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Christopher Yap is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on engineering and medicine. The main areas of study include mechanical engineering, surgery, computational mechanics, and rheumatology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach.

Their work addresses a variety of topics, including heat transfer and boiling studies, heat transfer and optimization, fluid dynamics and thin films, heat transfer mechanisms, anorectal disease treatments and outcomes, pelvic floor disorders treatments, and diverticular disease and complications.

Christopher Yap has contributed to several publications in notable venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Applied Thermal Engineering
  • European Journal of Medical Research

Among their recent research papers are the following:

  • "Comparative Study of the Flow Boiling Performance of the Hybrid Microchannel-Microgap Heat Sink with Conventional Straight Microchannel and Microgap Heat Sinks" (2020) published in the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • "A tapered inlet/outlet flow manifold for planar, air-cooled oblique-finned heat sink" (2020) published in Applied Thermal Engineering
  • "Is the ligation of the intersphincteric fistula tract (LIFT) procedure truly a sphincter preserving procedure for anal fistula? A scoping review of the literature" (2025) published in the European Journal of Medical Research

Collaboration has been a part of their research process, with frequent co-authors including Poh Seng Lee, John Mathew, Tianqing Wu, Omer Bugra Kanargi, and Jin Min Shermin Tan. This indicates a network of cooperation spanning their multiple research interests.

Best Publications

  • Turbulent heat and momentum transfer in recirculating and impinging flows

    Christopher R. Yap

  • Experimental investigation of the performance and emission characteristics of direct injection diesel engine by water emulsion diesel under varying engine load condition

    M. Ebna Alam Fahd;Yang Wenming;P.S. Lee;S.K. Chou

  • Transient modeling of a two-bed silica gel–water adsorption chiller

    Hui Chua;K.C. Ng;W. Wang;C. Yap

  • Experimental investigation on activated carbon–ethanol pair for solar powered adsorption cooling applications

    I. I. El-Sharkawy;I. I. El-Sharkawy;B. B. Saha;S. Koyama;J. He

  • Thermal characteristics of tree-shaped microchannel nets for cooling of a rectangular heat sink

    Xiang-Qi Wang;Arun S. Mujumdar;Christopher Yap

  • Numerical investigation of water cooling for a lithium-ion bipolar battery pack

    Wei Tong;Karthik Somasundaram;Erik Birgersson;Arun S. Mujumdar

  • A parametric study of phase change material (PCM)-based heat sinks

    Xiang-Qi Wang;Christopher Yap;Arun S. Mujumdar

  • Effect of orientation for phase change material (PCM)-based heat sinks for transient thermal management of electric components

    Xiang-Qi Wang;Arun S. Mujumdar;Christopher Yap

  • The maximum temperature difference and polar characteristic of two-stage thermoelectric coolers

    X. C. Xuan;Kim Choon Ng;C. Yap;H. T. Chua

  • Thermo-electrochemical model for forced convection air cooling of a lithium-ion battery module

    Wei Tong;Karthik Somasundaram;Erik Birgersson;Arun S. Mujumdar

  • Experimental investigation of local flow boiling heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics in microgap channel

    Tamanna Alam;Poh Seng Lee;Christopher R. Yap;Liwen Jin

  • Synthesis of mesoporous titanium dioxide by soft template based approach: characterization and application in dye-sensitized solar cells

    Satyanarayana Reddy Gajjela;Krishnamoorthy Ananthanarayanan;Christopher Yap;Michael Grätzel

  • Isotherms and thermodynamics for the adsorption of n-butane on pitch based activated carbon

    Bidyut Baran Saha;Anutosh Chakraborty;Shigeru Koyama;Seong Ho Yoon

  • Flow and thermal characteristics of offset branching network

    Xiang-Qi Wang;Peng Xu;Peng Xu;Arun S. Mujumdar;Christopher Yap

  • A general model for studying effects of interface layers on thermoelectric devices performance

    X.C Xuan;K.C Ng;C Yap;H.T Chua

  • Numerical Analysis of Blockage and Optimization of Heat Transfer Performance of Fractal-like Microchannel Nets

    Xiang-Qi Wang;Arun S. Mujumdar;Christopher Yap

  • Maximum mass flow ratio due to secondary flow choking in an ejector refrigeration system

    S.K. Chou;P.R. Yang;C. Yap

  • Effect of bifurcation angle in tree-shaped microchannel networks

    Xiang-Qi Wang;Arun S. Mujumdar;Christopher Yap

  • Optimization of two-stage thermoelectric coolers with two design configurations

    X.C Xuan;K.C Ng;C Yap;H.T Chua

  • Effects of surface roughness on flow boiling in silicon microgap heat sinks

    Tamanna Alam;Poh Seng Lee;Christopher R. Yap

Frequent Co-Authors

Kim Choon Ng
Kim Choon Ng King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Hui Tong Chua
Hui Tong Chua University of Western Australia
Palani Balaya
Palani Balaya National University of Singapore
Bidyut Baran Saha
Bidyut Baran Saha Kyushu University
Peng Xu
Peng Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ibrahim I. El-Sharkawy
Ibrahim I. El-Sharkawy University of Sharjah
Shigeru Koyama
Shigeru Koyama Kyushu University
Michael Grätzel
Michael Grätzel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Seong Ho Yoon
Seong Ho Yoon Kyushu University
Xiaolin Wang
Xiaolin Wang University of Tasmania

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