• The modular design of customized and sustainable products and services
• Universal design for human variability
• Strategic and multidisciplinary design optimization
• Design for 3D Printing and additive manufacturing
• Customized 3D Printed Sensors for Predictive Maintenance and Industry 4.0
• Redesign and remanufacturing for green technologies
• Digital twins
• Service design and management
• Module based Reconfigurable Cell Production System Design for Autonomous Mobile Robots using Digital Twins (11/2023-10/2025),funded by Minister of Education (MOE) Tier 1, S$133,000 (PI).
• Development of AI-based high carbon steel alloy design and sintering-based additive manufacturing technology for 7.0 L/Hr-level high-speed production of powertrain components with tensile strength over 1.0 GPa in the next-generation mobility (9/2023-8/2027), funded by the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT) and K-Labs, S$700,000 (PI).
• Demonstration of an intelligent DED system for reducing process time (4/2023-3/2024), funded by the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT) and AM Solutions, S$100,000 (PI).
• Customized Design and 3D Printing Process Optimization for Electric Vehicles (9/2021-8/2022), funded by Hyundai Motor Company (Kia Corporation), S$234,000 (PI).
• 3D-Printing Technology for Flexible Rechargeable Batteries (9/2020-3/2021), funded by NAMIC, S$24,960 (PI).
• A design and manufacturing synthesis framework for Production Digital Twins (1/2020-10/2023), funded by Hewlett-Packard (HP)-NTU Corp Lab, S$440,000 (PI).
• Design and Process Optimization of Polyamide 11 (PA11) 3D Printed Structures for Enhanced Impact Performance in Automotive Applications (8/2019-8/2021), funded by Arkema, S$64,080, IPP MS Program (PI).
• Intelligent Multiagent based Robust Dynamic Scheduling in Smart Factories (3/2019-9/2020), funded by Minister of Education (MOE) Tier 1, S$50,000 (PI).
• Metal 3D Printing in Aerospace Industry (11/2018-10/2020), funded by Korea Institute of Materials Science, S$75,000 (PI).
• Development of direct printing material and process on 3D structure for wearable devices (5/2018-1/2019), funded by Samsung Electronics, S$80,000 (PI).
• 3D Printing of a Thruster for Use on CubeSats (4/2018-4/2020), funded by National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster @NTU and Thales, S$79,800 (PI).
• Health Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance for UAV through Data Analytics (1/2018-1/2020), funded by ST Aerospace and ST Eng-NTU Corp Lab, S$585,000 (PI).
• A mathematical model to evaluate the design for maintainability and sustainability (10/2017-9/2018), funded by Surbana Jurong Consultants Pte Ltd., S$161,000 (PI).
• A data driven design strategy to improve quality in additive manufacturing (8/2017-7/2021), funded by ST Aerospace, S$250,000 (PI).
• Structural Health Monitoring of Mechanical Power Transmission System with Customised 3D Printed Sensor, (7/2016-6/2019), funded by National Research Foundation (NRF) and SMRT Trains Ltd., S$1,360,000 (PI).
• NTU-TUHH research exchange collaboration on lightweight additive manufacturing within product family design (9/2016-8/2018), funded by Singaporean-German Researchers Mobility Scheme and NTU, S$36,220 (PI).
• Development of Method for 3D Printing of Electronic Sensors (1/2016-12/2017), funded by ST Dynamics PTE LTD-NTU Joint R&D, S$252,000 (PI).
• Novel Inspection, Testing, and Operationalization for Aerospace Industry, Singapore Centre for 3D Printing (2014 – 2024), funded by National Research Foundation (NRF) and Industries, S$2,080,000 (PI)
• Work Package 1, Laser-aided Additive Manufacturing (2013-2016), funded by A*STAR Industrial Additive Manufacturing Programme, S$328,800 (PI)
• Additive Manufacturing Resource Allocation for Customized and Sustainable Design (2014-2017), funded by Minister of Education (MOE) Tier 1, S$150,000 (PI)
• Rapid Prototyping of Deployable Structure (2012-2014), funded by Defence Science Organisation (DSO) National Laboratories, S$249,895.00 (PI).
• Laser Additive Manufacturing (2012-2017), funded by SIMTECH-NTU JOINT R&D, S$250,000 (PI).
• Capabilities Build-Up For Mini-UAV Technologies (2011-2014), funded by Defence Science Organisation (DSO) National Laboratories, S$908,500 (PI)
• Automated Cleaning System Development for Artillery Gun Barrels (2012.8-2013.10), funded by ST Kinetics, S$90,000 (PI)
• Proactive process control using predictive technologies (2010-2013), funded by A*STAR/ICED, S$284,880 (PI).
• Affective Design of Home Service Robot for Elderly (2010-2013), funded by A*STAR/ICES, S$467,820 (PI)
• Design and Modeling of Fast Adaptable Unmanned Aerial Vehicles using Deployable Structures (2011 - 2013), funded by Temasek Lab at NTU, S$100,000 (PI).
• Prototyping and Additive Manufacturing to Support Deployable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Development (2011 - 2013), funded by Temasek Lab at NTU, S$100,000 (Co-PI)
• Energy Effective Service Design for Plug-In-Hybrid Electric Vehicles in a Smart Grid (2011-2014) funded by NTU, Start Up Grant, S$100,000 (PI).
• 3D Glasses Design and Development for 3D HDTV (2010), funded by LG Electronics USA, US$80,000.