Research with Zhejiang University
Being a research-intensive university, one of SUTD’s key focuses is to embark on research endeavours to create useful innovations that can be adopted by the world
at large. 

SUTD and Zhejiang University of China (ZJU) Faculty members will jointly partake in research collaborations to address exciting challenges associated with the world today, in areas such as (but not limited to) Healthcare, Transportation, Clean Energy and Environment. Through such collaborations, the intellectual minds of both institutions can jointly advance research boundaries and frontiers driven by real-world challenges to ensure that innovations created would find relevance and adoption by the society.

The annual SUTD-ZJU Research Collaboration Grant call is held usually in the first half of the year, where faculty members can apply for grants for either one or both types of projects:
  • 1-year Pilot (Seed-Funded) Projects
  • 3-year Research Projects

Research Projects awarded under the 2012 Call for Proposals

Project Title SUTD Principal Investigator ZJU Principal Investigator
Design, modelling, and fabrication of nanostructured materials and sensing devices for healthcare monitoring WU Ping
Associate Professor, Engineering Product Development		 XU Zhi-Kang
Professor, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
Development of an Automatic and Configurable Non-invasive System for Enhanced Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation FOONG Shaohui
Assistant Professor, Engineering Product Development 		FU Xin
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Accurate Hemodynamic Data Assimilation with MRA/CBV Imaging YEUNG Sai Kit
Assistant Professor, Information System Technology and Design		 HU Zhenghui
Assistant Professor, Department of Optical Engineering
Chip-scale frequency generation using inorganic-organic hybrid nonlinear optical materials Dawn TAN
Assistant Professor, Engineering Product Development		 QIAN Guodong
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Low Carbon Footprint Supply Chains: Leveraging Operational Flexibility to Optimize for Cost and Environmental Impact Saif BENJAAFAR
Head of Pillar, Engineering Systems and Design		 ZHOU Weihua (Larry)
Associate Professor, Department of Management Science and Engineering

Pilot Projects awarded under the 2012 Call for Proposals

Project Title SUTD Principal Investigator ZJU Principal Investigator
Cognitive effects on executive control in monolingual and bilingual adults and the elderly W. Quin YOW
Assistant Professor, Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences		 XU Qinmei
Professor, Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
Living in an Aging World: In Search of New Elderly Housing and Neighbourhood Design Typology CHONG Keng Hua Assistant Professor, Architecture and Sustainable Design
Assistant Professor, Engineering Product Development 		WU Jing
Associate Professor, Department of Architecture
Understanding indoor fine particles and its implications on human exposure under environmentally relevant conditions in Singapore and China Reginald THIO
Assistant Professor, Engineering Product Development		 YAN Keping
Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Interactive Video for Education: The Next-Generation Video Technologies and Interactivity CHEUNG Ngai-Man
Assistant Professor, Information System Technology and Design 		YU Lu
Professor, Institute of Information and Communication Engineering


Research Projects awarded under the 2011 Call for Proposals

Project Title SUTD Principal Investigator ZJU Principal Investigator
Chemical and biological profiling of bio-fertilisers YONG Wan Hong, Jean
Associate Professor, Education 		CHEN Xin
Professor, Education
Green Communications with Cognitive Radio (GreenComms) YUEN Chau
Assistant Professor, Engineering Product Development 		ZHANG Zhaoyang
Professor, Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
Principles and Foundations of Wireless Energy Distribution Sensor Networks GU Yu
Assistant Professor, Information Systems Technology and Design 		CHEN Jiming
Professor, Department of Control Science and Engineering
Hierarchical Assembly of TiO2 Nanorods on Lithium Cryptomelane-type Manganese Oxide Nanowires: New Cathode Material for Lithium Ion Battery YANG Huiying
Assistant Professor, Engineering Product Development 		YANG Hui
Professor, Department of Material Science and Engineering
A Formal Method for Quality Assessment of Large Scale Software Systems SUN Jun
Assistant Professor, Information System Technology and Design 		YANG Xiaohu
Professor, College of Computer Science and Technology

Pilot Projects awarded under the 2011 Call for Proposals

Project Title SUTD Principal Investigator ZJU Principal Investigator
Graphene Nanoribbons-Based Transistors for Glucose Detection YANG Huiying
Assistant Professor, Engineering Product Development 		YAO Shanjing
Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Intelligent Rehabilitation Wheelchair Design SOH Gim Song
Assistant Professor, Engineering Product Development 		YING Fangtian
Associate Professor, International Design Institute of Zhejiang University