The Antennas and scattering processing Laboratory is a Research Laboratory established in December 1999. Within the Laboratory housed a new world-class Compact Range facility for the measurement of antenna radiation patterns and target radar cross sections. It was officially opened by the Chief Defence Scientist and Chairman of DSO National Laboratories, Professor Lui Pao Chuen, and Deputy Vice Chancellor of NUS, Professor Hang Chang Chieh on 18 January 2000.

The development of this facility, officially known as the Compact Range, is the beginning of a string of joint efforts between MINDEF and NUS to capitalise on the strong partnership between the two institutions. These joint efforts leverage on the respective strengths of MINDEF and NUS to achieve the objectives of introducing cutting-edge technologies to our national defence system as well as to propel our academic standard to a greater height.

The objectives of this development are:
1. To support the Ministry of Defence in their advanced development work
2. To support the development of local InfoCom industry in antenna design and development as well as in propagation study.
3. To support the development of local aerospace industry in aircraft design and development
4. To raise the academic standards of NUS.
5. To encourage collaborative work between NUS staff and regional and international research institutions.
6. To attract more world-class talents to come to work in Singapore in the area of RF, Microwaves and Communications.

Research Activities

Current Research Programmes include:
i.    Research and development of conformal, low back-scattering microstrip array antennas.
ii.   Research and development of large-scale antenna arrays.
iii.  Research and development of miniature antennas.
iv.  Development of fast algorithms for the computations of electromagnetic scattering.
v.   Research and development of antenna radomes.

The Compact Range facility is opened not only to MINDEF and NUS users, but also to users from other research institutions and public/commercial companies.
The rates and availability of the facility can be accessed at this web site.
Potential collaborative work are also welcomed.

Please email Prof Chen Xudong at elechenx@nus.edu.sg for further discussions.

Rates

For NUS and Affiliations:
i.    Utilizing Department Fund: SGD$ 500/- per day.
ii.   Utilizing Research Grant: SGD$ 1000/- per day.
iii.  For utilizing other Grants: SGD$ 2000/- per day.

For Private Companies:
Daily rental charged at USD$ 2000/- per day.

Please email Anders Neo at andersneo@nus.edu.sg for booking enquiries.

Contact Information

Support Staff: Mr. Neo Hong Keem

Email: andersneo@nus.edu.sg

Contact Number: 6516 4529

Lab Location

National University of Singapore

College of Design and Engineering

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Block E4A, Level 1, Room 9

Engineering Drive 1

Singapore 117582