotics Research Group;
Signal Processing and VLSI Lab; Centre for Microwave and Radio
Frequency; Silicon Nano-Device Lab, Centre for Optoelectronics,
Information Storage Materials Lab; Energy Management and
Micro-grid Lab, Power Electronics Lab, Electrical Machines &
Drives Lab; and Vision and Machine Learning Lab.

ACHIEVEMENTS
Associate Professor Hong Minghui was elected Fellow
of the International Society for Optics and Photonics
2012; and Fellow of the Optical Society of America
2012, USA. He was honored for his contributions to
laser microprocessing and nanoengineering; and laser
interactions with materials for the applications in
microprocessing and nanofabrication respectively.
Professor Xu Jianxin was elected by the Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) as a
Fellow (2012), USA for his contributions to motion
control systems.
Associate Professor Tan Kay Chen won the 2012 IEEE
Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) Outstanding
Early Career Award, USA. The award recognises an
outstanding young scientist or engineer who contributed
to the advancement of research and development.

CONTACT US
edu.sg
Email: engecer@nus.
5258
(65) 6516 2109 / 4718 /
Tel:
edu.sg
Website: www.ece.nus.

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ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

INDUSTRIAL & SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Linking Engineering and Business

Engineering and Technology Management (ETM) is a
multidisciplinary field which connects the engineering
and business management fields. The US National
Research Council defined Management of Technology
(MOT) as:

Linking engineering, science and management

disciplines to address the issues involved in
planning, development and implementation
of technological capabilities to shape and
accomplish the strategic and operational
objectives of an organisation.

Raising standard of practice in key sectors

Going beyond individual engineering products, ETM/
MOT is also about systems formed by integration of key
components/products and their functions as technologyenabled services. ETM/MOT modules offered by the
Division of ETM (D-ETM) will help students enhance their
strategic thinking on a wide range of topics from R&D
stage to commercialisation. They will learn to:
Manage technology planning and execution

Our research aims at developing different operations

research and system modeling tools, such as
optimisation, stochastic modeling, simulation, statistics
and data analytics, system design, systems architecture &
integration, knowledge management and human factor
to address issues faced in the following thrust areas:
The NUS Business School

Project the impact of emerging technologies

Analyse opportunities created by discontinuous
innovation
Plan and execute IP management strategies
Design and implement key corporate strategies
Make decisions under uncertainty
Build and lead effective teams

Besides experienced lecturers in the Faculty of

Engineering, academics from the School of Business
also lend their expertise at D-ETM in the teaching of key
modules as well as to lead in case studies and research.
Managers from industry and research institutes are also
on hand to share their wealth of experience in bringing
innovations to the marketplace.
The D- ETM aims to nurture PhD students as future
research leaders in solving technology and innovation
challenges. Programmes in Minor and Double Major
in Management (Technology) are also offered to
undergraduates who wish to learn more about
Management of Technology.

CONTACT US
Email: etmcyy@nus.
edu.sg
Tel:
(65) 6516 8502
Website: www.eng.nus.
edu.sg/etm/

Maritime Logistics
Urban Systems
Quality and Reliability Engineering
In Maritime
Logistics, we focus
on developing
models and
decision support
tools to improve
the efficiency
and effectiveness for maritime operations, and conduct
intelligent study on Maritime trends. The research
activities include port benchmarking, port operation
improvement, design for the next generation of container
terminal and ocean liner operations.

Research in Urban systems has three main focus

areas, namely sustainable cities, urban mobility and
healthcare delivery. In sustainable cities, we deal with
waste management and energy recovery, and emerging
contaminants on environmental sustainability. For urban
mobility, we look at issues such as public transport network
disruptions, mobility on-demand systems and systems
analysis of various transportation modes present in urban
mobility. In health care delivery, we study the public health
policy making, health care resource planning and allocation.
Research in Quality and Reliability Engineering focuses
on statistical methodologies for design in quality as
well as controlled and improved performance of products,
software and services.
A number of novel methodologies developed at the
Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) have
been adopted globally. They range from methodologies
for quality design and control to techniques for
economy-wide energy efficiency tracking. Our research
has been motivated by industrial needs which in many
cases can only be addressed by the combined technical
and analytical expertise found in ISE. Indeed, our research
in the thrust areas has helped raise the standard of
practice in key sectors of Singapore economy.
ACHIEVEMENTS
ISE faculty members have been elected as Fellow
of the American Society for Quality, Academician of
International Quality Academy and IEEE Fellow. On
average, each ISE faculty member sits on the editorial
boards of more than two international research journals.

Professor Goh Thong Ngee was named the recipient

of the William G Hunter Award in 2007. He was also
the first recipient of the Masing Prize and has been
elected as the Board Member (for 2011-2014) of the
International Academy for Quality (IAQ), the most
prestigious organization on Quality in the world. In
2012, he won the E.L.Grant Medal from ASQ and the
Yoshio Kondo Academic Research Medal by IAQ.
Professor Ang Beng Wah is an Editor of Energy
Economics, a journal that provides a serious forum
for research papers concerned with the economic
and econometric modelling and analysis on energy
systems and issues. The logarithmic mean Divisia
index decomposition approach that he proposed has
been widely used by researchers and national and
international energy organisations.
Professor Tang Loon Ching and his former student
are the first Asian team to be presented the RA
Evans/PK McElroy award at the 2012 Reliability and
Maintainability Symposium. Besides, he and his team
have been awarded the 2010 IIE Transactionss Best
Application Paper in quality and reliability engineering.

CONTACT US
Email: isepohkl@nu
s.edu.sg
Tel:
(65) 6516 2895
Website: www.ise.nus.e
du.sg

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MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Opening new frontiers

We focus on materials that matter. By providing a
science-driven and engineering application-oriented
education and research in advanced materials for high
technologies, we give an all-rounded interdisciplinary
education platform. As such, we are able to
integrate scientific understanding with engineering
principles relevant to the rational design, process and
applications of advanced novel materials for today and
tomorrows needs.

Developing new processes and products

Research work in biotechnology includes nanohybrid
particles for gene delivery, optical inorganic nanoparticles
for bioimaging, computational modelling for describing
cell morphology and interactions as well as advanced
analytical tools to understand the surface and interface
of biomaterials.

ACHIEVEMENTS
Dr Wang Qing leading a team to develop redox flow
batteries was a recipient of the National Research
Foundations Competitive Research Programme Fund
in 2012.
Cho Swee Jen (Dr Ouyang Jianyongs PhD student)
received the Best Poster Award at the International
Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies in
Singapore, 2011.
Dr Stefan Adam and his student Thieu Duc Tho won
the Best Poster Award at the 4th Asian Conference on
Electrochemical Power Sources in Taipei, 2010.

We constantly embark on exciting new frontiers such

as integration between nano-structured materials
and biomedical materials through our three main
research thrusts:

Mr Dipak Maity, PhD student, won the Best Poster

Award at the International Conference on Nanoscience
and Technology in Mumbai, 2010.

Biotechnology
Infocom Technology
Sustainable Energy
These focused areas offer ample exciting opportunities
encompassing theoretical and computational work as
well as experimental hands-on laboratory work.
Research work in sustainable energy includes
nanocrystalline and thin-film photovoltaic materials,
dye-sensitised solar cells, rechargeable batteries and fuel
cells, nanostructured mesoporous materials as well as
computational analysis in crystallographic studies and
electrochemical studies.
Research work in infocom technology includes
development of advanced magnetic materials for
high-density magnetic recording media, studies into
diluted magnetic semiconductors and novel magnetic
nanoparticles for biomedical applications.

CONTACT US
s.edu.sg
Email: msebox6@nu
(65) 6516 5192
Tel:
s.edu.sg
Website: www.mse.nu

ACHIEVEMENTS

Multidisciplinary research is very much the emphasis at

the Department of Mechanical Engineering, comprising
six academic groups Applied Mechanics, Control
& Mechatronics, Energy & Bio-Thermal Systems,
Fluid Mechanics, Manufacturing and Materials. The
Department carries out fundamental research to seek
new understanding of physical processes as well as
research of an applied nature to develop new processes/
products to meet the more immediate needs of industry.
The Departments focus Research Thrusts are:
Future Transportation (Wing-In-Ground Craft,
Electric Vehicles, UAVs)

Professor Andrew Nee was elected as Vice President of

the International Academy for Production Engineering
(CIRP) in 2009. He was also appointed President of
CIRP (with effect from 2011). He was also awarded
the Joseph Whitworth Prize in 2010 by the Institution
of Mechanical Engineers, UK.

The work is carried out in 16 teaching cum research

laboratories, two research centres affiliated to the
Department, as well as four joint labs:

Energy Systems and Green Technology (Energy

Conversion & Storage, Micro Power Generation)

Biomedical Materials Application & Technology

(BIOMAT)

Engineering in Medicine (Mechanics in Medicine,

Robotics & Devices, Augmented Reality)

Nano-Wafer Level Packaging Program

Micro-Nano Materials and Systems (Design and

Development of Materials/Systems )

Biomechanics Lab

Biomaterials Lab
Nanobiomechanics Lab
Tissue Engineering Lab
The Department is the largest user of research
computational facilities on the NUS campus, occupying
more than 30 per cent of available CPU hours provided
by the NUS Computer Centre in computational fluid
dynamics and molecular dynamics modelling on
a regular basis. The Department also runs its own
dedicated computing facilities, comprising a 80-CPU
and a 20-CPU distributed memory systems. The
Department also has access to computational resource
at A*STARs Institute of High-Performance Computing
on a project collaboration basis.

Dr Lee Poh Sengs project A Novel and Highly

Effective Micro/Mini channel Heat Sink was conferred
the IES Prestigious Engineering Awards 2011.
Dr Thian Eng San received the Hitachi Research
Fellowship in 2011.
Associate Professor Sinha S Kumar received Top
University Paper Award in the20th ASME Annual
Conference on Information Storage & Processing
Systems 2010.

CONTACT US
Email: mpesec@nus.e
du.sg
Tel:
(65) 6516 2210 / 5122
Website: www.me.nus.
edu.sg

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SCHOLARSHIPS & FINANCIAL AID

Scholarship Opportunities for PhD only

Lee Kong Chian Graduate Scholarship (for August intake only)
Presidents Graduate Fellowship
AUN/SEED-Net Scholarships 1
Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA) 2
For PhD and MEng
NUS Research Scholarships
For MSc only
NUS Graduate Scholarships for ASEAN Nationals
Financial Aid
Tuition Fee Loan Scheme (for designated programmes)
NUS Part-time Appointment Scheme for Graduate Students

For potential future faculty members of AUN/SEED-Net Member Institutions.

Details at: http://www.seed-net.org/index.php
1

A collaboration between the Agency for Science, Technology & Research

(A*STAR), the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Nanyang
Technological University (NTU).
Details at: https://www.singa.a-star.edu.sg/theaward.php
2

WHY NUS ENGINEERING?

My PhD candidature and current employment at NUS
is extremely fulfilling based on the kind of top-notch
research work that is being done and the kind of
exposure to research thinking that is being attained. I am
happily working magic by adding various nanoparticles
to lightweight magnesium metal unlike anybody else
in the world. Efforts are being made to successfully
merge this work with the automotive, aerospace, marine,
consumer electronics and sports industries. This is a very
unique research opportunity within NUS that enables
significant interaction with other researchers and
engineers at all levels for the purpose of knowledge and
skill combination on a grand level.

The PhD programme in Civil Engineering

Department gave me my first taste of research, an
experience which I greatly appreciate. I treasure
most, the confidence which this PhD programme
instills in me. It has enabled me to learn and work
independently. And of course, being a NUS student,
there are attractive bonuses a multi-cultural
environment, world-class professors, chance to
participate in international conferences and
the Presidents Graduate scholarship! My PhD
journey in NUS is not entirely rosy, but it is worth
it. I believe that it will be beneficial for me in the
future, whichever path I may take.

Muralidharan Paramsothy Research Fellow

Anastasia Maria Santoso Research Fellow

Department of Mechanical Engineering

(Materials Science Group)

Civil Engineering

The multi-dimensional educational system of NUS

extracts the latent talents of potential engineers and
provides them a rigid platform to excel their utmost
capabilities which, by the end of the day, turn them into
global competitors.

Zakaria Mohd Amin Graduate, PhD

Mechanical Engineering
International platform for professional research,
educational reputation for future development, and
interpersonal communications with talented people
are the factors which attracted me to NUS, and I am
further delighted while exploring more.

Xu Bin PhD student

Industrial and Systems Engineering
The graduate programme challenges us to apply
engineering principles in biological research from
the sub-cellular to tissue to organ systems level. We
also get to learn from the experts in various fields in
Bioengineering. There are plenty of opportunities for us
to find our own niche areas to focus our research.

The graduate programme equips

me with the in-depth knowledge
and relevant methodologies for
my research.Academic staff
members and my peers are a
continual source ofencouragement.
They helped me to raise my ability
to match my creativity. This is often
the spark of genius that leads to
innovation. In short, my experience
at NUS is a story of exploration,
inspiration andperseverance.

Chan Yong Hoow Graduate, Masters Degree

Bioengineering
Studying in NUS, among the top 20 varsities in the
world, for both my BEng and PhD is indeed a prestige
and honour. NUS nurtures my growth academically, as
well as prepares me for the real working world.

Charles Chia Jun Yong

Graduate, Masters Degree

Sim Chern-Horng PhD student

Electrical Engineering

Electrical and Computer Engineering

From left: Xu Bin, Zakaria Mohd Amin, Muralidharan Paramsothy,
Anastasia Maria Santoso and Charles Chia Jun Yong.

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ABOUT SINGAPORE

The FSAE car put together by Engineering

students at the Singapore Flyer.

elcome to Singapore, where

crossroads of the world merge.
Culturally rich, Singapore has a
multi-racial population of about 5 million, with diverse
religious beliefs ranging from Buddhism, Christianity
and Islam to Hinduism and Taoism. The many races
live together in harmony and it is this ethnic diversity
that is one of Singapores strengths.
Despite its size, just 704 sq km, Singapore which
comprises 63 smaller islands, is a popular travel
destination with tourism as one of its largest industries.
The sunny island with an average temperature of
27 deg C and a relative humidity of 84.3 per cent
has an average of 10 million visitors each year.

Singaporeans are big on pastimes such as shopping and

eating, there being such a variety of mouthwatering fare to
suit even the most discerning taste buds. Though shopping
malls at residential estates are popular, Orchard Road with
its modern shopping complexes and dining places is still
the place for weekenders.
Other places of interest include Chinatown and Little India
with their quaint shops and eateries. However, in recent
times, many other little enclaves have sprouted
including Little Thailand and Little Myanmar. Southeast
Asias first movie theme park, Universal Studios Singapore
is now open in Sentosa, an island off Singapore that
is easily accessible by car, bus, cable car and monorail.
You can also choose to walk across the scenic link way.

Bright and sunny

Singapore: View
seen through
entrance of
the Faculty of
Engineering,
National University
of Singapore (left).

Resorts World Sentosa (where Universal Studios

Singapore is located) and Marina Bay Sands are some
of the major new tourist attractions in Singapore.
Getting around Singapore is a breeze with its wide
road transport system and expressways. The public
road system is served by a wide number of bus
services and licensed taxi-operating companies.
The Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (SMRT) connects
the island augmented by the Light Rail Transit.
Singapore is the worlds fourth-leading financial
centre. It is the worlds third-largest oil refining
centre and its port is also one of the five busiest
ports in the world. It has also been noted that the
country is among the easiest places to do business.
As an aviation hub, the Singapore Changi Airport
has a network of more than 80 airlines connecting
Singapore to 200 cities. It has been rated as one
of the best international airports by international
travel magazines.
English is the medium of instruction in Singapore
schools. The Singapore Government recognises
four official languages, English, Malay, Mandarin
and Tamil.

CONTACT INFORMATION
For more information on our graduate programmes,
please contact:
Graduate Studies Office
Faculty of Engineering
Block EA, #06-16
9 Engineering Drive 1
Singapore 117576
Tel:
(65) 6516 6299 / 6510
Fax:
(65) 6777 2264
Email: enggse@nus.edu.sg
Website: www.gse.nus.edu.sg

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
GRADUATE PROGRAMMES

OFFICE OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS

Block EA #03-15
9 Engineering Drive 1
Singapore 117576
Tel: (65) 6516 8852 / 7181
Fax: (65) 6779 5594
website: www.eng.nus.edu.sg
email: eng-outreach@nus.edu.sg