College of EngineeringNTU Singapore

A better world through creativity and technology

Research

With research output ranked among the top three* universities in engineering globally, we have

made our mark in innovation and technological leadership.

We are a global leaderin research andtechnological inventions.Collaborating closely withother research institutes in the university such asNanyang Environmentand Water Research Institute (NEWRI), Energy Research Institute@NTU (ERI@N) and Singapore Centre for 3D Printing (SC3DP), the College further pushes research boundaries and milestones in research.

ResearchPowerhouse

Research is a vital building block of excellence at CoE. Through inter-disciplinary research and collaboration with peer universities, research institutes and companies locally and abroad, we have made our mark on the international scene with research output par excellence and impactful solutions.

* Source: Essential Science Indicators 2015

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Research

With research output ranked among the top three* universities in engineering globally, we have

made our mark in innovation and technological leadership.

We are a global leaderin research andtechnological inventions.Collaborating closely withother research institutes in the university such asNanyang Environmentand Water Research Institute (NEWRI), Energy Research Institute@NTU (ERI@N) and Singapore Centre for 3D Printing (SC3DP), the College further pushes research boundaries and milestones in research.

ResearchPowerhouse

Research is a vital building block of excellence at CoE. Through inter-disciplinary research and collaboration with peer universities, research institutes and companies locally and abroad, we have made our mark on the international scene with research output par excellenceand impactful solutions.

* Source: Essential Science Indicators 2015

Explosive growth of cities, shifting demographics and ageing infrastructure combined with desire for improved liveability and protection from natural disasters or man-made events are creating strong demand for new urban solutions in areas of transportation, built environment and city management.

At CoE, our research is focused on developing innovative solutions and capabilities for land capacity, sustainable transportation and good quality living environment.

Transportation

• Enhancedefficiencyandresilienceintransportation, infrastructure, freight and logistics, road capacity and performance.

• Developmentoftechnologies,systemsandfacilities to support sustainable mobility modes.

Resilient Systems

• Developrobuststructuresanddesignprotection systems against potential threats from events.

• Simulateandtestblastresponseandfireresistance.

• Advancesmartsolutionsforemergencymanagement.

Liveability

• Creationandoptimalutilisationofusablespace.

• Managementofmega-citiesforcomfortableand generative environment.

• Social,psychological,healthandsafetyofunderground living.

Ageing population has increased the demand for therapeutic treatments. Our research in medical technology is aligned with Singapore’s position as Asia’s bio-cluster.

Rehabilitation and Medical Robotics

•Medicalroboticstechnologyforfasterpatientrecovery, less invasive and safer procedures.

•Neuroncognitive studyof humanmovements.•Wearablesensorsandhapticdevicesfor

home and tele-rehabilitation.•Techniques, technologies, and systems in

medical informatics and systems to overcome the frailties of the human body.

Biotechnology

•Bioengineerhealthcaretreatments, includingtissue/organ replacement, therapeutic medical devices, diagnostic solutions.

•Anti-microbialcoatings.•New technologies in genomics, microbial

engineering, stem cell engineering, microscopyand measurement technology, manufacturing of biologics, and plant biotechnology.

Singapore has the edge to be the advanced manufacturing hub of Asia and to tap opportunities from disruptive technologies such as additivemanufacturing. The materials industry which cuts across multiple sectors will support the future of manufacturing.

Additive Manufacturing

•Lightweightmaterials.•Fabricateand customisemedicaldevices

and implants. •Novelprinters, materialsandissuesrelatedtocertificationandqualification.

Advanced Materials

•Tailormaterials for medicalapplications.•Functionaldefencematerialsandplatforms

for materials development, device designand system integration.

•Materialsforrenewableenergyand environmental applications.

•Fabricateprototypedevicesfrom novel materials.

•Materialsandtechnologiesinspiredby nature.

The Infocomm Media (ICM) Masterplan 2025 is to establish Singapore as a Smart Nation that leads the world in tapping the potential of ICM to drive economic growth, social cohesion and better living. We conduct cutting-edge research oninfocomm technology to respond to this new digital economy development.

Advanced Communications

Research

NTU has invested heavily in research, establishing some of the best equipped laboratories and research centres in the world. We have acquired a global reputation in many research fields including advanced materials, biomedical engineering, clean energy, nanotechnology, water and environmental technology and wireless communication.

Urban Solutions

Advanced Materials and Manufacturing

Engineering DigitalEconomy

Future Healthcare

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Explosive growth of cities, shifting demographics and ageing infrastructure combined with desire for improvedliveability and protection from natural disasters or man-made events are creating strong demand for new urban solutions in areas of transportation, built environmentand city management.

At CoE, our research is focused on developing innovative solutions and capabilities for land capacity, sustainable transportation and good quality livingenvironment.

Transportation

•Enhancedefficiency andresilienceintransportation, infrastructure, freight and logistics, road capacity and performance.

•Development of technologies, systems andfacilities to support sustainable mobility modes.

Resilient Systems

•Developrobuststructuresanddesign protection systems against potential threats from events.

•Simulate andtestblastresponseandfire resistance.

•Advancesmartsolutionsforemergencymanagement.

Liveability

•Creationandoptimalutilisationof usablespace.

•Managementof mega-citiesforcomfortableand generative environment.

•Social, psychological, healthandsafetyofunderground living.

Ageing population has increased the demand for therapeutic treatments. Our research in medical technology is aligned with Singapore’s position as Asia’s bio-cluster.

Rehabilitation and Medical Robotics

• Medicalroboticstechnologyforfasterpatientrecovery, less invasive and safer procedures.

• Neuroncognitivestudyofhumanmovements.• Wearablesensorsandhapticdevicesfor

home and tele-rehabilitation.• Techniques,technologies,andsystemsin

medical informatics and systems to overcome the frailties of the human body.

Biotechnology

• Bioengineerhealthcaretreatments,includingtissue/organ replacement, therapeutic medical devices, diagnostic solutions.

• Anti-microbialcoatings.• New technologies in genomics, microbial

engineering, stem cell engineering, microscopyand measurement technology, manufacturing of biologics, and plant biotechnology.

Singapore has the edge to be the advanced manufacturing hub of Asia and to tap opportunities from disruptive technologies such as additive manufacturing. The materials industry which cuts across multiple sectors will support the future of manufacturing.

Additive Manufacturing

• Lightweightmaterials.• Fabricateandcustomisemedicaldevices

and implants. • Novelprinters,materialsandissuesrelatedtocertificationandqualification.

Advanced Materials

• Tailormaterialsformedicalapplications.• Functionaldefencematerialsandplatforms

for materials development, device designand system integration.

• Materialsforrenewableenergyandenvironmental applications.

• Fabricateprototypedevicesfromnovelmaterials.

• Materialsandtechnologiesinspiredbynature.

The Infocomm Media (ICM) Masterplan 2025 is to establish Singapore as a Smart Nation that leads the world in tapping the potential of ICM to drive economic growth, social cohesion and better living. We conduct cutting-edge research on infocomm technology to respond to this new digital economy development.

Advanced Communications

Research

NTU has invested heavily in research, establishing some of the best equipped laboratories and research centres in the world. We have acquired a global reputation in many research fields including advanced materials, biomedical engineering, clean energy, nanotechnology, water and environmental technology and wireless communication.

Urban Solutions

Advanced Materials and Manufacturing

Engineering DigitalEconomy

Future Healthcare

• Multi-usertestbedstomeasureandevaluate new communication technologies.

• Digitalinformationprocessing,inter-operabilityand wireless/quantum communications, and terabit optical transmission technologies.

• Heterogeneousnetworks,largescaleMIMO(multiple-input multiple-output), cognitive radio,opticalfibrenetworks,wirelesssensornetworks, mesh networking, software-

definednetworkingand4/5Gnetworksto reshape the communication industry.

• 5GHetNetsandTVWhiteSpacescommunications.

Achievement• Builtano-line-sightlocalisationtest-bedtosupportapplicationsforpolice,fireserviceand search and rescue operation.

Satellite Engineering

• Satellitesforcommunications,weatherstudy,observation of climatic changes and natural disasters.

• Newsatellitetechnologyforfuturegenerationsof satellites flying in formation and constellation.

• Createversatilenano-satellitemissionforin-orbit technology demonstration.

Achievements• Completedandlaunchedthefirstfour

Singapore-built satellites (X-SAT, VELOX-I, VELOX-PII & VELOX-PIII) between April 2011 toJune2014.

• TolaunchaclimatemonitoringsatellitenamedVELOX-CI and a communication satellite named VELOX-II in 2015/16. An electric propulsion demonstration satellite namedVELOX-III will be built by 2016.

Singapore has finite space, limited water supplies, and no natural resources. The government has made sustainable development, the use of renewable energy, and the efficient use of resources, primary considerations in all its future planning efforts.

Environment and Water

• Lowcarbontechnologythroughdevelopmentof catalysts, green solvents, new chemical processes, control strategies and system modelling and optimisation.

• Advancedenvironmentalandwatertechnologies, such as novel membranes and bioprocesses, for high performance water reclamation, solid wastes and water resource management as well as energy recovery.

Energy

• Conversionofsolarenergytocleanfuels,improved storage, transport and consumption techniques.

• Convertnaturalresourcesandbio-feedstockinto value-added chemicals and fuels.

• Researchonenergyoptimisationforsmartbuildings.

• Intelligentpowerdistributionandenergyoptimisation for built environment, aerospace and marine applications.

Food Science and Technology

• Foodproducts/ingredientsandtheireffectson health.

• Sustainableproductionandingredientproduction through process engineering and biotechnology(bio-refinery).

Singapore continues to expand its capabilities in data and analytics. The knowledge created enables us to dealwith priority issues such as healthcare and underpin our development towardsbeing a Smart Nation and a regional analytics hub.

Internet of Things (IoT)

•Pervasive,low-power,self-sustainablesensing, networks, actuating technologies, and applications for smart city, buildings and transportation.

•Internetforservinggeneralpublic, butwithspecial emphasis on people with special needs (e.g., elderly, minors, and disabilities).

•Researchinreal-timebigdataand multimedia analytics.

•Cyber-physicalsystemsecurity.•Vehiculartechnologiesorsmarttransportation.•Physicalanalyticsbeyondbigdata.

Achievements•Developedanon-GPSlocalisationtechnique

to identify object’s locations for urbanenvironments.

•Developedindoorlocalisationservice.•Implementedindoorenergyharvestingfor

supporting sensing, networking, and actuating.

•Successfullydeveloped co-existencemechanisms for massive wireless devices.

•Implementedcrowd-sensingsystemdevelopment from both technological andsocial aspects.

•Launchedenvironmentalmonitoringwithlowcost sensing infrastructure.

Visual Analytics

•Newapproachesandtechnologiesforfastand rich mobile object search withconstrained network and computational resources, compact and innovative feature coding, scalable indexing and search algorithms.

•Large-scaleimage/videoclassificationand search.

•Large-scale3D sceneunderstandingand search.

•Facerecognitionandretrieval, especiallyinsocial media contexts.

•Deeplearningforlarge-scaleimagerecognition and search.

•Semanticimagesegmentationandco-segmentation.

•Large-scaleimage/multi-objectsearch.•Cloud-basedsolution, fine-grainedclassification and retrieval.

Cloud Computing

•Emergingapplicationsandusecasesovercloud platform.

•Cloudresourcemanagementandserviceorchestration via advanced optimisation algorithms.

•Criticalinfrastructure(e.g.greendatacentre)for cloud computing and its enabling technologies(software-definedsystems,newhardware, etc).

•Real-timedataanalyticsinthecloud.•Hardwareacceleratedheterogeneouscloud

infrastructure.•Energyefficient cloud infrastructure.

Achievements•HPCcloudanditssupportforscientific

computing: developed transformation-based monetarycostoptimisationsforscientificworkflows.

•Energysaving: leveragedsmartpowermanagement and renewable energy to reduce the carbon footprint of cloud computing.

Resource Resilience

Big Data

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•Multi-usertestbedsto measureandevaluate new communication technologies.

•Digitalinformationprocessing, inter-operabilityand wireless/quantum communications, and terabit optical transmission technologies.

•Heterogeneousnetworks, largescaleMIMO (multiple-input multiple-output), cognitive radio, opticalfibrenetworks,wirelesssensor networks, mesh networking, software- definednetworkingand4/5G networkstoreshape the communication industry.

•5G HetNetsandTVWhite Spaces communications.

Achievement•Builtano-line-sightlocalisationtest-bedto supportapplications for police, fireserviceand search and rescue operation.

Satellite Engineering

•Satellitesforcommunications, weatherstudy,observation of climatic changes and natural disasters.

•Newsatellite technologyforfuturegenerationsof satellites flying in formation and constellation.

•Create versatilenano-satellite missionforin-orbit technology demonstration.

Achievements•Completedandlaunchedthefirstfour

Singapore-built satellites (X-SAT, VELOX-I, VELOX-PII & VELOX-PIII) between April 2011 to June2014.

•To launchaclimate monitoringsatellite namedVELOX-CI and a communication satellite named VELOX-II in 2015/16. An electric propulsion demonstration satellite namedVELOX-III will be built by 2016.

Singapore has finite space, limited water supplies, and no natural resources. The government has made sustainable development, the use of renewable energy, and the efficient use of resources, primary considerations in all its future planning efforts.

Environment and Water

•Lowcarbontechnologythroughdevelopmentof catalysts, green solvents, new chemical processes, control strategies and system modelling and optimisation.

•Advancedenvironmentalandwatertechnologies, such as novel membranes andbioprocesses, for high performance water reclamation, solid wastes and water resource management as well as energy recovery.

Energy

•Conversionof solarenergyto cleanfuels,improved storage, transport and consumption techniques.

•Convertnaturalresourcesandbio-feedstockinto value-added chemicals and fuels.

•Researchonenergyoptimisationforsmartbuildings.

•Intelligentpowerdistributionandenergyoptimisation for built environment, aerospace and marine applications.

Food Science and Technology

•Foodproducts/ingredientsandtheireffectson health.

•Sustainableproductionand ingredientproduction through process engineering andbiotechnology(bio-refinery).

Singapore continues to expand its capabilities in data and analytics. The knowledge created enables us to deal with priority issues such as healthcare and underpin our development towards being a Smart Nation and a regional analytics hub.

Internet of Things (IoT)

• Pervasive,low-power,self-sustainablesensing, networks, actuating technologies, and applications for smart city, buildings and transportation.

• Internetforservinggeneralpublic,butwithspecial emphasis on people with special needs (e.g., elderly, minors, and disabilities).

• Researchinreal-timebigdataandmultimedia analytics.

• Cyber-physicalsystemsecurity.• Vehiculartechnologiesorsmarttransportation.• Physicalanalyticsbeyondbigdata.

Achievements• Developedanon-GPSlocalisationtechnique

to identify object’s locations for urbanenvironments.

•Developedindoorlocalisationservice.•Implementedindoorenergyharvestingfor

supporting sensing, networking, and actuating.

•Successfullydevelopedco-existencemechanisms for massive wireless devices.

•Implementedcrowd-sensingsystemdevelopment from both technological and social aspects.

•Launchedenvironmentalmonitoringwithlowcost sensing infrastructure.

Visual Analytics

• Newapproachesandtechnologiesforfastand rich mobile object search with constrained network and computational resources, compact and innovative feature coding, scalable indexing and search algorithms.

• Large-scaleimage/videoclassificationand search.

• Large-scale3Dsceneunderstandingand search.

• Facerecognitionandretrieval,especiallyinsocial media contexts.

• Deeplearningforlarge-scaleimagerecognition and search.

• Semanticimagesegmentationandco-segmentation.

• Large-scaleimage/multi-objectsearch.• Cloud-basedsolution,fine-grainedclassificationandretrieval.

Cloud Computing

• Emergingapplicationsandusecasesovercloud platform.

• Cloudresourcemanagementandserviceorchestration via advanced optimisation algorithms.

• Criticalinfrastructure(e.g.greendatacentre)for cloud computing and its enabling technologies(software-definedsystems,newhardware, etc).

• Real-timedataanalyticsinthecloud.• Hardwareacceleratedheterogeneouscloud

infrastructure.• Energyefficientcloudinfrastructure.

Achievements• HPCcloudanditssupportforscientific

computing: developed transformation-based monetarycostoptimisationsforscientificworkflows.

• Energysaving:leveragedsmartpowermanagement and renewable energy to reduce the carbon footprint of cloud computing.

Resource Resilience

Big Data

Infocomm technology is one of Singapore’s most significant service sectors, so the use of secure, resilient and robust technologies are critical to ensure our national reputation as a trustworthy and secure business hub. The global cyber security market which is expected to grow to about US$120.1 billion by 2017 at a compound annual growth rate of 11.3% from 2012 to 2017, spells exciting opportunities for our investment in this area.

Cyber Security

• Trustworthysystems:developnewapproaches for risk assessment, vulnerability detection and security enhancement in complex cyber-physical systems.

• Cybersituationalawareness:buildscientificfoundation for a theoretically-grounded and empirically-validated algebraic model of data that supports a wide range of scalable analytical techniques to enhance cyber situational assessment and awareness.

• Insiderthreats:multi-disciplinarystudyfordetecting and tracking insider threats.

• Cyber-physicalsystemssecurity:modelingcyber-physical attacks in perspective of novel computing devices and architectures.

• Scalablemalwareandvulnerabilitydetectionusing programming analysis for binary, sourcecodeandJavaScripts.

Achievements• Hardwaresecurity: identifyingsecurityflaws

in the testing phase of integrated circuits.• Securityverificationforsecurityprotocols,

runtime security policy, mobile computing, trust platform and cloud computing.

Research in numbers*

100

2,300

7.8

178m

280 35

650

541000

120Industrialpartners

citations per publication on SCI

Research publications

Research grants

Patents/licences filed/signed

books andchapters and presented

Research Centres and Institutes

papers at

conferences

Published

210

Engineeringdisciplines in

topQS World Rankings by Subject 2015

of

Academic and research organisationsSingapore and overseas

$

Cyber Security

* All figures are correct as at July 2014. QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015 are correct as at April 2015.

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Infocomm technology is one of Singapore’s most significant service sectors, so the use of secure, resilient and robust technologies are criticalto ensure our national reputation as a trustworthy and secure businesshub. The global cyber security market which is expected to grow to about US$120.1 billion by 2017 at a compound annual growth rate of 11.3% from 2012 to 2017, spells exciting opportunities for our investment in this area.

Cyber Security

•Trustworthy systems: developnewapproaches for risk assessment, vulnerability detection and security enhancement in complex cyber-physical systems.

•Cybersituationalawareness: buildscientificfoundation for a theoretically-grounded and empirically-validated algebraic model of data that supports a wide range of scalable analytical techniques to enhance cyber situational assessment and awareness.

•Insiderthreats: multi-disciplinarystudyfordetecting and tracking insider threats.

•Cyber-physicalsystems security: modelingcyber-physical attacks in perspective of novel computing devices and architectures.

•Scalablemalwareandvulnerabilitydetectionusing programming analysis for binary, source codeandJavaScripts.

Achievements•Hardwaresecurity: identifyingsecurityflaws

in the testing phase of integrated circuits.•Securityverificationforsecurityprotocols,

runtime security policy, mobile computing, trust platform and cloud computing.

Research in numbers*

100

2,300

7.8

178m

280 35

650

541000

120Industrialpartners

citations per publication on SCI

Research publications

Research grants

Patents/licences filed/signed

books and chapters and presented

Research Centres and Institutes

papers at

conferences

Published

210

Engineering disciplines in

topQS World Rankings by Subject 2015

of

Academic and research organisations Singapore and overseas

$

Cyber Security

* All figures are correct as at July 2014. QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015 are correct as at April 2015.

AcademiaSinica•AspinKemp&Associates•Austrian Instituteof TechnologyBen-GurionUniversityoftheNegev•CambridgeUniversity•CISRI •DanoneDeltaLtd•ElbitSystemsLandandC41Ltd• EmoryUniversity•ExxonMobil• FraunhoferInstitute•FrieslandCampina •Georgia Instituteof Technology•HebrewUniversityofJerusalem•ImperialCollege London •Infineon •JohnsHopkinsUniversity •KAIST •Kraft • LinkōpingUniversity • LoughboroughUniversity•LucentTechnologies•MicrowaveTubesResearch&DevelopmentCentre • MIT • National Dental Care • National Heart Centre System •NationalTaiwanUniversity•NEC•Nestle•NJIT •NorthwesternUniversity• OxfordUniversity•QatarUniversity• Queensland Universityof Technology• RollsRoyce•RoyalInstituteofTechnology •RussianAcademy of Science• SIIRDSingTel•STEngineering•ST Electronics•STATSChipPACLtd•TechnicalUniversityDarmstadt•TechnicalUniversityof Munich •Technion-IsraelInstituteofTechnology•TexasStateUniversity•ThalesAlenia Space•TokyoInstituteofTechnology•UC-Berkeley•UC-Merced •UIUC •Unilever• Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina • Universidad de BuenosAires•UniversidadeFederaldoRiodeJaneiro •Universityof Strathclyde•UniversitédeTechnologiedeTroyes•Universityof Melbourne •UniversityofMichigan•UniversityofRochester•Universityof Southhampton •UniversityofTokyo•UniversityofWashington•Universityof Waterloo•UniversityofWisconsin•WageningenUniversity•WasedaUniversity•Zhejiang University

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AcademiaSinica •Aspin Kemp&Associates•AustrianInstituteofTechnologyBen-GurionUniversityof the Negev•CambridgeUniversity•CISRI•DanoneDeltaLtd•ElbitSystems Land andC41Ltd•EmoryUniversity•ExxonMobil•FraunhoferInstitute•FrieslandCampina•GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology•HebrewUniversityof Jerusalem•ImperialCollegeLondon•Infineon•JohnsHopkinsUniversity •KAIST •Kraft • LinkōpingUniversity • LoughboroughUniversity•LucentTechnologies•MicrowaveTubesResearch&DevelopmentCentre • MIT • National Dental Care • National Heart Centre System •National Taiwan University•NEC•Nestle•NJIT•NorthwesternUniversity•Oxford University•QatarUniversity• QueenslandUniversityofTechnology•RollsRoyce•RoyalInstituteofTechnology•RussianAcademyofScience•SIIRDSingTel•ST Engineering•STElectronics•STATSChipPACLtd•Technical UniversityDarmstadt•TechnicalUniversityofMunich•Technion-Israel Instituteof Technology•TexasStateUniversity•ThalesAleniaSpace•Tokyo Instituteof Technology•UC-Berkeley•UC-Merced•UIUC•Unilever• Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina • Universidad de BuenosAires•UniversidadeFederal do RiodeJaneiro•UniversityofStrathclyde•Universitéde Technologie de Troyes•UniversityofMelbourne•UniversityofMichigan •Universityof Rochester•UniversityofSouthhampton•Universityof Tokyo •Universityof Washington • UniversityofWaterloo•UniversityofWisconsin•Wageningen University•WasedaUniversity•ZhejiangUniversity

Partners

Argentina

Austria

Australia

Brazil

Belgium

China

CzechRepublic

France

Germany

HongKong

Hungary

India

Israel

Italy

Japan

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Qatar

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FacultyCoE is home to more than 500 academics from many countries aroundthe world. Our provision of world class research facilities, resources and opportunities have attracted top researchers to join the faculty. We don’t just stop at recruiting the best minds, we provide them with the environment and culture to excel. The diversity of knowledge, expertise, experience, and culture inherent in the faculty is an immense asset that will propel the College into the next epoch of technological wonders.

Our faculty members are recipients of the prestigious President’s Science and Technology Awards, the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds and Regional TR35.

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