Full list of supervisors
IHPC – Institute of High Performance Computing
Surname
Given
Names
Department
Research Interests
Email Contact
Ahluwalia
Rajeev
Materials Science &
Engineering
rajeev@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Akimov
Yuriy
Electronics &
Photonics
Ba
Te
IHPC/Fluid
Dynamics
Bai
Kewu
Materials Science &
Engineering
Phase Transformations,
Ferroelectrics, shape memory alloys.
Crack Propagation and Dislocation
dynamics, Microstructural Evolution
using Phase Field Modeling
1. Hydrodynamics
2. Nonlinear wave optics
3. Plasma physics
4. Nano-Photonics and Plasmonics
Multiphase fluid modeling and
analysis, Free surface tracking
methodology, Species transport and
reaction modeling
Computational Material Science
Bai
Ping
Electronics &
Photonics
baiping@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Branico
Paulo
Independent
Investigatorship
BUI
Viet
Phuong
Emerging Algos and
Models
Cheng
Yuan
IHPC
Chu
Hong-son
Electronics &
Photonics
Chwee
Tsz Sian
Jeremy
Materials Science &
Engineering
Computational nanoelectronics,
Nanoelectronic device modeling,
Nanophotonic device modeling
1. Large scale molecular dynamics
simulations
2. High strength ceramics at extreme
conditions
3. Dynamics of fast dislocations
4. Mechanical properties of
nanophase ceramics
5. Scalable parallel algorithms for
data mining and structure analysis
- Computational Electromagnetics
- EMC Analysis and Prediction
System
- Electromagnetic Modeling and
Optimization of Antennas
- Applied Electromagnetics in
Communications and Aerospace
Molecular dynamics
simulations, Mechanical properties
and the assembly of nanomaterials
and biomaterials
Plasmonics/nanophotonics and
optics components and devices for
data communication, sensing and
biological application.
Computational electromagnetics for
microwave and photonics.
Reduced scaling quantum chemical
methods
Intermolecular interactions
Excited state quantum chemistry
akimov@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
bat@ihpc.a-star.edu.sg
baikw@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
branicio@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
buivp@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
chengy@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
chuhs@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
chweetsj@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Full list of supervisors
Ciprian
Chirila
Constantin
IHPC/Materials
Science &
Engineering/Optics
& Transport
IHPC/Engineering
Mechanics/Soft
Matter
IHPC
Laser interaction with matter, ab
initio numerical methods, X-Rays /
University of Bucharest (Romania)
Theoretical Physics
Modeling and simulation of medical
device (stent), computational
biomechanics, Vibration and noise
Molecular dynamics, mechanical
chirilacc@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Cui
Fangsen
DAI
Ling
Farber
Ilya
Computational
Social Cognition
(Computing Science)
IHPC/Computing
Science/Complex
Systems
Programme, Crossdisciplinary Dataintensive Analytics
(CDA)
IHPC/Engineering
Mechanics
Cognitive neuroscience, neural basis
of consciousness, decision-making,
philosophy of mind
Complexity science, Complex
network analysis, agent-based
modelling, computational social
science, statistical science
farberi@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Fille
Legara
Erika
Foo
Choon
Chiang,
Keith
foocc@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Cross-disciplinary
data-intensive
analytics group
(Computing Science)
Materials Science &
Engineering
Mechanics of soft active materials,
Soft machines and stretchable
electronics, Structural deformation
and failure analysis
Data mining/analytics, data stream
mining, time-series data analysis,
complex network/system modeling
and simulation
Tight-binding and DFT calculations of
transport properties
Fu
Xiuju
Gan
Chee
Kwan
Gandhi
Alagappan
Materials Science &
Engineering
Photonic Crystals and Quantum
Optics
gandhi@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Gao
Xian-Ke,
Richard
Radio Frequency
Engineering
gaoxk@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Genest
Alexander
MSE
Goh
Siow
Mong, Rick
Computing Science
Guo
Junyan
Engineering
Mechanics
Electromagnetic
interference/electromagnetic
compatibility,
metamaterial/graphene antenna,
RFID, wireless biosensor, inverse
problems, robust design
Computational catalysis,
homogenous catalysis,
heterogeneous catalysis
Parallel applications performance
prediction, Adaptive parallelism and
scheduling algorithms for multicore
and clusters, Lock-free parallel
algorithms, Large-scale discrete
event simulation
One of my current researches is
focused on growth, formation and
mechanics of nanostructures in
semiconductor material systems.
The influence of diffusion, growth,
and stress on the morphological
evolution of nanostructures in
cuifs@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
dail@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
legaraeft@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
fuxj@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
ganck@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
genesta@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
gohsm@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
guojy@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Full list of supervisors
Guo
Tianfu
Engineering
Mechanics
Hariharaputra
n
Ramananr
ayan
Materials Science &
Engineering
Hegde
Ravi
Electronics &
Photonics
Hung
Gih Huang,
Terence
NA
Huynh
Phung
Hyunh
Computing Science
Jhon
Mark
Hyunpong
IHPC Independent
Investigatorship
Jin
Hongmei
Materials Science &
Engineering
Kang
Chang Wei
Fluid Dynamics
Ke
Yi Ping
Khoo
Eng Huat
Computing
Science/Crossdisciplinary Dataintensive Analytics
(CDA)
Electronics &
Photonics
Klaseboer
Evert
Fluid Dynamics
Koh
Wee Shing
Independent
Investigatorship
epitaxial thin films is being
investigated. I am also interested in
numerical modeling and simulations
of mechanical response of various
engineering structures.
Constitutive modeling and numerical
simulation of polymeric materials,
soft matter and bulk metallic glasses
1. Mechanics of nanostructures
2. Physics of surfaces
3. Computational Phase
transformation
1. Electromagnetic metamaterials
2. Nonlinear fiber optics
guotf@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
hariharaputran@ihpc.
a-star.edu.sg
hegder@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Cloud computing, high performance
computing, distributed computing,
big data, cloud-based data analytics
GPU mapping optimization,
hardware/software partitioning,
scheduling, large scale data analytics
Structure of flexible nanomaterials,
Mechanical properties of
nanostructured materials, in
particular biological hard tissues
such as bone and seashell, Magnetic
properties of nanostructured
materials for data storage
Surface, interface chemistry
terence@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Hydrodynamic study of wastewater
treatment process; multiphase flow
modelling; thermal and fluid flow
modeling for thermal spray process;
industrial applications using CFD.
Large-scale data mining and
machine learning; Data
management and information
analytics; Massive network
kangcw@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Research interest includes
nanophotonics, photonic crystals,
plasmonics, passive and active
semiconductor devices, quantum
mechanics and solid state physics.
Bubble and drop dynamics and how
to simulate them using boundry
elements methods
Intense electron-beam
nanostructure interactions, Charged
particle beam transport theory and
particle-in-cell simulations,
Computational micro- and nanoelectronics, Photonic-electronic
device integration
khooeh@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
huynhph@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
jhonmh@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
jinhm@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
keyp@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
evert@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
kohws@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Full list of supervisors
Kuo
Shyh Hao
Computing Science
1. Time Series Analysis for Rare
Event Detection
2. Emerging Parallel Programming
Techniques for Heterogeneous
Multicore
3. Computational Techniques for
Numerical Optimisation
4. Computational Linear Algebra and
Numerical Algorithms
Computational Mechanics;
Computational fluid dynamics; Fluidstructure interactions; High
Performance Computing; Biophysics;
Mechanics of cell membrane;
Numerical methods
Application of Artificial Intelligence
in multi-disciplinary problems
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Bioinformatics
Complex Systems Modelling and
Optimization, (Big) Data Science,
Computational Social Science
(understanding socio-technical
systems), Urban Complexity
Research (transportation and landuse)
kuosh@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Le
Duc Vinh
Fluid Dynamics
Lee
Kee
Khoon,
Gary
Computing Science
LEGARA
Erika Fille
Computing Science
Leong
Fong Yew
Fluid Dynamics
1. Bio-fluid mechanics
2. Heat and mass transfer
3. Aerosol science and technology
1. Single-phase flow in complex
geometries
2. Multiphase flows
3. Finite volume method
4. Single and two-phase flow and
heat transfer in porous media
5. Level-set method
6. Conjugate heat transfer
Computational geometry; surface
reconstruction
leongfy@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Li
Hongying
IHPC/Fluid
Dynamics
Lim
Chi Wan,
Calvin
Computing Science
Lim
Soon Thor
Electronics &
Photonics
Silicon nano-photonics, Nanophotonic biosensors
limst@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Lim
Materials Science &
Engineering
Surface reactions, Heterogeneous
Catalysis, Consumer Care
limch@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Liu
Chiang
Huay
Freda
Enxiao
Electronics &
Photonics
liuex@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Liu
Ping
Engineering
Mechanics
Computational Electromagnetics,
High-Speed Interconnect Modeling,
Electrical Modeling of Electronic
Packaging
• Low-dimension quantum
structures
• Carbon nanotube-based
nanodevices
ledv@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
leekk@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
legaraeft@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
lih@ihpc.a-star.edu.sg
limcw@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
liuping@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Full list of supervisors
• Cell dynamics
Liu
Zhengtong
Electronics &
Photonics
Lou
Jing
Fluid Dynamics
Lu
Mian
Computing Science
Luo
Xin
IHPC/Materials
Science &
Engineering/Interfac
es
Mak
Materials Science &
Engineering
Manica
Weng Kin
Adrian
Matthew
Rogerio
Miao
Haiyan
IHPC/Fluid
Dynamics
Ng
Kuang
Chern
Nathaniel
Materials Science &
Engineering
Ng
Man Fai,
Andy
Materials Science &
Engineering
Nguyen
Vinh-Tan
IHPC/Fluid
Dynamics
OHL
Siew-Wan
IHPC/Fluid
Dynamics
Ong
Phuong
Khuong
Materials Science &
Engineering
Independent
Investigatorship
Photonic and plasmonic
nanostructures, metamaterials,
computational electromagnetics,
multiphysics modeling, parallel
computing, ellipsometry, graphene
Multiphase flow and mass/heat
transfer modeling; Fluid-structure
interaction; Coastal pollution and
ecosystem modeling; Nonlinear
wave-current dynamics; Bio fuid
mechanics; CFD applications
High performance computing,
BigData applications
liuz@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
First-principles calculation on
Electronic transport between
metal/insulator interface; Phonon
and thermoelectric properties in 2D
Low dimensional nanomaterial;
Ferroelectric, Ferromagnetic
properties in oxide interface
Electronic structure theory, Clean
energy applications, Free radical
chemistry
1. Colloid and interfacial science 2.
Bubbles and drops interactions 3.
Numerical simulations
Urban Wind Simulation, Multiphase
Flow, Alternative Fuels, Spray &
Combustion, Internal Combustion
Engine: Design & Optimisation
1. Phase Field Models for
Microstructural Evolution
2. Experimental Studies in
Ferroelectric Perovskites & Polymers
Optical/Electronic/Electrical
properties of nano-scaled materials
and large organic molecules
Fluid dynamics, biological flows,
fluid-structure interactions,
numerical methods
Fluid/bubble dynamics, numerical
simulation, high speed photography
luox@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Ab initio studying of electronic and
physical properties of materials;
Computational design new
materials; Metal-insulator phase
transitions / Solid state Physics:
electronic, magnetic, optic
properties of inorganic materials;
Materials science; DFT
ongpk@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
loujing@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
lum@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
makwk@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
manicar@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
miaohy@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
ngkc@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
ngmf@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
nguyenvt@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
ohlsw@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Full list of supervisors
Pei
Qing Xiang
Engineering
Mechanics
Modeling and simulation of
nanostructures and nanomaterials,
Modeling and optimization of
manufacturing processes, Finite
element and molecular dynamics
simulations, Coupled structural,
thermal, and fluid flow analysis,
Modeling of biomolecular system
Silicon Photonics, Integrated optics,
Biophotonics
peiqx@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Png
Ching Eng,
Jason
Electronics &
Photonics
Poh
Hee Joo
Fluid Dynamics
Computational Fluid Dynamics,
Green Buildings, Fuel Cell Renewable
Energy, Basic and Application Study
in Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass
Transfer
Supply chain disruption modeling,
Agent-based modeling , Infectious
disease modeling, Spatio-temporal
data mining and Network-based
modeling
pohhj@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
PONNAMBALA
M
Loganatha
n
Computing Science
Qin
Zheng
Distributed
Computing
(Computing Science)
Social & Cognitive
Computing
Department
Cloud computing, data analytics,
MapReduce/Hadoop, parallel and
distributed systems
Computational Social Cognition:
computational models of social
information processing of affective
and cognitive states and other sociocognitive constructs (e.g.,
motivations, emotions, action
tendencies, personality, attitudes,
behaviour); connectionist and
localist-connectionist networks;
cognitive modelling and simulation
Robotics: autonomous unmanned
vehicles; autonomous system
survivability; multi-agent systems;
control architecture design for
autonomy; fuzzy logic control and
inference; system engineering and
integration; computer vision;
machine perception; wireless
networking; artificial cognitive
systems
qinz@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Quek
Boon Kiat
Quek
Siu Sin,
Jerry
Materials Science &
Engineering
quekss@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Quek
Su Ying
IHPC Independent
Investigatorship
Ramli
Muhamad
Azfar
Computing Science
Dislocation dynamics, Interfacial
dynamics, Computational
mechanics, Thin film mechanics
Electronic Structure and Transport
from First Principles; Nanoscale
spintronics, thermoelectrics,
photovoltaics and catalysis
Complex Networks, Random
Processes, Multi-Agent Systems,
pngce@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
ponnaml@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
quekbk@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
queksy@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
ramlimab@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Full list of supervisors
Reddy
Chilla
Damodara
Engineering
Mechanics
Rutkevych
Pavlo
Materials Science &
Engineering
Saerbeck
Martin
Computing Science
Sorkin
Viacheslav
Engineering
Mechanics
Srinivasan
Bharathi
Madurai
Engineering
Mechanics
Su
Yi
Computing Science
Sullivan
Michael
Brian
Materials Science &
Engineering
Tan
Teck
Leong
IHPC/Materials
Science &
Engineering
Tandiono
IHPC/Fluid
Dynamics
Mechanical properties of graphene
and carbon nanotubes
Mechanical and thermal properties
of two-dimensional nanomaterials
1. Plasma physics
2. MD simulation
3. Hydrodynamics
Human-machine interaction;
robotics; artifical intelligence
reddy@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
1. Self-assembly of carbon nanotubes on quartz substrate surfaces
2. Multi-scale Modeling of Materials
3. Quantum Monte Carlo
4. Phase Transitions
5. Scientific Visualization
1. Plastic deformation
2. Dynamic Fracture
3. Pattern formation on surfaces
Automatic quardrilateral and
hexahedral mesh generation; Nonmanifold and mixed-dimensional
mesh generation; Mesh enrichment
and adaptive mesh generation;
Computational geometry; Scientific
visualization
Chemistry of Materials, Catalysis,
Interfacial Chemistry
sorkinv@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
First-principles based models for
alloy structural prediction as applied
to nanoalloy structures and energy
applications
Microfluidics, Acoustic cavitation,
Boundary layer flows, Hot-wire
anemometer
High performance computing
techniques, GPGPUs, performance
modeling, big data analytics
tantl@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
rutkevychp@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
srinivasan@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
suyi@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Michael@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
tandiono@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Tang
Wai Teng
Computing Science
tangwt@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Teo
Soo Kng
Computing Science
Biomedical engineering,
Computational biomechanics using
numerical techniques (finite element
method)
teosk@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Tong
Joo Chuan
Social & Cognitive
Computing
Department
Social computing, sentiment
analysis, social innovation,
biomedical informatics
tongjc@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Turangan
Cary
Kenny
Fluid Dynamics
Detonation modelling (compressible
flow), Cavitation Bubble Collapse,
Computational Cancer Mechanics
cary@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Full list of supervisors
Wan
Yee Ming
Stephen
IHPC/Fluid
Dynamics
Analysis and application of particle
laden and granular flow (erosion,
abrasive jets, shot-peening, drill
chips transport, surface finishing and
material removal processes)
• Microfluidics (micro mixers, heat
exchangers and micropumps)
Machine Learning, Data Mining, Big
Data Analytics
wansym@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Wang
Yi
Computing Science
Wang
Zhaoxia
Social & Cognitive
Computing
Department
Social data analytics, intelligence
systems, pattern recognition,
risk/fault prediction and analysis,
data mining and applications, and
urban mobility
wangz@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Wee
Keng Boon
Dave
IHPC Independent
Investigatorship
weekb@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Wong
Chiong
Teck
Materials Science &
Engineering
Computational systems biology,
computational drug discovery and
design
Elucidating reaction mechanisms of
organocatalyst-catalyzed reactions
Wong
Wei Hin
IHPC
Micromechanics-based fracture
mechanics
wongwhm@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Wu
David
Materials Science &
Engineering
Theory and modelling of nucleation,
crystallization and grain growth
vidwu@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Wu
Gang
Materials Science &
Engineering
wug@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Yang
Shuowang
Materials Science &
Engineering
Yang
Yinping
Independent
Investigatorship
Ye
Jun
IHPC
Heat conduction and heat
controlling in low dimensional
systems; Molecular dynamics
method and Non-equilibrium
Green’s function method;
Vibrational properties and Raman
spectra of nano-materials;
Theoretical investigation of
thermoelectric materials; Predict the
material properties using density
functional theory; Gradientcorrected EAM potentials.
First principle calculations on
nanostructures such as nanotubes,
nanowire and nanoclusters,
Theoretical investigation molecular
electrical conductivity and magnet,
Surface adsorptions and reactions,
Chemical thermodynamic and
kinetics simulations.
# E-Negotiation System Design, User
Behavior, and Success
# The Business Model of Cloud
Computing
# Strategies and Persuasion in
Negotiation
Electron/hole/exciton-phonon
interaction and quasi-particle
dynamics/transport in organic
wangyi@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
wongct@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
yangsw@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
yangyp@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
yej@ihpc.a-star.edu.sg
Full list of supervisors
Yim
Wai-Leung
Independent
Investigatorship
Yu
Zhigen
Materials Science &
Engineering
Zaw
Zaw Oo
Electronics &
Photonics
Department / Radio
Frequency
Engineering Group
Zhang
Gang
IHPC/Engineering
Mechanics
Zhang
Jia
Materials Science &
Engineering
Zhang
Yong-Wei
Engineering
Mechanics
Zhang
Zhiqian
Engineering
Mechanics
semiconductors.
First-principle calculations and
quantum chemistry in organic
semiconductors.
Theoretical and computational nonlinear optical spectroscopy.
Excitonic energy transfer.
Self-assembly supramolecular
structures and physical chemistry at
interfaces.
Molecular dynamics simulations of
polymeric materials.
Force-field development for organic
(small molecule/polymeric)
materials.
chemical reactions on surfaces,
multiscale modeling, phonon
properties in low dimensions
Transparent conducting oxides
(TCOs) and optoelectronic devices,
Semiconductor thin film technology
and process, p -type ZnO fabrication
and applications, Molecular
modeling for materials
· Multi-physics modeling & analysis
in electronic packages and systems
· Complex modeling of
electromagnetic scattering &
radiation in large platform
· New technology and prototype for
LED lighting and display
Nanoscale Thermal Conduction;
Thermoelectric Materials: Energy
Transfer and Harvesting;NanoElectronics: Transport Through
Nanotubes, Nanowires and
Graphene
Computational modeling of
electronic properties of
nanomaterials; Computational
modeling of surface and surface
catalysis
Modelling and simulation of
mechanical properties and
morphological evolution of
nanomaterials, soft materials and
biomaterials.
Soft matter (e.g. dielectric
elastomer); Advanced numerical
methods (such as FEM, Meshfree
Methods) for nonlinear solids and
structures, Fluid-Structure
Interactions; Shape/Topology
Optimization
yimwl@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
yuzg@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
zawzo@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
zhangg@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
zhangj@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
zhangyw@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
zhangz@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
Full list of supervisors
Zhang
Zuoqi
IHPC/Engineering
Mechanics
Zhao
Weijiang
Electronics and
Photonics
Zheng
Jianwei
Materials Science &
Engineering
1) Biomechanics, especially
related topics on hierarchical and
multifunctional materials
2) Nanomechanics, especially
related topics on carbon nanotube
or graphene based materials and
devices
3) Characterization and
optimization of composites with
microstructures
Electromagnetic Compatibility;
Antennas and Electromagnetic
Scattering; Computational
Electromagnetics
Photocatalysts, Li-ion battery
materials, functionalization of
nanotube and graphene
zhangzq@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
zhaow@ihpc.astar.edu.sg
zhengjw@ihpc.astar.edu.sg