Research

Research

My research areas fall in the fields of Nonlinear Dynamics, Complex Systems and scale invariant phenomena in general. My interest in Complex Systems involves studying different natural and social phenomena that share the same emergent properties and can be tackled using the approaches of Nonlinear Dynamics and Self-Organized Criticality. The aim is to understand the fundamental driving mechanisms of these systems and to see if they share any common underlying (new) physics. Once the mapping to models of theoretical studies is established, the next step is to make the prediction about the time evolution of those phenomena under different conditions and sketch out preparation for future circumstances.

Below is the list of research projects that I have been working on.

• Aug 2007 -- May 2008: "Investigation into the synchronization and nonlinear dynamics of a two-coupled pendulums system" (Undergraduate Honour Project) with CHEW Lock Yue (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore).

• Aug 2008 -- Jun 2012: "Complexity --- a study of Fractals and Self-Organized Criticality" (PhD Thesis) with Gunnar PRUESSNER (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)and CHEW Lock Yue (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore).

• Sep 2010 -- present: "Numerical and analytical study of Abelian Manna model" with Gunnar PRUESSNER (Imperial College London, United Kingdom).

• May 2012 -- present: "Analytical study of a stochatic sandpile model".

• Sep 2012 -- present: "Research on Complexity".

I have been doing peer review for the following journals.

• Physical Review E (since 2011).

• Physical Review Letters (since 2012).

Teaching

University courses:

• Graduate courses at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore:

• PAP721 --- Nonlinear Dynamics (Tutorial; Jan -- Apr 2012, Jan -- Apr 2011, Jan -- Apr 2010).

• Undergraduate courses at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore:

• PAP352 --- Chaotic Dynamical Systems (Tutorial; Third year Undergraduate; Jan -- Apr 12, Jan -- Apr 2011, Jan -- Apr 2010).

• PAP353 --- Fluid Mechanics (Tutorial; Third year Undergraduate; Aug -- Nov 2011).

• PAP111 --- Mechanics and Relativity (Tutorial; First year Undergraduate; Aug -- Nov 2008).

Non-university courses:

• NTU H3 Contemporary Physics program at National Junior College, Singapore (Experiment; Final year Junior College; Feb -- May 2010, Feb -- May 2009, Jan -- Apr 2008, Jan -- Apr 2007).

• Physics workshops for foreign pre-university students at Division of Physics and Applied Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore:

• SMA 8 Jakarta, Indonesia (Computer simulation; Dec 2011).

• Taylors College Sri Hartamas, Malaysia (Computer simulation; Jun 2011).

• MAN Insan Cendekia, Indonesia (Computer simulation; Apr 2010).