QE & Oral Examination Announcements

Date/TimeStudentSupervisorResearch TopicVenue
13 Jul 2026 (Monday), 8amYan Shangcheng
PhD Qualifying Exam
Asst Prof Prashant KumarColloidal Synthesis Of Geometrically Defined Chiral Particles
MSE Level 1 Meeting room 
(N4.1-01-28)
(cap at est. 20 attendees only)
15 Jul 2026 (Wednesday), 10amSharma Divyam
PhD Oral Exam
Prof Nripan MathewsHalide Perovskite Devices For Unconventional Computing
MSE Level 1 Meeting room 
(N4.1-01-28)
(cap at est. 20 attendees only)
16 Jul 2026 (Thursday), 10.30am

Guo Changtai
PhD Qualifying Exam

Prof Chen XiaodongDirect Simulation Of Motor Neurons By Thin Stretchable Electrodes For Precise Hindlimb Control After Spinal Cord Injury

MSE Level 2 Conference room 
(N4.1-02-02)
(cap at est. 15 attendees only)
20 Jul 2026 (Monday), 10amChaiworn Suchaya
PhD Oral Exam
Assoc Prof Aravind DasariUnderstanding The Parameters Influencing Li-Ion Battery Thermal Runaway And Its PropagationMSE Level 1 Meeting room 
(N4.1-01-28)
(cap at est. 20 attendees only)
20 Jul 2026 (Monday), 1pm

Jiang Jiyu
PhD Qualifying Exam

Asst Prof Eason ChenHydrogen-Induced Changes In Microscopic Plasticity Of Precipitation-Strengthened Fcc Alloys
MSE Level 2 Conference room 
(N4.1-02-02)
(cap at est. 15 attendees only)
21 Jul 2026 (Tuesday), 1pmChen Jingfu
PhD Qualifying Exam
Prof Chen XiaodongStiffness Tunable Functionally Graded Strategy For Packaging Of Fhe
MSE Level 2 Conference room
(N4.1-02-02)
(cap at est. 15 attendees only)
21 Jul 2026 (Tuesday), 3.30pmLiu Yiting
PhD Qualifying Exam
Prof Ali Gilles Tchenguise Miserez Coacervate-Mediated Co-Delivery Of Anti-Angiogenic & Anti-Fibrotic Therapeutics For Neovascular Eye Diseases
MSE Level 1 Meeting room 
(N4.1-01-28)
(cap at est. 20 attendees only)
23 Jul 2026 (Thursday), 1pmWang Yanling
PhD Oral Exam
Prof Chen XiaodongProgrammable Silk Fibroin Platforms For Sustainable Bioelectronics
MSE Level 2 Conference room 
(N4.1-02-02)
(cap at est. 15 attendees only)
27 Jul 2026 (Monday), 3.30pmDutta Jayanta
PhD Qualifying Exam
Assoc Prof Kedar HippalgaonkarRapid Synthesis Of Multinary Tellurides For Low Thermal Conductivity
MSE Level 1 Meeting room 
(N4.1-01-28)
(cap at est. 20 attendees only)
29 Jul 2026 (Wednesday), 4pmOng Wei Xun Nicholas
PhD Qualifying Exam
Prof Chen XiaodongTuning The Thermogelation Properties Of Random Block Polyurethane Thermogels  Through Hydrophobic Functionalization

MSE Level 1 Meeting room

(N4.1-01-28)

(cap at est. 20 attendees only)
30 Jul 2026 (Thursday), 10amAdriel Ong Kai En
PhD Qualifying Exam
Assoc Prof Aravind DasariFibre Reinforced Polymer Composites For Liquid Carbon Dioxide Storage

MSE Level 2 Conference room
(N4.1-02-02)
(cap at est. 15 attendees only)
31 Jul 2026 (Friday), 9.30amTan Yurong
PhD Oral Exam
Prof Li ShuzhouEngineering Functional Supramolecular Interactions In Silk Proteins

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06 Aug 2026 (Thursday), 1pmNaufal Hanif Hawari
PhD Qualifying Exam
Prof Alex YanSurface Functionalization Of Copper Current Collector Using Self-Assembled Monolayers For Anode-Free Lithium Metal BatteriesMSE Level 2 Conference room 
(N4.1-02-02)
(cap at est. 15 attendees only)