麻豆传媒

Dr Lau is a Senior Lecturer with the 麻豆传媒 International Singapore, Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Engineering Programme

He has been involved in tertiary education in Singapore for more than 20 years, starting in Nanyang Technological Institute which morphed into Nanyang Technological University, and is currently teaching in the  B. Eng (honours) Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Engineering Degree Programme for the School of Mechanical and Systems Engineering, 麻豆传媒 in collaboration with the Singapore Institute of Technology in Singapore.

He was involved in adult learning as an associate with the SAF-NTU Academy, lecturing on technology to Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) junior officers for 5 years, and an instructor with the Institute of Engineers Singapore, for about 10 years, lecturing control and instrumentation to engineers planning to take the Fundamental of Engineering Examination as part of the preparation for Professional Engineers Board of Singapore application.

Awards

• PUB Challenge, collaborator in the MDME Team, led by Principal Investigator Dr. Z J Choong. 

• IEEE
• IMechE (UK)

Research Profile

• Omni directional drive mobile robotics – have 1 paper (2016) presented in IFAC Mechatronics, 1 paper (2019) published in IJRE, 1 paper (2019) presented in IROS/IEEE (Macau), & 1 paper (2020) published in MDPI Tech.
• Design and Control of Mechatronic Systems – underwater robots, vibration control systems; co-author a book with A/P CS Chin on underwater robots.
• Modelling & simulation of Energy systems (electrified vessels)

• Trajectory profile design for waiter robots conveying food and drinks, with Dr. Foo of NYP and a former SIT-NU student, now a PhD candidate at SUTD.
• Electrified vessels, Hardware-in-the-loop modelling & simulation.

• Currently on Digital Twining development and modelling with Dr. J J Chong and Dr. Z J Choong of NUiS.
• Waiter robotics – a cocktail robot, in collaboration with Dr. Edwin Foo of Nanyang Polytechnic. 
  

• Waiter robotics with Dr. Edwin Foo of NYP.
• Modelling of Fuel Cell-Fed Power System in Electrified Vessels, Power system modelling with Hardware in the Loop; in collaboration with NTU, Singapore/KU, Lueven/ABB PhD candidate of NTU.

Undergraduate (2015 - 2020)

1. MME2121 Engineering Dynamics
2. MME2152 Control of Dynamic Systems
3. MME3153 Robotics – Mobile robotics and Manipulator Dynamics
4. MME3152 Mechatronic Systems – PLC control of modular stations

Undergraduate (2015 - 2019)

1. MME2151 Electromechanical Systems – Actuators and PLC basic

Undergraduate (2010 - 2015)

1. MEC2102 Principles of Mechanics – Dynamics
2. MEC2105 Control System Technology – Electric Actuators
3. MEC3102 Robotics and Automation – Mobile robotics & Manipulator Dynamics
4. MEC3105 Mechatronics Systems – Systems design, Hardware in the loop, & Software in the loop.

Postgraduate (Inception - Present)

1. NUS8208/8107 Mechanical Integrity – Sensing and Safety of process systems
2. NUS8205 Energy Management Systems – Efficiency of Electrical Drive systems

• Chin CS, Lau MWS. . Singapore, Southeast Asia: Springer, 2020.
• Wan AWS, Soong YD, Foo E, Wong WLE, Lau MWS. . Technologies 2020, 8(3), 44.
• Wan S, Lau MWS, Goh KL. . In: 3rd International Conference on Power Generation Systems and Renewable Energy Technologies (PGSRET 2017). 2018, Johor Bahru, Malaysia: IEEE.
• Do TN, Tjahjowidodo T, Lau MWS, Phee SJ. . In: 11th International Conference, ICINCO 2014. 2016, Vienna, Austria: Springer International Publishing.
• Lau MWS, Wan S, Goh KL, Leong J, Lim A. . International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education 2016, 44(3), 220-232.
• Cheong A, Lau MWS, Foo E, Hedley J, Bo JW. . In: 7th IFAC Symposium on Mechatronic Systems MECHATRONICS 2016. 2016, Loughborough University, Leicestershire: Elsevier B.V.
• Lim BY, Lau MWS, Wan S, Leong J, Lim A, Huo D, Goh KL. . International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education 2016, 44(2), 97-112.
• Wan S, Lau MSW, Leong J, An N, Goh KL. . In: ASME 2016 5th International Conference on Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer. 2016, Singapore: American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
• Do TN, Tjahjowidodoa T, Lau MWS, Phee SJ. . Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing 2016, 37, 197-207.
• Do TN, Tjahjowidodo T, Lau MWS, Phee SJ. . Mechatronics 2015, 28, 67-78.
• Cheong A, Foo E, Lau MWS, Chen J, Gan HY. . In: 3rd International Conference On Advances in Mechanical & Robotics Engineering. 2015, Zurich, Switzerland: SEEK Digital Library.
• Do TN, Tjahjowidodoa T, Lau MWS, Phee SJ. . In: 2015 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications (TePRA). 2015, Woburn, MA, USA: IEEE.
• Do TN, Tjahjowidodo T, Lau MWS, Phee SJ. . Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 2015, 60-61, 770-784.
• Do TN, Tjahjowidodoa T, Lau MWS, Phee SJ. . Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering 2015, (99), 1-9.
• Do TN, Tjahjowidodo T, Lau MWS, Phee SJ. . Mechanism and Machine Theory 2014, 85, 14-24.
• Do TN, Tjahjowidodo T, Lau MWS, Phee SJ. . In: ICINCO 2014 - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics. 2014, Vienna, Austria: SciTePress.
• Eng Y, Chin C, Lau M. . Journal of Marine Science and Technology 2014, 22(4), 405-416.
• Do TN, Tjahjowidodo T, Lau MWS, Yamamoto T, Phee LSJ. . Mechatronics 2014, 24(1), 12-22.
• Do TN, Tjahjowidodo T, Lau MWS, Phee SJ. . Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 2013, 42(1-2), 97-114.
• Pang WC, Seet G, Lau MWS, Aryo WNI. . Journal of Unmanned System Technology 2013, 1(1), 20-26.
• Wang H, Mou W, Seet G, Li MH, Lau MWS, Wang DW. . International Journal of Automation and Computing 2013, 10(5), 397-404.
• Fok SC, Lau MWS, Seet GL, Low E. . International Journal of Vehicle Noise and Vibration 2012, 8(1), 36-50.
• Chin C, Lau MWS. . Journal of Marine Science and Application 2012, 11(2), 150-163.
• Lau MWS, Fok SC, Seet G, Low E. . Journal of Marine Science: Research and Development 2012, 2(1), 1-7.
• Do KD, Lau MWS. . Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems 2011, 64(2), 245-275.
• Chin C, Lau M, Low E. . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science 2011, 225(3), 584-603.
• Eng YH, Lau MS, Low E, Seet GL, Chin CS. . In: Iaeng Transactions on Engineering Technologies Volume I: Special Edition of the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists. 2009, Hong Kong: AIP.
• Chin CS, Lau MW, Tan YJ, Chee KF, Wong YC. . In: IEEE/ASME International Conference of Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics. 2009, Singapore: IEEE.
• Chin C , Lau M, Low E, Seet G. . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering 2008, 222(4), 261-278.
• Chin CS, Lau MW, Low E, Seet GL. . In: IEEE International Conferences on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronic (RAM). 2006, Bangkok: IEEE.
• Chin C, Lau M, Low E, Seet G. . The Mediterranean Journal of Measurement and Control 2006, 2(1), 22-34.
• Chin C, Lau M, Low E, Seet G. . In: Bojan Lalic, ed. Advanced Technologies: Research, Development and Application Book. Vienna, Austria: Advanced Robotic Systems International, 2006, pp.159-186.
• Chin C, Lau M, Low E, Seet G. . International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science 2006, 16(3), 101-112.
• Chin C, Lau MWS, Low E, Seet GGL. . International Journal of Simulation Modeling 2006, 5(3), 114-125.
• Chin CS, Lau MW, Low E, Seet GG. . In: 4th Asian Conference on Industrial Automation and Robotics. 2005, Landmark Hotel Bangkok, Thailand.
• Chin C, Lau M. . In: 5th National Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (NUROP) Congress. 1999, Singapore: NTU.