A*STAR's SERC Awarded S$12.2m to Fund 17 Research Projects Including Nanotechnology

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Sep 10 2009

A*STAR's Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) awarded S$12.2m to fund 17 research projects in the areas of media + entertainment, medical technologies, education, water, infocomm, chemicals, energy and electronics. The grants were awarded to Singapore's public sector institutions such as the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to enable them to pursue long-term scientific goals and technological innovation.

Said Professor Chong Tow Chong, Executive Director of SERC, “Excellent science and research talent are critical to achieving impactful technological outcomes. These grants from A*STAR will foster high quality R+D and innovation among researchers in Singapore and drive the development and advancement of knowledge-intensive industries.”

He added, “This year saw a record high number of 115 grant applicants. The 17 teams that ultimately secured the research grants are indeed the crème de la crème and they have the potential to break new grounds and deliver impactful outcomes which can enhance the way we live and the way we learn in the near future."

S/N	Title	Host Institution	PI
1	Integration of Silicon Photonic Crystals and MEMS Actuator for Next Generation Active and Tunable Nanophotonics in Filter and Modulator Applications	NUS	Aaron DANNER
2	Development of Hybrid Desalination Processes using Cold Energy from LNG Re-gasification	NUS	Neal CHUNG
3	Video Text Recognition Research	NUS	TAN Chew Lim
4	Development of Novel Methods of Fabricating Metallic Nano Injection Molds for Lab-on-chip Biomedical Sample Preparation and DNA Analysis Applications	NUS	Anton VAN KAN JEROEN
5	Development of New and Highly Efficient Synthetic Strategies to Carbocycles and Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles	NTU	CHAN Wai Hong, Philip
6	The Applications of Digital Signal Processing in 100-Gbit/s Coherent Optical Communication Systems	NTU	YU Changyuan
7	Multiple Exciton Generation in Silicon Nanowires and Nanocrystals	NTU	RUSLI
8	Development of Novel Multi-dimensional Channeled Solid Supports and their Applications in Enantiopurity Analyses using Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC)	NTU	NG Siu Choon
9	All-inorganic Colloidal Quantum-dot Light-emitting Diodes	NUS	SUN Xiaowei
10	Intelligent Control-Induced Vibration in Hard Disk Drive	NUS	XU Jian Xin
11	Development of Metal Oxide based Affinity Membranes for Decontamination of Arsenic	NUS	CHEN Jiaping, Paul
12	Nanoelectronics based on Advanced Theory of Gauge Symmetry and Relativistic Transport	NTU	Jalil Mansoor Bin ABDUL
13	Vision-Aided Active Handheld Instrument for Microsurgery	NTU	ANG Wei Tech
14	Flexible Printed Electronics: Analog Signal Processing	NTU	Joseph CHANG
15	All-Scale Digital Planetarium with Multi-touch Exploration	NTU	FU Chi Wing
16	Controlled Directional Growth of Nanostructures on Wafer-Scale Nanopatterns	NUS	ZHANG Hua
17	Rational Design of Carbon-Nanotube Interconnects	NUS	SU Haibin