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Yang Hui Ying

YANG Hui Ying

Professor
EMAIL
yanghuiying
sutd.edu.sg
WEBSITE
CONTACT
+65 6303 6663
RESEARCH AREAS
Energy & Sustainability

Professional experience
  • Sep 2022– Present: Professor, Singapore University of Technology and Design.
  • Aug 2016 – Aug 2022: Associate Professor, Singapore University of Technology and Design.
  • Oct 2010 – Jul 2016:Assistant Professor, Singapore University of Technology and Design.
  • Jan 2011 – Dec 2011:վپԲԳپ,Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
  • Aug 2008 – Sep 2010:Lee Kuan Yew Fellow,School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
  • Aug 2006 – Aug 2008:Singapore Millennium Foundation (SMF)Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Research interests

Professor YANG’s research is driven by the design and fabrication of low-dimensional nanomaterials for energy and environmental applications. She pushes forward the boundaries of knowledge in a wide variety of fundamental materials and structure-property relationships. Her team pioneered in chemical doping, work function engineering and defect states analysis in one-dimensional and two-dimensional nanomaterials for a variety of applications in electrochemical energy storage and water purification to generate economic benefits for Singapore.
Research projects
  • H. Y. Yang, Principal Investigator (2019-2022), MOE Tier 2 grant,  On going.
  • H. Y. Yang, Principal Investigator (2016 to 2019), NRF-CEENEMA, S$295,200.00, – ongoing.
  • H. Y. Yang, Principal Investigator (2016 to 2018), ST Dynamics, S$300,000.00,– completed.
  • H. Y. Yang, Principal Investigator (2015 to 2018), MOE Tier 2 grant – ongoing.
  • H. Y. Yang, Principal Investigator (2015 to 2017), AFOSR grant, Asian Office of Aerospace Research & Development (AOARD),–completed.
  • H. Y. Yang, Principal Investigator (2015 to 2016), Renew Group industrial fund, –completed.
  • H. Y. Yang, Principal Investigator (2014-2017), EWI NRF1301-IRIS-17, –completed.
  • H. Y. Yang, Principal Investigator (2013-2014)NRF Proof of Concept Grant, –completed.
  • H. Y. Yang, Principal Investigator (2012-2014)SMART Innovation Grant, S$250,000, –completed.
Selected awards & achievements
  • Mar 2023, SNIC-AsCA2019 Distinguished Woman Chemist Award, Singapore National Institute of Chemistry.
  • Jun 2021, Fellow of The ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology (AAET), ASEAN Countries Academy of Engineering and Technology.
  • Feb 2021, SUTD Research Excellence Award, Singapore University of Technology and Design.
  • Jan 2020, Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, UK.
  • Jun 2019, Singapore Good Design Award, Winner, Singapore.
  • Nov 2018,IUMRS – MRSSingapore Young Researcher Award 2018 Finalist.
  • Mar 2018,IPS Nanotechnology Medal(Outstanding Nanotechnology Physics Research), Institute of Physics Singapore.
  • Feb 2016,SUTDLong Service Award, Singapore University of Technology and Design.
  • Feb 2015,SUTD Research Excellence Award, Singapore University of Technology and Design.
  • Oct 2014,Nanonica Prize 2014, Nanonica Europe S.L., Europe.
  • Jun 2014,Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), USA.
  • Oct 2013,MCCC-AAET Green Award, Singapore Winner and Grand Winner, Asean Academy of Enginnering & Technology, Malaysia
  • Sep 2013,IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Awards, Institute of Engineers Singapore.
  • May 2013,Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors Award, Tan Kah Kee Foundation, the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), the Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and the DSO National Laboratories, and Science Centre Singapore.
  • Aug 2010,L’Oréal Singapore For Women in Science National Fellowships,L’Oréal Singapore,Singapore National Commission for UNESCO, and Agencyfor Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).
Selected key publications
  • ‘Efficient Sodium Storage in Rolled-up Amorphous Si Nanomembranes’, S. Huang, L. Liu, Y. Zheng, Y. Wang, D. Kong, Y. Zhang, Y. Shi, L. Zhang, O. G. Schmidt, H. Y. Yang*, Adv. Mater., 201706637, (2018).
  • ‘Dual-ions Electrochemical Deionization: A desalination generator’, F. Chen, Y. Huang, L. Guo, L. Sun, Y. Wang, H. Y. Yang*, Energy & Environmental Science, 10, 2043, (2017).  (Back Cover)
  • ‘Green Fabrication of Silkworm Cocoon-Like Silicon-Based Composite for High-Performance Li-Ion Batteries’, F. H. Du, Y. Z. Ni, D. Wang, Q. Ge, S. Chen, and H. Y. Yang*, ACS nano, 11, 8628, (2017).
  • ‘3D nitrogen-doped graphene foam with encapsulated germanium quantum dot@nitrogen-doped graphene yolk-shell nanoarchitecture as a ultra-high rate and cycle-stable anode for flexible lithium ion batteries’, R. W. Mo, D. Rooney, K. N. Sun and H. Y. Yang*, Nature Communication,13949, (2017).
  • ‘Carbon nanotube membranes with ultrahigh specific adsorption capacity for water desalination and purification’, H. Y. Yang*, Z. J. Han, S. F. Yu, K. L. Pey, K. Ostrikov, R. Karnik, Nature Communications, 4, 2220 (2013). (This paper has been selected by The Latest Science (www.thelatestscience.com) as the paper of the month.)