Dr. Choo Jian Huei, Deputy Head of Design Factory at SIT, is a Mechanical Engineer by training, and a Tribologist at heart. Using design thinking, Dr. Choo has conducted training for many young and budding engineers to learn to create solutions from multi-disciplinary perspectives. Although he wears an engineer’s viewing glass, he strongly believes that design thinking can be applied to any discipline, bringing people of various backgrounds together to challenge current assumptions of how people interact with products or services, and to critically evaluate their ability to serve the needs of people.

Dr. Aaron Goh has a primary interest in the structure-property-function relationships of materials. He holds a BEng and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London and his work experience includes being a Material Scientist at Unilever R&D. His achievements include the Research Fellowship from the Royal Commission of 1851 Exhibition as well as a Young Scientist Award from the American Association of Cereal Chemists International Rheology Division.

Dr. Kyrin is a lecturer with the Engineering cluster, leading courses such as Engineering Maths and Mechanics over a number of programmes, including aircraft systems engineering (ASE), and Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Engineering (MDME). She graduated in 2014 from the National University of Singapore with a Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, where her thesis work was conducted in conjunction with surgeons from the National University Hospital (NUH). Her research expertise lies mainly in biomechanics studies, with the specific use of finite element and computational fluid dynamics analyses to aid clinicians with surgical planning. She has spent close to a decade working closely with reconstructive and hand surgeons in an effort to improve patient outcomes.

Dr Steven Tay obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University of South Australia in 2013, centred in the area of off-peak thermal energy storage system for refrigeration systems. He played a leading role in the development of patented technology leading to inexpensive thermal storage, and conducted research on novel approaches to designing and optimising Phase Change Material storage systems. These innovations coupled with successful commercialisation have won the highly esteemed ANSTO Eureka Prize for Innovative Use of Technology and Australian Institute of Refrigeration Air conditioning and Heating Research Excellence Award.

In 2012, he was awarded a three-year Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, focusing on high temperature phase change thermal energy storage system for concentrated solar power plant applications. He has authored or co-authored more than 50 journal and conference papers, 1 Book and 1 Book Chapter. He was awarded the 2016 Sir George Julius Medal for his paper which demonstrated how phase change materials can be used to reduce energy for cooling buildings. His Google Scholar citation data gives an H-index of 25, citations over 3,200.  

Dr Tay is a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy with over 10 years of teaching experience in mechanical design, thermodynamics and heat transfer, project management and energy. He also has over 10 years of industry experience in mechanical design, primarily in automated systems, jigs and fixtures and semiconductor equipment. All these experiences, together with his research works have expanded his knowledge and capability to relate engineering in a holistic approach to students.

Associate Professor Eugene Wong is the Director of Programmes for the Engineering Cluster at the Singapore Institute of Technology. He obtained his PhD in Engineering and BEng in Mechanical Engineering with a Specialisation in Materials Engineering in Design from the National University of Singapore in 2008 and 2003 respectively. Eugene is also the Deputy Head for the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC) Hub @ SIT. His research interests are in the areas of additive manufacturing, lightweight composite materials and microwave processing of materials.