Staff Profile

Dr Lau is a Senior Lecturer with the Newcastle University 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, Newcastle University 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. Benchmark Models of Control System Design for Remotely Operated Vehicles. Singapore, Southeast Asia: Springer, 2020.
• Wan AWS, Soong YD, Foo E, Wong WLE, Lau MWS. Waiter Robots Conveying Drinks. Technologies 2020, 8(3), 44.
• Wan S, Lau MWS, Goh KL. Gearless Wankel-like pump/mixer: Design challenges and prospects. 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. Adaptive Tracking Approach of Flexible Cable Conduit-Actuated NOTES Systems for Early Gastric Cancer Treatments. In: 11th International Conference, ICINCO 2014. 2016, Vienna, Austria: Springer International Publishing.
• Lau MWS, Wan S, Goh KL, Leong J, Lim A. Design module for the industry design and development of a novel gearless Wankel-like mixer–pump: The Lau–Wan mixer. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education 2016, 44(3), 220-232.
• Cheong A, Lau MWS, Foo E, Hedley J, Bo JW. Development of a Robotic Waiter System. 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. Development of a two-stage Lau-Wan Wankel pump/mixer. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education 2016, 44(2), 97-112.
• Wan S, Lau MSW, Leong J, An N, Goh KL. Mixing Simulations of a Wankel Pump as a Micromixer. 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. Real-time enhancement of tracking performances for cable-conduit mechanisms-driven flexible robots. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing 2016, 37, 197-207.
• Do TN, Tjahjowidodo T, Lau MWS, Phee SJ. Adaptive control for enhancing tracking performances of flexible tendon–sheath mechanism in natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES). Mechatronics 2015, 28, 67-78.
• Cheong A, Foo E, Lau MWS, Chen J, Gan HY. Development of a Robotics Waiter System for the food and beverage industry. In: 3rd International Conference On Advances in Mechanical & Robotics Engineering. 2015, Zurich, Switzerland: SEEK Digital Library.
• Do TN, Tjahjowidodoa T, Lau MWS, Phee SJ. Enhanced performances for cable-driven flexible robotic systems with asymmetric backlash profile. 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. Nonlinear friction modelling and compensation control of hysteresis phenomena for a pair of tendon-sheath actuated surgical robots. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 2015, 60-61, 770-784.
• Do TN, Tjahjowidodoa T, Lau MWS, Phee SJ. Position Control of Asymmetric Nonlinearities for a Cable-Conduit Mechanism. Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering 2015, (99), 1-9.
• Do TN, Tjahjowidodo T, Lau MWS, Phee SJ. A new approach of friction model for tendon-sheath actuated surgical systems: Nonlinear modelling and parameter identification. Mechanism and Machine Theory 2014, 85, 14-24.
• Do TN, Tjahjowidodo T, Lau MWS, Phee SJ. Adaptive control of position compensation for cable-conduit mechanisms used in flexible surgical robots. 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. Added Mass Computation for Control of an Open Frame Remotely-Operated Vehicle: Application using WAMIT and MATLAB. Journal of Marine Science and Technology 2014, 22(4), 405-416.
• Do TN, Tjahjowidodo T, Lau MWS, Yamamoto T, Phee LSJ. Hysteresis Modelling and Position Control of Tendon-Sheath Mechanism in Flexible Endoscopic Systems. Mechatronics 2014, 24(1), 12-22.
• Do TN, Tjahjowidodo T, Lau MWS, Phee SJ. An investigation of friction-based tendon sheath model appropriate for control purposes. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 2013, 42(1-2), 97-114.
• Pang WC, Seet G, Lau MWS, Aryo WNI. From Ground to Air: Extension of RoboSim to model UAVs and Behaviors for Urban Operations. Journal of Unmanned System Technology 2013, 1(1), 20-26.
• Wang H, Mou W, Seet G, Li MH, Lau MWS, Wang DW. Real-time Visual Odometry Estimation based on Principal Direction Detection on Ceiling Vision. International Journal of Automation and Computing 2013, 10(5), 397-404.
• Fok SC, Lau MWS, Seet GL, Low E. Active force cancellation of a near resonance vibrating system using robust H_∞ control. International Journal of Vehicle Noise and Vibration 2012, 8(1), 36-50.
• Chin C, Lau MWS. Modeling and Testing of Hydrodynamic Damping Model for a Complex-Shaped Remotely-Operated Vehicle for Control. Journal of Marine Science and Application 2012, 11(2), 150-163.
• Lau MWS, Fok SC, Seet G, Low E. The Control of Vibration Transmission from an Engine to its Resonant Base Structure. Journal of Marine Science: Research and Development 2012, 2(1), 1-7.
• Do KD, Lau MWS. Practical formation control of multiple unicycle-type mobile robots with limited sensing range. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems 2011, 64(2), 245-275.
• Chin C, Lau M, Low E. Supervisory Cascaded Controllers Design: Experiment Test on a Remotely-Operated Vehicle. 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. A Novel Method to Determine the Hydrodynamic Coefficients of an Eyeball ROV. 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. Development and testing of an autonomous underwater vehicle using industrial xPC-Target platform. In: IEEE/ASME International Conference of Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics. 2009, Singapore: IEEE.
• Chin C , Lau M, Low E, Seet G. Robust and decoupled cascaded control system of underwater robotic vehicle for stabilization and pipeline tracking. 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. A Cascaded Nonlinear Heading Control with Thrust Allocation: An Application on an Underactuated ROV. In: IEEE International Conferences on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronic (RAM). 2006, Bangkok: IEEE.
• Chin C, Lau M, Low E, Seet G. A Pipeline Tracking Control of an Underactuated Remotely Operated Vehicle. The Mediterranean Journal of Measurement and Control 2006, 2(1), 22-34.
• Chin C, Lau M, Low E, Seet G. Dynamic Modelling and Cascaded Controller Design of a Low-Speed Maneuvering ROV. 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. Robust Controller Design Method and Stability Analysis of an Underactuated Underwater Vehicle. International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science 2006, 16(3), 101-112.
• Chin C, Lau MWS, Low E, Seet GGL. Software for Modelling and Simulation of a Remotely Operated Vehicle. International Journal of Simulation Modeling 2006, 5(3), 114-125.
• Chin CS, Lau MW, Low E, Seet GG. Analysis and Linear Control of a Low-Speed Maneuvering Underwater Robotic Vehicle (URV). In: 4th Asian Conference on Industrial Automation and Robotics. 2005, Landmark Hotel Bangkok, Thailand.
• Chin C, Lau M. Measurement and Control of a Thruster for Unmanned Robotic Vehicle (URV. In: 5th National Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (NUROP) Congress. 1999, Singapore: NTU.