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CHAN Weng-Kong, Dr.Ing

Address   :                        Associate Professor
                                        Thermal & Fluids Engineering Division
                                        School of Mechanical & Production
                                        Nanyang Technological University
                                        Nanyang Avenue
                                        Singapore 639798
Email:                              mwkchan@ntu.edu.sg

Telephone (65) 67905497

Fax (65) 67911859 (overseas)
(65) 67954623 (local)

Sports & other interests : Swimming, bridge and reading

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Engineering (First Class Honours), National University of Singapore
Diploma D'Etudes D'Approfondie, Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Arts et Metiers (Paris)
Diploma De Docteur D'Ingenieur, Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Arts et Metiers (Paris)

RESEARCH

Research interests

Analytical and experimental fluid mechanics, investigations of flow in turbomachineries, design and investigations of flow patterns in left ventricular assist devices.

Research grants awarded

   Investigation of ventricular assist device (RG 58/97, $128,106 ,Principal Investigator)
    Advanced aerospace research on the new generation of turbo-fan engine exhaust mixer (RG 20/97, $247,370,        Collaborator)
    Investigations of flow characteristics of a magnetically suspended impeller of a centrifugal blood pump (RG 15/95, $249,000, Collaborator)
    Feedback control of vortex shedding from a circular cylinder at low Reynolds number (RG 77/95, $68,639.40, Collaborator)
    Investigations of wake structure behind an axially rotating flowfield ( RG 51/94, $235,000, Principal Investigator)
    Numerical and experimental study of a ducted axial fan (ARP 43/93 , $ 77,000, Principal Investigator )
    Use of turbulators for heat transfer enhancement in electronic equipment ( MINDEF-NTU/8/92, $2,500)
    Flexible bellow for cooling isolated electronic components ( MINDEF-NTU/10/92, $10,000 )
    Experimental and numerical study of flow around inlet configuration ( MINDEF-NTI/09/91, $20,000 ).
    Design of a closed circuit pump testing for the investigation of cavitation and cavitation erosion (ARP 38/87, $12,000)

TEACHING

Subjects taught

Fluid mechanics and aerodynamics

Course development

Fluid mechanics and aerodynamics

Short courses for industries

September 2000, Conducted course on "Fundamentals of Water System Design in Air-conditioning"

August 1994, Conducted course on "Pulsation and vibration control in industrial plants"

3 Dec 1993, PUB-NTU Industrial Energy Conservation and Management Seminar

4 Nov/Dec 1993, Conducted Course on "Design, Selection and Application of Centrifugal Pumps"

Supervision of students

3 Research fellows, 2 PhD students and 9 M.Eng students

Reviewer for :

ASAIO, Experiments in Fluids, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, FLUCOME' 94, IES Journal.

Conferences and seminars

2001 to present Co-Chairman of 7^th Asian Symposium on Flow Visualisation (2003)

2000 to 2002 Member, Organising Committee, IWA Asia Environmental Technology Conference, 2001 (Singapore)

Dec 2000 Chair – Keynote Lecture on Cardiovascular Engineering – On pressure and Flow waves and their interaction with the Cardiovascular system presented by S. Einav, 10^th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, , Singapore.

Dec 2000 Chair – Session 14 (Cardiovascular Engineering 1), 10^th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, , Singapore.

1999 to present Member, International Steering Committee, 6^th Asian Symposium on Flow Visualisation, 2001 (South Korea)
May 2001 Chair – Session V-3 (Channel & Pipes flow), 6^th Asian Symposium on Flow Visualisation, (South Korea)
May 96 to 99 Co-Chairman, XIX IAHR Symposium - International Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Cavitation, 1998, Singapore

1998 Chair – Session 1: Computational Flow Simulation (CFD) within turbines and pump turbines, XIX IAHR Symposium - International Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Cavitation, Singapore.

Dec 95 – Dec 96 Member, Working Committee of 1st JSPS Seminar

1993-1995 Chairman, Facilities Sub-Committee, Sixth Asian Fluid Mechanics Organising Committee

1990 Member of NTU R & D Seminar Organising Committee on "R & D and Your Business : Strategy for the 1990s".

PUBLICATIONS (see separate list)

About 80 papers in international refereed journals and conferences
3 patents