Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
National University of Singapore

ResearcherID: B-2556-2010
ORCID: 0000-0003-4311-9223
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Curriculum Vitae
Email: limkm@nus.edu.sg

Research Interests

• Numerical Methods (Finite Element, Boundary Element, Finite Difference, Spectral)
• Fast Computation (Pre-corrected FFT, Fast Multipole, Asymptotic Methods)
• Microfluidics (AC electrokinetics, Ultrasonics)
• Vibration, Acoustics and Hearing
• Structural Dynamics, Mechanical Modelling and Control

Research Projects

• Plate vibration and acoustic black hole †
• Boundary element method and multipole expansions for acoustics †
• Sonic crystals and acoustic metamaterials †
• Acoustophoresis and ultrasound in microfluidics †
• Noise barriers
• Computational tools for ship vibration and acoustics
• Microfluidics modeling and simulation
• Dielectrophoretic cell traps and sorters
• Fast Fourier transform on multipoles (FFTM) method for BEM
• Atomistic simulation and bridging with FEM
• Cochlear models and biomimetic transducers
• Singular boundary element for fracture analysis
• Failure analysis of Integrated Circuits (IC) packages
• Real-time mechanics-based simulation for virtual surgery

† Current projects

Modules taught

• Engineering Principles and Practice
• Acoustics
• Finite Element Analysis
• Mechanics of Machines
• Plates and Shells
• Computational Biomechanics
• Introduction to Numerical Simulation
• Engineering Mathematics
• Dynamics and Vibration

Professional Membership

• Society of Acoustics Singapore
• International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration
• International Association of Applied Mechanics
• Singapore Association of Computational Mechanics

Mailing Address:
Department of Mechanical Engineering
National University of Singapore
9 Engineering Drive 1
Singapore 117575

Website:
blog.nus.edu.sg/limkm/