Desmond Y.R. Chong

Research Interests

• Expertise in Mechanics (solid mechanics, biomechanics and computational mechanics) and Design
• Research strengths and interests
• Computational simulation and finite element analysis
• Experimentation and data acquisition
• Engineering / Medical devices design
• User-centric product design
• Orthopaedic implant design
• Rehabilitation engineering
• Gait and human motion analyses (3D motion capture and EMG)

SIT Appointments

• Associate Professor 2018 – Present
• Deputy Programme Director - SIT-UofG BEng (Hons) Aerospace Engineering 2019 – 2020
• Deputy Programme Director - UofG BEng (Hons) in Aeronautical Engineering 2018 – 2020
• Deputy Programme Director - UofG BEng (Hons) Aerospace Systems 2018 – 2020
• Assistant Professor 2016 – 2018

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Mechanical Engineering / Biomechanics)
• Imperial College London , United Kingdom
• Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
• Nanyang Technological University , Singapore
• Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
• Nanyang Technological University , Singapore

Achievements

• Award from Students: Bronze Award for Design category, iCreate 2017 Global Student Innovation Challenge for Assistive Technology (gSIC-AT), Kobe, Japan, 2017
• Award from Students: Gold Award, 11th Scientific Meeting of Biomedical Engineering Society (Singapore) – BES-SEC (Society of Engineers for the Community) Students’ Design Award, 2017
• Award from Students: • Gold Award for poster presentation, 11th Scientific Meeting of Biomedical Engineering Society (Singapore), undergraduate category, 2017
• Best Poster Award – First Prize, 2nd Asian Materials Education Symposium,Singapore 2016
• Innovative Teaching Award, Faculty of Engineering, NUS 2014
• Media coverage on Lianhe Zaobao p23 (联合早报), “NUS engineering students to design rehabilitation equipment to benefit patients” (工程系学生医院上课将设计复健器材造福病人), 24th Nov 2012
• Media coverage on The Straits Times pB8, “Solving problems from ground up – Pilot programme trains NUS High School students to find answers to real-life challenges”, 3rd May 2012
• Medical Research Scientist Award, National Medical Research Council, Ministry of Health, Singapore 2005
• Postgraduate Training Initiative Scholarship, National Science and Technology Board, Singapore 1998