S.K. Chou obtained a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Singapore, and a D.E.A. and Dr-Ing. from the Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Arts et Metiers, Paris, under a French government scholarship. He joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, as a lecturer, in 1980. From 1990 to 1992, he was seconded to the Science Council of Singapore as its executive director and then to the National Science and Technology Board, the predecessor agency of A*STAR, as its founding executive director. In 1991, NSTB launched Singapore’s first national technology plan. In 1992, he helped establish the NUS Industry and Technology Relations Office (INTRO), and was its director from 1992 to 2000. In 1995, he helped found the NUS Technology Holdings Pte Ltd (NUSH), a wholly-owned NUS company responsible for seeding new technology start-ups from university research and inventions. He held the position of managing director of NUSH from 1995 to 2001. He was Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NUS, from 1998 to 2003, and Vice-Dean (External and Industry Relations) of the Faculty of Engineering from 2003 to 2008. Between 2007 and 2017, he was the founding executive director of the NUS Energy Studies Institute.
S.K. Chou is an Honorary Fellow and President Emeritus of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore, and a Fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, the Singapore Academy of Engineering, the ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology, the Energy Institute, UK, and the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations. Prof Chou is credited with designing the Envelope Thermal Transfer Value (ETTV) and the Residential Envelope Transmittance Value (RETV) energy standards used today in the Singapore Green Mark building certification scheme. He is an editor of the Elsevier published journal, Applied Energy, and serves on the editorial board of Advances in Applied Energy.
Qualification
B.Eng., University of Singapore.
Dip. D’Etudes Approfondies (DEA), Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Arts et Metiers, Paris.
Docteur-Ingenieur (Dr-Ing.), Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Arts et Metiers, Paris.
Modules Taught
ME4223 Thermal Environmental Engineering
ME4227 Internal Combustion Engines
ME4226 Energy and Thermal Systems
ME5205 Energy Engineering
Research Interests: energy performance of buildings and thermal performance of building envelopes; thermal energy conversion; micro thrusters and propulsion for application in micro satellites; combustion at the micro scale; and MEMS for portable power.
Selected Publications
- He, Z., Hong, T., &Â Chou, S.K. (2021). A framework for estimating the energy-saving potential of occupant behaviour improvement. APPLIED ENERGY, 287, 1 April 2021. doi: /10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116591.
- Riaz, F., Lee, P.S., & Chou, S.K. (2020). Thermal modelling and optimization of low-grade waste heat driven ejector refrigeration system incorporating a direct ejector model. APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING, 167, 25 February 2020. doi: 1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.114710.
- Chou, S.K., Costanza, R., Earis, P., Hubacek, K., Li, B.L., Lu, Y., Span, R., Wang, H., Wu, J., Wu, Y., & Yan, J.J. (2018). Priority areas at the frontiers of ecology and energy. ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY, Vol. 4, 2018, 243-246. doi: 1080/20964129.2018.1538665
- Ranjan, R., Karthikeyan, K., Riaz, F., & Chou, S.K. (2018). Cold gas propulsion microthruster for feed gas utilization in micro satellites. APPLIED ENERGY, 220, 921-933. doi:1016/j.apenergy.2018.03.040
- An, H., Yang, W., Li, J., Maghbouli, A., Chua, K. J., & Chou, S. K. (2014). A numerical modeling on the emission characteristics of a diesel engine fueled by diesel and biodiesel blend fuels. APPLIED ENERGY, 130, 458-465. doi:1016/j.apenergy.2014.01.004
- Lee, Y. J., Lee, P. S., & Chou, S. K. (2013). Numerical Study of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in the Enhanced Microchannel With Oblique Fins. JOURNAL OF HEAT TRANSFER-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 135(4), 10 pages. doi:1115/1.4023029
- Karthikeyan, K., Chou, S. K., Khoong, L. E., Tan, Y. M., Lu, C. W., & Yang, W. M. (2012). Low temperature co-fired ceramic vaporizing liquid microthruster for microspacecraft applications. APPLIED ENERGY, 97, 577-583. doi:1016/j.apenergy.2011.11.078
- Chou, S. K., Yang, W. M., Chua, K. J., Li, J., & Zhang, K. L. (2011). Development of micro power generators – A review. APPLIED ENERGY, 88(1), 1-16. doi:1016/j.apenergy.2010.07.010
- Li, J., Chou, S. K., Li, Z. W., & Yang, W. M. (2010). Experimental investigation of porous media combustion in a planar micro-combustor. FUEL, 89(3), 708-715. doi:1016/j.fuel.2009.06.026
- Chou, S. K., Yang, W. M., Li, J., & Li, Z. W. (2010). Porous media combustion for micro thermophotovoltaic system applications. APPLIED ENERGY, 87(9), 2862-2867. doi:1016/j.apenergy.2009.06.039
- Li, J., Chou, S. K., Li, Z. W., & Yang, W. M. (2009). Characterization of wall temperature and radiation power through cylindrical dump micro-combustors. COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 156(8), 1587-1593. doi:1016/j.combustflame.2009.05.003
- Zhang, K. L., Chou, S. K., Ang, S. S., & Tang, X. S. (2005). A MEMS-based solid propellant microthruster with Au/Ti igniter. SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL, 122(1), 113-123. doi:1016/j.sna.2005.04.021
- Li, Z. W., Chou, S. K., Shu, C., & Yang, W. M. (2005). Entropy generation during microcombustion. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 97(8), 8 pages. doi:1063/1.1876573
- Yang, W. M., Chou, S. K., Shu, C., Li, Z. W., & Xue, H. (2004). A prototype microthermophotovoltaic power generator. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 84(19), 3864-3866. doi:10.1063/1.1751614