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building configurations. The Centre serves as the point of
contact and coordination in this multi-organizational
undertaking.
Centre for Signal Processing (CSP)
Director: Associate Professor Ser Wee
Vision
To become a well referred research centre in the world on
digital signal processing
Mission
To spearhead research and development of signal processing
technologies for the future
Research Philosophy
With the vision that future systems are becoming more
intelligent and connected, we strive to create significant
impact on enabling digital signal processing technologies in
these areas.
Research Activities
The Centre is organized into four research programs with a
total of about 150 research staff, including about 30
professors and more than 120 researchers and research
students. The four research programs are: multimedia signal
processing, statistical and adaptive signal processing,
bio-signal processing and signal processing system.
Specifically, three thrust areas have been identified as the
focus for its research projects: (a) Interactive Media
Processing, (b) Bio-Signal Processing, and (c) Sensor Signal
Processing.
Luminous
! Semiconductor Lighting and Display Centre of
Excellence
Director: Nanyang Associate Professor Hilmi Volkan Demir
Visions and Objectives:
• Generate innovative solutions enabled by nanophotonics
• Make a strong technological impact in Singapore and around
the globe for energy efficiency in lighting and combating
climate change
• Exploit quantum-confined and design-based nanostructures.
• Partner with industrial companies in Asia, Europe and
America
Research Activities:
Luminous
!
Semiconductor Lighting and Display Centre of
Excellence has a team of over 10 faculty members across
disciplines (EEE, SPMS and MSE). The focus of the research
is on various multidisciplinary research projects that offer
potential solutions at the material, device and/or system
levels, for energy efficiency in lighting and combating global
warming.
In addition to existing epitaxial growth facilities, a new
metal-organic chemical-vapor deposition (MOCVD) is set up,
dedicated to the solid-state lighting and displays. It aims at
developing and demonstrating a new class of white LEDs
(WLEDs) that employ semiconductor nanocrystal quantum
dot emitters as nanoluminophors. The custom design of such
nanocrystal emitters make it possible to achieve precise
tuning of emission spectra, with combinations of narrow
spectral emission ranges, each of which is strategically placed
at selected wavelengths, using quantum size effect. It allows
precise optical engineering of the photometric properties for
spectrally improved mesopic vision. The new class of mesopic
WLEDs offers high scotopic/photopic (S/P) ratio that is above
2.5, for spectrally enhanced vision, while simultaneously
providing high color rendering index (CRI) of around 80 for
enhanced color differentiation in mesopic vision. In addition,
through the precise control of the nanocrystal emitters, a
solid-state lighting devices that emit at a desired set of
wavelengths to fit a particular application can be engineered.
The significance of this capability can be extended to
numerous industrial applications in greenhouse lighting, fresh
storage, light therapy, human-light interaction, smart lighting,
etc.
The key topical research areas include:
• III-N Epitaxy, doping engineering and epitaxial growth
optimization
• Phosphors and nanophosphors of semiconductor
nanocrystals
• High photometric quality, warm white, high CRI and
high-efficiency LEDs
• Color-converting LEDs with high scotopic/photopic ratio
• Green LEDs (addressing green gap problem)
• GaN-based nanophotonic (nanowires, quantum dot) devices
• Nonradiative-energy-transfer based LED design and
fabrication.
Maritime Research Centre (MRC)
Director: Associate Professor Tan Soon Keat
Vision
• To establish a focused national and regional research centre
with major research activities in hydrodynamics, marine and
offshore engineering, shipping business and logistics.
• To be a vibrant hub of activity with marine and offshore
organizations and the maritime community; and to host
courses, R&D programmes, and projects, as well as
seminars and conferences on relevant subject areas.
• To gather and nurture a team of enthusiastic and dedicated
staff who will be a source of pride and aspiration for students
and researchers, faculty, and the maritime community.
Mission
• To establish a focal point for research and development for
the local and regional maritime industry.
• To develop innovative approaches towards marine and
offshore engineering, port management and management of
coastal environment resources.
• To support continuing education and professional training in
maritime business, port and terminal operations, marine and
offshore engineering, maritime practices and coastal
management.
• To act as the catalyst to promote and facilitate the
cooperation in the maritime industry and training of
manpower to support the maritime clusters
Research Activities
MRC excels in hydrodynamics, hydraulics, environmental
engineering, and logistics. Representative activities include
Active Operator Guidance System for Ship, South China Sea
Circulation Model, Two-ship Interactions, Development of a
Shipboard Quality Assurance System for Bunker Fuel
Transaction, and Design of an Optimised Liner Service
Planning.
The Centre focuses on the initiation and undertaking of
research to develop technologies and IT applications in the
port and maritime field, management of joint R&D projects
between the MPA and NTU as well as collaboration with local
and international institutions and industry partners.
MRC’s research facilities include Hydraulics Laboratory,