Background

Dr JJ Chong is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Design & Manufacturing Engineering at Newcastle University Singapore. 

Awards

• 2021: PUB Global Innovation Challenge for project on “Automated Identification and Enumeration of Midge Populations”
• 2018: UWE Vice Chancellor’s Early Career Researcher Development Award
• 2018: UWE Department of Engineering, Design and Mathematics Internal Funded Research Award
• 2011: SET for BRITAIN, Finalist at House of Commons (Engineering Section) – UK Parliament
• 2007: Japan JSAE Formula Student, 1st Runner-up in Unique Design
• 2006: Japan JSAE Formula Student , 2nd Runner-up in Fuel Economy

Memberships

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
• Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
• Engineering Modelling and Simulation Research Group (EMSG), UWE

Research

Research Profile

• 2018 – 2020: The Royal Society, International Exchanges Scheme – Cost Share Programme. The Future Urban Mobility: Towards a WIREless Charge-While-Driving for Electric Scooters Range Extension (WIREScooters).
• 2016 – 2017: European Union's Horizon 2020. Range of Electric SOlutions for L-category Vehicles (RESOLVE) Project.
• 2014 – 2015: South Africa National Funding. Proposal Title: “Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles (KP3), HVF Systems Integration and Technology Validation”.
• 2008 – 2009: Knowledge Transfer Partnerships. Proposal Title: “VIN Index Project, Effect of Fuel Additives on Engine Fuel Economy & Emissions”.

Current Research Interest

• Human-in-the-loop Virtual Environments (Autonomous & Electric Vehicles)
• Neurocontrol and Musculoskeletal Modelling, Smart Sensing for Real-Time Applications,
• IoT (Future Mobility, Manufacturing, Aging and Healthcare).

Areas for PhD Supervision/Potential PhD Projects

• Digital Twin of Mobile Collaborative Robot in Dynamic Structured Environment (Year 1)
• Machine Learning in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) Application (Year 2)

Teaching

Undergraduate

• MME2131 Design of Mechanical Systems
• MME3151 Mechatronics Systems 
• MME3152 Robotics

• NUS8206 Energy Storage

Publications

• Etoundi A, Chong J, Jafari A. Modelling of a bio-inspired knee joint and design of an energy saving exoskeleton based on performance maps optimisation for condylar knee prosthetics. In: 5th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies {CoDIT 2018). 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece: IEEE.
• Chong J, Matthews J, Jafari A, Appolinaire E. Design of anatomy-based 3D patient-specific knee replacement implant model from medical imaging. In: 2nd International Conference on Mechanical, System and Control Engineering (ICMSC 2018). 2018, Moscow, Russia: ICMSC.
• Perez CN, Georgilas I, Etoundi A, Chong J, Jafari A. A conceptual exoskeleton shoulder design for the assistance of upper limb movement. In: 19th Annual Conference Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS 2018). 2018, Bristol, UK: Springer.
• Jafari A, Singh H, Karunanayaka H, Ryu JH, Chong J, Etoundi A. Lyapunov observer/controller for stable haptic interaction. In: IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2018). 2018, Auckland, New Zealand: IEEE.
• Su H, Xu Q, Chong J, Li H, Sita C, Pasupathi S. Eliminating micro-porous layer from gas diffusion electrode for use in high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell. Journal of Power Sources 2017, 341, 302-308.