Inter-disciplinary Centres

 

 

Research activities in NTU

As a research-intensive university with globally acknowledged strengths in science and engineering, research and development (R&D) form an important part of the University's activities. NTU conducts R&D works and prioritises its focus areas to galvanise it resources towards areas which the University have particular strengths and which are in alignment with the national strategic thrusts.  NTU also promotes science and technology at the highest level through the endowed Institute of Advanced Studies, which regularly flies in Nobel laureates and other scientific giants to enrich the life and work of the university community.

 

NTU has made great strides in its journey towards research intensity and has become increasingly competitive in seeking external funding, reflecting the span of research strengths and interests across the University. NTU is also actively looking for strong support from major corporations and industry leaders, in terms of both research funding and partnerships. Compared to the previous year, the University has seen an increase of 26% in the number of external competitive grants demonstrating a renewed activity amongst the faculty.

 

The most significant milestone of NTU’s success in competitive research grants is the award by the Ministry of Education (MOE) for its first Research Centre of Excellence (RCE) - the Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS). This award marks a big step forward for NTU in our efforts to become a world-class research-intensive university. Not only does the RCE bring influential and accomplished researchers to NTU to help propel research to a higher level, it also introduces the earth and environmental sciences to the University portfolio. For this, MOE will be providing funds totalling $150 million over 10 years to support the running of the Centre.  The RCE will be helmed by world-famous seismologist, Kerry Sieh who will be joined by Paul Tapponnier, a world-leading tectonicist from the University of Paris, and Chris Newhall, formerly from the US Geological Survey and the foremost authority on Southeast Asian volcanology.

 

To sustain the enhanced research intensity, the University has also developed initiatives to rapidly expand the faculty talent pool.  NTU has been very successful in attracting the World’s best young researchers through global competitions at the Post-doctoral level and as well as at the faculty through the Nanyang Assistant Professorship (NAP) scheme.  The NAP scheme is the latest initiative set up to recruit top researchers from around the world for them to play leading roles in the University's new wave of multi-disciplinary and integrative research.

 

The University is developing active partnerships and networks of leading research intensive universities with renewed emphasis on innovation, especially through partnerships with leading technologically based multi-national companies.

 

NTU's research philosophies

·          Multi-disciplinary environment

In this vibrant multi-disciplinary research environment, both students and staff enjoy a host of opportunities to conduct research collaboration with world-leading universities and renowned institutes. With all courses grounded in a strong research culture and with innovation and critical enquiry as key features, NTU students are immersed in the best of learning environments.

 

·          Thriving research environment

The University has invested heavily in research, creating some of the best laboratories and research centres in the world. A prime example is the $25 million nine-storey Research TechnoPlaza, which forms the University's research hub. Activities of the research centres are linked to their international counterparts, turning the campus into a mini Silicon Valley yielding landmark innovation, and nurturing a new generation of leaders along the way.

 

·          Life-changing innovations

Staffed by researchers of international repute, the University's research has advanced science and technology with life-changing innovations. These world-first inventions include the smallest Integrated circuit transformer, Antenna-in-Package, a membraneless micro fuel cell, artificial heart valves, medical robots, a cell culture array chip for disease diagnosis, laser fusion of fibre-optic cables, precision engineering technologies, home-grown satellite technologies, automated video surveillance devices, mass commercial farming of temperate crops using aeroponics, and the establishment of a world class MPEG standard.

 

Inter-disciplinary Centres

To facilitate multi-disciplinary research and advanced training, research institutes and several research centres have been set up:

Research institutes in NTU

·          Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering
http://www.iese.ntu.edu.sg/index.asp
Director and CEO: Professor Tay Joo Hwa

·          Nanyang and Environment Water Research Institute
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/newri
Executive Director: Professor Ng Wun Jern

·          Institute for Media Innovation
http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/IMI/
Founding Director: Prof Martin Reiser

Joint centres with external organizations

·          Electromagnetic Effects Research Laboratory
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/emerl/
Director: Associate Professor See Kye Yak

·          Energetics Research Institute (EnRI)
http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/EnRI/
Director: Professor Ang How Ghee

·          Intelligent Systems Centre
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/intellisys/
Director: Associate Professor Chen I-Ming

·          Satellite Engineering Centre
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/CREST/
Director: Associate Professor Tan Soon Hie
Project Director (XSAT): Dr Goh Cher Hiang

·          Temasek Laboratories at NTU
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/temasek-labs
Director: Professor Shang Huai Min

·          Thales@NTU
Directors: Associate Professor Swee Chuan Tjin, Dr Jean Chazelas and Mr Patrick Plante

 

 

Research Centres under the College of Engineering

4G Research Lab

http://www.4g.ntu.edu.sg/
Director: Assistant Professor Fu Chengpeng, Franklin

 

Advanced Materials Research Centre

http://www.mse.ntu.edu.sg/facilities/?op=amrclab.html
Director: Associate Professor Subodh Mhaisalkar

 Bioinformatics Research Centre

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/birc/
Director: Associate Professor Jagath Rajapakse

Biomedical Engineering Research Centre

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/bmerc/contents/index.htm
Director: Associate Professor Subbu S Venkatraman

Center for Advanced Bionanosystems
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/ecmli/
Director:  Associate Professor Li Chang-ming

Centre for Advanced Information Systems
http://www.cais.ntu.edu.sg
Director: Associate Prof Sourav Saha Bhowmick

Centre for Advanced Media Technology
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/camtech/
Director: Associate Professor Wolfgang Mueller-Wittig

Centre for Biotechnology
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/scbe/cbe/CBT
Director: Associate Professor Vincent Chan

Centre for Chiral and Pharmaceutical Engineering

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/scbe/cbe/ccpe
Director: Professor  Ching Chi Bun

Centre for Computational Engineering
Director: Associate Professor Ng Teng Yong

Centre for Computational Intelligence

http://www.c2i.ntu.edu.sg/
Director: Associate Professor Ong Yew Soon

Centre for High Performance Embedded Systems
http://www.chipes.ntu.edu.sg
Director: Professor Thambipillai Srikanthan

Centre for Human Factors and Ergonomics
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/mae/centres/HFE
Director: Professor Martin Helander

Centre for Information Security
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/cis
Director: Assistant Professor Jiang Xudong

Centre for Integrated Circuits and Systems

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/cics/
Director: Professor Do Manh Anh

Centre for Intelligent Machines
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/cim
Director: Professor Xie Lihua

Centre for Mechanics of Micro-systems
http://www.cmms.mae.ntu.edu.sg/
Director: Associate Professor Du He Jun

Centre for Modeling and Control of Complex Systems
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/cmccs
Director: Professor Soh Yeng Chai

Centre for Multimedia and Network Technology
http://CeMNet.ntu.edu.sg
Director: Associate Professor Cham Tat Jen

Centre for Smart Energy Systems

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/eee1/research.asp
Director: Associate Professor Tseng King Jet

 

Centre for Signal Processing

http://www.csp.eee.ntu.edu.sg/asp/index.asp
Director: Associate Professor Ser Wee

Computer Integrated Medical Intervention Laboratory
http://mrcas.mpe.ntu.edu.sg/
Director: Associate Professor Ng Wan Sing

Emerging Research Lab
http://erlab.ntu.edu.sg
Director: Assistant Professor Tay Leng Phuan, Alex

Energy Research Group
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/mae/Research/Programmes/Fuelcell/
Coordinators: Associate Professor Chan Siew Hwa and Associate Professor Ho Hiang Kwee

 

Environmental Engineering Research Centre

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eerc
Director: Associate Professor Wang Jing-Yuan

Facility for Analysis, Characterisation, Testing and Simulation

http://www.characterisation.com.sg
Director: Associate Professor Timothy John White

Forensics and Security Lab

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sce/labs/forse
Director: Assistant Professor Cho Siu Yeung, David

Game Lab

http://www3.gamelab.ntu.edu.sg/
Director: Professor Seah Hock Soon

 

Interaction and Entertainment Research Centre

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/ierc
Director: Associate Professor William Russell Pensyl

LIEN Institute for the Environment

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/cee/life
Director:  Associate Professor Li Bing

Maritime Research Centre

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/mrc
Director: Associate Professor Tan Soon Keat

Microelectronics Centre
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/eee6/mec/index.asp
Director: Associate Professor Pey Kin Leong

MicroMachines Centre
http://mmc.mae.ntu.edu.sg/
Director: Associate Professor Miao Jianmin

Network Technology Research Centre
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/ntrc
Director: Associate Professor Shum Ping, Perry
 

Parallel & Distributed Computing Centre

http://pdcc.ntu.edu.sg
Director: Associate Prof Stephen John Turner

Photonics Research Centre

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/eee6/PhRCweb/
Director: Associate Professor Tjin Swee Chuan

Physiological Mechanics Laboratory
Director: Associate Professor Yeo Joon Hock, Tony

Positioning and Wireless Technology Centre
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/centre/pwtc
Director: Associate Professor Guan Yong Liang

Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology Centre http://www.ntu.edu.sg/mae/research/programmes/precision/index.htm
Acting Director: Associate Professor Zhou Wei

Protective Technology Research Centre

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/ptrc/
Director: Professor Pan Tso-Chien
 

Robotics Research Centre
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/mae/centres/rrc
Director: Associate Professor Seet Gim Lee, Gerald

 

Research centres under the College of Science

Bioscience Research Centre
http://www.sbs.ntu.edu.sg
Director: Professor Law Sai Kit, Alex

Drug Discovery Centre
http://www.sbs.ntu.edu.sg/research/ddc/index.php
Director: Professor James Tam  

Research centres under the College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences

Asian Media Information and Communication Centre
http://www.amic.org.sg/
Secretary-General: Associate Professor Indrajit Banerjee

Centre for Chinese Language and Culture
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/hss/cclc
Director: Associate Professor Lee Guan Kin

Centre for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/hss
Director: Professor Lawrence Wong

Digital Creative Centre
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/adm
Director: Professor Isaac Kerlow

Economic Growth Centre
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/hss/egc/Pages/default.aspx
Director: Professor Lim Chong Yah 

Language and Communication Centre
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/hss/lcc/Pages/default.aspx
Director: Associate Professor Lai Phooi Ching

Singapore Internet Research Centre
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc/
Director: Associate Professor Ang Peng Hwa

Research centres under Nanyang Business School

Asian Business Case Centre
http://www.asiacase.com/
Director: Associate Professor Wee Beng Geok


Centre for Accounting & Auditing Research
http://www.nbs.ntu.edu.sg/research/CAAR/CAAR.asp
Director: Professor Tan Hun Tong

Centre for Asia Pacific Technology Law & Policy
http://captel.ntu.edu.sg/home.htm
Director: Associate Professor Tan Soo Kiat, Harry

Center for Leadership & Cultural Intelligence
http://www.cci.ntu.edu.sg/
Executive Director: Professor Ang Soon
Director of Research: Associate Professor Ng Kok Yee

Centre for Research in Financial Services
http://www.nbs.ntu.edu.sg/research/CREFS/CREFS.asp
Acting Director: Associate Professor Charlie Charoenwong

Information Management Research Centre
http://www.nbs.ntu.edu.sg/research/IMARC/IMARC.asp
Director: Associate Professor Sia Siew Kien