Funded Projects & Awards
A dedicated research professional with proven leadership, recognized through significant research grants and distinguished awards
A dedicated research professional with proven leadership, recognized through significant research grants and distinguished awards
Research Leadership & Grant Awards:
S$3.37M: Project Lead and Co-PI, Industry Alignment fund, A*STAR, 2020-2023, “Development of high-performance functional components with powder-bed additive manufacturing technologies”.
S$62K: Technical consultant, Rolls-Royce, Singapore, 2022 (6 mos), “Control of porosity in binder jetting”.
S$142K: Project Lead and PI, National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC), Singapore, 2018 (6 mos), “3D printing of metal membranes for gas filtration”.
S$240K: Project Lead and Co-PI, National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC), Singapore, 2018-2021,
“3D printing of low elastic modulus Ti implants with interconnected pore structures”.
S$43K: Project Lead, Applied Materials USA, 2017 (4 mos), “Investigating on the printability of novel Copper based alloy using binder jetting-phase 1”.
S$1M: Project Lead and Co-PI, National Metrology Centre, A*STAR, 2016-2020, “Metal 3D printing and standards”.
Key Achievements & Recognition:
Young Researcher Award, 11th International Conference of Asian Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (ASPEN), Taiwan, 2025.
Best Paper Award, 11th International Conference of Asian Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (ASPEN), Taiwan, 2025.
Global Talent Independent Program (subclass 858) for internationally recognized record of outstanding
achievement in the field of research, Australia, 2021.
Best Research Award, 2020 -for the project titled “Metal 3D printing and standards”, A*STAR, 2021.
Featured in A*STAR Research Highlights., A*STAR, Singapore.
Professional Engineer Recognition, Engineers Australia, 2018.
Dedicated Service Award, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech), A*STAR, 2021.
Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Elsevier, 2017.
NUS Graduate Scholarship offered to outstanding PhD candidates to pursue a full-time graduate research degree.
Anna University Rank Certificate and RMK Engineering College Gold Medal for best Academic Performance (2005-2009) for consistently securing 1st Rank in Academics.