Author: Yoo Sang Choo

Dr Wei He received his Ph D from Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, the National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, in 2011, his M.Eng. and B.Eng. degrees both in automatic control from School of Automation Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology (SCUT), Guangzhou, China, in 2008 and 2006 respectively. He was a Research Fellow at the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, and the Centre for Offshore Research & Engineering (CORE), the National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, from January 2011 to March 2012. He is currently working as the Associate Professor at School of Automation Engineering and Robotics Institute, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC). He is the member of the IEEE and the member of IEEE Control System Society (CSS). He serves as the Editor of Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, Springer. His current research interests include marine cybernetics, intelligent control systems and robotics. Professor Shuzhi Sam Ge obtained his Ph D from Imperial College in 1993. He is a member of the Centre for Offshore Research & Engineering (CORE) and Director of the Social Robotics Lab, Interactive Digital Media Institute, NUS. He has (co)-authored 5 books in robotics and intelligent control, and edited a book on autonomous robots, and over 180 international journal papers. In Scopus index, his total number of citations excluding self citations is 3650, and his H-index is 35. He has experience of managing multi-million dollar projects across University, Research Institute and Industry for successful and smooth delivery, were recognized by the National Technology Award in 1999 for a SMART robotic system, and the Temasek Young Investigator Award in 2002 for Intelligent Control of Unmanned Vehicles. He is a Fellow of IEEE, IFAC and IET. He served as the Vice President of Technical Activities, 2009-2010, and the Vice President for Membership Activities, 2011-2012, IEEE Control Systems Society. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Social Robotics. He has served/been serving as an Associate Editor for a number of flagship journals including IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, and Automatica. He serves as an Editor of the Taylor & Francis Automation and Control Engineering Series. He researches in intelligent control and its applications including electromechanical systems, flexible marine riser, subsea installation, HDDs, robotic manipulators, and general nonlinear systems. He also provides technical consultancy to industrial and government agencies. Dr Bernard Voon Ee How received the Ph.D. and B.Eng. (Hons) degrees, both in electrical and computer engineering (ECE) from the NUS in 2010 and 2005 respectively. He is currently Research Engineer with Keppel Offshore and Marine Technology Center (KOMtech) where he is heading the Control group. He is executive member of the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society, Singapore Chapter since 2010. He was Research Fellow with the Centre for Offshore Research and Engineering (CORE), Department of Civil Engineering (CE), NUS, 2010.  For the entire duration of his Ph D candidature at the Department of ECE, he was concurrently employed as a Research Engineer at the CORE, CE, NUS. He was a recipient of the Training Attachment Program funding by the Economic Development Board (EDB) of Singapore under the Oil & Gas and Offshore Engineering Technologies program. He worked 5 months offshore on pipe laying barge DB 60, J. Ray Mc Dermott in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina in 2004. Professor Yoo Sang Choo is the Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust Chair Professor and Director (Research), CORE at National University of Singapore. He is Immediate Past President of The Institute of Marine Engineering Science &Technology (IMar EST) from March 2009. The Institute was established in London in 1889, and is the leading international membership body and learned society for marine professionals, with over 15, 000 members worldwide. He worked on structural behaviour of deepsea production systems before joining VO Offshore (U.K.) to design floating and fixed offshore structures. He returned to Singapore in 1984 and worked for Mc Dermott South East Asia on the design, analysis and installation of offshore platforms. He joined the National University of Singapore in 1987, and served as Director of CAE/CAD/CAM Centre from 1995 to 1999. He served in many international scientific/technical committees and organized conferences and workshops. He is a Past President of the Singapore Structural Steel Society (SSSS). He is member of IIW Sub-commission XV-E: Tubular Structures, and Chairman of Singapore Mirror Committee for ISO TC67 SC7 for offshore structures. He is a member of Standing Committee in International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress. He is a recipient of various recognitions, including Lifetime Achievement Award-Maritime Academics, ISOPE Awards, Stanley Gray Award, IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award, James Watt Medal and Stanley Gray Medal. He is Honorary Fellow of SSSS, Fellow of IMar EST and the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Chartered Engineer (in UK) and Professional Engineer (in Singapore). He has served as technical consultant in major offshore projects, and led or participated in international joint industry projects.