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Associate Professor

Hiong Yap GAN

PhD (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Engineering
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SIT Appointments

  • Head, NAMIC Hub@SIT
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  • Programme Leader, SIT MEngTech Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Land)
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  • Programme Leader, SIT BEng (Hons) Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Land)
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  • Head, Rapid Product Innovation and Development (RaPID) Centre
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  • Programme Director, BEng (Hons) Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Land)
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  • Programme Director, MEngTech Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Land)
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  • Programme Director, SIT-NU Joint BEng (Hons) Marine Engineering / Naval Architecture / Offshore Engineering
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  • Programme Director, NU BEng (Hons) Marine Engineering / Naval Architecture / Offshore Engineering
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  • Deputy Programme Director, NU BEng (Hons) Marine Engineering / Naval Architecture / Offshore Engineering
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Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellow (RLE)
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology , United States
  • PhD (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
    Nanyang Technological University , Singapore
  • Bachelor of Engineering (1st Class Hons), Mechanical & Production Engineering
    Nanyang Technological University , Singapore

Achievements

  • Nominee for the SIT Teaching Excellence Award AY2019
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  • SIT Teaching Excellence Award AY2018
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  • Nominee for the SIT Teaching Excellence Award AY2016
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Professional Memberships

  • Senior Member, The Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES)
    Present

Current Projects

  • Stress Corrosion Cracking Detection and Mitigation in NEL
    – Present

    As a Co-PI. Project is funded under Urban Mobility Grand Challenge Funding , supported by LTA Singapore, with a granted amount SGD$904,200.

  • Design and Development of a Metal Dust Filtration System for Rolling Stock Underframe Components and Trackside Area
    – Present

    Principal Investigator. Project is funded under Urban Mobility Grand Challenge Funding , supported by LTA Singapore, with a granted amount SGD$629,920.

Past Projects

  • Wear Evaluation of Cold Spray Repair Process
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    As a Co-PI. Project is funded under SIT Ignition Grant ($100,000)

  • Integrated Rehabilitation Parallel Bars and Staircases
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    As a Co-PI. Project is funded under SIT Ignition Grant ($98,800).

  • A Study of Corrosive Environment in Tunnels and Prediction of Component Life Time
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    As a Co-PI (37%). Project is under Land Transport Innovation Fund with a granted amount SGD$1,128,000, funded by LTA Singapore.

  • Electrokinetic Flow in Normal Dental Enamel
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    Sept 2016 - Dec 2018.  Principal Investigator. Project is under Colgate Research Grant with a granted amount ~SGD$150,000 funded by Colgate Palmotive, USA.

Journal Papers

  • S.M. Goh*, L.T. Tan, H.Y. Gan, Y.L. Foo, K.H. Goh, H.S. Lee, “Accelerated corrosion test and field test of steel and zinc coupons at buffer areas and cross passages in a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) tunnel”, Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology, (2023). DOI: 10.1080/1478422X.2022.2163335

  • Tay NB, Gan HY*, de Sousa FB, Shen L, Nóbrega DF, Peng C, Kilpatrick-Liverman L, Wang W, Lavender S, Pilch S , and Han J.*, "Improved mineralization of dental enamel by electrokinetic delivery of F− and Ca2+ ions", Scientific Reports. 13(1):516 (2023). [IF:4.996]

  • S.M. Goh*, L.T. Tan, H.Y. Gan, Y.L. Foo, K.H. Goh, H.S. Lee, “Monitoring of Atmospheric Corrosion in a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Tunnel”, Urban Rail Transit, 8, 184–197 (2022). [IF:2.12]

  • L. Shen, F.B. de Sousa, N.B. Tay, L.S. Teo, Vivian K. Lin, J. Han, K. L. LaTonya, W. Wang, S. Lavender, S. Pilch, H.Y. Gan*, “Deformation Behavior Of Normal Human Enamel: A Study By Nanoindentation”, J. Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 108, pp. 103799 (2020). [IF: 3.484]

  • C. Peng, F.B. de Sousa, H.Y. Gan, H.J. Kwon, S. Park, L. Kilpatrick-Liverman, W. Wang, S. Lavender, S. Pilch, J. Han*, “Enhanced Delivery of F−, Ca2+, K+, and Na+ Ions into Enamel by Electrokinetic Flows”, Journal of Dental Research, 98 (4), pp. 430–436 (2019). [IF: 5.125]

  • C. Peng, S. Park, F.B. de Sousa, H.Y. Gan, S. Lee, W. Wang, S. Lavender, S. Pilch, J. Han*, “Enhanced teeth whitening by nanofluidic transport of hydrogen peroxide into enamel with electrokinetic flows”, Dental Materials, 35 (11). pp.1637-1643 (2019). [IF:4.440]

  • H.Y. Gan, F.B. Sousa, H.L. Carlo, P.P. Maciel, M.S. Macena, and J. Han*, “Enhanced Transport of Materials into Enamel Nanopores via Electrokinetic Flow”, Journal of Dental Research, 94 (4), pp. 615-621 (2015). [IF: 5.125]

  • Hiong Yap Gan and Yee Cheong Lam*, “Experimental Observations of Flow Instabilities and Rapid Mixing of Two Dissimilar Viscoelastic Liquids”, AIP Advances, 2, pp. 042146 (2012). [IF:1.579]

  • Han Wei Hou, Hiong Yap Gan, Ali Asgar. S. Bhagat, Leon D. Li, Chwee Teck Lim, Jongyoon Han*, “A Microfluidics Approach Towards High-Throughput Pathogen Removal from Blood Using Margination”, Biomicrofluidics, 6, pp. 024115 (2012). [IF:2.531]

  • H Y Gan, Xuechuan Shan, T Eriksson and Y C Lam*, “Reduction of Droplet Volume by Controlling Actuating Waveforms in Inkjet Printing for Micro-Pattern Formation”, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 19, pp. 055010 (2009). [IF:2.141]

  • Y.C. Lam*, H.Y. Gan, N.T. Nguyen and H. Lie, “Micromixer Based on Viscoelastic Flow Instability at Low Reynolds Number”, Biomicrofluidics, 3, pp. 014106 (2009). [IF:2.531]

  • H.Y. Gan, Y.C. Lam*, N.T. Nguyen, K.C. Tam and C. Yang, “Efficient Mixing of Viscoelastic Fluids in a Microchannel at Low Reynolds Number”, Microfluidics & Nanofluidics, 3, pp. 101 (2007). [IF:2.437]

  • Hiong Yap Gan, Yee Cheong Lam* & Nam-Trung Nguyen, “A Polymer-Based Device for Efficient Mixing of Viscoelastic Fluids”, Applied Physics Letters, 88, pp. 224103 (2006). [IF:3.521]

  • Hiong Yap Gan, Chun Yang, Stephen Y.M. Wan, Gnian Cher Lim and Yee Cheong Lam*, “Study of Electroosmosis-Driven Two-Liquid Displacement Flow in a Microcapillary”, Journal of Physics, 34, pp. 283–290 (2006).

Conferences

  • L.T. Tan, S. M. Goh, H. Y. Gan and Y. L. Foo, “A study of Atmospheric Corrosive Environment in the North East Line Tunnel”, WCCM 2019, Dec 2nd – 5th, Singapore (2019)

  • Chia Hao Gen, JJ Chong, Edwin Foo, Gan Hiong Yap, and Michael Lau, “Safety Vision System to Aid Collision Prevention for Indoor Mobile Robots”, I-ROS 2019 Assuring Safety for Physically Assistive Robots Workshop, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Robots and Systems, Nov 3rd – 8th Macau, China (2019).

  • HiongYap Gan, “Development of Wireless Sensor Networks for Corrosion Monitoring in Tunnel Environment”, IES Railway Technology Seminar: Condition Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance, July 28th Singapore (2017). (Invited Talk)

  • H.Y. Gan, F.B. Sousa, H.L. Carlo, P.P. Maciel, M.S. Macena, and J. Han, “Enhanced Transport of Materials into Enamel Nanopores”, International Workshop on Extended-Nano Fluidics (IWENF), Japan. (2015). (Invited Paper)

  • Hiong Yap Gan, Sang Van Pham, Sung Hee Ko, Jacob White, Jongyoon Han, “Controlling ion concentration polarization for higher efficiency in electrochemical system”, in Electrolyte Systems and Interfacial Processes in Energy Storage and Conversion, ENFL 247th ACS National Meeting and Exposition, pp. 223 (2014).

  • Hiong Yap Gan and Yee Cheong Lam, “Multiple-Stream Flow and Mixing of Dissimilar Polymeric Solutions in Abrupt Microfluidic Contraction/Expansion Geometries”, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 8251, 82510K (2012).

  • Jiayan Tai, Hiong Yap Gan and Yee Cheong Lam, “Viscoelastic Turbulence for a 3-Stream Flow Through a Sudden Contraction-Expansion Microchannel”, The 2nd Conference on Advances in Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, and Asian-Pacific International Symposium on Lab on Chip (2011).

  • Hou Wei Hou, HiongYap Gan, Ali A.S. Bhagat, Daliang Li, Chwee Teck Lim, Jongyoon Han, “Pathogen and Inflammatory Components Removal from Blood Using Cell Margination”, Proceedings of MicroTAS conference, pp. 1912-1914 (2011).

  • HiongYap Gan, Frederico Barbosa Sousa and Jongyoon Han, “Electrokinetic Transport in Dental Enamel”, Enamel VIII Conference (2011).

  • Hiong Yap Gan, Cheng Hwee Chua, Soon Mei Chan and Boon Keng Lok, “Performance Characterization of Flexible Printed Supercapacitors”, 11th Electronics Packaging Technology Conference, pp. 301-304 (2009).

  • Budiman salam, Hiong Yap Gan, B. K. Lok and C.W. Lu Albert, ""Optimizing Manufacturing Process of Printed Electronics"", 11th Electronics Packaging Technology Conference, pp. 163-167 (2009).

  • Jiayan Tai, Hiong Yap Gan, Yen Nan Liang and Boon Keng Lok, “Control of Droplet Formation in Inkjet Printing Using Ohnesorge Number”, Proceeding of the 10th Electronics Packaging Technology Conference, pp. 761-766 (2008).

  • Y. C. Lam, H.Y. Gan and N.T. Nguyen, “Mixing of Viscoelastic Fluids in a Microchannel”, Proceeding of the 5th International Conference on Fluid Mechanics, pp. 658-661 (2007).

  • Y.C. Lam, H.Y. Gan, N.T. Nguyen, K.C. Tam and C. Yang, “Viscoelastically Induced Mixing at Low Reynolds Number”, The Asia-Pacific Conference of Transducers and Micro-Nano Technology, C-10 (2006).

  • D.G Yan, H.Y. Gan, C. Yang, N.T. Nguyen, X.Y. Huang, and Y.C. Lam, “Use Micro-PIV to Measure Transient Electroosmotic Flow and Zeta Potential of Channel Wall”, Proceedings of the MicroTAS conference, Vol. 1, pp. 89-91 (2006).

  • H.Y. Gan, C. Yang Charles, Stephen Y.M. Wan, G.C. Lim & Y.C. Lam, “Theoretical and Experimental Study of Electroosmosis-Driven Two-Fluid Displacement in a Microcapillary”, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 6112, pp. 155-166 (2006).

Books

  • H.Y. Gan and Y.C. Lam, "Viscoelasticity", Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, pp. 3433-3442, Springer (2015).

  • Y.C. Lam and H.Y. Gan, "Chaotic Mixing Based on Viscoelasticity", Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, pp. 397-404, Springer (2015).

Teaching Modules

Aircraft Systems Engineering, BEng (Hons)

  • ASE1316 - Engineering Design Graphics

Engineering Systems, BEng (Hons)

  • SIE3006 - Total Preventive Maintenance (TPM)
  • SIE3010 - Statistical Process Control
  • SIE1010 - Engineering Design Graphics
  • SIE2007 - Land Transport Discovery Course
  • SIE2008 - Marine Transport Discovery Course
  • SIE2009 - Aerospace Engineering Discovery Course
  • SIE3002 - Group Design Project II
  • SIE4001 - Capstone Project

Sustainable Built Environment, BEng (Hons)

  • SIE2007 - Land Transport Discovery Course
  • SIE2009 - Aerospace Engineering Discovery Course
  • SIE3002 - Group Design Project II
  • SIE4001 - Capstone Project

Past

  • PHY250 Waves, Optics & Thermodynamics
  • SIT3014 Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics
  • MEC2103 Concurrent Design and Manufacture
  • MEC3103 Prodcut Design Engineering 1
  • MNO1106 Engineering Mathematics and Statistics (3401)
  • CE1601/02 CAD and Technical Drawing (616)