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Table of Contents Introduction............................................................................................................. About Singapore ...................................................................................................... National University of Singapore ............................................................................. Faculty of Engineering ............................................................................................. Division of Bioengineering …………………………………………………………...... Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering ........................................... Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (Civil)........................................ Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (Environmental)……………….. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering ................................................. Division of Engineering & Technology Management………………………………… Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering ................................................... Department of Materials Science & Engineering ……………………………………. Department of Mechanical Engineering ...................................…………………….. Ph.D./M.Eng. Programmes ...................................................................................... The Application Material .......................................................................................... Listing of Publications (Format) ............................................................................... Guide for International Students .............................................................................. Annex: Departments’/Divisions’ Mailing Addresses …………………………………. Page 1 1 2 3 4 6 10 12 14 19 23 26 28 31 39 41 43 46 1 Introduction e have prepared this booklet to assist candidates in their applications for admission to the Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Engineering courses in the Faculty of Engineering. The information found here is for applicants applying for admission to the August 2012 Intake and January 2013 Intake (Session 2012-2013). In this booklet, we will let you know more about the Republic of Singapore and the National University of Singapore. The individual departments in the Faculty of Engineering will also be featured. The University has a very active research environment. Its R&D activities have contributed significantly towards increasing Singapore’s stature in the scientific world. The graduate courses are designed for university graduates who wish to advance their knowledge and careers in research-related fields. About Singapore ingapore is a small country situated at the southern tip of the Malaysian peninsula, just above the equator. The climate here is like summer all year round. Rain falls throughout the year, with more consistent rain coming during the monsoon season from November to January. Showers are usually sudden and heavy, but also brief and refreshing. Singapore's climate is warm and humid, with only slight variations between the average maximum of 31 degrees Celsius and minimum of 23 degrees Celsius. The population of Singapore is about 5.07million, comprising of a multi-racial mix of nationals. There are four main races here in Singapore: Chinese (74%), Malay (13%), Indian (9%) and other ethnic groups (4%). The four main languages spoken on the island are Mandarin, Malay, Tamil and English. The national language of Singapore is Malay while English is the language of administration and business, and is widely spoken and understood. Most Singaporeans are bilingual, and speak their mother tongue as well as English. Strategic location, coupled with a small but dynamic population, has enabled the country to experience rapid economic development. Many factors (such as political and social stability, good international communications and transportation, infrastructure and an English-speaking skilled workforce) have attracted foreign investments and multi-national corporations to Singapore. Singapore is also a regional centre for business and technical consultancy, professional, engineering and computer services, and research and development activities. The rich cultural heritage of Singapore has also made her a strong attraction to tourists from all parts of the world. Singapore is known as a shopper’s paradise - you can find a full range from arts and crafts, antiques, electronic goods, computer software to fashion. Singapore will offer visitors a culinary experience of a lifetime - distinctive dishes from the Chinese, Malay, Indian, Indonesian, Nonya, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Filipino and Western culture can all be sampled here. Restaurants can be found alongside the ubiquitous hawker centres around the island. W S 2 National University of Singapore he National University of Singapore operates from 3 campus - Kent Ridge, Bukit Timah and Outram. Kent Ridge Campus occupies approximately 150 hectares of land and overlooks the western coast of Singapore, while Bukit Timah Campus, located near the centre of Singapore island, occupies 5 hectares of land and offers the perfect garden/park campus. The 2.4 hectares Outram campus is an integration of clinical service, teaching and research in a holistic patient-centric ‘medipolis’ The University was inaugurated when the University of Singapore and Nanyang University merged to form one University on 8 August 1980. The University of Singapore’s roots date all the way back to 1905 when the King Edward VII College of Medicine was established. Our multi-campus approach provides a broad-based curriculum underscored by multidisciplinary courses and cross faculty enrichment. NUS’ transformative education includes programmes such as student exchange, entrepreneurial internships at NUS Overseas Colleges, and double degree and joint degree programmes with some of the world’s top universities, offering students opportunities and challenges to realise their potential. The learning experience is complemented by a vibrant residential life with avenues for artistic, cultural and sporting pursuits. Over 30,000 students from 100 countries further enrich the community with their diverse social and cultural perspectives. Vision and Mission Vision Towards a Global Knowledge Enterprise – A leading global university centred in Asia, influencing the future Mission To transform the way people think and do things through education, research and service Faculties and Schools It has 14 faculties offering undergraduate and graduate programmes. Currently, it has six overseas colleges at major entrepreneurial hubs in Silicon Valley, Bio Valley, Shanghai, Beijing, Stockholm and Bangalore. Student Population The student population (AY2010/2011) was some 26,418 undergraduates and 10,548 postgraduates. Of the foreign student population, the majority are from the neighbouring ASEAN countries, although there is also a significant number from the People’s Republic of China, India, and Bangladesh. Teaching and Research The University strives to inspire a love for learning and achievement that extend beyond the campus, both in teaching and research programmes. The University has 3 Research Centres of Excellence and 22 university-level research institutes and centres. At the University, it is believed that a personalised approach to teaching should be adopted. As such, tutorial classes are kept small to allow students ample opportunity for participative and independent learning. A lot of emphasis is placed on the teaching of fundamentals and their applications to real life problems. This is done so as to encourage students to be more creative, analytical and innovative. To enhance the quality and range of teaching, Information Technology (IT) is widely used here. T 3 Research is vigorously promoted in the University, supporting the national policy of developing a high technology and knowledge intensive economy. Having the highest concentration of R&D manpower in Singapore has enabled the University to achieve excellent results and recognition for its research both in Asia and the world. These research results find their way into commercial applications in industry through a proactive policy of actively searching for partners in industry. Facilities Available on campus The University’s campus has a wide range of facilities available. The National University of Singapore Libraries are a group of multi-disciplinary libraries which comprise seven libraries located across the Kent Ridge campus: 1) Central Library, 2) Chinese Library, 3) C J Koh Law Library (Bukit Timah Campus, 4) Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library, 5) Medical Library, 6) Science Library and 7) Music Library. The Computer Centre spearheads the development of an IT-intensive environment on campus and provides a comprehensive computing and networking infrastructure to enable the University community to fully exploit IT for effective teaching, learning, research and administration. The Sports & Recreation Centre provides both outdoor and indoor facilities. The outdoor facilities include an Olympic-sized swimming pool, eight-lane running track, multi-purpose field, tennis courts, basketball courts, netball courts and others. The indoor facilities include a competition hall, gymnasium, multi-purpose hall, squash courts, and an indoor rock climbing wall. The NUS Degree Students, after graduation, will find that the degree is a key to the opening of numerous opportunities. The NUS degree is much sought after by the industry, particularly the multi-national corporations. Graduates will, therefore, not encounter much difficulty in finding a rewarding job. Singapore needs well-trained people and welcomes personnel of various nationalities. A majority of foreign students look for jobs here after obtaining their degrees and stay on in this country. Website For further information regarding the National University of Singapore, you may wish to visit our website at: http://www.nus.edu.sg Faculty of Engineering Faculty’s vision: “To be a globally-distinguished engineering school.” The Faculty of Engineering’s mission is to nurture Engineer-Leaders with a global perspective and to lead in technology through high-impact research. Established in 1968, the Faculty of Engineering has contributed substantially to the rapid industrial and economic growth of the nation while continuing to contribute to a knowledge-based economy. The Faculty comprises eight departments/divisions, namely: Bioengineering, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Engineering & Technology Management, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. 4 Division of Bioengineering About the Division The Division of Bioengineering was formally launched as a University department in July 2002, with strong participation from the Faculties of Engineering, Medicine, Sciences and Dentistry, along with the local Research Institutes. It was founded on the basis that traditional engineering disciplines can provide, by working in a multidisciplinary team, innovative solutions to biomedical/bioengineering problems. The Division has 28 academic staff, the majority of whom have joint appointments with various departments such as Mechanical Engineering, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Orthopaedic Surgery, Surgery, Biochemistry, Biological Sciences and research institutes such as IMRE and CIRC. It is supported by almost 30 researchers, 5 technical staff, and 7 administrative staff. About the Graduate Programme Bioengineering is a discipline in which the principles and tools of traditional engineering disciplines are applied to the analysis and solution of problems in biology and medicine. A bioengineering education aims to train engineers who can analyse and overcome complex problems from engineering, biological and medical perspectives. The graduate bioengineering curriculum is designed to teach concepts and approaches, adapted from both engineering and the life sciences, in an integrative manner to achieve these objectives. Our integrated approach provides a good balance between the requirements of a broad bioengineering perspective and the chosen research specialisation. Areas of Research Research within the Division of Bioengineering has been broadly classified into the following four major research focus areas: (1) Biomaterials / Tissue Engineering & Repair (2) Biosignal Processing / Bioimaging (3) Nanobioengineering (4) Biomechanics / Computational Bioengineering The Division has high quality staff in each of these areas and details of our research activities can be found in the Laboratories pages on our website. The Division also actively collaborates with research groups at the Faculty of Science, Faculty of Dentistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Hospital, NUS Life Sciences Institute as well as the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Institute of Medical Biology and the Institute of High Performance of Computing at A*STAR. In addition, we have active collaborations with overseas institutions such as MIT, Duke University, Institut Pasteur, Tohoku University, Peking University and many others. Our facilities To facilitate research in bioengineering, the Division has set up a Bioengineering & Nanobioengineering Corridor and a new Bioengineering Cluster using a multi-disciplinary joint- laboratory concept to bring the various bioengineering research groups under one roof. The aim is to develop core competencies in bioengineering and to facilitate the exchange of ideas among the various research groups, not only within but also outside of the University and in the process, foster multi-disciplinary teaching, learning and research. Housed within the Bioengineering & Nanobioengineering Corridor are the Biofluid Mechanics Research Lab, Chemotherapeutic Engineering Lab, Computational Functional Anatomy Lab, Nano Biomechanics Lab, Healthcare and Energy Materials Lab, Microhemodynamics Lab, Regenerative NanoMedicine Lab and the Tissue Repair Lab. The new Bioengineering Cluster comprises the Biofluids Lab, Optical Bioimaging Lab, Nano Bioanalytics Lab, Cellular & Molecular Bioengineering Lab, Computational Bioengineering Lab, Biomedical Mechanics & Materials Lab and the Supramolecular Biomaterials Lab. 5 A number of sophisticated state of the art instruments and facilities are housed in these labs giving the Division an edge in performing frontline research. The lab concept includes shared facilities such as a BSL2 lab and imaging hardware with easy access for researchers, thus adding to the collaborative research environment at the Division of Bioengineering. The wide range of facilities and specialised staff allows students to be exposed to and pursue their chosen area of research. How to apply Students who are interested to pursue graduate studies may enrol through the Faculty of Engineering for a research-based program (http://www.gse.nus.edu.sg/applications.html). Applicants are encouraged to apply on-line. Priority for scholarships is given to Ph.D applicants. You may also visit our website (http://www.bioeng.nus.edu.sg/) for more information and our contact details. Faculty Members (Based on Research Specialisation) Biomaterials/Tissue Engineering & Repair ● CHAN Casey, University of Toronto, Canada ● GOH Cho Hong, James, University of Strathclyde, UK ● LI Jun, Osaka University, Japan ● RAGHUNATH Michael, Mainz University, Germany ● TOH Siew Lok, University of Strathclyde, UK ● TONG Yen Wah, University of Toronto, Canada ● YIM Evelyn King Fai, John Hopkins University, USA Bio-Signal Processing/BioImaging ● CHEN Nanguang, Tsinghua University, China ● HUANG Zhiwei, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore ● LI Xiaoping, University of New South Wales, Australia ● ONG Sim Heng, University of Sydney, Australia ● QIU Anqi, John Hopkins University, USA ● SHEPPARD Colin James Richard, University of Cambridge, UK Nanobioengineering ● FENG Si-Shen, University of Columbia, USA ● HAN Ming Yong, Jilin University, Changchun, China ● LIM Chwee Teck, University of Cambridge, UK ● TRAU Dieter Wilhelm, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology ● YIM Evelyn King Fai, John Hopkins University, USA ● ZHANG Yong, Zhejiang University, China Biomechanics/Computational Modelling ● BUIST, Martin, University of Auckland, New Zealand ● GOH Cho Hong, James, University of Strathclyde, UK ● KIM Sangho, Drexel University, USA ● LEE Taeyong, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA ● LEO Hwa Liang, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA ● LOW Hong Tong, McGill University, Canada ● ROY Partha, State University of New York, Buffalo, USA ● SAWADA Yasuhiro, University of Tokyo, Japan ● TOH Siew Lok, University of Strathclyde, UK ● YU Haoyong, MIT, USA 6 Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT The Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the National University of Singapore is one of the largest in the world, with more than 40 faculty members, about 80 research and support staff, more than 250 graduate students and over 1100 undergraduate students. The Department possesses a comprehensive research infrastructure with top-notch facilities for carrying out cutting-edge research. It strives to provide graduate students with an environment that is conducive for dynamic creativity. With research activities that are comparable to those in the best universities in the world and with partnerships with leading universities around the globe, the Department enjoys a pre-eminent status in the profession. Moreover, the mission of the Department calls for further enhancement of its standing internationally, and to be ranked as one of the best in the world within the next few years. OUR SCOPE: From Classical to Contemporary Intellectually, the Department provides the critical link between engineering and the sciences, particularly the chemical and life sciences, by bridging the gap between molecular-level, laboratory- scale studies of chemical and biological transformations and the large-scale industrial production operations. With the recent revolution in molecular biology and life sciences, the Department has expanded its traditional scope to include solutions to problems in biomedicine, biotechnology, systems biology, protein engineering, drug-delivery systems, and chemotherapeutic engineering, among others. The Department has also responded to the emergence of nanoscience and technology as a viable new frontier by expanding the classical role of chemical engineering in “scaling up” processes to include problems that require “scaling down” phenomena and processes for applications in labs-on- chips and plants-on-chips devices. While consolidating and extending its scope in biological and life sciences, the Department continues to maintain and enhance its strengths in traditional core areas such as process and systems engineering, catalysis and reaction engineering, advanced separation processes and transport phenomena. At the same time, it supports innovative activities in functionalized and smart