Experience

BroadTech Engineering Pte Ltd

• Singapore
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal Consultant

  • May 2019 - Present

  TRAINER, CONSULTANT, BUSINESS PLANNING TRAINER, CONSULTANT, BUSINESS PLANNING



Ngee Ann Polytechnic

• Singapore
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research and Development Specialist at the Centre of Innovation Marine and Offshore Technology

  • Dec 2011 - May 2019

  • As Research Specialist, leading multi-year consultancy and R&D projects worth 6-figure grants at the Centre of Innovation Marine and Offshore Technology. Managing team of up to 2 people across end-to-end process, from research proposal to funding application to project management and execution.• Responsible for data collection and generation as Research Specialist, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and final research conclusions. Guiding team members to conduct experiments in lab environment.• Supervising final-year student projects, defining project scopes, teaching practical research methodologies, and advising on project direction for 2-3 students a year.• Supporting education administration across areas such as organising community service, internal initiatives on manpower development.SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS AND PROJECTS• Successfully led 3-year research project as Research Specialist/Lead Investigator on energy-efficient ship design (“Reduction of energy demand by reducing resistance of ships by fitting bow wings”), resulting in following accolades:- Top Project Award in the Singapore Maritime Institute Research Competition 2016- Patent “A Hull Appendage” WO/2013/162474 was awarded for the project• Published in globally leading ship research journal (“Journal of Ship Research”) and presented at International Conference on Marine Technology for 3-year research project on drag reduction of ships (“Development of air lubrication technique for drag reduction of ships”)• Awarded Staff Excellence Award 2015 Community Service and Engagement AwardFor my full Research Specialist CV, please email me at bhat_nikhil@yahoo.com



National University of Singapore

• Singapore
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering

  • Jun 2006 - Dec 2011

  • As Research Specialist, led multi-year R&D projects worth 6-figure grants at the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Managed 1 design and development officer across end-to-end process.• Supervising final-year student projects, defining project scopes, teaching practical research methodologies, and advising on project direction for 2 students a year.SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS AND PROJECTS• Drove 3-year research project as lead investigator on project to design a high-performance air bearing surface, funded by MOE. The project continued to receive commercial interest from a technology matchmaker company in Japan as recently as 2018.For my full Research Specialist CV, please email me at bhat_nikhil@yahoo.com