INFINITUS
Director: A/P Tan Yap Peng, email:
eyptan@ntu.edu.sg
Deputy: A/P Guan Yong Liang, email: eylguan@ntu.edu.sg
Deputy: A/P Gan Woon Seng, email: ewsgan@ntu.edu.sg
The INFINITUS (Latin for unlimited, infinite, without bounds, boundless, limitless) is Infocomm Centre of Excellence. It has 7 research programmes: (1) Communications and Network Systems; (2) Advanced Sensing; (3) Security; (4) Data Mining and Analytics; (5) Navigation and Positioning; (6) Radio Frequency and Microwave Engineering and (7) Video Analytics.
For more information, please visit http://www.infinitus.eee.ntu.edu.sg/
NOVITAS
Director: A/P Ng Geok Ing, email:
eging@ntu.edu.sg
Deputy: A/P Ang Diing Shenp, email: edsang@ntu.edu.sg
The NOVITAS (Latin for newness, novelty) is a Centre of Excellence for Nanoelectronics R&D. It has strong expertise in material growth and characterization, device and IC processing, electrical and reliability measurements, modeling and simulation. The Centre’s research activities are classified into three groups: (1) Advanced Silicon Device and Integration Technologies; (2) Compound Semiconductor Devices and ICs; and (3) Nanotechnologies.
For more information, please visit http://www.novitas.eee.ntu.edu.sg/
VALENS
Director: A/P Ser Wee, email:
ewser@ntu.edu.sg
Deputy: Prof Liu Aiqun, email: eaqliu@ntu.edu.sg
The VALENS (Latin for strong, powerful, healthy, able, worthwhile) is Bio-Instrumentation, Devices and Signal Processing Centre of Excellence. Its research activities are broadly divided into three areas, namely Bio‐Instrumentation and Robotics, Bio-Nano Technology and Devices, and Bio-Signal Processing. There are also two larger scale programmes: (1) D2H2 or Distributed Diagnostic and Home Healthcare thematic program; and (2) Lab-on-a-chip thematic program.
For more information, please visit http://www.valens.eee.ntu.edu.sg/
OPTIMUS
Co-Director: Prof Shum Ping, email:
epshum@ntu.edu.sg
Co-Director: A/P Kantisara Pita, email: ekpita@ntu.edu.sg
The OPTIMUS (Latin for one of the best, aristocrat, noble), Photonics Centre of Excellence, is a research centre for advanced photonic research. The Centre’s research areas are in very-high-capacity optical communications, nanophotonics, biophotonics, microwave photonics based ultra-broadband optoelectronic information systems, micro-optical sensors for environment and intelligent homes and biomedical monitoring for personal healthcare, fiber-based photonic systems for power generation and energy delivery.
For more information, please visit http://www.optimus.eee.ntu.edu.sg/
Luminous!
Director: Nanyang A/P Hilmi Volkan Demir, email:
hvdemir@ntu.edu.sg
Deputy: Prof. Sun Xiaowei, email: exwsun@ntu.edu.sg
At Luminous! Center of Excellence for Semiconductor Lighting and Displays, a metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) is set up, specially dedicated to the solid-state lighting and displays. The core five research activities include (1) LED lighting and displays, including MOCVD epitaxy, device fabrication and packaging; (2) low-dimensional material systems, (3) nanocrystal LEDs (and solar cells), (4) organic LEDs (and solar cells), and (5) excitonics and plasmonics for LEDs (and photovoltaics).
For more information, please visit http://www.luminous.eee.ntu.edu.sg/
VIRTUS
Director: Prof Atila Alvandpour, email:
aalvandpour@ntu.edu.sg
Deputy: A/P Siek Liter, email: elsiek@ntu.edu.sg
The VIRTUS (Latin for excellence, valour, courage, character and worth) is an IC Design Centre of Excellence jointly funded by NTU and EDB to advance discovery and design (D&D) as well as research and development (R&D) in IC design and technology. It will develop key technologies required to design integrated circuits and systems for applications in medical technology, clean technology and consumer electronics. The centre’s research activities can be broadly divided into the following major areas, namely analog, mixed-signal, power management and data converters; energy harvesting; low-power RF and mm-wave IC’s; and new technology directions such as 3D-integration and physical design; 3D RF and mixed-signal circuits; and terahertz IC.
For more information, please visit http://www.virtus.eee.ntu.edu.sg/
EXQUISITUS
Director: Prof Xie Lihua, email: elhxie@ntu.edu.sg
Deputy: Prof Wang Dan Wei, email: edwwang@ntu.edu.sg
Deputy: A/P Tseng King Jet, email: ekjtseng@ntu.edu.sg
The EXQUISITUS (Latin for Exquisite, Superb, Delicate, Sought After, Excellent, Fine) is a Centre for E-City. Its main research areas are in power electronic devices, intelligent control and optimization, and autonomy for applications in environmental monitoring, sustainability, renewable energy systems, transportation systems, aerospace engineering, maritime engineering, and defense. The centre’s research activities include energy conversion devices, clean and renewable energy systems, energy storage, smart grids, energy efficient buildings, control system technologies, mobile robotics, and intelligent transportations.
For more information, please visit http://www.exquisitus.eee.ntu.edu.sg/
EMERL
Director: A/P See Kye Yak, email: ekysee@ntu.edu.sg
The EMERL (Electromagnetic Effects Research Laboratory) is a national-level research facility fully funded by DSO National Laboratories, Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA), and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). With its state-of-the-art facilities, EMERL spearheads research activities in Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) – areas critical to the design of increasingly compact, sensitive and high powered electronic systems, especially for today’s sophisticated systems. The areas of research include the following, but not limited to:
• Signal integrity for high-speed digital systems
• Light-weight high-performance electromagnetic shielding material
• EMI suppression for power-line communication (PLC) systems
• Secured electronic design and packaging
• Radio frequency interference (RFI) analysis
• Electromagnetic energy harvesting
For more information, please visit http://www.emerl.eee.ntu.edu.sg
Satellite Research Centre
Director: A/P Low Kay Soon, email: ekslow@ntu.edu.sg
The Satellite Research Centre (SaRC) is a multi-disciplinary research centre spearheading the development of innovative space technologies. It was set up after NTU has successfully developed a Merlion communication payload for the UoSat-12 mini-satellite launched in 1999. SaRC has also teamed up with the DSO National Laboratories to establish a joint centre CREST (Centre for Research in Satellite Technologies) under a MOU on 1 Dec 2001 to develop a remote sensing satellite. The areas of research and development include the following:
• Design, build, launch and operate the first made in Singapore Satellite
• Advanced attitude sensing and control system
• High performance nano- and pico-satellite
• Satellite formation flying
• Optical communication system for inter-satellite communication
• Intelligent deployment system
• Fault detection, identification and tolerant control of satellite
• Remote sensing instrumentation
For more information, please visit http://www.sarc.eee.ntu.edu.sg
