Research Staff

  Adrian Teo Jian Tong
Research Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2017
Research Area: Micro-Systems
Research Interests: Microfluidics, Biotechnology, MEMS
Supervisor:  Associate Professor Li King Ho, Holden
Alger Ang Wei Jiat
Project Officer
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2024
Research Area: Micro-Systems & Optics
Research Interests: Microfluidics, Lab-on-a-chip
Supervisor:  Associate Professor Marcos
Andrew Barnes
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, University of Strathclyde, 2023
Research Area: Thermo-Fluid & Energy 
Research Interests: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Aeroacoustics, Blade Engineering, Wind Energy 
Archit Krishna Kamath
Research Associate
Qualifications: MSc, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 2018
Research Area: Robotics and Automation
Research Interests: Nonlinear and Modern Control Theory, Sliding mode Control, Vision Guided Quadrotor Control, Real-time Control Implementation
Bai Lu
Research Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2020
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Control theory, distributed optimization, multi-task learning, evolutionary multi-task optimization
Supervisor: Assistant Professor Mir Feroskhan
Bijeesh Meethale Mangalassery 
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, 2018
Research Area: Micro-Systems & Optics
Research Interests: Nonlinear optics, Biophysics, Optical Microscopy, Carbon nanostructures, photothermal microscopy
Cai Zhisong
Research Associate
Qualifications:  MSc, Nanyang Technological University, 2023
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Soft Robotics, Soft Gripper
Chen Junyu
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Tsinghua University, 2023
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Shape memory alloys; Elastocaloric effect; Phase transformation; Heterogeneous materials; Fatigue
Chen Keqi
Research Associate
Qualifications:  MEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2023
Research Area: Industrial Eng & Design
Research Interests: Multimodal human-computer interaction
Chen Mei
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Peking University, 2019
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: Liquid crystal/polymer composites, smart soft materials, 3D and 4D printing
Supervisor: Professor Zhou Kun
Chen Yingrong
Project Officer
Qualifications: Msc, Nanyang Technological University, 2022
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Mechatronic Design and Configuration
Cheng Weixia
Research Associate
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2023
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Ultrasound, Ground-penetrating radar, corrosion
Chng Choon Peng
Research Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: PhD, The University of Tokyo, 2008
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Cellular biomechanics, Soft matter mechanics, Computational modeling of biological systems 
Supervisor:  Assistant Professor Huang Changjin

Chong Bing Sheng
Project Officer
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2019
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Robotics, Machine Learing
Supervisor: Professor Hirotaka Sato

Christine Teh Chin Ying
Project Manager
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: PhD, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 2018
Research Area: Aerospace
Research Interests: Fuzzy system, artificial intelligence, mathematics modelling, data-driven optimization and machine learning
Supervisor: Professor James Wang
Chua Yu Sheng
Research Assistant
Qualifications: BEng, National University of Singapore, 2022
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: Clean Energy, Energy Storage, Metal and Ceramic, Laboratory experiments and Surface and Microstructures 
Cian Vyas
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, University of Manchester, 2019
Research Area: Biomedical
Research Interests: Biofabrication, biomaterials, 3D printing, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine 
Daryl Lim
Research Associate 
Qualifications: MEng, University of Southampton, 2020
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: Aerospace Materials, Additive Manufacturing, Materials Engineering,
Optics and Laser Engineering, Polymer Manufacturing
Deepak Sharma
Research Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: PhD, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2023
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: Functional materials, Mechanics of materials, Additive manufacturing, Bio-inspiration, Sustainable materials
Supervisor: Assistant Professor Hortense Le Ferrand
Ee Yen Jie
Research Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: PhD, Universiti Malaya, 2024
Research Area: Thermo-Fluid & Energy
Research Interests: Li-ion Battery, Battery Management System, Phase Change Materials, Fiber Sensors
Supervisor: Assistant Professor Ho Jin Yao
Fan Zifu
Project Officer
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2024
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Insect-machine hybrid system, Robotics
Supervisor: Professor Hirotaka Sato
Fei Jiping
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2023
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: Passive cooling, Solar Water Harvesting, Vapor Water Capturing, Optofluidic Design, Coating Development
Foong Sheng Kang Justin
Research Assistant
Qualifications:  BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2021
Research Area: Robotics and Automation
Research Interests: Robotics Design
Gong Lingyan
Project Officer
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: BEng, Wenzhou University, 2019
Research Area: Micro-Systems & Optics
Research Interests: Microfluidics, biosensors
Supervisor: Associate Professor Hou Han Wei
Greg Angelo Gonzales Nonato
Project Officer
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2023
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Insect-machine hybrid system, Robotics
Supervisor: Professor Hirotaka Sato
Gu Yuheng
Research Associate 
Qualifications: MSc, National University of Singapore, 2024
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: Passive cooling
Guo Yuanyuan
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2019
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: Batteries, Depositions and Characterizations
He Xiangkun
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Tsinghua University, 2019
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Decision and Control, Reinforcement Learning, Autonomous Vehicle, Robotics
He ZeZhou
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, University of Science and Technology of China, 2021
Research Area:  Mechanics
Research Interests: Micro/nano mechanics, Interface mechanics, Bioinspired materials, Material design, Multiscale simulations
Hendra Suratno Tju
Research Engineer II
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2008                      
Research Area: -
Research Interests: -
Supervisor:  Professor Chen I-Ming
Hou Boyuan
Project Officer
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2024
Research Area: Manufacturing
Research Interests: 3D printing, Compliant mechanism, Structure Design
Hsieh Meng-Hsueh
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, National Cheng Kung University, 2022
Research Area: Industrial Eng & Design
Research Interests:  Human factors, Usability evaluation, and User interface.
Hsu Thiri Zaw
Research Assistant
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2022
Research Area: Material
Research Interests:  Additive manufacturing, Material characterization, Biomedical devices
Huang Boyang
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, The University of Manchester, 2018
Research Area: Biomedical & Sports
Research Interests: 3D Printing, Biomanufacturing, Biomaterials, Regenerative Medicine, Tissue Engineering
Huang Hao
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2020
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: Catalysis,  Biomass conversion
Huang Shenglin
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 2023
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Crystal Plasticity, Additive Manufaturing Alloy, Non-equilibrium Phenomena, Data-Driven Modeling, Solid Mechanics
Supervisor: Professor Zhou Kun
Huang Wenhui 
Research Associate
Qualifications: MSc, Politecnico Di Milano (polimi), Italy, 2018
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Human factors, Virtual reality, ergonomics

 



Jin Zhenghong
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Northeastern University, 2023
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Distributed optimization and control, Source seeking, Nonlinear control, Unmanned System
John Hoh
Senior Research Engineer I
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2021
Research Area: Aerospace
Research Interests: Structural Composites, Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)
Ju Xiaofei
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, ENSTA-Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 2022
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Computational mechanics, Fatigue, Smart materials
Kanneeram Keerthi
Research Associate
Qualifications: PhD, ​Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 2023
Research Area: ​Micro-systems & Optics
Research Interests: ​Instrumentation, Laser Spectroscopy 
Kavishni Nanayakkara
Project Officer
Email: [email protected] 
Qualifications: BEng, BSocSci, Nanyang Technological University, 2024
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Biomechanics, Engineering in Biology, Design and Development of Biomedical Devices
Supervisor: Associate Professor Chou Siaw Meng
Kay Khine Maw
Research Associate
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: MEng, Nanyang Technological University , 2017
Research Area: Biomedical and sports
Research Interests: Microfluidics, Cells sorting, digital droplet PCR, Immune cells and platelet functions
Supervisor: Associate Professor Hou Han Wei
Kazuki Kai
Research Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: PhD, Nagasaki University, 2012
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Insect-machine hybrid system
Supervisor: Professor Hirotaka Sato

Koh Lee Heng Keith
Research Associate
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: BSci, National University of Singapore, 2012
Research Area: Micro-Systems & Optics
Research Interests: Digital Microfluidics, DMF, Biology, Fabrication
Supervisor: Associate Professor Li King Ho, Holden

Kwok Ming Fung Thomas
Research Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: PhD, National University of Singapore, 2023
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Robot design, Mechatronics, Physical human-robot interaction, Rehabilitation robotics
Supervisor: Dr Chow Wai Tuck
Le Duc Long
Research Fellow
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2017
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Bio-robotic, Hybrid system
Le Tan Phuc
Research Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2021
Research Area: Manufacturing
Research Interests: Additive Manufacturing, Embedded Systems, Automation
Supervisor: Professor Paulo Jorge Da Silva Bartolo
Leonardo Edgar
Research Assistant
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2021
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Motion planning, manipulation planning
Li Chunze
Research Associate
Qualifications: MSc, National University of Singapore, 2023
Research Area: Manufacturing
Research Interests: 3D Printing, Control
Li Lin
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2023
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Automated driving, Decision making, Motion prediction, Reinforcement learning, Deep learning

Li Qiang
Research Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: PhD, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 2023
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Titanium alloys, Metal matrix composites, Fracture mechanics, Additive Manurfacturing
Supervisor: Professor Upadrasta Ramamurty
Li Siyi
Research Assistant
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2022
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: AR Development and Metaverse
Li Xin
Principal Research Engineer/Chief Engineer
Qualifications: MEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2018
Research Area: Aerospace
Research Interests: Aircraft Design, Aircraft Production, Aircraft Type Certification, Airworthiness
Li Yang
Research Assistant
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2022
Research Area: Aerospace
Research Interests: Composite structure design
Li Zhi
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Brown University, 2023
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Hydrogen embrittlement, fracture mechanics, multiscale modelling, nanomechanics, heterostructured alloys 
Supervisor: Professor Zhou Kun
Lim Guo Yao
Research Engineer
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2021
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: Additive Manufacturing, Microstructures, Composites, Metal Alloys
Supervisor: Assistant Professor Lai Changquan 
Lim Cheng Le Gerald  ​
Project Officer
Email: [email protected] 
Qualifications: BEng, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 2020
Research Area: Biomedical
Research Interests: Healthcare, Biomedical, Sustainable, Low tech, low cost
Supervisor: Professor Phee Soo Jay, Louis​ 
Lim Zhi Jun​
Research Engineer
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2019
Research Area: Aerospace
Research Interests: Air Traffic Management, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Supervisor: Associate Professor Sameer Alam
Linghu Changhong
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2023
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Mechanics and Applications of Adaptable Interfacial Adhesion; Smart Soft Materials and Robotics; Flexible and Wearable Electronics; Contact, Adhesion and Fracture Mechanics; Mechanics of Materials
Liu Fei
Research Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: PhD, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 2022
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Micro-mechanical testing, Metals, Deformation behavior, 3D printing, Microstructure characterization

Supervisor: Professor Upadrasta Ramamurty

Liu Pengfei
Research Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2021
Research Area: Thermo-Fluid & Energy
Research Interests: Phase change heat transfer
Supervisor: Assistant Professor Ho Jin Yao, Associate Professor Wong Teck Neng
​ ​Liu Jiajun
Research Assistant
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: MSc, National University of Singapore, 2017
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Mechatronics, surgical robot
Supervisor: Professor Phee Soo Jay, Louis
Lok Wan Wei
Research Engineer 
Qualifications:  BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2021
Research Area: Micro-Systems & Optics
Research Interests: Microfluidic particles sorting techniques
Lou Baichuan
Research Associate
Qualifications: MEng, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2021
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Automated Driving, Nonlinear Dynamics, Multicopter Control
Lou Shanhe
Research Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: PhD, Zhejiang University, 2021
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Autonomous Vehicle, Mechanical Design Theory, Human-Machine Interaction 
Supervisor: Associate Professor Lyu Chen 
Lu Bing
Research Associate
Qualifications: M.Arch, University College London, 2024
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Soft Robotics; Adaptive Gripper; (also rehabilitative robots)
Maria Merin Antony
Research Associate
Qualifications: MSc, ​International School of Photonics, CUSAT, India, 2019
Research Area: ​Micro-systems & Optics
Research Interests: ​Optical and Spectral imaging, Nonlinear Optics, Fiber Sensors
Mo Xiaoyu
Wallenberg - NTU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2022
Research Area: ​Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: ​Autonomous driving, trajectory prediction, motion planning, artificial intelligence
Mohammad Zaidi Bin Ariffin 
Research Fellow
Qualifications:  PhD, BEng, Nanyang Technological University/University of Southampton (Joint), 2019
Research Area: Robotics & Automation 
Research Interests: Automation, Sensors, haptics demonstration 
Moses James Paul
Research Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: PhD, UNSW Sydney, 2023
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Mechanical behavior of Materials, Fracture and Fatigue behaviour, Additive Manufacturing, Ferrous and Non-ferrous Alloys, Material Characterization
Supervisor: Professor Upadrasta Ramamurty
​​
Nayar Raunaq
Research Associate
Qualifications: MSc, Nanyang Technological University, 2018
Research Area: Robotic & Automation
Research Interests: Robotics, Control systems, Data Analysis, Data Science, Digital Design
Ng Chin Siang
Project Officer
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2020
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: 4D Printing, Shape Memory Polymers, Vat Photopolymerization
Supervisor:  Associate Professor Su Pei-Chen
Nguyen Huu Duoc, Davis
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2022
Research Area: Robotic & Automation
Research Interests: Insect-machine hybrid system, biohybrid system, autonomous navigation, locomotion control, insect-scale mobile robots
Nimrod Lilith
Senior Research Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: PhD, University of South Australia, 2006
Research Area: Aerospace
Research Interests: Machine learning, Artificial Intelligence, Metaheuristic optimisation, Remote airport towers, Air traffic control
Supervisor: Associate Professor Sameer Alam
​
Ong Hong Boon
Project Officer
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: BSc, Northumbria University, 2020
Research Area: Micro-systems & Optics 
Research Interests: Microfluidic cell separation techniques
Supervisor:   Associate Professor Hou Han Wei  
Peng Weixiang 
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2022
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Structural morphology, Mechanical Simulation, Multilayer materials
Qian Xuliang
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Brown University, 2022
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Biomechanics, Nanomechanics, Self-assembly, Cell-nanomaterial Interactions
Quah Tan Kai Noel
Project Officer
Email:  [email protected] 
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2017
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Neural Networks, Sensors, Computer Vision, Robotics, Feedback Systems 
Supervisor: Associate Professor Li King Ho
Samuel Lee Zhuo Han
Project Officer
Email: [email protected] 
Qualifications: BSc, National University of Singapore, 2021
Research Area: Manufacturing
Research Interests: Materials Science, 3D Printing, Materials testing
Supervisor: Professor Yeong Wai Yee
Seah Hui Ling
Project Officer 
Qualifications: BSc, Nanyang Technological University, 2020
Research Area: Micro-Systems & Optics
Research Interests: Microfluidic separation techniques for exosomes 
See To Yu Xiang
Research Assistant
Qualifications: Diploma, Singapore Polytechnic, 2017
Research Area: Robotic & Automation
Research Interests: Motion control and analysis of cyborg insect
​​Soh Wee Keong Eugene
Project Officer
Email: [email protected]​
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2020
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: Sustainability in materials 
Supervisor:  Associate Professor Hortense Le Ferrand 
Song Kewei
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Waseda University, 2023
Research Area: Manufacturing
Research Interests: Robotics, Micro-nano Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing, Electronic devices
Sreekanth Perumbilavil
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Tampere University, Finland, 2018
Research Area: Microsystems and Optics
Research Interests:  Nonlinear Optics, Nanoscale lasers, Nanofabrication, Ultrafast Process, Material Science
Sugandhana Shanmuganathan
Research Associate
Qualifications: MSc, Nanyang Technological University, 2023
Research Area: Robotic & Automation
Research Interests: Robotics in Industrialization, Advanced Manufacturing Processes
​Tan Pei Yen
Research Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2015
Research Area: Thermo-Fluid & Energy
Research Interests: Bacterial transport
Supervisor: Associate Professor Marcos
Tan Runjia
Research Associate
Qualifications: MSc, Nanyang Technological University, 2022
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Sim-to-Real Reinforcement Learning on robot,
Human-Robot-Interaction application
Teoh Jia Heng
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, National University of Singapore, 2022
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: 3D Printing
Tran Thu Ha
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2021
Research Area:  Materials
Research Interests: Electroless Plating, Nanomaterials
​ ​Venkata Siva Gummaluri 
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Indian Institute of Technology, 2018
Research Area: Micro-Systems and Optics
Research Interests: Random lasers, Raman spectroscopy, Plasmonics and Nano-optics 
Virendra Kumar Verma
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Kyushu University, 2020
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, Fatigue, Hydrogen Embrittlement, Material Characterization.
Vo Tran Vy Khanh
Senior Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, National University of Singapore, 2020
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: Electromechanical transducers, Sensors and Actuators design, Structural Health Monitoring, Smart-materials-based systems, 3D printing technologies..
​ Wan Wei Yang
Research Engineer
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2018
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: Electroless Plating
Wang Kang
Research Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: PhD, Zhejiang University, 2021
Research Area: Industrial Eng & Design
Research Interests: Intelligent Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing, Topology Optimization, Machine Learning, Biomedical Engineering
Supervisor: Assistant Professor Liang Xuan
Wang Yujia
Research Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: PhD, Tsinghua University, 2022
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Solid mechanics, Mechanical metamaterials Micro/Nanoarchitected materials
Supervisor: Assistant Professor Wang Yifan
Wang Xuwen
Research Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2016
Research Area: Thermo-Fluid & Energy
Research Interests: Condensation hear transfer
Supervisor: Assistant Professor Ho Jin Yao
Wu Chenlong
Research Associate
Qualifications: MEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2023
Research Area: Thermo-Fluid & Energy
Research Interests: Electronic cooling, Immersion cooling, Heat transfer, Simulation
Wu Lulu
Wallenberg - NTU Postdoctoral Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Uppsala University, 2023
Research Area: Micro-Systems & Optics
Research Interests: Microfluidics, Organ-on-Chip, Nanotechnology and materials, Image analysis
Wu Xinghui
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Tsinghua University, 2021
Research Area: Thermo-Fluid & Energy
Research Interests: Nanoscale heat and mass transfer, Evaporation and boiling of binary mixtures, Molecular dynamics simulation, Fluid dynamics
Xia Ziqing
Project Officer
Qualifications: BEng, Tianjin University, 2019

Research Area: Industrial Eng & Design
Research Interests: Ambient Assisted Living, Product Design and Development        Supervisor: Professor Chen Chun-Hsien

Xiao Jiaping
Research Associate
Qualifications: MSc, Beihang University, 2017
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Cyber physical systems, Intelligent systems and robotics, Reinforcement learning, Machine vision
Xu Mingjun 
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, University of Science & Technology China, 2018
Research Area: Industrial Engg & Design
Research Interests: Fire suppression mechanism of water mist, Smoke control, Fire dynamics 
Yang Haohan
Research Associate
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2021
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Driver states estimation, human-machine shared control, deep learning

Yang Qin
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2019
Research Area: Thermo-Fluid & Energy
Research Interests: Electrochemical and bio energy conversion and storage
Yang Yongjing
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2023
Research Area: Manufacturing
Research Interests: Additive manufacturing, Cold spray, Welding and joining
Yang Ziqian
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Tongji University, 2023
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Structural health monitoring, Ultrasonic imaging, Smart sensor design
Yao Liming
Research Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2019
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Fracture & fatigue mechanics, Solid-liquid two-phase flow, Mechanical design, Fluid-structure coupling, Multi-scale analysis
Supervisor: Associate Professor Xiao Zhongmin
Yash Chandra Shekar
Research Assistant
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2024
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests:  Automotive, Motorsport, Race-Car, Powertrains, Battery Systems
Yong Wei Jie
Research Engineer I
Email:  [email protected]​
Qualifications: BEng, Osaka University, 2021
Research Area: ​Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: ​Motion Planning, Dexterous Manipulation, Human-Robot Interaction, Mechatronics
Zeng Yadan
Research Engineer II
Email:  [email protected]​
Qualifications: MEng, University of Science and Technology of China, 2015
Research Area: ​Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: ​Computer vision,  Map reconstruction, Optical localization
Zhai Wengang
Research Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2023
Research Area: Manufacturing
Research Interests: Additive manufacturing, laser processing, metallurgy
Supervisor: Associate Professor Zhou Wei
Zhang Bohan
Research Associate
Qualifications: Bachelor, University of Leeds/Southwest Jiaotong University, 2021
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests:  Robotics
Supervisor: Dr Chow Wai Tuck
Zhang Bojian
Research Assistant
Qualifications: MSc, Nanyang Technological University, 2022
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests:  Soft robotics, robotic control, structure design, machine learning, origami
Zhao Yuchen
Research Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications: PhD, Duke University, NC, USA, 2020
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Robotic Materials, Soft Robotics, Soft Matter Physics, Inverse Design
Supervisor: Assistant Professor Wang Yifan
Zheng Shoujing
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2021
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Fracture, Soft matter, Hydrogel, Solid Mechanics, Machine Learning
Supervisor: Professor Li Hua