Scholarships SINGA 2023-06-21-ET

Research Institute Course Category Focus Area
Advanced Remanufacturing Engineering and Technology

Automation & Robotics
and Technology Centre (ARTC) (E&T)

Non-destructive testing (NDT)

Non-destructive testing (NDT)

Advanced Remanufacturing Engineering and Technology Sustainable Materials, Process

and Technology Centre (ARTC) (E&T) & Manufacturing

Non-destructive testing





sensor design and

development for non-
destructive testing

Surface enhancement

Additive Manufacturing

Deep Learning





Nondestructive Testing
National Metrology Centre Engineering and Technology Sustainable Materials, Process

(NMC) (E&T) & Manufacturing

Time series analytics
Engineering and Technology

Bioinformatics Institute (BII) MedTech & HealthTech
(E&T)
Engineering and Technology Industrial Biotechnology/

Bioinformatics Institute (BII)
(E&T) Synthetic Biology
Bioprocessing Technology Engineering and Technology Bioengineering and
Institute (BTI) (E&T) Bionanosystem
Bioprocessing Technology Engineering and Technology

Food Technology
Institute (BTI) (E&T)
Bioprocessing Technology Engineering and Technology Industrial Biotechnology/

Institute (BTI) (E&T) Synthetic Biology
Bioprocessing Technology Engineering and Technology Industrial Biotechnology/

Institute (BTI) (E&T) Synthetic Biology
Centre For Frontier AI Research Engineering and Technology

MedTech & HealthTech
(CFAR) (E&T)

Product Design & Engineering
(CFAR) (E&T)
Centre For Frontier AI Research Engineering and Technology Industrial Biotechnology/

(CFAR) (E&T) Synthetic Biology
(CFAR) (E&T)

(CFAR) (E&T)
Institute for Infocomm Engineering and Technology

Research (I2R) (E&T)

Green Urban Technologies














Institute of Materials Research Engineering and Technology

& Engineering (IMRE) (E&T)
Institute of High Performance Engineering and Technology
Computing (IHPC) (E&T)

System Engineering

Institute of High Performance Engineering and Technology Power Electronics and

Computing (IHPC) (E&T) Semiconductors

Food Technology
Institute of High Performance Engineering and Technology Microelectronics &




Institute of High Performance Engineering and Technology Sustainable Materials, Process

Computing (IHPC) (E&T) & Manufacturing



System Engineering



System Engineering
Institute of High Performance Engineering and Technology Sustainable Materials, Process

Computing (IHPC) (E&T) & Manufacturing




Food Technology
and Engineering (IMRE) (E&T)

Institute of Materials Research Engineering and Technology Sustainable Materials, Process

and Engineering (IMRE) (E&T) & Manufacturing


Institute of Materials Research Engineering and Technology Microelectronics &

and Engineering (IMRE) (E&T) Semiconductors






Institute of Materials Research Engineering and Technology Materials Science &

and Engineering (IMRE) (E&T) Engineering







Institute of Microelectronics Engineering and Technology

(IME) (E&T)
Institute of Microelectronics Engineering and Technology Microelectronics &

(IME) (E&T) Semiconductors








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(IME) (E&T)



Hardware Security
(IME) (E&T)
Institute of Molecular & Cell Engineering and Technology Industrial Biotechnology/
Biology (IMCB) (E&T) Synthetic Biology
Institute of Molecular & Cell Engineering and Technology Industrial Biotechnology/

Biology (IMCB) (E&T) Synthetic Biology
Institute of Sustainability for

Engineering and Technology Sustainable Materials, Process
Chemicals, Energy and
(E&T) & Manufacturing
Environment (ISCE2)

Environment (ISCE2)

Environment (ISCE2)

Environment (ISCE2)
National Metrology Centre Engineering and Technology

Digitalisation of Metrology
(NMC) (E&T)
Digitalisation of Metrology
(NMC) (E&T)

Metrology & Engineering
(NMC) (E&T)

(NMC) (E&T)
National Metrology Centre Engineering and Technology Microelectronics &

(NMC) (E&T) Semiconductors

(NMC) (E&T)

(NMC) (E&T)
National Metrology Centre Engineering and Technology Product Design and

(NMC) (E&T) Engineering
(NMC) (E&T)

(NMC) (E&T)

(NMC) (E&T)

Metrology & Engineering
(NMC) (E&T)

System Engineering
(NMC) (E&T)

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(NMC) (E&T)
(NMC) (E&T)

Photonics
(NMC) (E&T)
Singapore Institute of Food and

Biotechnology Innovation Food Technology
(E&T)
(SIFBI)

Biotechnology Innovation
(SIFBI)

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(SIFBI)

(SIFBI)

Biotechnology Innovation Food Technology
(E&T)
(SIFBI)
Singapore Institute of
Manufacturing Technology
(SIMTech)
(SIMTech)
(SIMTech)
Manufacturing Technology MedTech & HealthTech
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Manufacturing Technology Product Design & Engineering
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Manufacturing Technology Automation & Robotics
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Manufacturing Technology Green Urban Technologies
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Engineering and Technology Machine Vision, 2D/CT Imaging
(E&T) & Processing
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Engineering and Technology Failure Analysis, 2D/3D Imaging
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Manufacturing Technology System Engineering
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Institute for Infocomm Engineering and Technology Microelectronics &

Research (I2R) (E&T) Semiconductors
consuming and relying on highly-trained personnel.
This problem is exacerbated when it comes to
environment with high degree of variability, such as
unstructured workshops or even homes, where pre-
programmed inputs hardly generalize to real-life
tasks. Taken altogether, these issues lead to a
bottleneck for a widespread acceptance and usage of
Project Title robots in society. Project To obviate to this, in the last two
Description
decades, a variety of ‘Learning by Demonstration’
methods has been proposed whereby the natural
actions of a user (non-necessarily technically trained)
are used to intuitively demonstrate a task and are
automatically turned into commanded inputs to the
robot. The strength of these approaches is in the
Learning from haptic
natural way users can demonstrate actions, making it
teleoperation
very suitableatogood
Maintaining non-technically
surface finish trained
is oneoperators.
of the main
Learning
objectives in metal cutting processes traditionally
by demonstration methods such as milling
focus on ‘trajectory
and turning. Tool wear learning’
detection via some form oftool
and on-time motion
capture or via cobots, which are
replacement plays a crucial part in maintaining the passively driven by
the user. However, kinematics
quality level and the manufacturing costs. The alone is often not
sufficient
challenge to describe
is that usingcontact
this optical tasks,method,
i.e. tasksthe which
tool
require physical interaction
wear can only be measured when the tool is (e.g. inserting a power
Tool wear detection using an plug or tightening
retracted from cutting. a screw).
Moreover,Although, the in tipprinciple,
of the the
optical method dynamics of the task (i.e. haptic
inserts needs to be cleaned using air blast before or force-related
information)
measurement. can Thebetool
adapted
wear and learned, by
is measured without
shining a
prior information such as an initial
a laser dot at the tool tip and then measure the light demonstration, it
might
The
intensitytake
objective thousands
of this
reflation from of
projectrepetitions
the tip is toof detectfor
the tool. a robot
faults
The in to
reliably
reflectedlearn
subsystems, acan
lightpartsspecific
or task. We shall
becomponents
correlated toofthe therefore
machines
size of the byfocus
tool
on Learning
analysing
wear. Thethe by Haptic
vibration
optical Demonstration
devicedata.can be Theused in
challenges order
to measure to
include tool
incorporate
inaccessibility
wear after certainthetodynamics
the parts of
amounts orofdemonstrated
components
cutting and when oftask. This
a system
the
involves
for
toolsensor innovation mostly at two
installation and vibration measurement.
is retracted distinct levels:
Vibration-based damage hardware (tools and sensing to capture and transfer
Also, localisation of the damage and fault might be
detection in conjunction with skills) and algorithms (machine learning).
difficult. Vibration sensors are installed on the subject
machine learning applications
and then Laser
Directed vibration data is measured
Deposition (DLD) is anand analysed
Additive
Free-form
over a surfaces
period of timeare towidely
look for
Manufacturing (AM) technology in which a focused manufactured
anomalies. This
nowadays,
method of especially
damage in aerospace,
detection
laser beam is used to create a meltpool on a has optics,
significant
automotive
applications
workpiece surface and medtech
in industry
in whichand industries.
acan Geometric
be applied
feedstock to almost
material, in
complexity
any machine. brings new challenges
form of powder or wire, is injected. By the overlap to inspection andof
measurement
multiple tracksprocesses.
and layers,The it isobjective
possible to of achieve
this project
is to develop dimensional measurement and defect
Intelligent 3D instrumentation coatings for corrosion and wear resistant
detection technology for free
applications, manufacture near-net-shape form surfaces. The
for free-form surface
main development
components reducing work will include
machining high-accuracy
buy-to-fly ratios,
inspection
optical sensor development, automated
and repair damaged parts to extend their service life.
measurement/inspection
For such reasons, DLD waspath generation,
identified as one of the
measurement accuracy evaluation
processes that can enable a more sustainable and intelligent 3D
data analysis. Aand
manufacturing prototype
close the willloop be developed
of a circularto
demonstrate
economy. its inspection capability on typical test
pieces.
However, focusing on the powder feedstocks
Directed Laser Deposition for Designing
material, its ancatchment
automatedefficiency
inspection system
during DLD forcan
a given
vary
the sustainability of high-added component/defect
significantly, from 10% requires
to 90%, substantial
as a function domain of the
value products manufacturing knowledge
material, the inpart
the selection
geometry,ofthe suitable
process detecting
parameters,
sensors
and other and its configurations. However, existing
variables.
automated
The goal of inspection
this projectsystemsis to create are designed
new procedures for
specific
that willpart
impulse/ defect type, andof
the adoption not DLDequipped
for the with
inspection
productionplanning
and repair capability
of high-added for thevalues
system to be re-
configured
componentsautonomously for new defect,
in different industrial fields. New new part,
or new inspection
possible alternatives task.
forThis
a more is extremely
efficient use relevant
of theto
Inspection planning and the industries
feedstock exhibiting
materials during High DLD Mix willLow be Volume
studied, such
optimization to support Optical production,
as the reusein andwhich the of
recycle inspection
un-melted system
powder, requires
and
inspection reconfigurability the capability
use of discardedof automated
powdersorfrom autonomous
other
reconfiguration
technologies (e.g., to fulfill
powder thebed production change-over.
fusion). Economic and
In this project, intelligent
environmental considerations inspection will besimulation,
made in
planning
addition to andthe evaluation
analysis of approaches
the qualitywill of thebe raw
developed,
materials used based on part parts,
deposited designininformation,
terms of defect
characteristics
microstructure,(surface composition,or sub-surface
and mechanical defect) and
inspection
properties.requirement (e.g., space constraint, in-situ
requirement, etc.), with the ability for inspection
configuration verification and optimization with
actual part.
In a high-volume food and beverage production
environment, non-destructive and real-time
inspection of various stages of food production from
raw material processing to product assembly in real-
time at high speed is a challenge. Specifically,
Capacitive sensor development
contamination, powder caking, seal integrity, package
for non-destructive testing in
integrity and product quality assessment are some
FMCG and other industries
issues, which are currently addressed using human
inspection and/or destructive, expensive and offline
As-built
screening metal additively manufactured
methodologies. This is addressed (AM)utilizing a
components
novel non-destructivehave inferior methodssurfaces to those
based on of
traditionally
capacitance. fabricated components. A high degree of
surface roughness can lead to mechanical failure and
contributes non-functional excess weight. Therefore,
Metrology and post-processing Efficient handling
AM surface qualityofmust power, multifunctional
be improved to achieve
of metal additively components
more reliableare andrequired
efficientdue AMto a shift towards
components. This
manufactured structures sustainability, electrification in aerospace, land
work aims to improve the quality of AM surfaces
transport
through advancedsectors. Copper has an excellent
post-processing techniques thermal
and to
and electrical
investigate conductivity.
methods to measure Copper and itsinaccessible
internal, variants
are prevalent
surface texture across the above
by means areas of interest.
of high-resolution 3D X-ray
Laser beam powder bed 3D printing is often
CT scanning.
considered a very costly process. However, other 3D
printing processes such as binder jet can offer cost
3D Printing of Copper and effective solution.
Copper-Graphene Composites Defects
The current like scratch
researchand work crack in surface,
focuses especially
on developing
curved
Copper or and glossy surface, may show
Copper-graphene different
composites using
characteristics
binder jet 3D printing with different
process.viewing
The main angle or lighting
objective of
direction.
the research To work
do a complete inspection
is to demonstrate of a whole 3D
copper-based
surface,
printing usuallymetal
expertise
Functionalized multiple cameras
for surfaces withorreduced
electromagnetic moving camerasto
force stiction
(EMF)
are
and/orused. The
thermal defects can
applications be upfound
liquids and powders could help in reducing cleaningto and
working localized
prototype
through
level
frequencywithchecking
enhanced
and downtimeimages
businessfrom
during different
value as a camera
production saving
images. However,
manufacturing the
solution recognition
and
materials and resources. Laser texturing also toor localization
develop of
state-of-
alters the
the
morphology and surface energy rendering unique to
defect
the-art for through
Graphene-based3D reconstruction
copper may
matrix fail due
Multiview Surface Inspection
the surfaceproperties
composites
functional condition
(ie. Cu-Gr)to withtheweak
using features
3D printing.
surface. However,or lighting
direction. In this project, the methodology
designing a unique texture for a specific application to solve is
the following issues will be studied.
still very experiment-based with lots of hit-and-trial. 1). Extracting
features from dark
This is further or low-contrast
aggravated images;
by reliability and 2). Defect
detections from different features
performance issues. This project will address and 3). Defect
these
localization from multiple images.
key challenges in surface texturing for its The research result
can be applied to glossy surface
industrialization. Physics-based texturing design defect detection,
aerospace
powered byengine machine blade inspection
learning and reparation,
is planned to
Industrialization of laser and road inspection.
developed to predict the suitable textures for a
surface texturing
specific applications such as anti-stiction of powders
and hydrophobicity. Furthermore, the performance
of the textured surfaces will be validated through
The additively
rigorous experimentsmanufactured
and testing. components
The mainsufferfocusfrom
various defects
areas include andnot
(but material
limitedinhomogeneities.
to) This
project aims toofaddresss
(a) Prediction anti-stictionthis issue by developing
properties a
for different
residual stress engineering
texture design and surface using approach basedlearning;
machine on in-situ
Hybrid laser peen-assisted Well-sealed
laser containers
shock peening
(b) Performance andduring (bottles,
additive
reliability drums, packages,
manufacturing.
validation of textured
additive manufacturing of etc.)
The are and
used of
objective
surface; in food & beverage,
the project pharmaceutical,
is to demonstrate the
metallic alloys beauty
benefit care and energy
of hybrid
(c) Development laserindustries
processing
of totechnology
to improve
processing package,
overallstore,
for
transport
integrity ofand
high throughput AMhandle differentThe
components.
and application kinds of solid/liquid
candidate
for complex will be
contents.
involved
components inAny breach ainproof-of-concept
designing package/seal integrity could
prototype
lead to product leak
and conducting trialsand/or
to validatedecay, thewhich could pose
idea through
both
rigorous health (e.g. expired
experiments andfood) and environmental
modelling.
hazards (e.g. flammable liquid leak). No gold standard
exists for such package integrity testing and most
Non-destructive testing (NDT) current techniques are destructive, time-consuming,
using capacitive imaging for and have low testing throughput. Capacitive sensing
industrial applications offers a fast electrical low-cost solution to address the
above issues. Capacitive sensing is becoming a
popular technology to replace optical detection
methods and mechanical designs for applications like
proximity/gesture detection, material analysis, and
liquid level sensing. The benefits include fast
detection, low cost & scalable technology, low power,
applicable to different package material types,
contact and non-contact mode of sensor operation
and offer customized sensor design.
the uncertainties. This inefficient use of powder raw
material results in a larger carbon footprint and
increases the overall production cost. In this
proposed study on powder reuse, the effects of
different recycling approaches will be investigated
and the role of powder modification methods will be
evaluated to ascertain rejuvenation possibilities.
Outcome of this project will help to address the
above-mentioned concerns to improve the viability
Powder Characterisation for
and competitiveness of powder bed AM.
Advancing Metal Printing AM
Sustainability
[Secured candidate] of useThe in AM is a huge
surface concern
integrity of a where
technologies
companies use virgin powders due
component – including its topography, hardness and to uncertainty on
the effects of powder reuse. The
residual stress – is critical to its functional final part quality can
lead to increased
performance. waste during
Traditionally, manufacturing,
surface enhancement larger
carbon footprint and increased
processes are deployed post-machining to ensure consumption of
materials.
that stringent surface integrity requirements are met.
The new manufacturing paradigm led by additive
This study on powder
manufacturing (AM) has reuse
posedwillsignificant
drive for challenges
Surface Enhancement on industrialisation
Laser of AM by reducing the occurrenceprocessof
for theBeam Powder-bed
traditional surfaceFusion 3D printing
enhancement processes. is
Complex Surfaces unexpected
widely used build failures
to producehave and part
highcomplex characteristics
value added
Most AM components geometry and
which do notfor
components
vastly different meet expected
different
initial specifications.
applications.
surface integrity from TheseIn doing
their
so, we
componentscould reduce
are employed
machined counterparts. the overall
To in lead
aerospace,
address time and
these,automotive,cost,
traditional
improving
marine,
processes the viability
oil-gas
have and
beenalso and competitiveness
medical
adapted, andsectors.
novel These of AM.
3D
strategies
printed
have been parts often consist
devised. of complex
In this project, the geometry
student will and
delicate
participate features.
in this Hence,
ongoinginspection is done novel
effort to develop using X-
ray CT equipment.
solutions However,
and capabilities this inspection
to address the future methodneeds
In-Situ Monitoring for Enabling is
ofvery costly
surface and not applicable
enhancement processes. for serial production
Serial Production in Additive scenarios.
ML modelsOn forthe other hand,
inspection in-situ
are built onmonitoring
the assumption tools
Manufacturing such as meltpool monitoring and optical
that the image data used in production will be similar tomography
can
to thebedata
usedthatto monitor
were used the to part build
train theduring
model.3DWhile
printing process. There is a requirement
this may be true for some specific use cases, to further
most
develop these in-situ monitoring
models work in dynamic data environments tools to validate
wherethe
quality
image data of 3Dis printed
constantly parts. This research
changing. will focus
The challenge is on
improving the interpretation of data
that a model trained from static dataset is not able signals from in-to
situ monitoring and use the output
solve new tasks without forgetting previously learned data to assure the
quality of 3D printed parts in
Online Continual Learning for information, which is also known as catastrophicserial production
Image-based Defect Detection scenarios.
Barkhausen Noise (BN)
forgetting. Although technique
retraining from is highly
scratchsensitive
with both
to
thethe
oldvariations
and new image in the microstructure,
data addresses catastrophiccrystalline
defects
forgetting, andthis
stress states of ferromagnetic
methodology is very inefficient materials.
in
This
terms technique
of large data has proved
storageits andcapability
long training as a potential
time. In
NDT technique
this project, wefor willthe
focuscharacterization
on the development of irradiation
of
embrittlement,
frameworks for evaluationadoption ofoftransferstresseslearning
and and
measurement
continuous learning of grain in size. But most
inspection of the
to keep research
high
Non-destructive technologies findings
inspection were achieved
accuracy while from carefullylarge
alleviating controlled
data
for surface integrity laboratory
storage andenvironment,
long training and timelimited focused on early
requirement.
investigation for application in inspection of damage. BN is a kind of micro
early inspection of damage electromagnetic phenomenon produced by the
interaction between the internal structure and the
magnetic
The aim ofdomains of ferromagnetic
this research is to developmaterials.a good It is an
important
understanding of the complex interplay betweenand
bridge connecting the microstructure
the macro
residual performance
stresses of materials. modifications
and microstructural This program
will
introduced by surface treatment to allowBN
investigate the correlation between forsignal
fatigueand
Surface integrity variations the early state of damage, i.e. the microstructure
life improvements in structural alloys. This shall be
through surface engineering variation
achieved from the fundamental
by exploiting thoroughpoint of view. tests
experimental
for enhancing fatigue
and characterisation, coupled with advanced
performance
computational tools for studying the mechanism of
surface
Carbon Fiberengineering
Reinforced as well as the stability
Composites (CFRP)ofhave the
resulting microstructure and residual
excellent properties such as high specific-strength stresses under
fatigue and/or thermal exposure.
compared to metals. Hence they are often used in
aerospace applications. Most of CFRP parts are
produced using conventional manufacturing
3D Printing of Carbon Fiber techniques. These techniques have limitations such
Reinforced composites as a specific mould is required for resin transfer
moulding. On the other hand 3D printing can
overcome those limitations.
This research work will focus on developing 3D
printing process to produce CFRP parts and qualify
the parts for one critical application.
high feedstock cost for AM. IN order to reduce the
cost of adopting AM for the industry, the unused
feedstock is usually recycled and reused for the
subsequent
The more popular AM builds. While this step
AM techniques provides
for metals, such as
opportunity for sustainable manufacturing,
powder bed fusion and directed energy deposition, little
investigation
make use of full is done
meltingon the during effect
theofprocesses
these cyclic to form
usage of powder feedstocks.
the 3D parts. They also opened opportunities The full effect of to powder
characteristics
develop new alloys that were previously difficultAM
on final part quality produced by to is
not fully understood.
Metal Additive Manufacturing achieve using conventional alloying methods. One of
The
suchAM processes
approach is themake
use use of full melting
of powder mixtures during
in thethe
for Sustainability
processes to form 3D parts and
processes, also termed “in-situ alloying”. However,there are complex
physical phenomena
using powder mixtures involved during thetoprocesses
adds complexity the
which can affect the characteristics
process optimisation of AM as the physical of the unused
feedstock.
phenomenaByinvolved mixing recycled
are not fully feedstock with virgin
understood.
feedstock, the composition
Process optimisation for new materials for AMand ratio of the mixture
is
adds
heavily reliant on experimental trial and errorpart
complexity in the determination of final which
quality.
results in material wastage. Such processes also allow
Data Driven Approach to To
thetap into theofopportunity
formation that AM processes
unique microstructures that are
Optimisation of Metal Additive provide for sustainable manufacturing, this research
different from those in the conventionally processed
Manufacturing will study and
materials, and gain
Optical coherence
understanding
due tomography
to the layer-by-layer(OCT)
of thenature of AM
is best known
fundamentals
processes, there behind metal
are opportunities AM in using recycled
for biomedical
feedstock during applications
the processes. suchThis asto tailor
examination
will
such of
reduce
microstructures
human eye tissue. to Being
improve the performance of the
a non-contact
material
parts. wastage and cost for AM in theand future.
nondestructive inspection technique that provides
cross-sectional layer information, OCT has huge
To tap into
potential asthe capability inspection
an industrial of AM processes in creating
technique. The
and tailoring the material composition
Optical coherence tomography project aims to apply OCT to the inspection of and
(OCT) as an industrial microstructures,
industrial materials thisandresearch
components.will study and gain
inspection solution understanding of the fundamental physical
phenomena behind metal
The wavelength of OCT equipment determinesAM by utilising data driven
approach
whether in process optimisation for the materials. By
using erathis
In thedata of NDT technique
Industry
driven 4.0, smart
approach,
canmanufacturing
the
be applied to inspect
process optimisationand
opaque
digital materialschainbut littleembrace
is knownbig about this aspect
can
of be supply
OCT. streamlined
Collaboration
must
which
with isa hypothesized
local
data.to
university
Areduce
huge
will
amount
material of time series
wastage, cost data
and is available in
time.
generate knowledge
manufacturing
The proposed on
and supply
project thechain
intends science
to system.
work of with
OCT and
Efficiently
local
Correlation between 3D translate
and
universitiesthe
effectively knowledge
understanding
or research into higher-TRL
labs, tothe applications.
insightsthe
correlate from 3Dthe
Topography and other manufacturing
topography or other big data is of crucial
measured importance for
or acquired
Characteristics of Materials, manufacturing
parameters, with and the supply
critical chain efficiency,
quality such asfor
requirements
Process or Manufacturing smart predictive
functional performancemaintenance of metal in manufacturing
parts (like additive-
activities and accurate
manufacturing parts). demand forecasting in supply
chain system.
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manufacturing
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devoted is usually the
to understanding
heterogenous, noisy and high dimensional.
toxicity potential of pharmaceutical, food/nutrition, In this
Predictice analytics for supply PhD project, we will research and
and environmental chemicals in human. Traditional develop advanced
and demand planning multimodal
toxicity testing time hasseries
major predictive
limitations analytics
that arisealgorithms
from
and apply them in manufacturing
the costs of animal testing, societal concern overvalue chain system.
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difficulties to:
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animals to humans. Nonanimal learning and that
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of
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and
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questions about the relevance and interpretation mechanism of
from medicine, food/nutrition, and newSince
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and consumer products development for high dimensional,
chemicals to measure their interactions and/orby irregular
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manufacturing and supply chain.
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to allowrole value chain
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validate the proposedplaysalgorithms.
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evaluation of thousands
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for biotechnology, biomedicine,
hundreds of proteins by modeling-docking-
and life sciences. The student will learn to use
AI-guided enzyme engineering simulation,
computational andmethods
will therefore
such as enable
proteina host of new
structure
for green chemistry applications, e.g. precision medicine,
modeling, protein-ligand docking, and machine precision
nutrition.
learning toThe predictions
suggest useful will
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and substrates for
collaborator's lab.
selected enzymes involved in green chemistry. The
predictions will be tested in collaborator's lab.
appearance of the structured meat analogue while
mindful of cost, nutritional value, and food safety.
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roller printing) and their integrations will be explored
to get an ideal cultured meat product with suitable
organoleptic properties. However, as an emerging
modality, current research in the field still mainly
focuses on antibody discovery and cell line
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organoleptic cultured meat unknowns that plague the development of bsAbs,
products especially in downstream processing and product
analytics. Compared to monoclonal antibodies, the
presence of a myriad of bsAb specific byproducts and
the
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development of bsAbs, especially in downstream transduction
high in gene
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technologies for bispecific stage.
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antibody purification and due to the high risk in bsAbs manufacturing, there is a
developability assessment great need for an efficient and streamlined process to
assess developability of bsAbs in order to select
promising candidates and rule out low developability
candidates at the early stage of development.
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technologies aimscompact
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development
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workflows
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enzyme design
for stability and increased output
needs to know semantics of the environment.
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the form of a metric map tagged with location
information. The state-of-the-art solutions develop
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causes the robot to fail when there are changes in the
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coverage scenarios will be addressed by adapting to
changes in:- environmental map, as the map is
explored on-the-fly,- fleet size, as some robots can
be added per need or some may fail during the
mission,-goal, as the mission itself may be altered
after deployment.To address these key challenges,
the proposed approach will be developed and tested
over software-in-the-loop simulations such as
Gazebo, AirSim with Robot Operating System (ROS).
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of the explainable heat-map such as Grad-CAM.
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representation. To tackle this issue, a knowledge-
aware system that integrates some clinical prior
information into the learning process can be explored
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and representation for medical framework on different medical image analysis tasks.
image interpretation The rapid
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number of of leg robotics
medical images led to with labels is
commercially
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insufficient to platforms
train a powerful (Unitree, Boston
explainable
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[1].
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big data set with limit labels.
bio inspired solution to add elasticity in the limb
This
which project
showed is to develop algorithms
improvements in energy andefficient
framework
for robot motion planning
locomotion [4]. Research has been made toward and control with the
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energy efficient gait controller with reinforcement that enables
through Sense of Touch robots
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the aim is to manipulation
investigate tasks the
in
use of reinforcement learning in addition with and
occluded and/or vision-denied environments
on deformable
compliant joint objects.
of legs to achieve efficient
locomotion. Part of the research would be to
The rise ofsuch
integrate lidarcompliant
(LIght Detection modelsAnd in the Ranging)
trainingsensors
in the recent decades
environment to perform hascustom
createdtraining severaland
applications.
demonstrate All thelidarsenergy essentially
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realarobot.
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using compliant material for points, representing distance to the near-by objects
energy storage and restitution in various directions.
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environments the be basicverycontext
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environment from current analytical algorithms
this PhD study, the candidate will research on novel and thereafter,
assist
approachesin several robotic tasks
for estimating in challenging
accurate localization pose
environment with continual
of the mobile platforms without the need for performance
enhancement
generation of prior via self-competition
3D maps. The solution and life-long may
learning.
include, but not limited to, multi-sensor data fusion,
The enhanced
leveraging feature
2D floor detection algorithms
or open-street maps, or bio- will
thereby directly bolster several
inspired topological/semantic maps using advanced applications including
point cloud map
machine learning approaches. cleaning, robust feature detection
for high accuracy robot localization, stable features
encoding into the point cloud maps for long-term
robust localization of robots and traversibility analysis
for mobile robots. These system level enhancements
will eventually lead to easy and reliable adoption of
at the megatrends moving to 2030, analyzing the
needs for communications and networks and gaps
from 5G, and developing enabling technologies for 6G
to bridge the gaps.Internet of things, artificial
intelligence of things, digital transformation
consistently appear in the top list of megatrend 2030.
We
The focus
number on of theconnected
learning ofdevices controlwill strategies
continuefor to
robots to navigateliving,
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with
world, RGB cameras.
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advancement, a keyalsoissuepushing faced forbyintegrated
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communications Learning
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that they require
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of information
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operational data. To alleviate arethis,
we aim at
looking forderiving suitablephd
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students withfor the
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in electrical and computer areas:
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science, embeddings whose
applied mathematics,
dimensionality
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design, and mature, robots
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of training
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dimensional
re-configurability in
people,
system, not
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needed
network, a factory
for test
radiotime. setup as a cobot but also
environment.
increasing in our living spaces. Focusing on the use of
Though
learning artificial
techniques,
We demonstrate intelligence
utility oftechniques,
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our method andespecially
interaction
to enable a
deep
robot neural
modalities,
to networks,
this area of have
auto-configure research
the achieved
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investigate of
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medical image analysis in recent
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cheap
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interactions
for many and/or
navigation. challenges
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coordinated
then theiractions
a
translational
to improve theapplications.
quality of Firstly,
task thesensors.
completion. success of deep
Apart
robot
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neural networks
to
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project towithin
acquire this
environment.
such amount of Coupling
medicalwith images the and improvedlabel the dataimage
scope.
quality of existing and emerging sensory modalities
accordingly. Secondly, there is lack of deep neural
and actuation
networks techniques,
for general medical dexterity
image has becoming
analysis cross
Cardiovascular
ever more possiblediseasefor is a major
robot to health
acquire careexecute.
and burden.
Dexterous robot manipulation, various
Cardiac imaging
function modalities,
assessment as well
and its as various
underlying body
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regions. A of research
common investigates
practice to the
handle motion
these
control and interaction etiology iscontrol
paramount. Doctorsresearch use diverse imaging
planning,
bottlenecks is to do and learning
transfer learning using
through pre-
tests –echocardiography,
multimodal sensory feedbacks nuclear for scintigraphy
dexterous and
trained models
magnetic resonance on large amount
imaging (MRI) of various
– for image
diagnosis
manipulation
resources. and
However, the interaction with the environment.
and
Apart prognostication.
from specific MRIcurrent
topics is
infrequently
existing
popular pre-trained
recommended
projects,
models
for are basically
patientscandidates
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riskpropose data
of CVD other from
to triage non-
interested
medical domains, which canmay also lead to performance project
them
within for
thismedication
scope. or invasive aggressive
degradation
treatment. However, on medical images. interpretation of
conventional
Super Modals for Medical CMR images requires expert manipulation, is often
This project aims to develop super pre-trained
Imaging by Transfer Learning operator-dependent, not easily amenable to
models for general medical image analysis based on
and Self-supervised Learning computational evaluation, and reports only
small amount
ventricular of labeled
volume data. Specifically,
and ejection fraction. However, the study
will focus on exploring three related
current techniques fail to exploit the full potential topics: 1) of
benchmark dataset - consolidate
the rich image dataset and also rely on expert inputs multiple medical
image sets publicly
extensively (2-4 hours available,
per report). to form the benchmark
Frequently, there
dataset for model training and
is a lack of agreement between modalities. All heart performance
verification.
imaging modalities 2) development
can be presented platformin- enhance a video the
representation learning through
format (beat-to-beat). We proposed video based AI self-supervised
Video-based AI for Cardiac mechanisms by leveraging
for cardiac function analysisupthat theisunlabeled
physiologically data
Function Analysis from multiple imaging, as well as to enhance the
meaningful, reproducible and validated.
generalization of deep learning
In this project, we will develop a video-based AI for modals cross various
modalities
cardiac function and regions
analysis through
(VACFA). modality
Our solutionadaption. will 3)
performance verification - conduct
provide the following function: 1) point tracking; 2) the performance
comparisons
line tracking; between
and 3) wall models
motion trained
tracking from scratch,
beat-to-
models
The finefuned
beat.objective
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PhD thesis
tracking, we willpre-trained
is to models,
develop a novel
generate and
models
biophotonicsfinfined
myocardial velocities by
imagingforour pre-trained
andboth sensing LV and models.
strategies
RV. From lineWe
Development of Biophotonics believe,
tracking,the
combining study
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spectroscopy
will generate myocardial will greatly
and/or speed
and up
Photoacoustic
strain
Technologies for Disease the transformation
imaging
strain forand/or
LA, LV,diffuse of the
RA andreflectance achievements
RV. From wall of
spectroscopy deep
motion for
monitoring learning
skin health
tracking, from computer
we(diseases
will generate such vision
as
wall domain
inflammatory
motion scores to medialconditions,
for LA,
imaging
pigmentation,research.
LV, RA and RV.acne Frometc) and biomarker
all above, we will report sensing LVin
body fluids.
diastolic function/dysfunction (0, normal diastolic
function; 1, diastolic dysfunction), systolic
function/dysfunction (0, normal systolic function; 1,
systolic dysfunction), wall motion (0, normal; 1, mild
or moderate hypokinesia; 2, severe hypokinesia; 3,
akinesia; and 4, dyskinesia), ischemia state (0, non-
ischemia; 1, ischemia) to meet the clinical needs.
norm in workplace management. This arrangement is
typically hybrid in which employees work in the office
on some days of the week and spend the remaining
working days at home. As such, residential buildings
may be largely occupied during office hours. Exposure
to higher environmental noise in the daytime could
negatively affect the psychological well-being of
residents working from home. Currently,
environmental noise can be reduced along the
Sustainable Approach for
transmission path via noise barriers and/or specially
Environmental Noise Control in
designed building elements such as windows,
Living Spaces
balconies, and sunshades. These solutions, however,
are typically non-sustainable. Sustainable living is one
of the keyThe
Abstract: pillars of future cities
government recently in which
announced new that
developments focus on less
Singapore will be phasing out internal combustion waste, less resource
Investigate
consumption,
engine vehicles theand complexity
by less2040. Tobehind
carbon urban
emissions.
achieve Hence, it is
this ambitious
infrastructure
timely to address systemsthe including
noise
goal, one of the biggest challenges is to deploy issue traffic,
through electricity,
sustainable
water,
control etc. Macroscopic patterns
sufficient charging infrastructures island wide. a
measures. This project aims (phase
to transitions,
develop
congestion,
feasible
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sustainable
electrical etc.)
solution
energy atthough
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and
batteries to be
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design
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input to the macroscopic
converters
connections. This in terms
technology study.
of energy enables a
efficiency,
fully automated powercharging density,process and operationaland can greatly reliability.
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maintenance is anin important
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smartair-conditioning
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electric combat siliconhigh
as temperatures
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semiconductors
of such change.
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devices
cars major
have be source
fully of
already thermal
reached
automated. their
energy
performance
This projectis from aims infra-red
limits, to and
achieve electromagnetic
breakthrough
the designtechnologies waves
requirements
through
are required
by proposing window in the
advancedfilms.
energy Current
sectors
design solutions
to meet
methodologies oftheanti- ever-
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thermal
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demand
for low
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systems.
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project will reduction.
study defeating Wide
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power
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devices
considering illumination
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as SiC and while GaN keeping
components, feature IRelectromagnetic
out of building.
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This project
electrical
simulation, aimsmodel-based
properties
and to design
that allow optical them panel to achieve
to operate
multi-objective at
GaN-based Ultra-high- 90%
much average transmission
higher voltages,
optimization techniques on visible
frequencies,
beyond what light
and spectrumor
istemperatures
available
efficiency, high-power density (400-700
than theirnm)
applicable for and
Si-based more thanindustrial
counterparts.
conventional 30%This average opens reflection
development. new
Power Converters on
Thenear
opportunities infrared
designed forradiation
the design
charging system (850-1500 nm). to be ultra-
ofisnext-generation
expected able
high-efficiency
to transmit power andinultra-high-power
a bidirectional way densityso that GaN- EV
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based popular
batteries power can strategy
converters.
be also used investigated
Totorealize
provide by many
accurate
grid models
support
researchers
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whenphysical
needed. to reflect thermal
components, the projectenergywill offexplore
the anti-the
thermal
development glass panels of models is thinwith film coating.
accurate Visible light
representation
transmission
of weight, volume is severelyand power compromisedlosses ofand eachthe
intention
component, to provide
as well as natural
constraintsilluminationon howdefeated. the
Energy control in building
Current
component solutions
designfail to achieve selective
is determined by the required
structures using optical panel In the past seven decades,
transmission
system performance. of visible lightsIntegrated
These and reflection
models circuits
should of (IC)
beinfrared
for energy efficiency and have beenThis progressing aggressively along
radiation.
applicable for project utilises
evaluating designs to simulate
based onthe materials
sustainability directions ofbetween
the Moore’s law andstructures
“More-than-
interaction
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not commercially
technologies play adesigned
available,
major
Moore”.
role in the knowledge-driven economyequipped
and
to incoming
identify Computer
the potential chips
electromagnetic are
for primarily
waves.
system-level The
and hypothesis
energy
modern with
such
is that ICs
efficiencythe operating
higher
and power theon bits.
gradient
density
societies. The fifth-generation (5G) wireless As the
of scaling
change
improvements. of
in effective
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transistors
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mathematical
communication aremodels
index, hitting
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technology the
of suchphysical
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At actively
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fortime,all other
transmission
relevant
commercial use, while the Sixth-generation (6G) type of computer
efficiency
combinations of in thechips.
system
Next-generation
visible
designs light
must rangebe computer
is kept
developed more
wireless communication technology has slowly gained chips
as than
the will run
90%.
basis not
for only
designing on
Multiphysics modelling and bits,
suitablebut also
control on Qbits
strategies
momentum in terms of R&D, with promising and neurons,
for the or
resultinga jumbosystem. of all
design for next-generation of
The them. Regardless
objective of this of a
project chip
prospects of extremely high data-rate, huge capacity is being
to designdigital, a RF,
nano-micro
Computer Chips quantum,
surface
and seamless or neuromorphic,
structure bythey
from polycarbonate
connectivity are governed
bridging substrate
wireless and or
toco-
governed
achieve 90% by the
average
satellite communications. Maxwell’stransmissionequations on in the
visible forms
lights of
circuits
spectrum and waves.
(400-700 Electromagnetic
nm) and
This project aims to leverage metamaterial design to 30% averagemodeling plays
reflection
an
on essential
neartwo
tackle infraredrole
key in the design
radiation
challenges of hardware
(850-1500
in the nextnm). generationThe
chips.
student On top
will use of it, Qbit
commercial modeling
development of the next-generation fused wireless software and AI
to chip
perform
modeling
simulation.
and satellite (neuromorphic
They will be guided
communications, chip modeling)
to design
i.e., a) antenna are also
different
required.
structures The
using project aims
nanophotonic
technology; b) interference issue. On one hand, to develop
principle. a multiphyscis
The students
Metamaterial design for next co-simulation
will also get the tool for
chance design
to of
discuss next-generation
with industry
conventional antenna technology faces enormous
generation fused wireless and Computer
collaborators Chips. and next-general
research institutes to exchange
challenge to fulfil communication
satellite communications ideas and platform so as to build up a firm and
requirement, where operating frequencies are solid
higher,
capabilities for himself.
footprint is smaller. On the other hand, while next-
generation communication technology will enable
seamless connections among people, machines and
other devices, chances of coupling and interference
among end users become higher. Metamaterials
including metasurfaces offer new electromagnetic
properties and characteristics that can be leveraged
to overcome the above two challenges. Metamaterial
based antenna and metamaterial based absorbers or
filters are the focuses of this project. It will involve
represented in the form of distributed matrix micro-
cracks and delamination that can initiate and
propagate at regions of high stress concentrations,
leading to ultimate failure when fiber damage
becomes extensive at the end of structural fatigue
In the
life. In aerospace
previous studies, industry, the use ofdamage
distributed legacy quad has been
composite
modelled laminates
with smeared is widespread
crack
In this proposal, we aim to develop comprehensive partly
techniques, due
while tolarger
historical
growing reasons
cracks, and
delamination familiarity
Wind-Tree Modelling in Plant-Air-Soil Framework and to engineers.
fiber breaks Thein
base
modelledunit of
with a quasi-isotropic
discrete and
order to better understand the physics of heat, mass (QI)
cohesive laminate
element is the
Multi-fidelity modeling of [0/±45/90] lay-up, where the numbers denote angle
methods. Furthermore, where high
and fidelity is wind-
not
fatigue damage in composites and of
radiative
the plies.
exchange
However, QI
process
laminates
dynamic
are not the most
required (e.g. in undamaged regions
tree interaction. They are three research capabilities or damaged but
efficient
dormant way to
regions),
to be developed: deploy
shell composites
elements mayand has
be serious
deployed
disadvantages,
instead
1. Wind-tree including
of moremodellingcomputationally unnecessary expensive
with convective weight and
three-
heat and
complexity
dimensional in manufacturing
(3D) elements.
mass exchange from stomata via leaf boundary layer and
This thickness
adaptivity tapering,
between
which
shell andcan3D
and subsequently lead to unsymmetric
elements to scale has up proven
withlay-ups,
to
Leaf warping
beArea
more and
Density
increased
computationally
(LAD) formulationcost. Recently,
efficient a new
while class
preservingof composite
the physics
lay-ups,
of
2. the known modelling
progressive
Wind-tree as double-double
damagewith process. (DD),
Thishas
atmospheric- beenaims
project
Composite bolted joints with proposed.
to extend The
a base
multi-fidelity unit of a DD
computational
vegetation and the influence of trees is considered is [±θ/±φ] model where the as
double-double laminates and two angles
originally can
developed be tailored
for to match
quasi-static
source terms, and radiation exchange & thermal the in-plane
monotonic
local reinforcements stiffness
loading
conduction offatigue
to any legacy
for unsteady behaviourquadRANS laminate.
of simulation
composites. The DD Infamily
regions
of laminates
where the has
damage the is advantages
diffused,
3. Wind-tree modelling with simplified root-plate of
smeared simplifying
crack the
models
manufacturing
will be used, process,
while larger
model and subsequently to scale up for the homogenization
cracks will be of
modelled with
properties,
discrete and
cracks. simplifying
integrated branch-trunk-root-soil model the tapering of laminates.
This project aims
The following fourtoresearch
investigate work the use ofare
scopes DD in
bolted
proposed: composite joints through finite element (FE)
simulation of progressive
1. Development on appropriate geometrical model damage, supplemented
Wind Tree Modelling in Plant- with limited experimental
representation for wind-tree investigations.
modelling (e.g. Dueexplicit
to the
Air-Soil Framework possibility of homogenization
tree-branches, trunk, fractal and LAD) of DD laminate
properties,
Alloy designthe
2. Development andFEdevelopment
analysis
on the physics of bolted
is an composite
of iterative
heat andand joints
mass
may be
incremental efficiently
exchange process process. modelled with
Efficientdrying
(including continuum
computational shell
kinetic) for wind-
elements,
methodology
tree modelling except is beingfor aincreasingly
few surfacesought plies, whichas may
be required
alternative/precursor
3. Development on thefor local reinforcement.
to replace
coupling expensive
of radiation for
experimentation.
wind-tree modelling The proposed project aims at using
multiscale
4. Development modelling oncapabilities
the dynamics related to alloys for
wind-tree
studying
interaction microstructural
model (with tree evolution
swaying across different
and root-
New alloy development aided length
AlScN system has attracted enormous interest on
substrate scale during
model) for alloys
single processing
tree and and
forest based
by ICME framework ICME methodology
composition
recently as it exhibits identify
enhanced insights on the correlation
piezoelectric and
between
Ultimately, the we microstructure,
hope that
ferroelectric response. These properties vary the processing
capabilities and material
developed
with
properties
can be applied
the scandium andcontent
explore
to indesign
the following space
futurefor
the Al(1-x)ScxN. identification
projects
AlScNfor is also
of promising
Urban
CMOS Environment newer alloys.
fab compatible and This
Modelling hence framework
Research is being
in IHPC
holds promise
developed
1.
towardsWind-tree in targeting
realization interaction:
of newdifferent
Physical
age kinds of structuralof
performance
microelectronics
alloys
solid towards
models in applications
wind tunnel
devices for communication and edge computing such
tests as
– Additive
NParks/NUS
Computational modelling manufacturing,
2. Wind load
applications. Structural
prediction
However, theseandtrees
on functional
unique Coatings
in properties
virtual urban are
and novel
landscape thin
for films
Greenery
based Investigation of New age reported for large samples, whereas the niche Management – NParks/NUS
material AlScN for Edge 3. Development
applications demand of an Integrated
reducing Model for to
the dimension Treesub
computing and post 5G Stability
100 nm Assessment
thin films to in
be Urban
viable Landscape
and
Vapour
4. deposition
Vegetation is typicaland
shadowing mode of building thin in
energy efficient
evapo-transpiration
communications microelectronic
films onto devices.
effect
Using – foraoutdoor
modelling
substrate for fabrication
thermal
approaches, comfort
this project
of the
study
microelectronic devices. The thin film endaims product to
study the correlation between
during deposition results in a wide range of the functional
properties
morphologyofincluding the AlScNpolycrystalline
thin film and the underlying
textured
microstructure and to evolve
microstructures, epitaxial films and even 2D strategies to optimize
materials
the microstructure to enhance
Multiphysics modelling of thin depending on the deposition process. The quality of the functional
film deposition process through response of the film
the film microstructure determines the functional
Physical Vapor Deposition and properties of the film, and the microstructure in turn
chemical vapor deposition is highly dictated by the processing conditions and
even alteredidea
The primary by the is to substrate
use timeonseries which it is grown.
dataset for
This project aims to develop
modelling progression/degradation with the atomistic and continuum
use of
modelling
Knowledgemethodology
embedded Machine towardsLearning.a multiscale We will
framework for thin film based
need to define the some application domain for the microstructure
predictions
same. Currently, duringI am typical processing
thinking of followingconditions and
application
also to
domains: estimate the properties
Artificial Intelligence for Time
• Manufacturing (RUL Prediction)
Series
• Green Energy
• Healthcare
• Financial
Other areas of mutual interest can be discussed.

[10.31438/trf.hh2012.78]. This problem is further
compounded when 2 piezoelectric layers are used to
enhance the mechanical actuation. We hypothesize
that having slits etched into the membrane of an
ultrasonic transducer will improve its tolerance to
residual stresses, hence improving the uniformity of
the resonant frequencies within an array of devices.
The US patent office affirmed our design’s novelty of
connecting multiple sections of the transducer’s
AI-assisted design of ultrasonic membrane
Modeling the at fiber
the center
tows with pointvariable
of the membrane
cross-sections
MEMS [US11229927B2], as
caused by weaving process, as wellopposed to prioras art
thehaving
curvedarod
cavity at the center [US10293377B2].
members with geometry defections in additive MEMS design
procedures often consider only
manufacturing, is essential for detailed 3D modeling primitive geometries
such as circles,
in analysis ellipses,which
and design, and rectangles
can be achieved which mightwith
not yield optimal solutions
advanced modern NURBS modeling techniques. due to limited degrees of
Analysis-suitable NURBS freedom.
However, Digitala fast, structures
robust andcan be created when
analysis-suitable NURBSan
modelling techniques for 3D image is used to convey complex
modelling method for such applications is still absent. geometries. We
textiles and general lattices propose
This project for the
aimsfirst time, to use
at providing Deep Reinforcement
a solution for such
with curved members in Learning (DRL) to design digital
problems, leading to a fast and robust algorithm MEMS structures,toto
advanced 3D textile composite optimize
generate our NURBS novel CADultrasonic
models transducer design with
for textile structures
modeling and additive etched
Novel slits for
3D non-periodic
and general maximum
lattices with wovenstress
curved tolerance
composite
rod members. and The
preforms
manufacturing acoustic
are
geometry pressure
a promisingboundary output.
method DRL achieves
to fabricate
variations data
near-net shape
and imperfections of
efficiency
composite by reusing data
structures
products manufactured from
forincritical
additiveprevious
aerospace iterations. By
manufacturing
using a fast forward
applications.
and auto-fiber However, solver
placements which
designing
can also aincorporates
weaving
be treated &
process
with
replaces
that
this can the
achieve
algorithm. physics
The simulations,
complex
development components DRL
of can
this such generate
as
research a will
In city-scale
new designs (or even the
beyond cross-regional)
local optimum application
not limited by
turbine
play an
scenarios blade
important
(such with internal
role
as logisticsfor cooling
the channels
integration
& supply of
chain more is a
CAD,
systems),
Design Optimization of any training dataset. This leads to a much
challenging
CAE, and CAM
information task. As aand
systems
sharing result,
that
process preforms
are valuable arefor
coordination currently
practical
across
Advanced 3D Woven efficient optimization method and in some the cases the
designed
engineering
organizations largely by
problems. trial
(different and error,
manufacturers, limiting operators,
Composites Using AI-Enhanced only method that can find the solution for a complex
adoption
warehouses, of this method.
retailers, The
etc.) proposed
introduce research
better
Framework problem.
project aims at developing a rational
smartness, efficiency, and cost-reduction in global method to
design novel 3D non-periodic
context. Cross-organizational applications need towoven composite
preforms
deal with usingmore aissues manufacturing-based
in data security, automated
parameterization
process management, method audit and an AI-enhanced
accounting and trust design
and
framework to simultaneously design
credit establishment between different entities (along the material and
the component.
with other non-technical social issues). Each aspect
Blockchain and Its Use Cases in requires enhanced solutions like reducing trust
Intelligent Systems friction, promoting automation, establishing
incentives to achieve scaling data sharing, and
allowing more profitable users and value-added
Additive
companies Manufacturing
to be engaged (AM)in theis facing
ecosystem.some key
technical
Blockchainbottleneck
technology issues which need
can address these towidespread
be
resolved.
technical and For metal AM, the issues
non-technical main issuesby its areuniquequality
inconsistency,
features. This study and determination
will work on integration of the suitable of
printing
blockchain conditions
technology to achieve designed
and intelligent requirements
systems, and
Processing, microstructure and
for the part.
explore In this proposal,
the blockchain technology we would like to
in logistics
mechanical properties of
develop
management, computational models and
anti-counterfeiting tools to
control, data
additively manufactured parts
understand
marketplacethe andrelationships between the processing
other cross-organizational
condition,
applications. microstructures and mechanical
properties, and further provide strategies to improve
.the
The strong,
quality flexible, lightweight
inconsistency and identify and thecheap, plastics
suitable
characteristics
printing conditions. with hybrid system are attributed by
the leading startup companies in recent years. In this
type of wearable and stretchable electronic, the very
Numerical simulation aided important stage is to form the highly serpentine
wearable and filexible design structures in the thin film. With the computing
capabilities increasing, numerical methods are now
widely used in mechanical analysis and Finite Element
Analysis (FEA) is one such tool presently available
both to academic researchers and to the industry.
Advancing integrated modelling between finite
element (FE) and multi-body simulations, and soft
robot control. The modelling efforts will tackle major
Soft and Hybrid Robotics research challenges, particularly in combining both FE
and multi-body approaches for faster and more
accurate simulation, and establishing reinforcement
learning through digital twin simulations.
Cyber-Physiochemical modelling and simulation conformal interfaces and
Interfaces stretchable electrodes
Multi-physics numerical simulation with electro-

Soft robotic design mechanical coupling problem is solved for design
optimization using multi- optimization in soft robotic, which can be extended to
physics simulation thermo-mechanical coupling problem with similar
governing equations and methodologies.
In our hydroponics lab, we are developing

microorganisms as natural, eco-friendly fertilizers
that promote plant growth. The bacteria-based
Nanocomposites for biofertilizers are encapsulated in nanostructured
Agritechnology coatings on plant seeds to significantly improve
germination. We have also synthesized green
microparticles for the controlled release of nutrients
in
Wesoil andprecision-engineered
have cocopeat plugs. lateral flow test kits to
yield highly reproducible, specific detection of various
antigens. With a built-in signal amplification that
enables sub-ng/ml sensitivity, our quantitative lateral
flow assays may replace ELISAs in applications ranging
Genotyping Assays and Cancer
from monitoring health biomarkers to bio-
Diagnostics
manufacturing quality control, as well as R&D-based
Aerogels
biologicalare highly
assays. porous
These and lightweight,
paper-based assays favorable
are also
for various as
developed applications such askits
rapid diagnostic thermal
for theinsulation,
accurate
energy
detection storage, and absorbents.
of various While aerogels
infectious diseases and had
been heavily
foodborne worked on, there is a global push in
pathogens.
recent years for sustainable approaches. The aim of
this project is to enhance the existing lignocellulosic
structures in biomass waste to develop a highly
3D printing of 100% natural
porous, lightweight
It is estimated and all-natural
that around 1.3 billionaerogel.
tonnesWe of food
aerogels from biomass waste
approach this by exposing the innate
is wasted along the “farm-to-fork” value chain, cellulose
structure
costing the ofworld
food/argi
$2.6biomass
trillion perto create a porousFood
year. (Source:
platform for aerogel formation. The
and Agriculture Organization) Many of the food natural aerogels
waste
are able to achieve good performance,
contain valuable bioactive compounds such as functionality
and
Ligninbiodegradation.
is a collagen
peptides, In addition,
naturallycellulose,
abundant 3D printing
biopolymer
and lipids willbe
thatwhich
can be
can
employed
be valorised
exploited for building up designed
for the fabrication
as high-value, sustainable architecture
of sustainable
resources for to
expend the and
antimicrobial
biomedical application
materials.
commercial of the green aerogel
Photosensitisers
applications. are material.
However,
“Waste-to-resource” bioactive molecules that tocanvalorize
be activated by light to generate
current efforts food waste is inadequate
scaffold development for reactive oxygena species (ROS)
and constitute significant lossthat can damage
in valuable cell
resources.
regenerative medicine structures from
This student willmicroorganisms
focus on developing leading to cell death.
ecofriendly
Currently,
valorizationlignin is being
pathways to utilised
construct to aeither
seriesasofa novel
single
entity, or conjugated
food waste with metallic
derived biomaterials forphotosensitisers
regenerative to
afford
medicine nanomaterial
applications. with antimicrobial
A detailed photodynamic
scientific
therapy (PDT) properties.
understanding The antimicrobial
of the biomaterial extraction,efficacy
for this lignin nanomaterial
characterization modification is limited
as well and the lignin-
as cell-materials
metallic
interaction nanoconjugates
is expected tohave toxicity challenges.
be developed at the endThisof
Bioresource lignin valorisation
project aims to develop lignin-photosensitiser
the project.
towards next-generation green
nanoconjugates, where the photosensitisers are small
photosensitiser carriers
molecules based near infra-red (NIR) entities, to
overcome the limitations. Photostable NIR
photosensitisers offer superior tissue penetration
ability, and will be non-covalently (via encapsulation)
and covalently conjugated with lignin to produce
bespoke antimicrobial-PDT nanomaterials. Low
power NIR lasers shall be used to deliver these
nanomaterials for deep tissue bioimaging and
antimicrobial photodynamic therapy. These lignin-
photosensitisers nanoconjugates have the potential
to be used as drug delivery vehicles, as well as for
As a part of the AMDM program, there are multiple
automated setups in IMRE, focused on synthesis and
characterization, electrical/optical/thermoelectric
and catalytic testing. The student will join the vibrant
group of students to work on energy-related projects.
Automated Synthesis,
Characterization of Functional Engineering High Quality Solid-State Qubits
Specific area of interest, to complement the NRF
Materials for Green Energy The silicon semiconductor platform has
Fellowship that the PI has received, is inbeen the of
the area
applications bedrock of the microelectronics industry for the last 5
thermoelectric thin films and their automated
decades and arguably
characterization. one of the
The student best understood
is expected to bridge
technological materiallearning,
the fields of machine for engineering
automation electronic
and
devices.
materialsSilicon technology
science, and will be hasatalso
the proven
forefrontitself
of this
recently in the realization
exciting paradigm of high-quality
of accelerating quantum
innovation.
gates (up to 99.99% gate fidelity) for quantum
computation. This project seeks to leverage on this
Engineering High Quality Solid-
proven platform to help accelerate the development
State Qubits
of large-scale quantum computers. To that end, we
seek
A newhighly motivated andconcrete,
high-performance capable candidates
called bendableto
pursue
concrete, is well known by its superior tensile and
PhD studies in the scope of developing
engineering
behavior while spin-based qubits
maintaining theincompressive
the silicon platform.
strength
The scope of work will involve
over traditional concrete. This projectqubit design,
will build up a
fabrication
computational andmodeling
measurements. Thereconcrete,
of bendable will also be
ample
aiming to achieve low cost and low CO2 mixtheorists
opportunities to work with quantum
Computational modeling of in the area ofwithqubit architecture
formulation desired materialand error correction
performance. This
sustainable bendable concrete design.
model will be the first toolbox to do mix design of
with low cost and low CO2
bendable concrete, overcoming the constraint of
empirical try-and-error methods which inhibits the
wide application of this new material. It can help to
optimize the mix formulation with incorporation of
industrial waste material and predict the compressive
and tensile properties.
This project aims to explore the potential of different
Green cement: Geopolymer
types of industrial
Terahertz emitterswaste
play anash in construction
important role in many
synthesized with industrial
materials, targeting for green
applications such as spectroscopy, cement called
non-invasive
waste
geopolymer.
imagine, and next-generation 6G telecommunication.
There has been huge research interest in the method
of generating large broadband terahertz low power
energy-efficient spintronic material. Using
Superconductors spintronics to generate terahertz
has yet to be explored deeply which can be used as
an opportunity for my Ph.D. to investigate further as
Terahertz Superconductor
my research proposal. Superconductors have many
Spintronics
unique characteristics such as apparent negligible DC
resistance due to the presence of cooper pairs. In
high-temperature superconductors, the energy gap of
cooper pair lies within the terahertz regime which has
been investigated and exploited in modulating
metamaterials. Employing this knowledge, the
proposal is to investigate
To investigate and develop the of use
new high-temperature
materials and device
superconductors in spintronics metasurfaces
Functional spintronics for next designs to outperform conventional electronics, to in
generate terahertz.
generation electronics devices terms of power, speed and endurance, targeting the
needs
Organicofnonlinear
edge AI hardware
crystals have a great potential in
generating terahertz waves due to simpler collinear
phase matching conditions and lower pump energy
required than inorganic nonlinear optical crystals.
Their properties such as refractive index, dispersion,
phonon mode and absorption properties are
beneficial to the generation of terahertz and other
THz Emitter and Detector
nonlinear optical processes. The research of two
Development
organic nonlinear crystals exciting terahertz includes
DAST and HMQ-TMS are under extensive research
currently. In this proposed research, student will
identify the high-quality organic nonlinear crystals,
construct the device structure in order to improve the
terahertz conversion efficiency and demonstrate the
organic THz emitter and detector devices.
Direct-bandgap interlayer excitons in 2D type-II
hetero-structures have shown enticing properties for
novel interlayer exciton devices, including a tunable
optical energy from visible to mid-IR, large binding
energy (>100 meV), ultralong lifetime (ns-ms),
spin-valley polarization, and micron-scale in-plane
Interlayer exciton in van der
spreading. Here we will take advantage of these
Waals hetero-structures for on-
properties to engineer on-chip devices for integrated
chip information processing Polymer-based electronic materials enable broad
information processing. We will conduct studies by
devices applications for soft, synthesis,
stretchable, degradable and self-
combining materials nanofabrication,
healable
advancedelectronics,
characterization rivaling andtheir inorganicsimulation
theoretical
counterparts.
to visualise and However,
overcome theknowledge
lack of microfabrication
gaps in
methods
discoveryto ofpattern high-density
novel physics phenomenon polymeric and
electronics
realization limits
of their
prototyping translation
techniques
Biodegradable Thermogelling Polymers: Working to industry.
for We aim
functional
to develop
devices. a universal
Towards Clinical Applications and scalable manufacturing
Scalable manufacturing of
technology platform, termed sequential direct
micron-scale polymeric
microphotolithography,
As society ages, aging medical that substantially
problems such increases
as
bioelectronics via sequential
the spatial resolution of polymeric microelectronics
direct microphotolithography organ damage or failure among senior citizens
and microsensors.
increases, raising the Wedemandwill enable electroactive
for organ repair
polymers with ultraviolet-light-crosslinkable
technologies. Synthetic materials have been
capability
developedand anddemonstrate
applied in various etch-free partsfabrication
of human
routes
body tofor complex
meet the and
biomedical multilayered
needs. devices. The
Hydrogels, in
Among various
proposed technologypolytype SiC crystal
isextensive
critical structures, 4H-SiC
forapplications
next-generation
particular, have found as
Biodegradable Thermogelling offers
wearablea higher
devices breakdown
anddelivery electric electronics
implantable field, higherand
wound
thermal healing, drug
conductivity, lower thermal and controlled
generation release,
rate,
Polymers: Working Towards MedTech industry.
and scaffold materials in the human
higher saturated electron drift velocity, and lower body. The
Clinical Applications
development
intrinsic carrierofconcentration.
the next generation These of soft hydrogel
intrinsic
biomaterials focuses on facile
characteristics of SiC offer device development synthetic methods, for
efficacy of treatment, and tunable
faster switching speeds, lower power losses and multi-
functionalities
higher efficiency, forhigher
applications.
blocking Supramolecular
voltages, higher 3D
entities are highly attractive materials
temperature and harsh environment operation. The for biomedical
application.
crystal quality They are assembled
of 4H-SiC epitaxialby modules
films via
is influenced
various non-covalent bonds (hydrogen
by the defect density of bulk SiC substrate material bonds, p–p
Sustainable
stacking and/ormetal van alloy
der development
Waals has
interactions).
that controls the density of propagating line defects. been an
Sustainalbe metal alloy
emergy
The design of 4H-SiC power FET devices require atthis
area
Biodegradable for metal
thermogels addtive are manufacturing.
a class of such In
development for additive
project,
least twowe totarget
supramolecular three at searching
assembled
epitaxial forwith
materials.
layers sustainable
Their useway
controlled asandof
soft
manufacturing
using
uniformmetal
biomaterials
dopingpowders
and their for addtive
related
of a reasonable manufacturing.
applications are of
For higher
interest. frequency bands and thickness mmWaveof epilayers
for overgrowth on n-doped
electronics, especially beyond 5G operational 4H-SiC substrates.space, The
project plans to implement high-temperature
GaN on SiC has emerged as the materials platform for
chemical
higher radiovapor deposition
frequency (RF)(HTCVD)
output power. processes for
At present,
optimization of growth rates, temperature
GaN-based power electronics products are emerging gradients,
and distribution
to replace siliconofelectronics
dislocations. based Thissuperjunctions
scope of work
High Voltage Electronics using will
and IGBTs for 600 – 1200 V applications. The Rstudies
compliment growth and characterization &D
4H-SiC epitaxial Wafer for
hasreduction
currently movedof defects from in standard
SiC epitaxial layers and
depletion mode
Development bulk
GaN substrate
high electron wafers. The research
mobility transistors will(HEMTs)
be conducted
to the
to minimize defects in SiC layers
normally-OFF enhanced mode operation. Various and to showcase
high
typesbreakdown
of fabrication voltage
methods epi-layers
such as within
p-GaN a specified
gate
thickness limit. The epi-layers
stack or recess gate MISHEMTs, are being deployedwill be subjected to in-
depth characterization using
to showcase E-mode operation on Si substrates. optical microscopy
(OM),
Besideatomic
power force microscopy
electronics, GaN HEMTs (AFM), on x-ray
high-
diffraction
resistive Si and semi-insulating substrateselectron
(XRD), scanning transmission have
Nitride Semiconductors for microscopy (STEM),asscanning electron candidates
microscopyto
started to emerge the replacement
high voltage and high (SEM);
displacelow-temperature
low power GaAsmicro-photoluminescence
technologies for E-band
frequency electronics (UV to the NIR region PL),5G and by micro-Raman
frequencies. The beyond application potentials
spectroscopy.
require high thermal managementtechniques
Surface inspection solutions and for
defect
Tissue study
higher regenerativewill
RF power output support
materials batch
from GaN to batch
that have epitaxy
HEMTs and thus,
optimization.
thermophysical Electrical
sub-micrometer/sub-100 properties testing,
nm stable
gatesuch
enoughas capacitance-
transistors for 3Don SiC
voltage
printing
substrates(C-V),
areare current-voltage
important
needed for toward (I-V),
regenerative and
next generation high voltage
medicine. high
measurements
Whilst
frequency3D printing willallows
electronics. be employed
Thefor aim ofto
implant thisstudy
customisation
project is to to
conductivity
suit
develop of epi-layers,
eachGaN-on-Silicon
patient's defect, and carrier
many concentration,
biomaterials
GaN-on-SiC and
do not
technologies
Biomaterials for 3D printed lateral-vertical
tolerate
by scalingthe leakage
upconditions currents.
used in printing,
epitaxy capabilities Epitaxial
and device especiallyof
growth
medical implants SiC with variable
extrusion-based
engineering, in addition thickness
printingto such(12-33 micrometer)
as FDM, FFF,novel
demonstrating whichwillare
address
the
HEMT the
preferred
concepts needs for
printing high
towardmethods power
process for device
on-site implant
integration of such
requirements
printing.
nitrides inHence, of the
Si-foundry breakdown
aim of this
platforms. voltage
project 1200-3300
The researchis to develop
willV
(surface
novel
focus on defect
acellular density in epilayers
biomaterialsofcapable
the development RF HEMT < 0.5
of tissue cm-2).
epitaxy of
regeneration
AlGaN/GaN and andAlN/GaN
compatible with extrusion-based
on high-resistive Silicon and
3DP.
semi-insulating 4H-SiC and showcasing HEMTs with
higher cut-off frequencies >200 GHz.
1. The link between electronic and thermal transport
in traditional solid thermoelectric and
thermochemistry). Understanding the relationship
between the physical and chemical processes of
electronic and thermal transport will enable decades
of understanding the conversion process from
thermal and optical energy to electricity.
2. Develop and synthesis the new material with

Low-grade energy harvest
thermal and electronic properties in different
material and device
chemical and physical energy conversion processes.
To modify and optimize the material system to match
the low-grade temperature range's high energy
conversion efficiency.
3. Exploring the self-regulating mechanisms to ensure

Wearable sensors for real-time continuous operation under in temperature
With
Wearablethe rapid
sensors progresses
for real-time monitoringgradient.
computation capability
in humans
monitoring in humans and Develop and
and artificial design new low-grade energy harvest
plants intelligence, innovations in sensors and
plants device
the ways andofmodule based on new and
their implementations optimized
in the structures
materials
are required system, which will
for radically realize new
upgrading higher
various
conversion performance than the
monitoring technologies with distributive intelligence traditional material
and
as device. Finding ways to integrate the physical
Fordemanded
and most
chemical
in smart
of disease
conversion
systems.patients
diagnoses, Our team
process istransducers need
essential
hasto go to
to
proposed
the integration
clinic orthe hospital of ultrasonic
for a medical check. Point made of care
overcome
of piezoelectric orientation
materials dependency.
on the structures
(POC) devices (such as glucose meters) havetobeen be
monitored.
developed to The feasibility
enable for in-situ
the patients detection
to do of
self-diagnosis
various structural defects, including
at home. However, all of such processes only detect cracks,
Ultrasonic transducers
corrosions, and metallic
the vital or mental signalplastic
of the deformations,
patients at a specificare
being demonstrated using direct-write
time. For many diseases, the condition changed over transducers
and
time,
Smart transducer
and array,
continuous
integrated sensorsin combination
monitoring
that enable with
of this the is
signal
continuous
development
critical
monitoring to have of
of an corresponding
a complete
individual’s signal
understanding processing
physiologicalof the
biomarkers
algorithm.
are crucialofThe
progress the
to thestudents
disease.
realizationwill have the chance
of preventive caretoand
work
on high
Implantable sensitive
personalizeddevices ultrasonic
medicine. canWhile
be usedtransducers,
theto light-acoustic
monitor the in
advancement
interactions,
patients
nantechnology and/or
continuously. signal
has enabled However,transmission andofissmall
the process
the fabrication
processing
Smart self-powered biosensors complicated
and conformable algorithms,
and the in collaboration
risk unit,
sensor is high. power unitaremains
with
theComparatively,
for continuous health multidisciplinary
wearable
quite bulky. device project
is a perfect
To tackle team, depending
solution afor
this challenge, onproblem
this their
self-powered
monitoring interests
for
device and
its minimum technical
that utilizes invasive background.
biofuelprocedure.
cell as power Withsource
the and at
development
the same timeofa big data, internet
biosensor of things (IOT),
will be developed for non-
wireless communication
invasive monitoring (mobile devices),
of important biomarkers mental
suchor as
vital signal can
metabolites (e.g.belactate),
extracted and analysed
cytokines, proteinsin ainreal-
body
time
fluidsmanner.
such as interstitial fluids, sweat, saliva or wound
More
exudates.and more wearable devices have been
commercialized as consumer electronics, but the
Long-term vital signal commercialized wearable medical devices are still
monitoring using wearable limited.
tissue-like Electronics The key of the wearable device is the biocompatible
electronics, which is reliable, stretchable, flexible.
Idea case, the wearable device should behave like a
natural skin which throughput
High computation has similar mechanic, electrical, is
and data bandwidth
and thermal property.
critical to high performance computing applications.
The overall
Extreme highobjective
density of TSVthe andproject is to develop
interconnects, a
direct
3D wafer-to-wafer / chip-to- long-term EEG or ECG module for the health care
3D wafer-wafer / chip-wafer stacking will be required
wafer stacking and TSV application.
for massive parallel interconnections between the
schemes for memory-logic The goals of thelogic project
computational and are
the memory devices.
integration for deep learning 1. Synthesize novel semiconductor/conductor
Candidate will the explore the design and application
applications. hybrid materials and characterize their properties.
of various 2.5D/3D integration techniques like TSVs,
2.
hybrid bonding and fusion bonding processeshybrid
Integrate the semiconductor/conductor on logic
materials
and novel onto
NVM different
devices flexible
for this substrates and
demonstration.
High-density
evaluate capacitors are required in circuitry
the performance.
involving
3. Validate RF decoupling,
the integrated Integrated
device withVoltage Regulator
electrical
(IVR),
recordingand and
highmodulation
performance of computing.
the brain or heart.
Fabrication and Novel high density
The project will be aMIM trench capacitor
collaboration between designs
MedTechwill
Characterization of Novel High be explored for
Department system package
of Institute integration for
of Microelectronics, A-STAR
density MIM Trench Capacitors improved
and Assistant performance,
Professor Fang reduced form-factor
Yin from School and of cost
reduction.
Chemical and ThisBiomedical
includes investigation
Engineering,ofNanyang capacitor
dielectric
Technological material, integration/packaging schemes
University.
and electrical/reliability characterization.
Investigation of superconducting materials and
fabrication of Superconducting interconnects, Qubits
devices for performance and scalability to enable
Quantum Computing.
2.5D/3D Integration of
Areas of research can include evaluation of materials
Superconducting Qubits for
at cryogenic temperatures, design and fabrication of
Quantum Computing .
Josephson Junction Qubit devices, state-of-the-art
2.5D and 3D integration and advance packaging of
ASIC chips with Qubit devices capable of operation
Background:
Silicon
down to sub-KSingapore’s
Carbide Smart Nation
(SiC) demonstrates
cryogenic better
temperatures. vision is to
thermal
build a nationand
conductivity, where networks
higher of smart
electrical sensor
resistivity (or
devices
reducedseamlessly enable the citizens
losses) in comparison to live
to Silicon.
meaningful and sustainable
As such, SiC-interposer is anlives.
idealInspired
choice forby this
Design, Fabrication and vision, we thermal
propose management
to invent a disruptive computing
enhanced in very high power
Characterization of Silicon technology called CGRA that will empower these
and high frequency applications.
Carbide (SiC) Interposer Internet of Things (IoT)
Student will evaluate SiCedge devices far
of different beyond their
crystalline
current potentialby
phase, followed and thereby
design, open upand
fabrication a gamut of
new opportunities
characterization of and
a highapplications
performance under the smart
through SiC
nation umbrella
Interposer that isplatform.
packaging at present unimaginable.
Project description: During this attachment, the

student is expected to develop and validate various
Energy Efficient and Scalable
architecture and circuit level implementation of
CGRA Hardware Accelerator for CMOS technology scaling has faced unprecedented
Coarse-Grain-Reconfigurable-Array
challenges because of the power wall (CGRA)
and slower
Edge AI
architecture to optimize its performance
voltage scaling. Besides, traditional von-Neumann for different
computation tasks in AI on Edge
computing architecture suffers from long latency application. In and
particular, the student is required
high power/energy consumption because of the data to work closely
with
Quantumhis supervisor
movements computing
between in promises
IME
memory and NUS to perform
a rapid
and enhancement
arithmetic-logic system
or
of circuit
the(ALUs).
units level
available characterization
Thecomputational
latency and the to define
power the
for selected
power/energy
hardware
algorithms.
consumption computation
This
becometriggered resources
more severefor
growing aseach
interest individual
in the co-
the memory
ULP and reliable NVM-based CGRA core.
integration
hierarchy goes He
of thewill
from then
qubits work
and their
a register with the
control
file to IME supervisor
cachesystem,
memory,
to translate
memory and CIM design for IoT requiring
main memory the above-mentioned
the development
(e.g., DRAM),ofand performance
dedicated
non-volatile CMOS specs
storage
applications into low-level
electronics
(e.g. FLASH).for RTL circuit.
the initialization,
Beyond After
von-Neumann successful
manipulation
architecture andlike
implementation
readout
computing of the
in-memory in the[3].
qubits FPGA/ASIC,
(CIM) However, the
can tacklethestudent
qubits
the above will
must
work
be
issues closely
maintained
by reducingwith other
at deepthe data researchers
cryogenic
movement in PACE
temperaturebetween program
(mK-
ALUs
to
andcharacterize
range) to reduce
memory. andthedemonstrate
However, thermal alsothe
CIMs noise. Insystem
have avarious in adesign
co-integrated
practical
system, use-case
the control scenario.
system operates
issues such
Artificial as accuracy,
Intelligence data
of Things (AIoT) at
conversion, edgecryogenic
sensor is
temperature.
configurabiity, etc. In this
the key enabling technology for the emergingresearch, we are
In this project,
developing
applications suchtheasstudent
various CIM willautomation,
design
industrial study the behavior
techniques that
smart of
allow
Energy Efficient Ultra-Cold CMOS
CIM to circuit
be under
employed such
by extreme
various
home and personal healthcare. Sensor interface temperature
machine learning andand
Circuits for Quantum design
circuit isnovel
artificial building
intelligence
the most blocks
hardware.
critical for future
building blockquantum
in the AIoT
Computing Applications control and read-out SoC. Such
sensor system because it is the bridge between blocks ranges from the
band
sensor gap
and reference,
the following temperature
digital sensor,
signal PLL, ADC,
processing unit.
Three-dimensional
DAC to the
highsizeperformance, (3D) imagingenergy isefficient
an emerging custom
Due to
technology constraint,
that provides accurate the battery in
3Dcircuits AIoT
spatial(both edge
memory
sensor (SRAM/eDRAM)
usually has and digital
information
architecture of the limited
optimization
capacity.
target objects.
and 3DFor
custom
massively
imaging
gate designs).has
deployed
wide sensor
variety will nodes,
of applications the battery
in augmentedreplacement reality is and
The student
difficult and sometimes have an opportunity
impossible. to learn,
Therefore, sensor
virtual reality
simulate, (AR/VR) and
characterize these it is the key
CMOS enabling
building blocks at
interface
technology circuit
for must readout
Metaverse, which theissensor
expected outputtomK.with
Energy Efficient Sensor temperature as low as 4K and down to tens of
high
change accuracy
the future and people’s
low power consumption.
Interface Integrated Circuit The outcome of the project life willstyle.
have a significant
Design for AIoT Sensor System impact on future CMOS-based quantum computing
The proposed
Different imaging research
modalitiesfocuses suchonasthe energy
ultrasound
technologies,
efficient sensor which
interfaceat theintegrated
moment still at the and
iscircuit
SPAD have
infant stage.been applied in 3D imaging. These types
development.
of sensors require Novel design techniques
high-speed interface will be for
circuit
exploited
sensor actuation and signal sensing purposes.CMOS
to take the advantage of advanced The
process
development nodesoftohigh-speed
develop digital intensive
integrated circuit
circuit for 3D
architecture
imaging is a new which has high
research energy
area which efficiency
has great and
good scalability with
potentials for innovations. the fabrication process. The
High-speed Integrated Circuit student will have the opportunity to explore new
Design for 3D Imaging sensor readoutthe circuit architecture
In this project, student will workwith on thewide design
dynamic range, low noise and
and implementation of state-of-art high-speed CMOS reduced power
consumption
integrated circuit and to implement
interface the withdesign
novelin 3Dadvanced
imaging
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sensors. The proposed research consists of three
major tasks covering the basic algorithm
development to transistor level circuit
implementation. (1) System level analysis to explore
new analog and mixed-signal circuit structures with
high energy efficiency for 3D imaging system. (2)
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voltage driver and low-noise receiver analog front-
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high voltage off-chip component drives and MEMS
drives applications. The challenge is the drive signal
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in power management to reduce power consumption
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current flow from higher voltage gate to lower
voltage gate. L-C network is also a hot research point
since energy stored in an inductor (L) when
charge/discharge the corresponding capacitor (C)
could be reused. However, the mentioned ways have
High Performance Capacitor
drawbacks like too complex clocks sequence induced
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too slow response or not practical to deal with
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drivers that is helping nations around with their
efforts
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digitize their economy.
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build density
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by thermally
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by microelectronics. The orstudent
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functions including dexterous position control band gap is also will explore
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voltage, trans conductance) and
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during surface treatment by implantation using
nitrogen in such a way to place dopant below 100nm
from the surface. In this approach formation of both
frequently used for such purposes. The main
challenge of employing these security blocks in an
edge AI chip is the uncompromised security level
represented by entropy while maintaining low energy
and area overhead. Leveraging on the abundance of
on chip memory in the AI chips, a promising approach
to overcome the challenge is to unify the purpose of
data storage/computation and security primitive
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framework comb of has drawn a lot of interests
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1.
studentDetailed
can seek literature
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challenges to define
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SJ device architecture design leads
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challenges
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implementation
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consumption substrate.
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design and and design,
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of these model parameter
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models
number of antenna elements. Hence, alternative performance
to predict for
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8. Provide
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107 connected devices/km2 by 2030, powering the
industrial internet-of-things era. Reconfigurable
intelligent surfaces (RIS) are ideal low C-SWaP
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technology with supreme functional scope. RIS is
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essentially an array of 2D metallic scatters that can be
communications
reconfigured independently to control the local phase
of the incident THz waves. At a far-field, the
interference from all the scatters will effectively form
the desired THz beam profile. However, practical
demonstration of efficient THz RIS is still lacking. In
this project, we will develop a MEMS-based
programmable THz metasurface as an efficient RIS
solution. The MEMS actuator integrated in the
scatters will enable nW-level local phase control and
the RIS with over 10,000 such elements will enable
3D beam steering in far-field. The THz RIS will be
photovoltaic, wind farms, HVDC, FACTS, wireless
power transfer, and power conversion circuit. This is
because it provides higher power efficiency, smaller
size, lighter weight, and reduced overall cost.
Metasurface
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challengesa novel shouldmeans be of manipulating
addressed in
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improving the gate driver circuit before they demand. This is especially
are fully
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developed.
notoriously difficult to achieve with conventional
electronics
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circuit plays The role
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for 6G communications makes
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device models provided by CMOS foundry at
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research
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design to five
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converter
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be hardware will be
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software) setup to perform security analysis on the
(SCA) on Advanced Encryption calibration techniques like dynamic element matching
AES encryption algorithm. In doing so, the student
System (AES) (DEM) and leastthe mean square (LMS) will be running
will investigate security hardness of AES
investigated.
on different platforms. The scope of this work is listed
next: (1) Familiarize with the encryption algorithm
(AES) and the methodology to perform SCA. (2)
Experiment SCA on various development
boards/FPGA executing AES such as ChipWhisperer
boards and Sakura SASEBO-W boards, which will be
provided by IME. (3) Data and results analysis of AES
security hardness via SCA.
The student can also contribute to crypto core circuit
design with counter-measure taken into the design
Cellular agriculture is an emerging field of novel food
development to make alternative meat that is
environment and animal friendly. Our lab established
new fat-derived cell lines from edible fish species,
stem cell culture and differentiation conditions into
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adipocytes for novel food projects to study additional cell lines from premium
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microbes
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cost effective.
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culture system is required
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investigated.
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Carbon
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results, especially niche organisms. our lab, itwe
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management
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technologies (e.g. supercritical
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of chemicals.
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trade.
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at
Traceable flow measurement method.
each transfer point for billing purposes is essential to
for hydrogen and investigation the acceptance and commercial success of hydrogen
of effect of thermodynamic as an energy carrier. This research project is to
properties on measurement establish traceable flow measurement of H2 which is
accuracy important
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there are currently
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and
methods
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identify
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robotics need some kind of force feedback indication
to know if it pushing too hard on the part or it is just
touching it. Nowadays, F/T sensors have been used in
medical robotics to perform robotic Minimum
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surgery.
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behavior and account
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semiconductor
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devices, concluded polymers suitable for aims to develop
airplane
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generator applications, new design to reduce cable methodology and
and design integrated force/torque feedback
weight, and a new measurement principle for technologies in
multicomponent
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chain from production to downstream uses. The
ability to accurately determine the gas volume at
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properties on measurement establish traceable flow measurement of H2 which is
accuracy important for fiscal metering or custody transfer of
H2. H2 flow measurement is challenging due to its
unique fluid properties with low operating gas
density. The effect of thermodynamic characteristics
on meter accuracy and measurement uncertainty will
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manufacturing a(AM)
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plays a key metrology
role. The methodology
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for diagnosis
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of AM are classification
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sensor in SHM
and product
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development of data-driven
measurement. It could not measure the metal metrology technique part
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for assessing the sensor measurement
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of the
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of a physical object
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on the diagnosis
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machine
qualification (ULM). Especially,
methods to ensure dynamic
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performance.
data. It
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the input and process variations. In this project, the
Qualification of Metal Additive the digital inspection twin will be developed towards
computational model-based UQ will be explored for
Manufacturing off-line digital inspection for time-consuming
digital manufacturing.
potential substitutes for the and
expensive experimental-based UQ. The finite element
method, Monte Carlo techniques, and Machine
Learning algorithms will be used to develop the UQ
framework. In addition. the calibration methods and
software for traceable measurements for AM
processes and parts will be developed to take
account of measurement uncertainty and quality of
AM parts. The project will help to equip the AM
ecosystem with the expertise to achieve high-quality
products and accelerate the adoption of AM
monitoring and measurements. The data quality and
measurement uncertainty determine the IoT sensor
networks’ fitness for purpose, and the usefulness of
information they provide. So far neither the theory
nor the industrial practice can offer a coherent
solution on how to evaluate the data quality and
quantify the uncertainty of IoT sensor networks. This
project aims to study the nature of uncertainties
inherent in each component of IoT sensor networks
Metrology for Industry 4.0 and the uncertainty propagation due to the
interconnection
NMC has the standard of largeforheterogenous
optical powersensors, reference so as
in
to quantify the uncertainties of IoT sensor
the range for UV to near IR (250 nm - 1640 nm). In networks
and the risksthe
this project, of applications
student will basedstudy theon these data. In
characteristics
this
of MIR and long IR sources and detectors, develop a
project, the IoT sensor network will be treated
big,
novelcomplex and dynamic
experimental setup forsystem
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power
characteristics,
measurement at MIR and long IR. Based onThe
structures and behaviours. thedata
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primary standard we have, the student will extend and Machine
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meat will be
is a promising
toward used
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solution
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study down
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uncertainty quantification
agriculture,
of the extension.framework.
namely
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greenhouse project
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data
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student alsoquality
use of
study of
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linearity
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resources.
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detector a matrix
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type detector amenable
to their differentiation
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cultivated meat The use of insects
proliferation and their symbiotic
and differentiation microflora is
of anchorage-
known
dependentas yellow biotechnology,
cell types relevant to and shows meat,
cultivated great in
promise
suspension for cultures.
sustainable production
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food, feed,noveland
agriculture inputs such
edible cell culture as protein,
supports will be oil, chitosan and
engineered
fertilizer. Yellow biotechnology
towards realizing hybrid or blended can enhance
whole muscle food
security
products.through a circular bioeconomy,
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terms of
can be reared
texture on food
and physical and agricultural
properties would also waste bestreams,
carried
thereby bringing
out, towards the nutrients back into
end of realizing the the food chain
application of
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goingintothewaste.
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these supports and metaboliccultivated
burgeoning engineering meat for
metabolic engineering for
terpenoid
industry. biosynthesis
terpenoid biosynthesis Yellow biotechnology products have many benefits
and are gaining market share, but still struggles to
reach price parity with competing agricultural and
animal products, such as soybean meal for animal
feed or fishmeal for aquaculture feed. The cause of
the higher cost of yellow biotechnology products is
Yellow Biotechnology for Food
multi-faceted, with technical, economic, regulatory
Security and Circular
aspects to it. Many researchers, companies and
Bioeconomy: Insect gut
government institutions are working towards
microflora for efficient
resolving the barriers and bringing costs to or below
digestion of cellulytic waste
price parity as the industry matures.
In this project we will take a novel approach to bring

the cost of yellow biotechnology products down, by
making it possible to utilize low-cost lignocellulosic
waste streams such as sugarcane bagasse or wheat
Applying optogenetics in straw for optogenetics
insect rearing.inSuch cellulosic feedstocks are
Applying metabolic engineering
metabolic engineering not digestible by the commonly reared insects,
namely black soldier flies, mealworms, crickets and
houseflies. However, xylophagic insects such as
termites are capable of digesting lignocellulosic
materials on account of a unique gut microbiome. We
will characterise, optimise and utilise such a
microbiome for black soldier fly rearing on
Developing an integrated lignocellulosic waste, either through fermentation of
Developing an integrated
the waste and/or bioprocess
microbiome for microbial
transplantation.
bioprocess for microbial
production of natural products
production of natural products
such as drugs (lovastatin), pigments (monascin),
antibiotics (penicillin) etc. However, a major fraction
of the fungal secondary metabolites remains
undiscovered as the genes involved in their
production are not expressed under normal
conditions in the host. In addition, many secondary
metabolites are produced in tiny amounts by the host
precluding any investigation of their biological
an A. oryzae-based synthetic activities. Moreover, such compounds are difficult to
biology platform for discovery chemically
Fungi have synthesize
served as adue richtosource
their stereochemical
of
of novel secondary metabolites complexity. To address these
biotechnologically important secondary gaps, we will establish a
metabolites
high throughput A. oryzae-based
such as drugs (lovastatin), pigments (monascin), platform for testing
activities of fungal biosynthetic gene
antibiotics (penicillin) etc. However, a major fraction clusters.
Biological
of the fungal activities
secondaryof the novel secondary
metabolites remains
metabolites will be determined
undiscovered as the genes involved usinginatheir
range of
cellular assays. Compounds
production are not expressed under normal of value will be
overproduced in microbial hosts such
conditions in the host. In addition, many secondary as S. cerevisiae
Unlocking the secondary and
metabolites are produced in tiny amounts byofthe host
E.coli. This project has a great potential
metabolic potential of fungi identifying compounds that could bebiological
used as drugs,
precluding any investigation of their
using Synthetic Biology antimicrobials, nutraceuticals, flavours anddifficult
personal
activities. Moreover, such compounds are to
care products.
chemically synthesize due to their stereochemical
complexity. To address these gaps, the student will
Vegetable
establish aoils highand milk fat consist
throughput mainly of platform
A. oryzae-based
triacylglycerols
for testing activities (TAGs), which biosynthetic
of fungal are importantgene sources
of nutrition.
clusters. NovelThecompounds
fatty acid profile and may
identified stereospeciﬁc
have
arrangement
application in in TAGs determines
diverse areas such as oilmedicine,
quality, food
Custom tailored triacylglycerols
physiochemical
High energy beams (e.g., electron, ionProduction
and personal careproperties, and uses. and laser of
as an alternative source of
structured TAGs containing short and
beams) are efficient tools for material processing due medium-chain
lipids
fatty
to their acids at essential
highly localizedpositions
heat input in an
andefficient
precise and
homogeneous manner is of great
control. Material processing by high energy beams importance from
the
under vacuum conditions has many potential food
standpoint of sustainable and cruelty-free
engineering.
advantages over those processing approaches in air
or protective gases, such as less contamination of
reactive elements, deeper beam penetration,
Macro- and Micro-nutrient reduced thermal expansion and potential micro-
Macro-
cracking,and andMicro-nutrient
faster solidificationcontents of commonly
which will result in
contents of commonly
consumed local foods
better microstructure refinement and strength
consumed local foods
improvement. However, most of the existing research
works on material processing under vacuum has
focused more on traditional metals and less on
advanced materials. The lack of fundamental
understanding of beam-materials interaction for
advanced materials hinders the industrialization of
Research on the Interaction of
the technology in manufacturing processes. From the
High Energy Beam with
applications perspective, traditional vacuum
Advanced Materials Under
chambers in high energy beam systems are
Vacuum conditions
expensive, and they limit the size of workpieces. For
large-format material processing, a mobile localized
vacuum is a more economical and efficient method
This
thanproject aims tochambers.
fixed vacuum develop advanced hybrid laser
aided additive manufacturing technology. the scope
covers:
The proposed project will focus on fundamental
Developmnet of hybrid laser •research
Current Development
to understandof new
heterostructured thematerials via additiveby
beam-materials
materials processed
aided additive manufacturing manufacturing
interaction under vacuum, especially
additive manufacturing (AM) are characterised how the unique
by the
technology •properties
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the advanced modelling
materials,
laminar structure, i.e., heterostructures such
onlyasalong
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Process monitoring
one direction, alloys, faceand
whichfunctional control
materials,
challenges withMMCs, and
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can beadditive/subtractive
preserved or improved
unconfigurable hetero-zone distribution and other
by the
andpromising
vacuum.
hybrid
Based processes
on the outcome of the fundamental
mechanical anisotropy. The processing approach and beam-
materials interaction
design motivation research
behind theseand localized vacuum
laminar
device design, novel beam-based
heterostructures are perhaps constrained by themanufacturing
processes, such
layer-by-layer as joiningnature
deposition and additive
of AM processes.
Laser additive manufacturing manufacturing, for advanced materials
However, these heterogeneous materialwill be are
systems
multi-scale heterostructured developed.
unable to fully leverage on the unique merits of AM
materials
in the design and manufacturing of complex
heterostructures. Additionally, their anisotropic
mechanical properties creates a gap between
research and industrial applications. Hence, this
project is to explore a novel approach for the
development of advanced materials/components
with a tunable performance/functionality by using
AM of multiple additive materials following the
configurable voxelized heterostructures.
Digital PCR (dPCR) is a novel method for precise
quantification of nucleic acids. It is well suited for rare
allele detection in heterogeneous tumors, viral load
detection, validation of low frequency mutations and
detection of genetic-based diseases. In dPCR, sample
and PCR assay mixture are divided into a very large
number of separate small volume reactions such that
there is either zero or one target molecule present in
Point-of-care microfluidics
any individual reaction.
development of digital PCR for
In this PhD study, new microfluidics based digital PCR
detection of rare biomolecules
technology will be explored. Sample will be
This is to explore
fractionated the use ofand
into droplets, digital
PCRmicrofluidics
amplificationfor of
the miniaturization
template molecules and automation
occurs in each of DNA library
individual
preparation
droplet. Key for Next-Generation
function modules include Sequencing.dropletLibrary
preparation
formation, PCR generally
thermal takes
cyclingup toand 7 hours to
fluorescence
complete,
based detection and the automation
will be developed of thisunder process
the can
reduce
guidance hands-on time, promote
of our internal experienced efficiency,
team and member.
Microfluidics development for
increase reproducibility.
Further exploration WhileELISA
of digital therewill is abevariety of
conducted.
NGS library preparation on
equipment in the market for the automation of
digital microfluidics platform
library preparation, it is often costly and large.
Miniaturization of the platform used would thus
reduce
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study to cost
dive of the equipment
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reagents used, making it more
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scientists worldwide
on its ease-of-use andand to further
efficiency by revolutionize
developing a the
field of genomics.
microfluidic based platform and protocol.
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development for detection of be conducted and optimized on microfluidic chip. The
blood coagulation on-chip detection of coagulation kinetics will be
benchmarked against commercial available device
such as TEG6s/TEG5000.
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dispensing and microarray
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applications stir
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additive
processing
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size, manufacturing
wetting
manufacturing process to fabricate single crystal on of 3D
substrate (SX)
parts.
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and
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polymer
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features for dissimilar
proposed research topic is to utilize
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lightweight materials
manufacturing
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main challenge to enhance
to suppress the
adhesion and bond strength,
nucleation of stray and equiaxed grains as the followed by multi-scale
interlocking
thermal fieldfeatures.
evolves with These macro-features
overlapping are
laser passes,
optimized to increase strength along
increasing layers, varying solidification rates and both the tensile
Development of laser aided and shear directions. A numerical
powder delivery. The proposed method integrates model will be
additive manufacturing process developed to optimize
numerical modelling theansize
and and spatial approach
experimental
for fabricating single crystal Ni- arrangement of these mechanical
to systematically work towards achieving interlocking fabrication
based superalloy from features.
of single Laser
crystal aided
(SX) additive
Ni-based manufacturing
superalloy from process
Aligned
and with the
tool-path will Singapore
also be Green Plan,
developed to the Zero
fabricate
polycrystalline substrate polycrystalline
Waste masterplan substrate.
sets tobyThe
make temperature
Singapore agradient
these
around features
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three-dimensional mechanical
melt-pool testing.
can be
sustainable, resource-efficient and climate resilient
studied
nation. One of the focuses is to adopt a circular how
from numerical modelling to understand
the nucleation
economy approach. stray To equiaxed
close the grains
loop, canand bebe able to
minimized or suppressed. Within
handle new wastes generated from innovations, the same layer,it is
process parameters such as the
essential to develop enabling process technologies laser power, laser in
Valorization of Food Waste for scan speed and layer height will
waste-to-resource management. Food waste, being be investigated botha
Antimicrobial Applications experimentally and numerically.
major waste stream in Singapore, is one of the focusSubsequently, the
numerical
as well. This model
project willaims
be extended
to look attodeveloping
study the novel
effectiveness of different laser
processes to convert food or agricultural waste, infill scanning patterns
such
and deposition sequences which
as coffee grounds and spent grains, into useful maintain the
required
applications,temperature gradient and
such as developing methodssolidification
to extract
rates over a larger area.
polyphenols and other components from The evaluation ofthese
optimized
waste
scanning
to be converted or used as antimicrobial agents forthe
patterns for different layers will increase
chances
coatings,ofwound achieving caretheandrequired
other relevant SX. applications.
These contaminants can potentially cause health,
economic and environmental issues, and needs to be
treated before trade effluent can be discharged into
sewers. Some conventional means to remove
micropollutants includes coagulation-flocculation,
activated carbon adsorption, use of membranes.
However,
Metallic foams someare of these processesfor
very attractive willlight
create
weighting
undesired by-products, or
applications. Conventional casting and powder are not suitable for
emerging contaminants .
metallurgy approaches are the preferred choice This project aims to developof
Removal of Micropollutants in
suitable process for the removal
manufacturing due to their flexibility with respect to of micropollutants
Wastewater
such as heavy
the choice metals
of alloys andand the microplastics
possibility toinproduce wastewater
using a combination of
relatively complex shaped foam and sandwichmechanical-assisted chemical
treatments. Prior to treatment,
components. Nevertheless, wide scale industrial wastewater samples
will need to be assessed
production has not yet been achieved as there for micropollutants with is the
suitable
need assessment
to improveprogress methods
the understanding for classification
of the process, of
The continuous
wastewater generated fromon the electronics
industries to foaming
determine
especially
components regarding
in terms the behaviour
of power,With of the
frequency, andto
required
agent extent
and its interaction of treatment. with the the intent
Scalable Manufacturing miniaturization
treat the wastewater leads to “justmoreenough”heatmetalfor
matrix,per
generation
same
pore
original
size distribution,
device. Therefore, homogeneous and reproducible
processes of near net shape intended
quality of use
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combination
process of
costs of
complex cellular components management
micropollutant is required
removal to increase
processes andthematerials
performance will
the
and metallic
reliability andfoams.
of this In this project,
kind of devices. we focus
lot ofon
Aefficiency. the
studies
be developed
development of using investigated for its
have been achieved onrecycled
metal matrix Al chips as the starting
composite
material with foaming
(MMC), such as Copper/Carbon and agents and to couple with high
shearing forming technique
Aluminum/Carbon systems, in order to improve to form preforms forthe
subsequent warm forming
thermal and thermo-mechanical properties of the processes into net shape
components.
composite materials. The investigations
However, the willimprovement
also include the of
Integrated Manufacturing understanding of high shearing deformation
the thermal properties of these composites is limited
processes for lightweight metal mechanism for theproblemsconsolidation
by many technical such of asthe
theAl chips andof
dispersion
composites with high thermal foaming agents and the processing relationship
the reinforcements in the matrix or the high
properties correlating to the microstructuresthermal and properties of
interfacial matrix-reinforcement resistance.
pore
Food structure
In thiswaste
project, hasweof the
lowfocus corresponding
recycling metal
rates in Singapore
our investigations foams.
on thebut
contains
development functional attributes which
of an integrated could be
manufacturing
exploited
processes for throughmanyhybrid applications.
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processing and
how, coupled
semi solid with to
forming theformlow-value recovered
high thermal and a lack
composites
of demand
in the form for valourised
of rods, wires product
and net shape make waste parts.
valourisation
Studies will include options the unattractive
fundamental forunderstanding
companies. The
Translating food waste
aim
of theof diffusion
this project is to develop
mechanism between processes
the to convert
functionalities into applications In dynamic
food waste manufacturing
reinforcement intoand useful the feedstock
matrixsettings, to robotic
in the be processes,
put back
processes, into
e.g.,
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manufacturing
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by harnessing
properties andforming,
their
etc. have gained
functionalities
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translating achievements
them into thank to
applications
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theiraim ofofthe
advantages
composites.
project is to turn
in repeatability, waste
dexterity,into functional
and
such
aerogelas cleaning
(e.g. using and reconditioning
recycled PET fibresof ascomponents in
robustness.product
end-of-life In theseremanufacturing.
applications, robots' motions are
microstructural
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commonly planned scaffolding
frameworks automaticallyand
(MOFs) functionalized
are
via a class of
randomly aerogel
solutions
coordination
sampled plannersfrom waste
polymers, paper, textile
consisting of metal
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ions or is
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clusters
controlled cost
coordinatedand time
to track to taken
these organic
planned toligands.
manufacture Such such
trajectories.
materials.
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structures,
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important “building processes)
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consumes
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rate of up tofor
particularly 400m2/day.
bio, health care, sustainable and
environmental
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process information,
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in-situ quality prediction for manufacturing with
optimal execution control in capture,
machine and learninggas separation,
using process etc.data Furthermore,
e.g., sensors
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to design functional features
measurements parameters, and to
applications operate MOFs
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separate,
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be studied.newly propose the
consideration of in-situ quality prediction as an
One promising
additional signaldirection
to control is to
theadopt
robot’s stimuli-
execution for
responsive polymer matrix.
robotic manufacturing Flexible and
applications. self-standing
In particular, we
Advance meta crystal
MOF-based
would investigate materials the withuse ofstimuli-responsive
reinforcement learning matrix
membrane for separation and
are classified
to adjust under the
the robot's new “meta
planned motion crystal” concept.
in real-time
extraction of organic molecules
Such
basedmatrixes are termed
on the predicted “intelligent”
quality output for materials,
near- and
and functional ingredients
have
optimal extensive
quality applications
performance.inReinforcement capture, separation, learning
and release
is chosen of small
because to medium
it doesn’t size molecules
require any predefined (100
MW-
training500dataset,
MW). which ideally suits robotic
manipulation and control tasks. The proposed
In this project,
approach will be wefinally
aim to create aon
validated membrane
a robotic design welding
and membrane module for configuration
application.
differentiation and separation of a range of “high
value” molecules, such as pharmaceutical ingredients,
nutrition ingredients, food ingredients as well as the
processing solvents and intermediates. Therefore,
organic molecules and ingredients can be collected,
operations between machines and humans. However,
For
the asoftness
breakthrough also brings in EoL product repair
drawbacks of lowrecyclingpayload
towards circular urban
and poor energy efficiency. Looking into manufacturing value
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muscular-skeletal design
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system to overcome the payload limitations and representative product
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efficiency.
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apply.heat. Please
feel free to contact Dr. Huang by email:
It aims to enable companies to establish the levels of
carbon emissions that they need to reduce, and the
timeline to achieve the reduction in line with
national-level targets, or what is necessary to limit
global warming to well-below 1.5°C above pre-
industrial levels. However, setting science-based
Integrated Life Cycle targets
Life Cycle canAssessment
be quite daunting (LCA) and forLife
companies,
Cycle Costing and are
Assessment (LCA) and Life typically requires expertise,
established methodologies for techno- resources and tools
Cycle Costing (LCC) to Support which only larger companies
environmental-economic have of
analysis access to.
technologies.
Science-based Target Setting Therefore,
With the help of existing software tools, LCA and
we propose to develop a simpler and LCC
and Decarbonisation and accessible
are relatively toolstraightforward
for companies,tothat apply enables
for seamless
Circular Economy Pathway and more efficient
technologies that are end-to-end
mature and setting of science-
well-studied due to
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more readily available and accessible data. However,waste reduction targets,
as wellvalue
a key as planning
of LCA and of theLCCmost needle-moving
is actually in their and
cost-effective pathways to achieve
application during the early stages of technology those targets. This
project
development as LCA and LCC can provide early 1)
can be framed in the following objectives:
Prospective Life Cycle to develop aofcomputational model for integratedis life
indications whether an emerging technology
Assessment and Costing for cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costing (LCC);
going
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assessment (LCA) is and
an economically
established viable
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eventually.
methodology This is also
and prescribed where the
by ISO biggest
14040/44 challenge of
Economic Analysis of Emerging life
LCA cycle
and inventories
LCC lies: gaps (databases)
in data and for Singaporefor
information and
to be
Technologies measuring
the region. the
We environmental
envision thatand impact
with theofof products.
proposed
able to conduct
However, the robust LCA
interpretation andLCC emergingtool,
communication of
Singapore’s
technologies. industry will
This project be able to more effectively
LCA results
reduce their especially
emissions byanda aims
non-LCA
waste
to bridge the
practitioner
levels in line
data areand
with
information
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will be
numerous
reduce costs environmental
by being more impact
carbon- categories
and that
resource-
able
needs totoreasonably
be considered, simulate andand project the
complexity potential
of potential
Visual Analytics for Intuitive efficient.
environmental and economic performance of
trade-offs among the categories. This project focuses
Interpretation of emerging technologies considering
on the development and innovativethe uncertainties
application of
Environmental Impact Results of how the technologies could evolve over time as
data science techniques to analyse and visualise LCA
in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) well as more
the dynamism of- scenarios they would
The
resultsapplication and development
intuitively so that they of be be
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will complement
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NUS’s advanced anaerobic digester technology. At
the end of the project, we aim to deliver a HSI-based
waste sorting prototype for deployment at hawker
centers in Singapore.
Microfluidics-based lab-on-a-chip systems, which
feature miniaturization of biological separation and
assay techniques, are rapidly transforming
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biochemical analysis and ofhigh-throughput
Industry 4.0 technologies, screening.
more
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and more data are available making right in
decisions
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chemistry, business andvalues across supply
engineering, and
chains. How to the
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what has that
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system is currently
happening, as well as to predict
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the future and to make an
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crucial for companies to gain
numerical simulations provide detailed information competitive edges in
Optimization
their respective businesses.
regarding spatiotemporal variations of the fieldThe project scope will
cover
variablesa whole
but are spectrum of supply very
computationally chains from for
expensive
customers to distributors, warehouses,
system-level analysis. Design-modeling tools are plants and
suppliers. The emphases will be
needed that rapidly simulate the complex underlying on the development
of novel models
phenomena suchand new algorithms,electrophoresis,
as electroosmosis, and the
formulation of optimal solutions
sample dispersion, mixing, and biochemical reactions and decisions.
This research
without topic aims
significantly to achieve the
compromising data-efficient
accuracy. In
Development of microfluidic intelligent visiondesign perception and reasoning
addition, these tools must be able tofor smart
guide the
component library and robotics
selectionusing deep learning.
of fabrication process, Autonomous
and reflectroboticsthe
simulation platform requires
impact onthe perception
device performanceand reasoning broughtintelligence
by the to
provide
process.the capabilities for environment
understanding and decision making, so that it can
perform
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these challenges, or fully
projectautonomously.
will develop an
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software that dataallows scarcity and of
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or available for
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user to develop
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scope
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Deep learning Vision Accuracy planning
1)
as Optimal
autonomous fordeep
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learning
manufacturing,
process robotic
framework handling
service
information. solutions
for sensor
robot to operate
& Resolution Enhancement for and bridges
in highly criticaland
resolution/accuracy
dynamic gaps so as to enable
enhancement
unstructured via the
supervised
environments,
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networks, robotic
2) Robust
which contributes handling
domain
towards of unknown
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Singapore into in
self/semi- a
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supervised
smart nation. clustered,
learning,and unstructured environment.
2) Cross-dimension, format, and
The goal ofmulti-modal
resolution this project sensor is to enable and simplify
information fusion, the
deployment
etc. The research of roboticresults handling
will provide solutions,
the key in enabling
particular
technique for andsecurity
benefitand the safety
robotics applications
areas suchwhere as
requirements are more stringent
smart robotic manufacturing, on precision,
robotic grasping and
performance,
manipulation, reliability,
autonomous anddriving
robustness. The
and navigation,
Deep Learning Based Unknown objectives
etc. of this proposed project are to: 1) Research
Object Grasping and and develop fusion-based AI perception technologies
Manipulation Technology for that
A*Star able
and toNUS
localize, segment,new
are building andresearch
recognize programs
Robotics unknown objects in clustered
that integrate machine learning analytics and and complex 3D
environment. 2) Research and
advanced electronic device modelling. The aim is to develop multi-modal
grasping strategy including
develop techniques for defect gripper designand
prediction and
optimization for universal
diagnostic. With microelectronics moving deephandling, optimal mode into
selection, and grasping/handle
sub-5nm technologies and multi-chip heterogeneous online evaluation. 3)
Research and develop grasping
integration, defect detection in state-of-the-art sequence planning
Multi-level machine-learning intelligence for autonomous task fulfilment for best
microchips has become extremely challenging, even
models for fault detection in keeping the scene and environment without
with advanced metrology, imaging, and electrical
the digital twin of advanced undesired damages. 4) Research and develop key
testing capabilities. We are inviting PhD candidate
semiconductor technology enabling
applicants to work on investigating multi-level and
technologies that facilitate the robust
reliable deployment
machine-learning of robotic
models handling fault
for predictive systems in
security and safety applications.
detection and building a digital twin of advanced
semiconductor technology.
University supervisor: Prof Aaron Voon-Yew Thean,
NUS
A*STAR supervisor: J. Senthilnath, I2R
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star.edu.sg
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J_Senthilnath@i2r.a-
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NUS
Lee
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w-8419ab67
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NUS
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Ngai-Man (Man) Cheung SUTD
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xiaozhejesse
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Bo Wang NTU
b9569b20
Tony Kim NTU
b9569b20
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Amer M.Y.M. Ghias NTU
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Prakash Arumugam NTU
Prakash Arumugam NTU
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NA NA NA
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Zhai Wei NUS
Lee Poh Seng NUS
NA
Assoc Prof Duong Hai Minh NUS
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HO, S. Y. John NUS
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NUS
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Francis EH Tay NUS
Zhai Wei NUS

Ong Yew Soon NTU
He Chaobin NUS
Lee Heow Pueh NUS
Prof Lee Heow Pueh NUS
Zhu Lailai NUS
Prof Jerry Chan Kok Yen NUS

weiyi-wu-11387489
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Prof. Li Xiaobo NUS
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