A/Prof. Lan Boon Leong
Head of Discipline (ECSE)
School of Engineering
lan.boon.leong@monash.edu
+603 5514 6214
Room 2-4-32
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Personal statement
A/Prof Lan’s main research interests are in Biomedical Engineering and the Dynamics of Quantum Systems. His research has been funded by FRGS grants and highlighted in the media. Some of the media coverage include NST, Phys Org and The Star. He was awarded a TWAS-Unesco Associateship at the University of the Republic in Uruguay, where he was a visiting professor. For education, he received the Engineering Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award - Special Commendation, and the Fuller Fund Award from the American Association of Physics Teachers.
Academic degrees
- Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, 1990
- Master in Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, 1989
Professional affiliations
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Research Interests
Biomedical Engineering: mechanism and early warning of critical transition to disease state (cardiac arrhythmia, seizure); gait dynamics in neuro-degenerative disease; fall detection using AI; noise-enhanced balance
Nonlinear and Statistical Physics: dynamics of complex physical and biological systems
Quantum Physics: accuracy of standard approximations to relativistic quantum mechanics; relativistic quantum dynamics in novel materials
Research projects
Title: Biomedical Engineering
Mechanism and early warning of critical transition to disease state (cardiac arrhythmia, seizure); gait dynamics in neuro-degenerative disease; fall detection using AI; noise-enhanced balance
Title: Quantum Physics
Accuracy of standard approximations to relativistic quantum mechanics; relativistic quantum dynamics
Title: Nonlinear and Statistical Physics
Dynamics of complex physical and biological systems
Education
Units taught
PHS1002 - Physics for Engineering
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Local grants
- Reliable communication architecture for navigation and guidance of interconnected aerial vehicles, BL Lan (Co-I) with Joanne Lim (PI) et al., 2019-2022, CREST, RM401,625
- The use of noise in enhancing human somatosensory perception for an improved postural control during activities of daily living, BL Lan (Co-I) with A. A. Gopalai (PI) et al., 2016-2019, FRGS, MOHE, RM58,600
- Accuracy of standard approximations to relativistic quantum mechanics, BL Lan (PI), 2013-2016, FRGS, MOHE, RM78,000
- Comparison of Newtonian, special-relativistic and general-relativistic predictions for the motion of chaotic dynamical systems, BL Lan (PI), 2010-2013, FRGS, MOHE, RM52,000
Current supervision
Liew Yew Wai
Mechanism of critical transition to disease state
2015
Monash University Malaysia
Local Award/Recognition/Exhibition/Stewardship
- Engineering Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching - Faculty of Engineering, 2006
- Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award - Special Commendation - Monash University, 2005
- TWAS-UNESCO Associate - TWAS_UNESCO, 2011-2014