Papers Presented At Conference (Sept – Dec 02)

 

Magic Music Desk: A Multi-Modal Embodied Interactive Desk by XD Chen, ZY Zhou, Farzam Farbiz & AD Cheok, in International Workshop On Entertainment Computing (IWEC’02), 14-17 May’02, Makuhari, Japan.

 

FRM Based FIR Filter Design – The WLS Approach by YC Lim & YJ Yu, in International Symposium On Circuits And Systems’02, 26-29 May’02, Arizona, USA.

 

Real-time 3-D Interaction for Augmented and Virtual Reality by Simon Prince, AD Cheok, Farzam Farbiz & Mark Billinghurst (Univ. Washington), in SIGGRAPH’02, 21-26 July’02, San Antonio, Texas.

 

Tracking People by Surendra Ranganath & KP Ng, in International Conference Pattern Recognition’02, 11-15 Aug.’02, Quebec City, Canada.

 

Fast Full Wave Analysis of A Cylindrical Antenna Using a Single Integral with An Exact Kernel by LW Li, PL Chan, & EP Li, in International Conference On Microwave & Millimeter-Wave Technology’02, 16-19 Aug.’02, Beijing, China.

 

Post-graduate Engineering Education in a Globalised Environment – The Eindhoven & Singapore Joint Degrees by SH Chan, Daniel, AC Brombacher, J Schank & HT Loh, in International Conference On Engineering Education’02, 18-22 Aug.’02, UMIST, UK.

 

Instantaneous Feedback in An Interactive Classroom by Garg Hari K. & Mehul Motani, in International Conference On Engineering Education’02, 18-22 Aug.’02, UMIST, UK.

 

Relay-based Friction Modeling Technique for Servo-mechanical Systems by KK Tan & X Jiang, in 9th IEEE International Conference On Mechatronics And Machine Vision In Practice’02, 10-12 Sept.’02, Chiangmai, Thailand.

 

MS Joo in 2002 International Conference On Solid State Devices And Materials (SSDM’02), 17– 19 Sept.’02, Nagoya, Japan.

 

SZ Ge in Workshop Nonlinear Backstepping Designs & APPL. In The 4th Asian Control Conference’02, 25– 27 Sept.’02, Suntec, Singapore.

 

Design of Discrete-Time Composite Nonlinear Feedback Control with Measurement for Hard Disk Drives by KM Peng, GY Cheng, BM Chen & TH Lee, in The 4th Asian Control Conference’02, 25-27 Sept.’02, Singapore.

 

3-D Live Real Time Captured Content for Mixed Reality; Inexpensive non-sensor Based Augmented Reality Modeling of curves and surfaces in Physical Space & Interactive Theatre Experience in Embodied + Wearable Mixed Reality Space by AD Cheok, SW Fong, K Xu, Simon Prince, Y Xiao & KW Chia , in FIRST AR-TOOLKIT WORKSHOP & IEEE And ACM International Symposium On Mixed And Augmented Reality (ISMAR’02), 29 Sept. –01 Oct.’02, Darmstadt, Germany.

 

3-D Live-Real Time Interaction For Mixed Reality by Simon Prince, AD Cheok, Farzam Farbiz & Mark Billinghurst (Univ. Hiroshima), in First AR-Tool Workshop & IEEE And ACM International Symposium On Mixed And Augmented Reality (ISMAR’02), 29 Sept. – 01 Oct’02, Darmstadt, Germany.

 

Minimizing Transmission Costs through Adaptive Marking in Differentiated Services Networks & Random Early Detection Assisted Layered Multicast by Tham Chen Khong, Y Liu & YS Gan, in 5th IFIP/IEEE International Conference On Management Of Multimedia Networks And Services (MMNS’02), 06-09 Oct’02, Santa Barbera, California, USA.

 

 

JTL Thong in 13th European Symposium Reliability Of Electron Devices, Failure Physics And Analysis, 07 – 11 Oct.’02, Rimini, Italy.

 

EF Chor  in IEEE Sections Congress’2002: Creating A Global Community, 18 – 21 Oct.’02, Washington, DC, USA.

 

Extensible object Oriented Reasoning Information Filtering by SZ Ge & Yi Liu, in 2002 IEEE International Symposium On Intelligent Control (ISIC’02), 27-30 Oct.’02, Vancouver, Canada.

 

Design of a hard disk drive servo system with combination of composite nonlinear feedback control and H2 optimal control by KM Peng, GY Cheng, BM Chen & TH Lee, in The 17th IEEE International Symposium On Intelligent Control (ISIC’02), 27 – 30 Oct.’02, Vancouver, Canada.

 

Design of a hand disk drive servo systems with combination of composite nonlinear control and Hz optimal control by Ben M.Chen, KM Peng, GY Cheng & TH Lee, in The 17th IEEE International Symposium On Intelligent Control’02, 27 – 30 Oct.’02, Vancouver, Canada.

 

Gate-to-Drain capacitance as a Monitor for Hot-carrier degradation in the MOSFETl by CH Ling, in 19th Regional Conference On Solid State Science And Technology’02, 30 Oct. – 01 Nov.’02, Kuching, Malaysia.

 

Ubiquitous Mixed Reality Computer Entertainment by AD Cheok, in INCORPORATING INAUGURAL Asia PACIFIC FORUM ON PERVASIVE COMPUTING’02, 31 Oct. – 01 Nov.’02, Adelaide Convention Centre.

 

Design, Analysis, and Performance Evaluation of a Source-Based Video Distribution Strategy for Reservation-based Multimedia Systems by Bharadwaj V & XR Li, in 14th International Conference On Communications & Computer Networks (CCN’02), 04-06 Nov’02, MIT, USA.

 

ICP Etching of Poly-crystalline Si-GE as a Gate Material by WJ Yoo, KM Tan, JH Chen & Daniel Chan, in AVS 49th International Symposium’02, 04-08 Nov’02, Denver, USA.

 

3-D Live : Real Time Interaction For Mixed Reality by Simon Prince, AD Cheok, Farzam Farbiz, in ACM 2002 Conference On Computer Supported Cooperative Work’02, 16-20 Nov’02, Louisiana, USA.

 

Differentiated QoS Routing in GMPLS-based IP/WDM Networks by Mohan Gurusamy & E. Cheng Tien, in IEEE GLOBECOM 2002, 17-21 Nov’02, Taipei, Taiwan.

 

KC Tan in 4th Asia-Pacific Conference On Simulated Evolution And Learning, 18 – 22 Nov.’02, Singapore.

 

Quantum Tunneling and Scalability of Hf02 and HfAIO Gate Stacks by MF Li, YT Hou & HY Yu, in IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting’ 02, 09-11 Dec’02, San Francisco, CA, USA.

 

Dynamic Modeling of Brushless Permanent Magnet DC Motors using Time Stepping Finite Element Method by MA Jabbar, Phyu Hla Na, J Dong & SW Yeo, in 2nd International Conference On Electrical And Computer Engineering (ICECE’02), 26-28 Dec’02, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

 

Composite Nonlinear Feedback Control : Theory and Application, by Ben M Chen, TH Lee & K Peng, in IFAC 15th World Congress’02, 21 – 26 July’02, Barcelona, Spain.

 

Direct Frequency Modulation of An Injection Locked Laser, by Manas Kumar Haldar & FVC Mendis, in IASTED International Conference Communication Systems And Networks (CSN’02), 09 – 12 Sept.’02, Malaga, Spain.

 

Genetic Algorithm Approach for the Optimization of Multiplierless sub-filters Generated by the Frequency-Response Masking Technique, by YC Lim & YJ Yu, in IEEE International Conference On Electronics, Circuits And Systems, 15 – 18 Sept.’02, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

 

Carbon Nanowalls and the Associated Nanostructures, by YH Wu & BJ Yang (Physics), in The International Conference On Carbon’02, 15 – 20 Sept’02, Beijing, China.

 

Searching probe set of yeast genome: an implementation of evolutionary strategy, by AEB Tay, Xu Huan, & Dong Zhao Yang(Queensland) & Ng Huck Hui (Harvard), in The 4th Asian Control Conference, 25 – 27 Sept’02, Singapore.

 

Control of Chemical Mechanical Polishing in Microelectronic Manufacturing, by Abdullah Al Mamun, Tay Ee Beng, Arthur, WK Ho, Varadarajan GK & D Li, in The 4th Asian Control Conference, 25 – 27 Sept’02, Singapore.

 

Neural Control of Pure Feedback Systems, by SZ Ge, C Wang, G Chen & D. Hill (City Univ. of Hong Kong), in The 4th Asian Control Conference, 25 – 27 Sept’02, Singapore.

 

New Developments in Adaptive and Robust Controller Design for Uncertain Nonlinear Systems via Fuzzy Modelling Approach, by TH Lee, F Zheng & QG Wang, in IASTED International Conference On Intelligent Systems And Control (ISC’02), 02 – 04 Oct.’02, Tsukuba, Japan.

 

Predictive Stator flux control with Overmodulation and dynamic torque control at constant switching frequency in AC drives, by Ashwin M Khambadkone, Anshuman tripathy & Panda SK, in 37th IEEE Annual Industry Application Society Meeting’02, 13 – 17 Oct.’02, Pittsburgh, USA.

 

Visualisation and Analysis of 3D Dental Images, by SH Ong, Ashraf Kassim & KWC Foong, in 2nd International Symposium Of Bio-Medical Engineering And Technology’02, 14 – 18 Oct’02, Taiwan.

 

Detection of Humans Buried in Rubble An Electronic Nose to Detect Human Body Odour & An Iterative Noise Reduction Method for Electrocardiogram by Sadasivan Puthusserypady, HK Garg, AW Teo & YL Lim  in The 2nd Joint EMBS-BMES Conference, 23 – 26 Oct’02, Houston, Texas, USA.

 

Scheduling Multiple Divisible Loads on Heterogeneous Linear Daisy Chain Networks, by Bharadwaj V., HM Wong & Gerassimos Barlas (Dept. of American), in 14th International Conference On PARALLEL & DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS (PDCS’02), 04 – 06 Nov.’02, MIT, USA.

 

Internal Model control for the Dual-stage Actuator in Hard Disk drives, by Abdullah A Mamun, TH Lee, L Pan & T. Suthasan, in IECON’02 – The 28th Annual Conference Of The IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 05 – 08 Nov.’02, Sevilla, Spain.

 

Reduction of Periodic Torque Ripples in PM Synchronous Motors using Learning Variable structure control & Speed Control for Cylindrical Ultrasonic Motor(IECON’02), by Panda SK, WZ Giam, JX Xu & XP Wang, in IECON’02 – The 28th Annual Conference Of The IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 05 – 08 Nov.’02, Sevilla, Spain.

 

Fairness Control Based on Link Scheduling Statistics in WDM Optical Burst Switching Networks, by Mohan Gurusamy & ZL Li, in International Conference On Optical Communications And Networks’02, 11 – 14 Nov.’02, Singapore.

 

Magnetization Reversal Process of a Single Castellated Nanomagnets & Planar Hall Effect and Magnetoresistance in Co/Cu Multilayers, by Adeyeye, Adekunle Olusola, & May Thu Win, in 47th Annual Conference On Magnetism And Magnetic Materials’02, 11 – 15 Nov.’02, Tampa, Florida, USA.

 

Effects of in-situ magnetic field application and post-deposition magnetic appealing, by V Ng  & FH Chen, in 47th Annual Conference On Magnetism And Magnetic Materials’02, 11 – 15 Nov.’02, Tampa, Florida, USA.

 

Design Issues In Stochastic Adaptive Control of Discrete-time Systems Using Multiple Models by C Xiang & K.S. Narendra (Yale Univ.), in IEEE 2002 Conference On Decision And Control’02, 10 – 13 Dec.’02, Las Vegas, USA.

 

Diagnosis of Parametric Faults With Optimal Partitioning of Frequency Response Estimates, by AP Loh, KF Fong & Chia SBB, in 41st IEEE Conference On Decision And Control’02, 10 – 13 Dec.’02, Las Vegas, USA.

 

Connection of Nanostructures Using Nanowires Grown by a Self-Field Emission Process, by JTL Thong, Oon CH, GF You & KS Yeong, in SPIE – Nano & Microtechnology: Materials, Process, Packaging Systems’02, 16 – 18 Dec.’02, Melbourne, Australia.

 

Germinating See Problem: An Approach to Chemical Engineering Education by G Yablonsky and AK Ray, 2nd Symposium on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 4-6 September 2002, Singapore.

 

Performance Improvement of Chemical Reactor Using Flow Instability by AK Ray; Multi-objective Optimization of SMBR and Varicol Process by AK Ray, Process Innovation and Process Identification (PI)2,  8-13 September 2002, Edinburgh, Scotland.

 

Modeling of Electrostatic Spray in Venturi Scrubber by MB Ray; Multi-objective Optimization of Venturi Scrubbers Using a 3D Model for Collection Efficiency by MB Ray, Process Innovation and Process Identification (PI)2,  8-13 September 2002, Edinburgh, Scotland.

 

Robust Controller Synthesis for Multivariable Nonlinear Systems with Unmeasured Disturbances by E Elisante, GP Rangaiah and S Palanki; Decentralized IMC Design Using Linear Multiple Models by KK Loh, MS Chiu and QG Wang, 4th Asian Control Conference, 25-27 September 2002, Singapore.

 

Effect of Cross-Flow on Turbulent Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics under Normal and Oblique Semi-Confined Impinging Slot Jets by Y Shi, MB Ray and AS Mujumdar; Effects of Prandtl Number on Impinging Jet Heat Transfer under a Semi-Confined Turbulent Slot Jet by Y Shi, MB Ray and AS Mujumdar; Comparison of Light Distribution Models and Their Applications in Photoreactor Design by Q Yang, SO Pehkonen and MB Ray; Pattern Formation in Pneumature Conveying of Granular Materials by K Zhu, CH Wang and KS Madhusudana; Use of Bioremediation Additives on Hydrocarbon Biodegradation in Oil Contaminated Beach Sediments by R Xu and JP Obbard; Monitoring Start-up Transition in a Highly Non-Linear Process Using Multi-Linear Models by R Srinivasan, A Bhagwat and PR Krishnaswamy, 9th Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering and CHEMECA, 29 September-3 October 2002, Christchurch, New Zealand.

 

Effect of cross-flow on Turbulent Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics under Normal and Oblique Semi-Confined Impinging Slot Jets by YL Shi, MB Ray, AS Mujumdar, 9th APCChE Congress and CHEMECA, 29 September - 3 October, 2002, Christchurch, New Zealand.

 

Light Scattering and Absorption Properties of Urban Aerosols in Singapore by W Wang and R Balasubramanian, American Association of Aerosol Research, 7-11 October 2002, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.

 

Experience with Alarm Management in a Petroleum Refinery by R Srinivasan, AspenWorld, 27 October-1 November 2002, Washington D. C., United States.

 

Nonlinear System Identification Using Genetic Programming by K Tun and S Lakshminarayanan; Short-Term Scheduling of Refinery Operations for Crude Oil Inventory Management by PCP Reddy, IA Karimi and R Srinivasan; Multi-objective Optimization of Ethylene Reactor using Non-dominated sorting Genetic Algorithm (NSGA) I and II by YM Lee, KS Loh, GP Rangaiah and AK Ray; Industrial Case Studies of Control Loop Performance Assessment and Enhancement by L Samavedham, GP Rangaiah and PN Selvaguru, Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering in conjunction with 16th Symposium on Malaysian Chemical Engineers, 28-30 October 2002, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 

Pattern Formation of a Vertically Vibrated Granular Bed by R Deng and CH Wang; Visualization of Shear Rate Effect on the Outer Surface Morphology of Ultrafiltration Membranes by AFM,  NTS Chung, C Cao and JJ Qin; Anti-Plasticization Enhancement of Asymmetric 6FDA-2,6 DAT Hollow Fiber Membranes for CO2/CH4 Separation by NTS Chung, C Cao and JJ Qin; Extracting Information from High-Dimensional Operations Data using Visualization Techniques by R Srinivasan; Unified Design and Analysis of a Petrochemical Cluster by R Srinivasan and IA Karimi; Online Monitoring of Process Status using Dynamic Programming and Dynamic Time Warping by R Srinivasan; PCA Clustering of Process States for Control of Angile Chemical Plants by R Srinivasan; Evaluation of a Novel Reactor-Biofilter System for Controlling Air Emissions from Wastewater Treatment Plants by X Li, S Farooq and S Viswanathan; Effect of Phenol on the Biodegradation Pathway of Sodium Benzoate by Pseudomonas putida by KC Loh and SS Chua; Use of Granular Activated Carbon for Cometabolic Transformation of Phenol and 4-Chlorophenol by KC Loh and Y Wang, AIChE Annual Meeting, 3-8 November 2002, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.

 

General Activity of LCA in Singapore by RBH Tan, 5th International Conference on EcoBalance and Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Workshop on Gateway to Life Cycle Impact Assessment for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Member Economies, 6-8 November 2002, Tsukuba, Japan.

 

Surface and Interface Characterization of Sputter-Deposited Fluoropolymer Films by Y Zhang, WC Wang, GH Yang, SS Ang, AAO Tay, KG Neoh and ET Kang, 2nd International Symposium on Polymer Surface Characterization, 11-13 November 2002, Orlando, Florida, United States.

 

Electroless Metallization of Modified Silicon Surfaces by D Xu, WH Yu, KG Neoh, ET Kang, Y Zhang, AAO Tay and SS Ang, 2nd International Symposium on Polymers in Microelectronics, 13-15 November 2002, Orlando, Florida, United States.

 

Atmospheric Hydroperoxides in a Tropical Environment: Factors Affecting Their Formation and Their Roles as Oxidant of SO2 by LP Zuo and R Balasubramanian, IGBP-IGAC CAD Workshop, 21-23 November 2002, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 

Consolidation Dewatering and Centrifugal Sedimentation of Flocculated Suspension of Activated Sludge by CH Wang and RBH Tan, Symposium of Transport Phenomena and Applications and Solid-Liquid Separation Forum, 22 November 2002, Taipei, Taiwan.

 

Growth Manipulations of Naonstructured Metal Hydroxides, Oxides and Sulfides by HC Zeng, International Symposium on Nanobioscience, 22-23 November 2002, Busan, Korea.

 

The Study on the Improvement of the Cycle Life of Sulfur Cathode for Lithium/Sulfur Battery Fabricated with Large Surface area Nickel by JY Lee, 7th International Symposium on Advances in Electrochemical Science and Technology, 27-29 November, Chennai, India.

 

Fabrication of Metal-Ceramic Composite Membrane Assisted by the Electroless-Plating Technique by Y Liu, L Hong, Z Shao and H Jiang, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, 2-6 December 2002, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

 

Model-based Process Fault Detection Using Lazy Learning by C Cheng and MS Chiu; PI/PID Achievable Control Loop Performance for Processes with Recycle by P Agrawal and S Lakshminarayanan; Control of Processes with Recycles Using a Predictive Control Structure by GM Madhukar and S Lakshminarayanan, PSE Asia 2002, 4-6 December 2002, Taipei, Taiwan.

 

Modeling of Interactions of Some Transdermal Drug Delivery Enhancers with Skin by NM Kocherginsky, CL Tan and K Saravanan, International Congress on Biological and Medical Engineering, 4-7 December 2002, Singapore.

 

Electroless Plating of Copper and Nickel via a Sn-free Process on Dielectric SiLK® Surface by WH Yu, ET Kang, KG Neoh, Y Zhang, SS Ang and AAO Tay, 4th Electronics Packaging Technology Conference, 10-12 December 2002, Singapore.

 

Lateral Strength and Ductility of Steel Buildings Designed Primarily For Gravity Laods  by T Balendra & X Huang; Strengthening of RC Continuous Beams Using External Tendons and FRP Reinforcement  by KH Tan & RA Tjandra, Regional Symposium on Construction Material & Testing, 13 – 14 Sep  2002, Manila, Philippines.

 

Performance of Reinforced Concrete Piles Exposed To Marine Environment by KCG Ong, P Paramasivam & CTE Lim, Challenges of Concrete Construction, 9 – 11 Sep 2002, Dundee, UK.

 

Geosynthetic damage-from laboratory to field by A Watn & SH Chew, Seventh International Conference on Geosynthetics, 22 – 27 Sep 2002, Nice, France.

 

DNA Microchip: theory & application in Environmental Microbiology by WT Liu; Annual meeting for Japanese Water Environment (Invited Speaker); Invited visit to Nagaoka University of Technology, 23 – 28 Sep 2002, Japan.

 

Principles and Design of Full-Scale RO process for Water Reclamation by SL Ong, JY Hu, WT Liu & WJ Ng ; Comparison of Various Membrane Materials on Q by JY Hu, LF Song, YY Feng, LY Lee, XL Tan & WJ Ng, The 2nd International Conference on Application of Membrane Technology, 26 – 29 Sep 2002, Beijing, China.

 

Nonlinear analysis of low ductility RC Frame under base excitations by ST Quek & C Bian, Third World Conference-Finite Elements in Civil Engineering Applications, 9 – 11 Oct 2002, Tokyo, Japan.

 

Strengthening of Continuous Beams Using Various External Tendon Profiles by KH Tan & Robert A T, The First fib Congress 2002, 13 – 19 Oct 2002, Osaka, Japan.

 

Application of Data Mining in Developing Traffic Diversion Plans by DH Lee, ST Jeng & P Chandrasekhar; A Multi-Level approach for Selective Bus Preemption by DH Lee, W Huang & P Chandrasekhar, 9th World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 14 – 17 Oct 2002, Chicago, USA.

 

Failure-free life in reliability modeling, by LC Tang, Proceedings of the 7th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering, 24-26 October 2002, Busan, Korea.

 

An operational framework for knowledge management in R&D organizations, by KH Chai, MH Yip and W Hugo, The Third International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology (ICMIT '02), 25-27 Oct 2002, Hangzhou, P.R. China.

 

FTL and LTL shipments considerations in a two-echelon inventory log-sizing model, by W Jaruphongsa, S Celinkaya and CY Lee, INFORMS Annual Meeting 2002, 17-20 Nov 2002, San Jose, U.S.A.

 

Joint criterion for factor identification and parameter estimation, by SH Ng, and SE Chick, The 2002 Winter Simulation Conference, 8-11 December 2002, San Diego, U.S.A.

 

A simulation study on release, synchronization and dispatching in MEMS fabrication, by LH Lee, L Wang and EHF Tay, The 2002 Winter Simulation Conference, 8-11 December 2002, San Diego, U.S.A.

 

Solving the network interdiction problem with genetic algorithms, by Y Dai and KL Poh, The Fourth Asia-Pacific Conference on Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, 18-20 December 2002, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

 

Desalination of seawater: A solution to shortage of fresh water by MNA Hawlader, 20th Conference of Asean Federation of Engineering Organisations (CAFEO-20), 2 - 4 Sept 02, Cambodia

 

WKH Seah, Inaccuracy in student feedback arising from the teaching paradigue shift, 2nd Symposium on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 4  - 6 Sept 02, Singapore

 

Element-Failure concepts for Dynamic Fracture and Delamination in Low-Velocity Impact of Composites by TE Tay, VBC Tan, Deng M, 10th Japan-US Conference on Composite Materials,16 - 18 Sept 02,USA

 

M Rahman, Technology Transfer, The 6th IMAC Workshop (IMAC 2002), 19 - 21 Sept 02, Japan

 

Etienne Burdet, Collaborative Wheelchair by ES Boy, Teo CL, IROS 2002, 30 Sept 02 - 4 Oct 02, Switzerland

 

Feature Selection in Tool Condition Monitoring by J Sun, M Rahman, GS Hong, YS Wong, 6th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology, 30 Sept 02 - 02 Oct 02, Japan

 

Teo Chee Leong, Collaborative wheelchair assistant by E Burdet, 2002 IEEE/RSJ International Conference Intelligent Robots and System, 30 Sept 02 - 04 Oct 02, Switzerland

 

JG Wang, Process Modeling and Analysis with DSM for Collaborative Product Design and Injection Mold Design Framework, 2002 MIT Engrg/Manufacturing Conf & Fourth Int. DSM Workshop, 2 - 8 Oct 02, USA

 

KS Lee, Application of standardizaion for initial design of plastic injection moulds by LH Low, The 10th Int. Manufacturing Conf. In China - Integration of Management and Technology, 11 - 13 Oct 02,China

 

Ultrasonic Vibration Assisted Cutting of Tungsten Carbide by Liu K, XP Li, M Rahman, The 10th Int. Manufacturing Conf. In China - Integration of Management and Technology, 11 - 13 Oct 02, China

 

VPW Shim, A Thermo-Visco-Hyperelastic Approach to Model The Constitutive Behaviour of Polyester Elastomer by V Shim, LM Yang and J Yuan, ASME/ASME International Conference on Materials and Processing 2002, 15 - 18 Oct 02, USA

 

Structure and properties of nanostructured Mg-5%Al-x%Nd alloys prepared by mechanical alloying by L Lu, MO Lai, K Raviprasad; Mechanochemical activation of solid state reation between Mg and TiO2 by V Shankar, L Lu, MO Lai, JSME/ASME International Conference on Materials and Processing 2002, 15 - 18 Oct 02, Hawaii, USA

 

Delamination Behavior In Composite Structures with Consideration For Residual Thermal Stress Effects by TE Tay, F Shen, KH Lee, 17th Annual Technical Conference of the American Society For Composites, 21 Oct - 23 Oct 02, USA

 

Nanostructured materials by mechanical alloying by Lu L, MO Lai, 5th Conference on Material Science and Technology, 22 - 23 Oct 02, Jakarta, Indonesia

 

Ang Marcelo Jr H, Reference Governor Control of Constrained Feedback Systems Using Neural Networks by Harshad J, S S Keerthi, 2002 IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control (ISIC 02), 27 - 30 Oct 02, Canada

 

AS Mujumdar,Emerging Directions for Industrial Drying Technologies,ASEAN Regional Conference of Chemical Eng, 28 - 30 Oct 02,Malaysia

 

Viscoelastic Mobility Problem by Xi J, Nhan PT, Polymer Processing System - 2002, 4 - 8 Nov 02, Taiwan

 

Studies on Nanofiber formation from PLLA and PCL Bleads throught phase separation by Yang F, Teoh SH, Seeram R & XM Mo, 2002 Poly Biemial Symposium/Polymeric Nanomaterials, 16 - 20 Nov 02, USA

 

Expt. Testing of a propotype 4-bed adsorption chiller by XL Wang, Chua HT, Wang JB & KC Ng, Asian Conference on Referigeration and Air-Conditioning (ACRA-2002), 2 - 6 Dec 02, Japan

 

Manoj Gupta, Synthesis of AI/TiCp Based functionally gradient materials using the novel technique of gradient slurry disintegration and deposition, The Second International Conference on Advanced Materials Prosessing 2002 (ICAMP), 2 - 4 Dec 02, Singapore

 

The Origin of high strength and high ductility in nanostructured Mg-5%Al-x%Nd alloys by L Lu, MO Lai, SK Tan, International Conference on Advanced Materials Processing, 2 - 4 Dec 02, Singapore

 

Thermal Treatment of M2 High-Speed Steel Powder for Rapid Tooling Applications by QJ Hu, JYH Fuh, YS Wong, L Lu, CM Choy, ZD Chen, International Conference on Advanced Materials Processing, 2 - 4 Dec 02, Singapore

 

Numerical simulation of czochralski crystal growth by fixed grid technique by MA Suriadi, D Xu, BC Khoo; A numerical study on bubble structure interaction in underwater explosions by Hung KC, Wang C, Klaseboer E, Wang CW, Khoo BC, International Conference on Scientific & Engineering Computation, 3 - 5 Dec 02, Singapore

 

TS Lee, Numerical Study of the Effiects of Check Valve Closure Flow Conditions on Pressure Surges in Complex Fluid Systems with Air Entainment (2) Numerical Study of Fluid Flow Through Multiple Bell-Shaped Constrictions in a Tube (3) Computer Visualization of Fluid Circulation in Annuli of Heated Rotating Cylinders of Low Prandtl Number Fluids, International Conference on Scientific & Engineering Computation, 3 - 5 Dec 02, Singapore

 

Numerical simulation of low reynolds number channel flow over dimpled surface by Z Wang, KS Yeo, BC Khoo; Spatial simulation of 2D tollmien-schlichting wave over volume based viscoelstic layer by Z Wang, KS Yeo, BC Khoo, International Conference on Scientific & Engineering Computation, 3 - 5 Dec 02, Singapore

 

XL Wang, Experimental Investigation on a NovelFour - Bed Adsorption Chiller, Asian Conference on Referigeration and Air-Conditioning (ACRA-2002), 3 - 5 Dec 02, Japan

 

Jan-Thorsten Schantz, Cellular Adhesion and osteogenic Differentiationof Circulating Mesenchymal progenitor Cells in a three-dimensional environment, 5th International Congress of the Tissue Engineering Society International, 8 - 10 Dec 02, Japan

 

Benchmarking fro decision support in RP systems by Wong YS, Loh HT, J Fuh, International Conference on Manufacturing Automation (ICMA'02), 10 - 12 Dec 02, Hong Kong

 

Process Parameter Optimization Using a Feed-forward Neural Network for Direct Metal Laser Sintering Process by Y Ning, J Fuh, YS Wong, HT Loh, International Conference on Manufacturing Automation (ICMA'02), 10 - 12 Dec 02, Hong Kong

 

Meshfree point interpolation methods for analyss of piezoelectric structures by GR Liu, KY Dai, VK Varadan, International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures and Systems, 12 - 14 Dec 02, India

 

Surface geometry and refractive index evaluation of a micro-lens array using Newton's rings by CJ Tay, SH Wang, C Quan, I. Reading, ZP Fang, International Symposium on Experimental Mechanics, 28 - 30 Dec 02, Taipei, Taiwan

 

Global Interference Detection in 5-axis machining of free-form surfaces by SL Ding, MA Mannan, AN Poo, 6th International Conference on Mechatronic  Technology,29 Sept - 3 Oct 02, Japan

 

Integrating Process Planning and Scheduling with an Intelligent Facilitator by Wang J, Zhang YF, AYC Nee, The 10th International Manufacturing Conference in China (IMCC),10 - 13 Oct 02, China

 

A Tool Path Re-Generation Algorithm For Die & Mold Machining by Zhang LP, Fuh J, AYC Nee, The 10th International Manufacturing Conference in China (IMCC), 10 - 13 Oct 02, China

 

The Comparison Between Finite Element Analysis And Experimental Results of the Cooling Of Injection Moulds With Hot Runner System by YF Sun, KS Lee, CH Tan, AYC Nee, The 10th International Manufacturing Conference in China (IMCC), 11 - 13 Oct 02, China

 

An Integrated Die Casting Design System by YK Woon, KS Lee, The 10th International Manufacturing Conference in China (IMCC), 11 - 13 Oct 02, China

 

A Mechanism-Based Approach for Interface Toughness of Ductile Layer Joining Elastic Solids by HB Chew TF Guo, L Cheng, JSME/ASME International Conference on Materials and Processing 2002, 15 - 18 Oct 02, Hawaii, USA

 

Proceedings of the American Society for Composites 17th Technical Conference by KY Dai, GR Liu, KM Lim, 17th Annual Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites, 21 - 23 Oct 02, USA

 

K Fathima Patham, Nano surface finish using Electrolytic in-process dressing (ELID) grinding, ICPN2002, 28 - 30 Oct 02, China

 

Performance evaluation of a new grade of PVD-TiAIN coating in Turning of Inconel 718 by RM Arunachalam, MA Mannan, 5th International Conference And Awareness Workshop on the Behaviour of Materials In Machining, 12 - 14 Nov 02, UK

 

The Learning Cobot by ES Boy, E Burdet, CL Teo, JE Colgate,International Mechanical Engineer Congress & Exposition, 17 - 22 Nov 02, USA

 

A general formulation for support vector machines by W Chu, S Keerthi, CJ Ong, ICONIP'02-SEAL'02-FSKD'02, 18 - 22 Nov 02, Singapore

 

ZH Zhang, Using support vector machines for stability region determination, ICONIP'02-SEAL'02-FSKD'02, 18  - 22 Nov 02, Singapore

 

TB Bini, In Vivo performance of a new fiber based plga tubes as nerve guide conduit, Tissue Engineering Meeting, 21 - 24 Nov 02, USA

 

A Three component piezo-electric dynamometer for measurement of dynamic grinding forces in cylindrical grinding by RA Qureshi, MA Mannan, BJ Stone, Second International Conference on Advance Materials Processing, 2 - 4 Dec 02, Singapore

 

The Influence of Process Parameters on  Forged Magnesium Alloys by CF Chan, MS Yong, CJ Tay, HM Shang, Second International Conference on Advance Materials Processing, 2 - 4 Dec 02, Singapore

 

Synthesis and characterization of magnesium based composites containing metallic particulates as reinforcement by SF Hassan, M Gupta, Second International Conference on Advance Materials Processing, 2 - 4 Dec 02, Singapore

 

Development of ab AZ91A/Cu Hybrid Composite with improved Mechanical Properties Using the novel technique of disintegrated melt  deposition by KF Ho, M Gupta, Second International Conference on Advance Materials Processing, 2 - 4 Dec 02, Singapore

 

Effect of Additives on Sinterability and Densification of Laser-sintered Metal Powder by HH Zhu, L Lu, J Fuh, Second International Conference on Advance Materials Processing, 2 - 4 Dec 02, Singapore

 

Feature Selection by ARD in Tool Condition Monitoring System by Sun J, GS Hong, M Rahman, YS Wong, 15th Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2 - 6 Dec 02, Australia

 

Surface finish and residual stresses in facing of age hardened INCONEL 718 by RM Arunachanlam, MA Mannan , Second International Conference on Advance Materials Processing, 2 - 4 Dec 02, Singapore

 

Computational study of vapor pressure assisted crack growth at polymer/ceramic interfaces by CW Chong, TF Guo, L Cheng, International Conference on Scientific and Engineering Computation (IC-SEC 2002), 3 - 5 Dec 02, Singapore

 

Numerical Studies of Fluid Flow Through Multiple Bell-Shaped Constricitons In A Tube by Liao W, GC Li, TS Lee, Recent Advances in Computational Science & Engineering, 3 - 5 Dec 02, Singapore

 

Liao Wei, Numerical Studies of Physiological Pulsatile Flow Through Arterial Stenosis, International Congress on Biological and Medical Engineering, 4 - 7 Dec 02, Singapore

 

Surface Modification of Polycaprolaction Scaffolds with Poly(L-Lactic Acid) Coating for tissue Engineering by Fang Y, SH Teoh, S Ramakrishna, International Congress on Biological and Medical Engineering, 4 - 7 Dec 02, Singapore

 

Fabrication of novel seaffold architectures by 3-D robotic assembly by Zhang H, E Burdet, AN Poo, Dietmar WH, International Congress on Biological and Medical Engineering, 4 - 7 Dec 02, Singapore

 

Multi-Scale simulation for a robotic surgical trainer by KM Lim, T Poston, L Zhang, BF Liu, CL Teo, E Burdet, International Congress on Biological and Medical Engineering, 4 - 7 Dec 02, Singapore

 

Collagen Immobilization on Ultra Thin Poly Films for Membrane Tissue Engineering by Zheng ZY, SH Teoh, Lei Y, 5th International Meeting of the Tissue Engineering Society International, 8  - 10 Dec 02, Japan

 

A machining feature extraction approach for casting and forging parts by BF Wang, YF Zhang, J Fuh, International Conference on Manufacturing Automation ICMA 2002, 10 - 12 Dec 02, Hong Kong

 

Gupta Manob, Lithium Aluminsilicate (Li2Al2O3) Glasses Fabricated by Direct Laser Melting, 27th Annual Cocoa Beach Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics & Composites, 26 - 31 Jan 03, USA

 

AMH Ong, Growth of Lanthanum Nickel Oxide Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition, 27th Annual Cocoa Beach Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics & Composites, 26 - 31 Jan 03, USA

 

Comprehensive Characterization of PM2.5 Aerosols in Southeast Asia by R Balasubramanian and W-B Qian; Characterizing Hygroscopic Behavior of Organic Coated Ammonium Sulfate Particles via Atomic Force Microscopy by R Dong and LE Yu, 6th International Aerosol Conference, 8-13 September 2002, Taipei, Taiwan.

 

Augmented Reality Research by AD Cheok, in ARS ELECTRONICA’02, 07-12 Sept.’02, Linz, Austria.

 

Simon Prince in ARS ELECTRONICA’02, 07– 12 Sept.’02, Linz, Austria.

 

BJ Cho  in IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting’ 02, 09 – 11 Dec.’02, San Francisco, USA.

 

Homogeneous Hydroformylation of 3,3-dimethylbut-I-1-ene.  On the Liquid-Phase Homogeneous Bimetallic Catalytic Binuclear Elimination Reaction by C Li, E Widjaja and MV Garland; Spectral Reconstruction of In-Situ FTIR Spectroscopic Reaction Data using Band-Target Entropy Minimization (BTEM).  Application to the Homogeneous Rhodium Catalyzed Hydroformylation of 3,3-dimethylbut-1-ene using Rh4(CO)12 by C Li, E Widjaja and MV Garland; The Homogeneous Hydroformylation of Ethylene Catalyzed by Rh4(CO)12 – the Application of BTEM to Identify a New Rhodium Carbonyl Spectrum by C Li, L Guo and MV Garland; Isoprene Hydroformylation Identification of Intermediate Species found in the In-Situ FTIR Study by W Chew, L Chen and MV Garland; Homogeneous Hydroformylation of Cyclooctene-on the Liquid-Phase Homogeneous Monometallic Catalytic Binuclear Elimination Reaction by G Liu, L Susithra and MV Garland; The Identification of Rhodium Tetracarbonyl Hydride.  A Key Intermediate in Numerous Homogeneous Catalytic Reaction by C Li, E Widjaja, W Chew and MV Garland, 13th International Symposium on Homogeneous Catalysis 3-7 September 2002, Tarragona, Spain.

 

CH Ling  in IEEE International SOI Conference’02, 07–10 Oct.’02, Williamsburg, USA.