Dr. Chong has an established background in many different areas of fluid dynamics and turbulence research - work which includes flow visualisation, data acquisition using flying hot-wire techniques, coherent structures in coflowing jets and wakes, critical point theory and its application to complex three-dimensional eddying motions, modelling of wall turbulence using attached eddies and the use of the invariants of the velocity gradient tensor to classify and study the fine scale motions of turbulence.

Dr. Chong is currently carrying out measurements in a high Reynolds number boundary layer wind tunnel in an attempt to find correct form of the scaling laws for high Reynolds number turbulent flows. The correct form of these scaling laws is crucial, as the aerodynamic design of aircrafts, ships and submarines depend on the accurate knowledge of the such scaling laws.

He is also working with Dr. Julio Soria, Mechanical Engineering Department, Monash University, in the development of a large water tunnel, particle-image-velocimetry, and three-dimensional optical/holographic flow field velocimetry facility.