RESEARCH IN THE SCHOOL OF MAE

Research in the School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering centres around its four-fold mission statement namely

• To undertake fundamental research and applied innovation in support of the national economy
• To actively participate in the creation of leading-edge-knowledge and technology
• To support teaching through the acquisition of new knowledge
• To establish the School as a leader in research and teaching.

In recent years, the School has witnessed a dramatic increase in research manpower. Presently, the School has about 310 academic and research staff members undertaken advanced collaborative research and development projects with local industries as well as internationally renowned institutions. Their efforts are supported by a large population of local and overseas graduate students many of whom are working towards their PhD degrees. The School has also excellent state-of-the-art facilities supporting a wide range of projects.

RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

The School adopts a two-tier research structure to better facilitate and intensify the effort of its research-oriented staff. The first tier comprises research interest groups, which comprise staff members with common interests in an emerging engineering discipline or area of technology. Such interest groups offer breadth as well as act as spawning grounds for future strategic research programmes of the School. The strategic area clusters, which form the second tier, comprise multi-disciplinary strategic research programmes which focus on leading­ edge knowledge and technology of future promise or impact. At the same time, such strategic area clusters provide valuable expertise and facilities to university-level R&D centres or their equivalent. Presently, the School manages and contributes actively to thirteen of these R&D centres namely; Biomedical Engineering Research Centre, Centre of Graphics and Imaging Technology, Centre for mechanics of Micro-Systems, Centre for Precision Engineering and nanotechnology, Design Research Centre, Center for Financial Engineering, Global Positioning and Satellite Centre, Protective Technology Research Centre, Robotics Research Centre and Satellite Engineering Programme Research Centre. 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES & CONGRESSES 

The School has organized international conferences/congresses in the areas of logistics, and advances in robotics, all of which were well attended by many overseas, delegates. These events are testimony to the international stature of the quality of staff and research in the School. The School hopes to continue to utilise such international meets to publicize the research and other scholastic achievements of its staff members.

RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS 

The research achievements of MAE staff members are reflected in the increasing number of international accolades and awards, patents granted and editorial appointments. The international awards won including the CrayQuest Gold and Grand Champion Awards, Educational Award (Japan Chamber of Commerce), ASME Award, George Julius Medal (Australia) and the Mansour Award (World Automation Congress). Eighteen academic staff members have been invited to serve on the editorial boards of international journals.