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EMERL has state of the art equipment and a group of
dedicated researchers to facilitate electromagnetic effects
related research in four key areas:
• Electromagnetic Compatibility
• Signal Integrity for High-Speed Electronic Systems
• Electromagnetic Shielding Material
• Computational Electromagnetics
Research Facilities
EMERL houses two cutting-edge test facilities: the
Semi-Anechoic Chamber (SAC) and a Mode Stirred Chamber
(MSC). The SAC has walls lined with electromagnetic
absorbing material and provides an “electromagnetic
pollution-free” environment to measure emission as low as
micro-volt per meter. On the other hand, the MSC, another
well-shielded enclosure for immunity testing, can emulate
hostile electromagnetic environments with electromagnetic
fields of several hundred volts per meter. These facilities allow
EMC measurements of large electronics systems. In addition,
the recent purchase of an integrated circuit (IC) near-field
scanner system (model: FLS 103) and a printed circuit board
(PCB) near-field scanner (model: RS321) enhance the
measurement and research capability for EMC research in IC.
These comprehensive facilities enable NTU to play a leading
role in advanced electromagnetic effects research.
Energetics Research Institute (EnRI)
Director: Professor Ang How Ghee
Mission
A new generation of energetic materials, with special attention
on capability development, collaboration, innovation and
cutting edge technology.
Research: Future Direction
New energetic materials
The research focus of the Institute is on new materials with
high energetic performance, ranging from oxidizers to metals.
Its research on chemical synthesis of the high energy density
materials includes the design of new synthetic routes that are
safe, non-polluting and cost-effective.
Safety and performance
The Institute extends its research to physical and
spectroscopic studies of selected energetic materials and
metals even at the nano-scale. The critical issues of
insensitivity and compatibility of energetic material
compositions are examined in order to achieve new goals of
enhanced energetic performance and the uncompromising
demands of high safety standards.
Capability Development
Capability development will remain central to the future
programs of the Institute in order to enable it to build a strong
research foundation and new skills in advanced techniques
and frontier technologies. Such new techniques to determine
the detonation and combustion velocities and ignition delays
would enable a more precise understanding of the principles
governing detonation, deflagration and combustion processes
of new energetic compositions.
Courses
E
n
RI has introduced 2 unrestricted elective courses:
ER9001-Foundations
in
Energetic
Materials
and
ER9002-Detonation Chemistry & Physics. ER9001 is offered
in semester 1 of each academic year. ER9002 is offered in
semester 2 of each academic year.
Modeling & Simulation
The universal technique of computational modeling and
simulation will extend the Institute’s theoretical and basic
research into diverse areas like identification of improvised
energetic materials, optimisation of new energetic
compositions, or assessment of thermal hazard potential may
it be time-to-thermal-runaway, adiabatic decomposition
temperature rise, explosion potential, shock sensitivity, or
critical cook-off temperature. The technique will also take its
fundamental research from the bench to new applications.
Cutting Edge Technology
The cutting edge technology based on energetic and
piezoelectric materials requires multidisciplinary skills. A case
in point is the initiation train which is concerned with extremely
fast processes operating at the detonation range where their
mechanisms can be examined with precision using high
speed photography applying simultaneously both framing
(100 million frames per second) and streak camera (1ns/mm
to 100μs/mm). Such a technique would enable precise
measurement within a very short time duration in order to
derive physical parameters like velocity of detonation of high
energy materials, velocity of plasma evolved during
detonation, detonation wave profile, estimation of C-J
pressure, analysis of sympathetic detonation, critical diameter
performance assessment, and precise ignition delay and
function time. It is a state-of-the-art high precision
miniaturised technology incorporating the latest green
energetic materials. The achievement of much higher safety
standards is primarily due to its insensitivity to unintended
initiation by radio frequency, electromagnetic interference and
electro static discharge.
The foregoing description therefore illustrates the kind of
research that are of interest to E
n
RI.
Intelligent Systems Centre (IntelliSys)
Director: Associate Professor Chen I-Ming
Mission
• To conduct R&D programmes focusing on cutting-edge
technologies related to control, communication, perception,
decision-making, and autonomous action with applications
in the industrial, commercial and military sectors
• To undertake technology innovation for creation and
prototyping of new products and services relevant to industry
partners
• To establish collaboration with other research institutions
and organisations for the purpose of enhancing the
state-of-the-art Intelligent Systems Technologies
Research Philosophy
• To become a R&D powerhouse on service-based and
product-based intelligent systems with strong industrial
relevance in terms of IP generation, technology transfer, and
development
• To serve the interests of NTU and ST Engineering and build
a reputation for the centre in the ability to work closely and
effectively with industry
Research Activities
IntelliSys is a research centre jointly set up by ST Engineering
and NTU. It is the meeting point of application-specific
problems and technologically viable solutions, and serves as
a hotbed for technological development and advancement in
the area of intelligent systems. The Centre’s emphasis is on
the synergistic integration of physical systems with
information technology and complex decision-making
processes in the design, manufacturing, and operation of