Staff Profile

Biography

Dr. Victor Bong graduated with First Class Honors in Mechanical Engineering from Swinburne University of Technology. He was the Project Engineer of a local engineering start-up specializing in various water treatment systems processes, surface coating technologies, and Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) assessments prior to pursuing his postgraduate studies.

He was conferred PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Swinburne University of Technology with his thesis entitled “Fundamental Study of Heat Transport by Phonons and Electrons in Semiconductors at Micro and Nanoscale”, following which he joined the university as a Research Fellow and Lecturer. He is also a CIDB Certified BIM Trainer, and a Qualified MyCREST Facilitator.

Dr. Victor is an active member of ASHRAE and IEM, having served in the ASHRAE Malaysia Chapter and Kuching Section committees, and as the Chairman of the IEM Sarawak Branch Graduate and Student Section.

His research interests include nanoscale heat conduction, Building Information Modelling, sustainable built environments, and heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR).

Research Interests

• Nanoscale Heat Conduction by Electrons and Phonons
• Building Information Modelling (BIM)
• Sustainable Built Environment
• Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVACR)

Professional Memberships

• Graduate Member, Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM)
• Graduate Member, Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM)
• Member, Student Branch Advisor, ASHRAE

PhD/Master by Research Opportunity

Potential research higher degree candidates are welcome to enquire about postgraduate opportunities in the areas listed above. Please email vnsbong@swinburne.edu.my for more information

Awards 

• Highly Commended – Swinburne Vice-Chancellor’s Engagement Award (Industry Engagement) 2019
• Best Paper (Physics and Materials) – Victor N-S Bong, Basil T. Wong, “A Study of Phonon Anisotropic Scattering Effect on Thermal Conductivity at Nanoscale,” International Conference on Applied Sciences & Industrial Technology, Grand Lexis, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, 24-26 February 2015.

Publications

• Khoshdelnezamiha, S.C. Liew, Victor N-S Bong and Dominic E-L Ong, “Evaluation of BIM Application for Water Efficiency Assessment”, Journal of Green Building, 15(4), pp.91-115. (DOI: 10.3992/jgb.15.4.91)
• Khoshdelnezamiha, S.C. Liew, Victor N-S Bong and Dominic E-L Ong, “A BIM-Based Automated Assessment Tool for Green Building Index”, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 943, No. 1, p. 012059), 1st Borneo Building Information Modelling (BIM) Symposium, Curtin University, Miri, Malaysia, 6 – 7 December 2019. (DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/943/1/012059)
• G Khoshdelnezamiha, SC Liew, Victor N-S Bong and Dominic E-L Ong, “BIM-based Approach for Green Buildings in Malaysia”, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science(Vol. 268, No. 1, p. 012052), International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Green Technology – SEGT 2018, Double Tree by Hilton Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 11 – 14 December 2018. (DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/268/1/012052)
• Japheth Z-J Lau, Victor N-S Bong, and Basil T. Wong, “Parametric Investigation of Nano-gap Thermophotovoltaic Energy Conversion”, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Vol. 171, 2016, pp. 39-49 (11 pages). (DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2015.11.023)
• J-J Lai, Victor N-S Bong, Basil T. Wong and Khameel B. Mustapha, “Modeling of Light Propagation and Phonon Conduction inside Metallic Nanoparticles Enhanced Thin-Film Solar Cells”, Journal of Nano Research, Vol. 38, 2016, pp. 26-35 (10 pages). (DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/JNanoR.38.26)
• Victor N-S Bong and Basil T. Wong, “The Effect of Phonon Anisotropic Scattering on the Thermal Conductivity of Silicon Thin Films at 300K and 400K”, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Vol. 88, 2016, pp. 41-46 (6 pages). (DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2015.09.010)
• Basil T. Wong, J-J Lai, Victor N-S Bong, and Khameel B. Mustapha, “Coupled Photon-Electron-Phonon Transport inside Metallic Nanoparticles-Enhanced Thin-Film Solar Cells”, Special Session 4, Alternatives Energy (SS4), 11^th International Conferences on Diffusion in Solids and Liquids – DSL 2015, Munich, Germany, 22-26 June 2015.
• Victor N-S Bong and Basil T. Wong, “A Study of Phonon Anisotropic Scattering Effect on Thermal Conductivity at Nanoscale”, AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 1674, No. 1, p. 020016), International Conference on Applied Sciences & Industrial Technology – ICASIT 2015, Grand Lexis, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, 24-26 February 2015. (DOI: 10.1063/1.4928833) (Awarded the “Best Paper Award in Physics and Materials Symposium”)
• Victor N-S Bong and Basil T. Wong, “Prediction of Thermal Conductivity of Silicon Nanowires via Phonon Monte Carlo Simulation: Exact Treatment of Cylindrical Boundary”, AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 1674, No. 1, p. 020017), International Conference on Applied Sciences & Industrial Technology – ICASIT 2015, Grand Lexis, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, 24-26 February 2015. (DOI: 10.1063/1.4928834)
• Victor N-S Bong and Basil T. Wong, “Solution of the Boltzmann Transport Equation of Phonon Transport via Speed-Up Transient Monte Carlo Method using Reference Temperature”, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, Vol. 66, Issue 3, 2014, pp. 281-306 (26 pages). (DOI: 10.1080/10407790.2014.901005)
• Basil T. Wong, Mathieu Francoeur, Victor N-S Bong and M. Pınar Mengüç, “Coupling of Near-Field Thermal Radiative Heating and Phonon Monte Carlo Simulation: Assessment of Temperature Gradient in n-Doped Silicon Thin Film”, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Vol. 143, 2014, pp. 46-55 (10 pages). (DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2013.09.002)