Prediction of Load-Bearing Capacity in Human Proximal Femurs with Simulated Defects. Seoul , Korea , 27 Aug to 1 Sept 06 . T Y Lee and Brian D. Snyder .

Noninvasive Imaging Technique Predicts Failure Load of the Femur with Simulated Osteolytic Defects. Jeju, Korea ,26-29 September 2006, T Y Lee and Brian D. Snyder .

Scaffold-Based tissue engineering: The rationale for use of computer aided design and solid free form fabrication systems. Kawasaki, Japan, 21-22 November 2006. DW Hutmacher.

Nanobiomechanical Approaches to Studying Human Diseases. MA, USA, 28-29 November 2006. Lim CT.

Preservation of DNA and Protein Biofunctionality for Bio-MEMS & NEMS Fabrication. 9-11 Dec 2006, Hong Kong . Dieter Trau, Jiang Jie, Nikolaus J Sucher .

Developments in 3D Microscopy . 6-8 Dec 2006. Japan . CJR Sheppard

A Fractal Model for Light Propagation in Biological Tissue. Taipei , Taiwan . 26-29 November 2006. CJR Sheppard.

Synthesis and characterization of new thermogelling block copolymers consisting of poly [(R)-3-Hydroxybutyrate], Poly(Ethylene Glycol), and poly(propylene glycol), and Poly(prophylene glycol). San Francisco , USA . 10-15 September 2006 . XJ Loh, Suat Hong Goh and Jun Li.

Novel silk Scaffolds for Ligament Tissue Engineering Applications. 26-29 September 2006. Lotte Hotel Jeju , Korea . SL Toh, TKH Teh, Vallaya S and JCH Goh .

Advanved Bioreactor System for Tendon/Ligament Regeneration. 8-10 November 2006 . Bangkok , Thailand . Thomas KH Teh, K Moe, SL Toh and JCH Goh .

A quantitative model of gastric smooth muscle cellular activation. 14-17 September 2006 . Massachusetts , USA . Alberto Corrias and Martin Buist .

Simulating Virtual Electrogastrograms in a Normal and Diseased Model. 14-17 September 2006. Massachusetts , USA . LK Cheng, ML Buist and AJ Pullan.

Real-time time-resolved diffuse optical imager for breast cancer detection. 25-27 September 2006 . Maryland , USA . N G Chen.

The Analysis of Cyclogyro Using Unsteady Vortex Lattice Method by Lim KB, Tay WB, Hu Yu in 25 th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Science, 03 – 08 September 2006, Hamburg , Germany

Prototyping on the Other Side of the World by Ian Gibson in International Conference on Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing, 06 – 07 September 2006, Espoo, Finland

Visualizing the Splitting and Merging of Gortler Vortices by Hatsari Mitsudharmadi, Dilip A.Shah in 12 th International Symposium on Flow Visualization (ISFV12), 10 – 14 September 2006, Gottingen , Germany

Tool-based Micro-machining and Nano-Surface Generation by M. Rahman, H.S. Lim, KS Neo, AS Kumar, YS Wong, XP Li in 1 st International Conference on Micromanufacturing, 13 – 15 September 2006, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign, USA

Thin Film Microbattery prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition by H. Xia, L. Lu, S.B Tang, YS Meng, G.Ceder in IUVSTA ECM-100 Special Symposium & Highlight Seminar, 18 – 22 September 2006, Seoul , Korea

Continuous Operation of a Chemical Heat Pump by Hironao Ogura, Sotaro Yasuda, Yasufumi Otsubo, Arun S. Mujumdar in 15 th International Drying Symposium, IDS'2006, 20 – 23 September 2006, Budapest, Hungary

Optical Interferometric Inspection of Surface Contour of MEMS-Components by C. Quan, SH Wang in ICEM 2006, 26 – 29 September 2006, Lotte Hotel, Jeju , Korea .

Performance Improvement of a Conventional Heat- Pump System Using Solar Energy by M.N.A Hawlader, Ye S C , K A Jahangeer in CIERTA 2006: International Conference on Renewable Energies and Water Technologies, 05 – 07 October 2006, Almeria, Spain

Experimental Study of a Solar Desalination System Using Heat Pump by M.N.A Hawlader, Tobias Bestari Tjandra, Ling Moh Lung in CIERTA 2006: International Conference on Renewable Energies and Water Technologies, 05 – 07 October 2006, Almeria, Spain

Adjustable Bipedal Gait Generation using Genetic Algorithm Optimized Fourier Series Formulation by L. Yang, AN Poo, CM Chew, T. Zielinska in 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 09 – 15 October 2006, Beijing, China

An Agent-Based Distributed Manufacturing System by J. Li, J Y H Fuh, Y.F Zhang, A.Y.C. Nee in The 1 st International Symposium on Digital Manufacturing, 15 -17 October 2006, Wuhan, China

Cutter Accessibility Map and its Application for 5-axis Milling Tool-path Generation by L.L. Li, Y F Zhang in The 1 st International Symposium of Digital Manufacturing, 15 – 17 October 2006, Wuhan, China

A Wavelet Approach for Partial Occluded Object Recognition by Lim K B , Du T H , Hong GS in The 1 st International Symposium on Digital Manufacturing, 15 – 17 October 2006, Wuhan , China

Single Point Scratching and Abrasive Wear Correlation for Polymers by Sujeet Sinha Kumar, Lim SC in Third Asia International Conference on Tribology, ASIATRIB 2006, 16 – 19 October 2006, Kanazawa Miyako Hotel, Kanazawa, Japan

Multi-Criteria Negotiation and Optimization in the Agent-based Manufacturing System by J. Li, J Y H Fuh, A.Y.C. Nee in IMLF 2006 International Manufacturing Leaders Forum, 23 – 25 October 2006, The Grand Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan

A Pilot Mental Fatigue Screening System for Flight Safety by X P Li, N. Ning, KQ Shen, H. Zhen., WC Ng, XB Qian, E.P.V. Wilder-Smith in The 5 th Asia-Pacific Conference on Aerospace Technology and Science (APCATS'2006), 30 October – 03 November 2006, Guilin, China

Numerical Simulation of Fish Swimming by Using LBM and Immersed Boundary Velocity Correction Method by Shu Chang, Liu Ningyu in The 5 th Asia-Pacific Conference on Aerospace Technology & Science (APCATS'06), 30 October – 03 November 2006, Guilin, China

Particle Lens Nanolithography: From Micro Transparent Particle to Nano Metal Particle by Y. Zhou, MH Hong, JYH Fuh, L. Lu in 2006 International Symposium on Nano Science and Technology (ISNST), 09 – 10 November 2006, Southern Taiwan University of Technology, Taiwan

Materials Design for Nano Level Ferroelectric Random Access Memory by Zhang Zhen, Lu Li, Shu Chang in 2006 International Symposium on Nano Science and Technology (ISNST), 09 -10 November 2006, Southern Taiwan University of Technology, Taiwan

A Promising Energy Source for Portable MEMS Devices by SK Chou, Yang W M , Li Jun in SEE 2006 Conference (Sustainable Energy and Environment) – Technology and Policy Innovations, 21 – 23 November 2006, Bangkok, Thailand

Deformation, Cracking and Fracture Behaviour of PB (Zn ⅓ Nb ⅔ ) O 3 -PbTiO 3 Single Crystal by K Y Zeng, Yongsong Pang, LC Lim in Asian Pacific Conference on Fracture and Strength '06, 22 – 25 November 2006, Sanya, China

Methodologies for Immersive Robot Programming in an Augmented Reality Environment by SK Ong, J.W.S. Chong, AY C Nee in 4 th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Australasia and South East Asia 2006 (GRAPHITE 2006), 29 November – 02 December 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Outer Approximation of the Minimal Disturbance Invariant Set of PWL Systems with Bounded Disturbance by Sui Dan, Ong CJ in International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, 05 – 08 December 2006, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Singapore

Portable Comprehensive Magnetic Shielding Cylinder with Field Compensation by XP Li, W C Ng, J. Fan, V. Vvedensky in International Forum on Systems and Mechatronics 2006, 06 – 08 December 2006, Tainan, Taiwan

Assessment of Degeneration of Human Articular Cartilage using Raman Spectroscopy. Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel , Singapore , 8-11 Dec 2006 . Huang Z W , SK Teh, W Zheng and Casey, KH Chan.

Development and Characterization of High Performance Mg-Y 2 O 3 Composites by Khin Saudar Tun, Manoj Gupta in The 5 th International Conference on Materials Processing for Properties and Performance, 11 – 15 December 2006, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore

Performance of Pre-Denitrification Submerged Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) under various Solid Retention Times by Ng HY, Tan TW and Ong SL in Hokkaido University International Symposium on Sustainable Development, 7-10 Aug 2006, Sapporo, Japan

Solutions to Future for Adequate and Safe Water by Ng HY in International Water Association (IWA) World Water Congress, 10 - 11 Sep 2006, Beijing , China

Influence of Mixed Liquor Recycle Ratio on Nitrogen Removal and Microbial Community of Anoxic/Oxic Submerged Membrane Bireactor by Tan TW, Ng HY and Ong SL in International Water Association (IWA) World Water Congress, 10 - 11 Sep 2006, Beijing, China

Use of Novel Flow Distributor in Large Diameter Spiral Wond Membranes (GrahamTek, Singapore) to Increase Water Flux Without Incurring Microbial Membrane Fouling by Winters H and Ng HY in 8th Israel Desalination Society Annual Conference: Innovations and Applications of Sae-Water and Marginal Water Desalination - Advances in Desalination Technologies, 19-20 Dec 2006, Haifa, Israel

Latest Development In Membrane Technology - A Cheaper Way Of Drinking Water Production by Ng HY in 6th Annual Asia Water Conference, 20 - 21 Nov 2006, Singapore

Integrated Anaerobic and Aerobic Processes for Treatment of Municipal Wasterwater by Ng HY , Wong SW, Wong SC, Krishnan K, Tiew SW, Kwok WO, Ooi KE, Wah YL and Ong SL in Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC) - Leading Edge Research: Anaerobic Treatment, 21-25 Oct 2006, Dallas, Texas, USA

Forward (Direct) Osmosis: A Novel and Prospective Process for Brine Control by Ng HY in Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC) - Water Reclamation and Reuse, 21-25 Oct 2006, Dallas , Texas , USA

A Novel 16-Inch RO System for Water Reuse and Desalination by Ng HY, Hu JY and Ong SL in 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Water Environment: Water Resources and Quality Management, 30 Oct - 1 Nov 2006, Taipei, Taiwan

Magn e tic Sorbert for Arsenic Removal by Chen JP and Lim SF in Croucher Foundation Advanced Institute (ASI): Leading-edge Strategies and Technologies for Sustainable Urban Water Management, 16-20 Sep 2006, Hong Kong, China

Development of Magnetic Sorbents for Multiple-Species Contaminant Removal by Chen JP and Lim SF in IVI International Symposium Surface Heterogeneity Effects in Adsorption and Catalysis on Solids, 27 Aug 2006 - 2 Sep 2006 , Zakopane , Poland

Microbial reductive Dehalogenation of Halogenated Compounds by He JZ in 22nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology (JSME), 27-30 Oct 2006, Tokyo, Japan

Development of Chitosan-Based Granular Adsorbents for Enhanced and Selective Adsorption Performance in Heavy Metal Removal by Li N and Bai RB in IWA World Water Congress, 10-14 Sep 2006 , Beijing, China ,

Polyacrylic acid grafted chitosan beads for highly effective adsorption of lead ions by Bai RB and Li N in 2 nd International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, 19-22 August 2006, Huston , Texas , USA ,

Babovic V ., “Assimilation of Satellite Altimetry Data into Ocean Circulation Model”, The 7 th International Conference on Hydroinformatics (HIC 2006), Acropolis, Nice, France , 4-8 September 2006.

Liew JYR ., “Survivability of Steel Frame Structures Subjected to Explosion and Fire”, International Colloquium on Stability and Ductility of Steel Structures, Lisbon , Portugal , 6-8 September 2006 .

Tan SA and TY Bui , “Interpretation of pile load test failure and using FEM simulation”, 6 th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Graz, Austria, 6-8 September 2006 .

Zhang MH , “Effect of Lignosulphonate Admixtures on Microstructure and Performance of Concrete”, 5 th Borregaard Symposium on Lignosulphonate and Concrete Technology 2006, Oslo , Norway , 11-14 September 2006.

Fwa TF , “Strategic Logistics Developments in Singapore ”, Joint T-LOG and EASTS IRG “Logistics Seminar”, Shenzhen , China , 14-15 September 2006 .

Meng Q ., “Model and Algorithm for Multi-Period Global Supply Chain Planning with Random Demand”, Joint T-LOG and EASTS IRG “Logistics Seminar”, Shenzhen , China , 14-15 September 2006 .

Chew SH., HL Phoon, B.Le Hello and P. Villard , “Geosynthetic Reinforced Piled Embankment – Large-scale Model Tests and Numerical Modelling”, 8 th International Conference on Geosynthetics, Pacific Convention Plaza, Yokohama, Japan, 18-23 September 2006.

Leung CF, K L The and YK Chow , “Study on Jackup Spudcan Punch-Through”, 4 th International Conference on Soft Soil Engineering, Vancouver, Canada , 4-6 October 2006.

Liew JYR ., “Performance Based Fire Engineering Design of Steel and Composite Structures”, International Symposium on worldwide Trend and Development in Codified Design of Steel Structures, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 5-6 October 2006 .

Too Clean Can be Bad! – Health and Safety Issues of Long-Term Consumption of Demineralized Water by Ng HY in 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Water Environment: Water Resources and Quality Management, 30 Oct - 1 Nov 2006 , Taipei , Taiwan

Ong KCG., “Recycling Wood Waste as WW Composites for use in Low Cost Housing”, International Civil Engineering Education Congress 2006 and the 7 th National Civil Engineering Congress 2006, Angeles City, Philippines, 18-20 October 2006 .

Ong KCG. and ML Kyaw , “Monitoring of Early Age Differential Shrinkage at the Interface between Cementitious Repair Materials and the Concrete Substrate”, 10 th International Conference on Inspection, Appraisal, Repairs and Maintenance of Structures, Hong Kong , China , 24-26 October 2006 .

Tan S A , “Practical FEM Modelling of Stone Column Ground Improvement”, Korean Geotechnical Society Conference, Taegue , Korea , 27-28 October 2006 .

Phoon KK ., “Characterization of Uncertainties in Geomaterials and Geotechnical Models”, International Symposium on Geohazards Mitigation, Tainan , Taiwan , China , 1 November 2006 .

Liew J.Y.R ., “Recent Advances in Fire Engineering of Steel Structures”, Advances in Fire Testing and Codifications, Jin Du Hotel , Guangdong , China , 3-4 November 2006 .

Liew J.Y.R., “Numerical Modelling of Steel Frame Structures Subject to Blast and Fire”, 4 th International Symposium on Steel Structures 2006, Hotel Prima, Seoul Korea , 16-18 November 2006.

Uzielli M., S. Lacasse , F. Nadim and KK Phoon , “Soil Variability Analysis for Geotechnical Practice”, 2 nd International Workshop on Characterisation and Engineering Properties of Natural Soils”, Furama RiverFront Hotel , Singapore , 29 November – 1 December 2006 .

Phoon KK., SH Goh, J.Y.R.Liew, SY Liong and P.Tkalich , “Disaster management: research initiatives and collaboration opportunities at NUS”, Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL): 50 th Anniversary Conference on Disaster Management, Jakarta , Indonesia , 4-7 December 2006 .

Tan SA , “Lessons from Nicoll Highway Deep Excavation Failure”, Hatti Conference of Indonesian Geotechnical Society, Mercure Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia, 6-7 December 2006 .

Liew JYR and TC Tran , “Novel Deployable Membrane Structures: Design Issues and Robustness Accessment”, 2 nd International Symposium on Cold-formed Metal Structures, Hong Kong , China , 8 December 2006 .

Leung CF and YK Chow , “Studies on Jackup Spudcans”, 19 th KKCNN Symposium on Civil Engineering, Kyoto , Japan , 10-12 December 2006.

Nguyen T.D., N.S. Ho and ST Quek , “Thruster-Assisted Position Control of Turret-Moored FPSO”, 19 th KKCNN Symposium on Civil Engineering, Kyoto, Japan, 10-12 December 2006.

Leung CF , “Pile Responses Due to Vertical and Lateral Soil Movements” Indian Geotechnical Conference 2006 – Geotechnical Engineering, Indian Experience, IIT Madras, Chennai, India, 14-16 December 2006 .

Lee FH ., “Application of Centrifuge Modelling to Soil Improvement Processes”, Indian Geotechnical Conference 2006 – Geotechnical Engineering, Indian Experience, IIT Madras, Chennai, India, 14-16 December 2006 .

An Accurate and Robust Missing Value Estimation for Microarray Data: Least Absolute Deviation Imputation, by Cao Y and Poh KL , in Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications, Orlando, USA, 14-16 December 2006 .

Spare-part demand forecasting in large-size fleet scenarios, by Chee SYJ, See CT and Poh KL , in Proceedings of the 36th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, Taipei , Taiwan , 20-23 June 2006 , pp. 2880-2889.

Six Sigma Tools and Techniques, by Goh TN , in Proceedings of the Conference on Organizational Excellence Through Six Sigma Approach, Dubai, UAE, 28-29 March 2006 (CD-ROM).

Aspects of Application of Statistics in Industry, by Goh TN , in the American Statistical Association Joint Research Conference on Statistics in Quality, Industry and Technology, Knoxville , TN , USA , 7-9 June 2006 .

A Value-at-Risk Approach to R&D Decision Analysis, by Ng CN and Poh KL , The 7th Asian Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 17-20 December 2006 .

Solving Personnel and Equipment Rostering by Column Generation, by Tay TL, Ng KM, Poh KL and Palvannan RK , The 7th Asian Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference, Bangkok , Thailand , 17-20 December 2006 .

Comparative study of DFSS in product and service innovation, by Usman A, Ayon C and Tan KC , in Proceedings of the ANQ Congress, Singapore, 27-29 September 2006 .

A Knowledge-Based Modeling System for Time-Critical Dynamic Decision-Making, by Xiang YP and Poh KL , in Proceedings of the 9th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Guilin, China , 7-11 August 2006 , pp 212-221.

Surface Functionalized Nano-Magnetic Particles for Adsorption/Desorption of Bio-Molecules by Uddin MS, Hidajat K, Hong L, Peng Z, Shamim N, Thuyen NTK in Particles 2006, 13-16 May 2006, Orlando, Florida, United States

Fabrication and Characterization of Zeolite/Polymer Mixed Matrix Nano-Composite Hollow Fiber Membranes by Chung NTS, Jiang LY, Li Y, Kulprathinanja S in 3 rd Conference of Aseanian Membrane Society, 23-25August 2006, Beijing, China

Adsorption of Phenylalanine on Surfactant Coated Nano-Magnetic Particles by Uddin MS, Hidajat K, Goh KB in 11 th APCCHE Congress 2006, 27-30 August 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Nanomaterials for Diagnostics and Targeting Delivery by LYL Yung in OLS-NUSNNI Joint Workshop on Nanobiotechnology & Nanomedicine, 1 September 2006, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Nanoparticles of Biodegradable Polymers for New-Concept Chemotherapy by Feng SS in NUS OLS-NUSNNI Workshop on Nanobiotechnology, 1 September 2006 , Singapore

Direct Synthesis of Cr-SBA-15 as New Mesoporous Catalysts for Oxidation of Diphenylmethane by Selvaraj M, Kawi S in 1 st International Conference on Environmental Applications of Advanced Oxidation Processes, 3-10 September 2006, Chania , Greece

Fabrication of Opal And Inverse Opals with a Planar Defect by Wang L, Zhao XS in TNT 2006 "Trends in Nanotechnology", 4-8 September 2006, Grenoble, France

Direct Force Measurement of Bacteria Adhesion on Metal in Aqueous Media by Sheng XX, Ting YP, Pehkonen SO in IWA World Water Congress, 10-14 September 2006, Beijing , China

Optimization of Molecular Orbital Energy of Conjugated Polymers for Optical Amplification of Fluorescent Sensors by Liu B, Bazan GC in American Chemical Society 2006 Annual Meeting, 10-14 September 2006, San Francisco, California, United States

Biocatalytic Oxidoreductions for Enantioselective and Environmentally Benign Syntheses: Catalyst Discovery and Cofactor Recycling by Li Z in 1 st International IUPAC Conference on Green-Sustainable Chemistry, 10-15 September 2006, Dresden, Germany

Nanomaterials for Diagnostics, Targeting Delivery, and Tissue Engineering by LYL Yung in NUS-Fudan Joint Workshop on Biomedical Materials – An Innovative Area for Present and Future Experimental and Clinical Application, 14 September 2006, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Analyzing Robustness in Biophysical Networks: Application to Apoptosis by Shoemaker J, Gunawan R, Doyle FJ III in the 7 th International Conference on Systems Biology, 9-13 October, 2006, Yokohama , Japan

Nanoparticles of Biodegradable Polymers for New-Concept Chemotherapy by Feng SS, Zhang ZP in Biomedical Engineering Society 2006 Annual Meeting (BMES2006), 11-14 October 2006, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago , United States

Nanoparticle-DNA Conjugates Bearing a Specific Number of Short DNA Strands by Enzymatic Manipulation of Nanoparticle-bound DNA by Qin W, Yung LYL in Gordon Research Conferences – Biointerface Science, 22-27 October 2006, Les Diablerets, Switzerland

Comparison on Web‑Based Simulation Tools of Biochemical and Cellular Model in Systems Biology by Park WJ, Saha R, Lee D, Karimi IA in International Conference on Modeling in Chemical & Biological Engineering Sciences , 25‑27 October 2006, The Rama Gardens Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand

Engineering Optimization by Statistical Search by Panyaporn P, Ku HM, Karimi IA in International Conference on Modeling in Chemical and Biological Engineering Sciences, 25‑27 October 2006, The Rama Gardens Hotel, Bangkok , Thailand

Nanotechnology Formulations for Cancer Drugs by Feng SS in World Nano-Economics Congress Singapore 2006 (WNEC Singapore 2006), 3 rd Annual Event co-located with the Global Entrepolis @ Singapore Trade Show, 1 November 2006, Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Center, Singapore

Functionalization of Silica Surface Using Silylation by Zhao XS in 2006 International Conference on Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (2006ICNAM), 1-3 November 2006, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

A Generalized Model for Supply Chain Redesign and Asset Management by Naraharisetti PK , Karimi IA , Srinivasan R in INFORMS Annual Meeting, 5-8 November 2006, Pittsburgh Convention Center , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States

An Approach to Solve Mixed‑Integer Linear Programming Problems with Big‑M Constraints by Khurana A, Karimi IA , Sundaramoorthy A in INFORMS Annual Meeting, 5‑8 November 2006, Pittsburgh Convention Center , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States

Optimization of Recipe for and Scheduling of Gasoline Blending and Distribution by Li J, Karimi IA, Srinivasan R in INFORMS Annual Meeting, 5‑8 November 2006, Pittsburgh Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Quantifying Supply Chain Risks Using Methods from Process Safety by Naraharisetti PK , Srinivasan R, Adhitya A, Karimi IA in INFORMS Annual Meeting, 5‑8 November 2006, Pittsburgh Convention Center , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States

Strategic Sourcing Based on Contract Selection by Bansal M, Karimi IA , Srinivasan R in INFORMS Annual Meeting, 5‑8 November 2006, Pittsburgh Convention Center , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States

Nanoparticles of Poly(lactide)-Vitamin E TPGS Copolymers for Protein Drug Delivery by Lee SH, Zhang ZP, Feng SS in 2 nd International Symposium on Biomedical Engineering (ISBME 2006), 8-10 November 2006, Sofitel Central Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand

A Novel Ion Exchange Treatment of Zeolite for the Application of Mixed Matrix Membranes in Natural and Hydrocarbon Separation by Li Y, Tin PS, Chung NTS, Kulprathipanja S in American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2006 Annual Meeting , 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, California, United States

Adopting Methods from Process Safety to Supply Chain Risk Management by Adhitya A, Srinivasan R, Karimi IA in American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2006 Annual Meeting , 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco , California , United States

Adsorption and Desorption of Lysozyme on Thermosensitive Nano-Sized Magnetic Particles and its Conformational Changes by Shamim N, Hong L, Hidajat K, Uddin MS in American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2006 Annual Meeting , 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, California, United States

An Effective Transformation for Enhancing Stochastic Global Optimizations by Mekapati S, Rangaiah GP in American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2006 Annual Meeting , 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, California, United States

Application of Amine-Functionalized SBA-15 on Protein Delivery: Adsorption, Release and Stability of Bovine Serum Albumin by Song SW, Hidajat K, Kawi S in American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2006 Annual Meeting, 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco, California, United States

Biodegradable Spray Dried Microspheres and Disc Deliveriing Paclitaxel and Ethanidazole for the Treatment of Glioma: an in Vivo Subcutaneous Study by Ong BYS, Naraharisetti PK, Xie J, Wang CH, Sahinidis N in American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2006 Annual Meeting, 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco, California, United States

Collagen‑Mimetic Peptide (CMP) for Integrin Specific Celullar Recognition and Tissue Engineering by Khew ST, Tong YW in American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2006 Annual Meeting, 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco, California, United States

Combination of Proteins on PHBV Microsphere Scaffold to Regulate Hep3B Cells Activity and Functionality for an In Vitro Model of Liver Tissue Engineering by Zhu XH, Wang CH, Tong YW in American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, California, United States

Controlled Delivery of Paclitaxel from Electrohydrodynamically Atomized Microparticles and from Micro-Porous Foams for the Post-Surgical Treatment of Gliobastoma Multiforme by Ong BYS, , Lee LY, Xie J, Smith KA, Wang CH, Sahinidis N in American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, California, United States

Droplets and Particle Formation in the Electrohydrodynamic Atomization Process by Lim LK, Xie J, Hua J, Wang CH, Smith KA in American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, California, United States

Efficient Enzymatic Manipulation of Nanoparticle-Bound DNA to Form Nanoparticle-DNA Conjugates Bearing Specific Number of Short DNA Strands by Qin W, Yung LYL in American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, California, United States

Folate-Conjugated Polymer Micelles Formulated with TPGS for Selective Tumor Targeting by Zhao H, Yung LYL in American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco , California , United States

Growing Tissue‑Like Constructs with Hep3B/GepG2 liver Cells on PHBV Microsphere Scaffold by Zhu XH, Wang CH, Tong YW in American Institute of Chemical Engineering 2006 Annual Meeting, 12-17 November 2006, San Francisco, California, United States

In Silico Modeling and Simulation of Mouse Hybridoma Cells for the Enhanced Production of Monoclonal Antibodies by Selvarasu S, Lee D, Karimi IA, Wong V in American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, California, United States

Investigation of the Applications of Reverse‑Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography in the Structural Studies of Collagen‑Like Model Peptides by Khew ST, Tong YW in American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, California, United States

Model Predictive Discrimination Approach for Classification of Process and Biological Data by Raghuraj R, Lakshminarayanan S in American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, California, United States

Modeling and Selection of Supply Contracts by Bansal M, Karimi IA, Srinivasan R in American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2006 Annual Meeting , 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, California, United States

Modeling and Simulation of Main Cryogenic Heat Exchanger in an LNG Plant by Hasan MMF, Alfadala H, Karimi IA, Grootjans H in American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2006 Annual Meeting , 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, California, United States

Multi-Objective Design of an Industrial LDPE Tubular Reactor Using Jumping Gene Adaptations of NSGA and Constraint Handling Principle by Agrawal N, Rangaiah GP, Ray AK, Gupta SK in American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2006 Annual Meeting , 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, California, United States

Optimal Supply Chain Redesign and Asset Management Using Genetic Algorithm by Naraharisetti PK, Karimi IA, Srinivasan R in American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2006 Annual Meeting , 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, California, United States

Optimization of Fuel Gas Network in an LNG Plant by Wicaksono DS, Karimi IA, Alfadala H, Al‑Hatou OI in American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2006 Annual Meeting , 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, California, United States

Pedagogical and Learning Advantages Realizable Through Scaling and Non-Dimensionalization by Lakshminarayanan S, Krantz WB, Balaji S in American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2006 Annual Meeting , 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco , California , United States

Preparation of Ribonuclease A Surface Imprinted Nanoparticles with Miniemulsion Polymerization for Protein Recognition in Aqueous Media by Tan CJ, Tong YW in American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2006 Annual Meeting, 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco, California, United States

Protein Structure and Fold Prediction Using Amino Acid Interaction Models by Raghuraj R, Lakshminarayanan S in American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2006 Annual Meeting, 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco, California, United States

Robust Scheduling of Crude Oil Operations Under Demand and Ship Arrival Uncertainty by Li J, Karimi IA, Srinivasan R in American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2006 Annual Meeting , 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, California, United States

Scaling and Sensitivity Analysis of Simulated Moving Bed Reactors by Balaji S, Lakshminarayanan S, Krantz WB in American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2006 Annual Meeting , 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, California, United States

Selecting Third‑Party Logistics Contracts for Chemical Companies by Bansal M, Karimi IA , Srinivasan R in American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco , California , United States

The Development of Chemically Modified P84 Co-Polyimide Membranes for Cu(II) Removal Using Supported Liquid Membranes with Prolonged Stability by Yang Q, Chung NTS in American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, California, United States

The Diamine Modification of P84 Co-Polyimide Membranes for Pervaporation Dehydration of Isopropanol by Chung NTS, Qiao XY, Liu RX in American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, California, United States

Transient Effect on Secondary Flow Behaviour in Double Bifurcation Model by Leong FY, Wang CH, Smith KA in American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, California, United States

Troubleshooting Supply Chain Systems with Procurement Rule Fortification/Restructuring by Sundar Raj T, Lakshminarayanan S in American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco , California , United States

Voidage Wave Instability in a Vibrated Liquid-Fluidized Bed by Lim EWC, Wang CH in American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, 12‑17 November 2006, San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, California, United States

Preparation of Nanostructures with the Assistance of Colloidal Spheres by Zhao XS in International Workshop on Nano-structured Materials & Magnetics, 14-17 November 2006, National Taiwan University (Taipei) and National Chung-Kung University (Tainan), Taiwan

Effects of Electrostatic Field in Pneumatic Conveying of Granular Materials through a Vertical Pipe by Lim EWC, Zhang Y, Wang CH in 10 th Asian Conference on Fluidized-Bed and Three-Phase Reactors, 2 6- 2 9 November 2006, Busan , Korea

Pneumatic Transport Of Granular Materials In A 45° Inclined Conveying Pipe by Zhang Y, Lim EWC, Wang CH in 10 th Asian Conference on Fluidized-Bed and Three-Phase Reactors, 2 6- 2 9 November 2006, Busan, Korea

Tribology of Aromatic Group Containing Ultra‑Thin Self‑Assembled Monolayers Chemisorbed on Si Substrate by Satyanarayana N, Goswami N, Sinha SK , Srinivasan MP in International Conference on Industrial Tribology (ICIT‑2006), 30 November‑2 December 2006, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore , India

Combating Biofilm-associated Infections: An Engineering Approach by Neoh KG, Shi ZL, Kang ET, Wang W in 13 th Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering – Advances in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, 3 ‑5 December 2006, Nanyang Technological University , Singapore

Investigating the Nanomechanical Properties of Collagen by Tan LP, Yung LYL, Lim CT in 2 nd Tohoku‑NUS Joint Symposium on the Future Nano‑Medicine & Bioengineering in the East Asian Region , 4‑5 December 2006, National University of Singapore , Singapore

Synthesis of Magnetite/PLLA Composite Nanoparticles for Controlled Release of Tamoxifen by Hu FX, Neoh KG, Kang ET in 2 nd Tohoku‑NUS Joint Symposium on the Future Nano‑Medicine & Bioengineering in the East Asian Region , 4‑5 December 2006, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Modelling Based Discriminant Algorithm to Solve Classification Problems in Proteomics by Raghuraj R, Lakshminarayanan S in Joint 3 rd AOHUPO and 4 th Structural Biology and Functional Genomics Conference, 4-7 December 2006, Singapore

Catalytic and Sensing Capabilities of SnO 2 in Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO by Propane by J Yang, K. Hidajat and S. Kawi in 4 th Asia Pacific Congress on Catalysis, 6-8 December 2006, Singapore

Raman Spectroscopy for Evaluation of Structure Deformation in Stressed Bone Tissue. Furama Riverfront Hotel , Singapore , 6-8 Dec 2006 . Huang Z W , The SK, W Zheng and Goh CH James.

Cation-Anion-Double-Exchange Approach to Preparation of Mesoporous g -Al2O3 Catalytic M aterials by Bai P, WU P, Xing W, Yan Z, Zhao XS in Asia-Pacific Congress on Catalysis (APCAT4), 6-8 December 2006, Singapore

Direct Synthesis of Ultra Large Pore GaSBA-15 with High Gallium Content and its Catalytic Performance as Alkylation Catalyst by Selvaraj M, Kawi S in 4 th Asia Pacific Congress on Catalysis, 6-8 December 2006, Singapore

High Performance Ni/Er 2 O 3 Catalyst for H 2 Production from Ethanol Reforming at Medium Temperature by Sun GB, Hidajat K, Kawi S in 4 th Asia Pacific Congress on Catalysis, 6-8 December 2006, Singapore

Immobilization of Alpha-Chymotrypsin into Mesoporous Silicate and its Activity in Aqueous and Organic Media by Jamal M, Hidajat K, Kawi S in 4 th Asia Pacific Congress on Catalysis, 6-8 December 2006, Singapore

In Situ FTIR Study of Adsorption and Catalytic Reaction Of Methanol on Cu-Zn-Mn Spinel-Lattice Catalyst by Yong ST, Hidajat K, Kawi S in 4 th Asia Pacific Congress on Catalysis, 6-8 December 2006, Singapore

Quality Education: When do Students Get It? by Lakshminarayanan S in International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (TLHE 2006), 6-8 December 2006, Singapore

Sr-promoted Ni/La 2 O 3 Catalyst: An Active and Selective Catalyst for Hydrogen Production from Ethanol by Sun GB, Hidajat K, Kawi S in 4 th Asia Pacific Congress on Catalysis, 6-8 December 2006, Singapore

Synthesis, Characterization and Catalytic Application of New CrSBA-15 Mesoporous Catalyst for Selective Oxidation of Anthracene by Selvaraj M, Kawi S in 4 th Asia Pacific Congress on Catalysis, 6-8 December 2006, Singapore

Wilkinson's Catalyst Supported on PAMAM Dendrimer/SBA-15: A Novel Hybrid Catalyst for Hydroformylation of Styrene by Li P, Kawi S in 4 th Asia Pacific Congress on Catalysis, 6-8 December 2006, Singapore

Recent Developments on the Dynamics of Particulate Systems by Lim EWC, Zhang Y, Wang CH in 5 th International Symposium on Measurement Techniques for Multiphase Flows, 10-13 December 2006, Macao, China

Chemical Logistics – Research Challenges and Opportunities by OH HC, Karimi IA in 2006 Symposium on Process Systems Engineering, 15 December 2006, National Taiwan University , Taipei, Taiwan

Catalyst Crunching Microbes – A Green Process for Metal Extraction by Deenan S, Aung KMM, Ting YP in Role of Engineering Towards a Better Environment, 6 th International Conference, 16-18 December 2006, Alexandria, Egypt