Immediately available openings of Ph.D. scholarships for PhD students (intake of Aug. 2017) at National University of Singapore (Application deadline Nov. 1st, 2016)

Overview:

We are looking for capable and responsible Singaporean and oversea students to work on advanced nanotechnology and nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS), including one of the following topics:

  • • Si Photonics
  • • Micro/Nano-scale energy harvester and harvesting mechanisms
  • • Triboelectrics and Thermoelectrics
  • • Nanophotonics and plasmonics based devices
  • • Neuroprosthetics and implanted NEMS sensors
  • • Polymer sensors
  • • Roll-to-roll fabrication technology

    The successful candidates should fulfil the following points: Graduates of BSc Degree from various Engineering disciplines (e.g. electrical, mechanical, materials, chemical and bio-engineering) and Physics with cap (i.e., average scores) better than 4 (out of 5). To make sure that the successful candidates can speak and write in English fluently, TOFEL score of 95 or above is required for non-native English speakers. Depending on the research topics, successful candidates may conduct their research works at IME, A-STAR and SiNAPSE , NUS. For PhD applicants looking for NUS Research Scholarship, please find the detailed information of application in the next link: http://www.gse.nus.edu.sg/applications.html#research

    For PhD applicants who are from Turkey, Korea, Japan, Russia, Canada, US and Europe, you are eligible for SINGA scholarship, please find the detailed information of application in the next link: https://www.singa.a-star.edu.sg/howtoapply.php .

    NUS regularly ranks amongst the top 10 universities in the world in the engineering category based on the QS World University Rankings by Subject and Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

    ECE Department is one of the largest departments in NUS, with a tenure-track or tenured faculty size of approximately 90, supported by approximately 150 staff. Prof. Chengkuo Lee leads a few research projects with awarded research budget exceeding 10 M SGD.

    Interested applicants are invited to send detailed CVs, transcripts, list of publication and contact details of appropriate referees to: Prof. Chengkuo Lee by e-mail ( elelc@nus.edu.sg).