Academic Profile : Faculty

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Asst Prof Ho Jin Yao
Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
 
 
HO Jin Yao joined the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering on 27 December 2021 as Assistant Professor, under the ThermoFluids & Marine Engineering Cluster.

Dr Ho obtained his Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Engineering and Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering in 2010, 2014 and 2019 respectively, from Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He had worked for Defense Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) as a Project Engineer in Air System Division from June 2010 to September 2011, and as a Mechanical Engineer for WSP Consultancy Pte Ltd from September 2011 to June 2015. He was Research Associate at MAE’s Heat Transfer Laboratory and Singapore Center for 3D Printing (SC3DP) from June 2015 to July 2019 and was subsequently appointed as Research Fellow from July 2019 to February 2020. Between March 2020 and December 2021, he undertook his postdoctoral training in the Energy Transport Research Laboratory at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).

Dr Ho is a Registered Professional Engineer (Mechanical) in Singapore and his research interests focuses on the development of advanced thermal devices to enhance condensation and anti-frosting, boiling and evaporation, and anti-corrosion and anti-fouling. The research in his group also focuses on the development of new surface engineering strategies to promote interfacial transport of heat and mass, and the development of new organic micro/nanocomposite materials for the thermal management of lithium-ion batteries.
Condensation, boiling, frosting, fouling, interfacial transport, micro/nanofabrication, additive manufacturing, phase change materials, battery thermal management
 
  • CCF CALT Sub-Project 2B- Thermal management of high-power laser diode package
  • CCF CALT Sub-Project 5- Exploratory studies on advanced thermal solutions for high power semiconductor device
  • Macrometric-nanometric co-design of metal additively manufactured materials for enhanced liquid-vapor phase transition
  • Development of next-generation organic micro/nanocomposites for ultrafast co-thermoregulation of lithium-ion batteries
  • Project Nile: Two-Phase Flow Cooling
  • Development of next-generation metal additively manufactured heat pipes for high-heat-flux motor cooling
  • Achieving omniphobicity on metal additively manufactured materials for enhanced interfacial transport
  • Ultrascalable superhydrophobic smart cooling coil for high-efficient air dehumidification and reduced air-side pressure drop
  • Scalable Corrosion Resistance and Anti-Fouling Strategies for Advanced Metal Additive Manufactured Thermal Devices
  • Development of forced convection air-cooled heat sink for ultra-high-heat flux motor cooling
  • Project Apex
Fellowships & Other Recognition
• College of Engineering (CoE) International Postdoctoral Fellowship (IPF), 2019
• Tan Chin Tuan Exchange Fellowship in Engineering, 2024
 
Courses Taught
MA3003 - Heat Transfer
MA1008 - Introduction to Computational Thinking
RE1018 - Introductory Thermal Sciences, Electricity and Magnetism
MA3071 - P3.27 - Thermal Radiation
 
Supervision of PhD Students
PhD students
• Leymus Lum Yong Xiang (2022- )
• Zhao Huanyu (2022 - )
• Wang Xinrui (2023 - )
• Ye Hanyang (2023 - )
• He Zhixiang (2024 - )

MEng students
• Muhammad Noorazri Bin Samad (2024 - )

Postdoctoral research fellows
• Liu Pengfei (2023 - )
• Liang Huaxu (2023 - )
• Ee Yenjie (2024 - )
• Tong Wei (2024 - )
• Girishkumar Marri (2024 - )
• Wang Xuwen (2024 - )
• Barathula Venkata Sreeram Sarma (2024 - )

Project officers
• Muhammad Noorazri Bin Samad (Mar 2024 - Jun 2024)