RESEARCH INTERESTS


Quality research represents (1) new, more accurate, or faster solutions to scientific and engineering problems, (2) novel methodologies for producing new knowledge in an efficient manner, and (3) innovative knowledge creation. Milestones are good indictors of research outputs. Original research used to be published in top ranked peer-reviewed journals or filed in patents with demonstrated high commercial values. Research books or monographs are well summarized documents of other original contributions.  

 

RECENT RESEARCH INTERESTS


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Electromagnetic Theory

(Dyadic Green’s Functions & Vector Wave Functions)

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Radio Wave Propagation

(Rainfall Attenuation, Waves in Forests, & Waves in Ionosphere)

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Antenna Theory, Analysis & Design

(Nano Antennas, Microstrip, Loop, and Reflector Antennas)

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Electromagnetic Radiation & Scattering

(RCS, EMC/EMI, Large-Scale Circuit Designs)

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Bio-Electromagnetics

(Biological Interaction, Specific Absorption Rate, DNA and Human Hazard)

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Electromagnetic Materials

(Nano-Scaled Composite & Artificial Materials, and Metamaterials)

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Computational Electromagnetics

(Numerical Techniques, Fast Algorithms, and EM Fast Solvers)

 

SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTS HANDLED


Role

Number

Title

Period:y/m

Amount

CI

GR0018

NUS/Telcoms Joint R&D: Microwave Specific Attenuation by Rainfall (SingTel, PI: Prof. PS Kooi)

1992/01-1996/08

$120,000

PI

RP3960641

Electromagnetic Interaction Between Handy Phones & Human Head/Body (MOE)

1996/07-2000/02

$215,350

CI

RP3950646

Planar Active Phase Array Antenna for Radar and Communications (ARF, PI: Prof. PS Kooi)

1995/09-2000/06

$176,900

PI

GR6521

Analysis of Dielectric Spherical and Spheroidal Radomes Covering Various Antennas (DSO National Labs)

1996/09-1999/07

$12,800

CI

RP3981622

Numerical Techniques for Electromagnetic Computations (ARF, PI: Prof. TS Yeo)

1998/08-2001/08

$63,900

PI

GR6520

Analysis of Effects of Realistic Airborne Radomes Covering Various Antennas (DSO National Labs)

1996/09-2000/08

$20,100

PI

R-263-000-067-112

Characteristics of Electromagnetic Waves in Complex Media (MOE) (#RP3981676)

1998/07-2002/06

$313,400

PI

R-263-000-063-112

Measurement of Raindrop Size Distribution in Singapore’s Tropic Environment (ARF) (#RP3981619)

1998/07-2001/06

$79,200

CI

R-263-000-083-112

Characterisation, modelling and design of RF and microwave MIC/MMIC Devices
(NSTB/A*STAR, PIs: Prof. PS Kooi and Prof. MS Leong)

1999/02-2003/03

$3,704,000

PI

C-382-223-002-091

Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) Fellow Research Grant I

1999/04-2000/03

$55,000

CI

GR2000-01

Analysis of EM Radiation and Scattering (DSO National Labs, PI: Prof. TS Yeo)

2000/01-2001/12

$368,000

PI

C-382-223-003-091

Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) Fellow Research Grant II

2000/04-2001/03

$70,000

PI

R-263-000-147-305

Investigations on Electromagnetic Waves in Complex Materials with PBG Structure and Their Potential Applications (NSTB) (#NSTB/172/2/1-18)

2000/10-2003/03

$66,000

PI

R-263-000-163-112

Electromagnetic Interaction Between Handy Phones & Human Head/Body Phase II (ARF) (#PS990641)

2000/04-2004/09

$50,400

PI

R-263-000-193-422

Field Measurements on High-Frequency (HF) Radar System (DSTA: HF radar system cost is exclusive)

2000/10-2004/09

$155,000

PI

C-382-223-003-091

Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) Fellow Research Grant III

2001/04-2002/03

$50,000

PI

R-394-000-006-422

Airborne Radome Prediction Code Development 

2001/05-2005/04

$1,044,000

CI

R-263-000-007-422

Analysis of FSS on Conformal Structures (PI: Prof. TS Yeo)

2001/05-2005/04

$495,000

CI

R-263-000-258-592

Research and development of high-performance and high-reliability advanced substrate
design and manufacturing design and manufacturing process capabilities (A*STAR, PI: Prof. MS Leong)

2002/03-2005/03

$2,500,000

PI

R-263-000-251-112

Analysis and Design of Various Periodic Structures for Antennas and Microwave Applications (ARF)

2003/03-2006/03

$54,000

CI

R-263-000-254-112

Distributed, multi-layered computation algorithms for the analysis and design
of 3-dimensional antennas for communications applications (ARF, PI: Prof. TS Yeo)

2003/03-2006/03

$155,400

PI

R-263-000-340-592

Modeling Methods for Metamaterials (I2R PI: Dr. ZN Chen)

2005/06-2008/05

$288,000

PI

R-263-000-310-305

Development of UWB Wireless Sub-system: Design and Analysis of DR Antennas (A*STAR Project: 0421110070)

2004/10-2005/04

$19,000

PI

R-263-000-346-593 /
R-263-000-347-422 /
R-263-000-347-593

Fast Descrete Segment Approach for Radome Design (TDSI, ST Engg-0.5, DSTA-0.35, and DSO-0.15)

2005/08-2007/07

$35,000

PI

R-263-000-364-112

Efficient Development of Time Domain – Adaptive Integral Method (TD-AIM) (ARF, Ministry of Education)

2006/01-2009/01

$61,300

PI

R-263-000-379-592

Battery-less Wireless Monitoring Technologies  (Hitachi Cable, Ltd., Co-PI: Mr Ken Takei)

2006/04-2006/10

$28,000

PI

FA4869-06-1-0054

Development of AIM-Based Fast Solver for Efficient Design and Synthesis of NIMs (AOARD Project: AOARD-06-4031, Co-PI: Prof. Tatsuo Itoh, UCLA)

2006/05-2007/06

US$25,000

PI

Merlion 2.06.06

Synthesis of NIMs Using Nano-Particle Homogenizations (Merlion Project Jointly Funded by France and Singapore, Co-PI: Prof. Said Zouhdi, Sepelec, Paris, France)

2006/11-2007/12

EUR$20,000

PI

R-263-000-409-592 /
R-263-000-410-422
 /
R-263-000-410-592

Novel UWB Antennas for Defence Applications: Analysis, Design, and Characterization (Co-PI: Prof. TS Yeo, TDSI / 06-007 / 1A: ST Engg-0.5, DSTA-0.35, and DSO-0.15)

2006/12-2009/11

$174,800

PI

R-263-000-409-731

Incentive Funding (attached to Novel UWB Antennas for Defence Applications: Analysis, Design, and Characterization)

2006/12-2009/11

$8,700

PI

FA4869-07-1-4024

Efficient Design Tool for 2D and 3D NIMs Photonic Crystals (AOARD/AFOSR Project: AOARD-07-4024, Co-PI: Prof. Won Park, Univ of Colorado at Boulder, USA)

2007/04-2008/03

US$75,000

PI

R-263-000-496-422

Conformal Antenna Analysis (Defence Innovative Research Program Project No: DSTA-NUS-DIRP/2007/02)

2008/03-2012/02

$600,000

PI

R-263-000-496-731

Incentive Funding (attached to Conformal Antenna Analysis)

2008/03-2012/02

$30,000

PI

C-263-000-005-001

Wireless Indoor Channel Measurements (Central Research Laboratory of Hitachi Ltd, Tokyo, Japan; Co-PI: Mr Ken Takei)

2008/03-2008/04

$18,000

PI R-263-000-498-592; R-263-001-498-422; R-263-002-498-592; R-263-003-498-232 High Performance Microstrip Patch Arrays: Bandwidth Enhancement and Sidelobe Reduction (Temasek Defence Systems Institute, TDSI/08-002/1A) 2008/03-2010/02 $35,000

PI

FA2386-09-1-4069

Broadband and High Gain Microstrip Antennas Using Metamaterial/NIMs Concepts (AOARD/AFOSR Project: AOARD-09-4069)

2009/04-2010/03

US$75,000

         

 

 

 

 

 

Note:  PI --- Principal Investigator; CI --- Collaborative Investigator; MOE --- Ministry of Education; NSTB --- National Science & Technology Board; SingTel --- Singapore Telecommunication Pte Ltd; ARF ---Academic Research Fund from the National University of Singapore, DSO --- DSO National Labs, DSTA --- Defence Science & Technology Agency, ST --- Singapore Technologies. 

 

RESEARCH COLLABORATORS & TEAM MEMBERS


NUS Faculty Members (in the order of collaboration time)

Name 

Email

Telephone

Fax

Prof. Mook-Seng Leong

elelms@nus.edu.sg

(+65) 6516 2167

(+65) 6779 1103

Prof. Tat-Soon Yeo

eleyeots@nus.edu.sg

(+65) 6516 2119

(+65) 6779 1103

Prof. Swee-Ping Yeo

elehead@nus.edu.sg

(+65) 6516 2018

(+65) 6779 1103

Prof. Hock Lim

phylimh@nus.edu.sg

(+65) 6516 2622/8312

(+65) 6872 6840

Prof. Herbert O Moser

slshom@nus.edu.sg

(+65) 6516 7930

 

Prof. Soo-Jin Chua

elecsj@nus.edu.sg

(+65) 6516 2264/4784

(+65) 6779 1103

 

National Labs (in the order of collaboration time)

Name

Email

Telephone

Fax

Dr. Yeow-Beng Gan

tslganyb@nus.edu.sg

(+65) 6516 1675

(+65) 6872 6840

Dr. Tse-Tong Chia

ctsetong@dso.org.sg or tslctt@nus.edu.sg

(+65) 6772 7120

(+65) 6776 6476

Dr. Wee Jin Koh

kweejin@dso.org.sg

   

Dr. Siou-Teck Chew

csiouteck@dso.org.sg

(+65) 6871 2008

 

Dr. Tan-Huat Chio

ctanhuat@dso.org.sg

(+65) 6772 7068

 

Dr. Er-Ping Lee

eplee@ihpc.a-star.edu.sg

(+65) 6419 1543

(+65) 6778 0522

Dr. Bo Liu

Liu_Bo@dsi.a-star.edu.sg

(+65) 6516 8507

(+65) 6777 2406

Dr. Hian Lim Chan

chan_hian_lim@dsta.gov.sg

(+65) 6879 5057

(+65) 6777 0140

Dr. Zhi-Ning Chen

chenzn@i2r.a-star.edu.sg

(+65) 6870 9161

(+65) 6779 5441

Dr. Wen-Yan Yin

wyyin@sjtu.edu.cn

(+65) 6516 6927

(+65) 6872 6840

Dr. Chao-Fu Wang

tslwcf@nus.edu.sg

(+65) 6516 7813

(+65) 6872 6840

Dr. Jin Ling Shi

jinglin@ime.a-star.edu.sg

   

 

RESEARCH RESULTS


For research results, please refer to the Publication Lists