Our Expertise in Singapore
Newcastle University Singapore offers research possibilites with our team of experts from the Science, Agriculture and Engineering faculty. Five schools are represented covering:
- Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
- Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Marine Science and Technology
- Mechanical and Systems Engienering
Our staff have in depth knowledge and experience of their subject areas, many of them having worked in both industry and academia. This ensures that our research is science based with real life application. We pride ourselves in our ability as thought leaders in our chosen areas of interest which inclue those shown bleow. To find out more about our research staff click on the school in the table below:
School |
Special interest areas |
Agriculture, Food and Rural Development |
Dietary health benefits
Processing supplements, ingredients and drugs
Timed nutrition/drug delivery
Foam substrates for culturing
Food safety and quality
Food product development and processing
Public health and nutrition |
Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials |
Chem and Pharma Processing
Green & sustainable chemistry
Biomass conversion
Microbe chemistry
Enzyme waste treatment
Chemical looping
Ceramics
Structured fluids and semi solids |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
Renewable electrical energy sources
Urban clean energy microgrid control systems
Electric vehicle charging
Smart sensor signal processing
Biometric sensor recognition
Detection of microstructures in metal
High voltage power engineering
Disaster management and water supply systems |
Marine Science and Technology |
Ship and Offshore Hydrodynamics
Ship and Structure motions and loads response modelling
Ship and offshore design and testing
Operating risk
Propulsion (electric and hybrid)
Dynamic positioning
Shipyard production, engineering and operations
Ship recycling
Offshore renewable energy systems
Structure resilience and collapse behaviour
Structure inspection and reliability forecast
Drilling Engineering
Marine Engine combustion, efficiency & emissions
Complex heat exchangers
LNG Fuel and zero carbon emission shipping
Ballast water treatment & geographic impact modelling |
Mechanical and Systems Engineering |
Connective tissue mechanics and properties
Bio composite materials for tissue engineering
Biomedical devices
Control of mechanical and mechatronic systems
Mobile robotics (autonomous, underwater, defence etc)
Fast servo controls for manufacturing
Fire safety engineering in materials and structures
Green building materials
Microwave processing of materials (applications and modelling)
Lightweight metallic composites |
If you would like to talk to someone regarding our research interests in Singapore then please contact the Research and Development team.