Professor Andrew Yeh-Ching NEE   倪亦靖教授 DEng(UMIST), PhD(Manc)  Fellow SME (1990), Fellow CIRP (1990) Professor of Manufacturing Engineering Director, Office of Research, NUS  email: mpeneeyc(at)nus.edu.sg

Professor Andrew Y. C. Nee received his PhD from the Institute of Science and Technology, Victoria University of Manchester (UMIST) in 1973. He joined the then University of Singapore in 1974. In 1982, he became the first recipient outside USA to receive the Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer's Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. In 1986, he was appointed Director of CAE/CAD/CAM Centre when it was first established, a position which he held until 1995. In 1989, he was promoted to full professorship. In the same year, he was appointed Vice-Dean (Academic Affairs). In 1990, he was elected an Active Member of CIRP and a Fellow of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, he was the first person in the ASEAN region to be elected in each case. From 1993 to 1996, he was appointed Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Engineering from August 1995 to August 1998.

After completing the 3-year term as Dean of Engineering in August 1998, he was appointed directors of two offices at the University level, Director (Special Projects) of the Office of University Relations, and Director of the Office of Quality Management. From 1 August 1999 to December 2000, he was appointed Dean of Admissions to head the then newly established Office of Admissions. From January 2001 to February 2002, he was appointed the Deputy Executive Director, Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) of the National Science and Technology Board. From 1 March 2002 to 28 February 2005, he was appointed the Co-Director of Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA), which is an innovative engineering education and research collaboration among the National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 2002, he was awarded the Doctor of Engineering (DEng) degree from UMIST for his research achievements in manufacturing engineering. From September 2003 to August 2004, he was appointed as the CEO of the Design Technology Institute. From 1st March 2005, he was appointed the Director of the Office of Research of NUS. In August 2006, he was elected the Chairman of the CIRP STC Design (Dn), and a Council Member of CIRP. He is currently Chairman of an NUS-spin off company, Manusoft Technologies Pte Ltd which specializes in plastic injection mold design, and markets the commercial product IMOLD.

Research Interests

• Computer-aided design of metal stamping dies and plastic injection moulds

• Virtual and augmented reality applications in manufacturing

• Computer-aided process and fixture planning

• Application of AI techniques in manufacturing

Research Publications

• Over 220 publications in refereed journals, 7 books and 13 book chapters.

• Recent publications.

• Completed MEng and PhD theses.

Current Editorial Board Members and Associate Editors

• International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Associate Editor for Asia (Springer Int)

• International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture, Regional Editor for Asia and the Middle East (Elsevier)

• IIE Transactions - Design and Manufacturing (IIE)

• International Journal of Production Research (Taylor & Francis)

• Journal of Materials Processing Technology (Elsevier)

• Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Proc. Part B of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE, UK)

• Short Communications in Manufacture and Design (IMechE, UK)

• Journal of Manufacturing Systems (SME)

• Journal of Manufacturing Processes (SME)

• Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing (Elsevier)

• Production Engineering and Computers (Institute for Production Engineering & CIM, Yugosolavia)

• International Journal for Manufacturing Science and Production (Freund Publ)

• International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology (Inderscience)

• International Journal of Automotive Technology (KSAE)

• International Journal of Precision Engineeing and Manufacturing (KSPE, Korea)

• Computer-Aided Design and Application

• Word Scientific Book Series on "Manufacturing Systems and Technology" - Editor-in-Chief

• Chinese Journal of Aeronautics (CSAA, China)

• International Journal of Manufacturing Research (Inderscience)

• International Journal of Sustainable Design (Inderscience)

• International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management (Inderscience)

Honours and Awards

• De Beers Industrial Scholarship for PhD studies at UMIST (1971 to 1974)

• Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (1982)

• Election to College of Fellows, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (1990)

• Election to Active Member, CIRP (1990), now renamed Fellow of the International Academy for Production Engineering Research in 2006.

• Elected as Honorary Member of the Chinese University Society of Machining and Advanced Manufacturing (1992)

• Elected as Honorary Member of the Romanian Society of Mechanical Engineers (1994)

• Appointed Advisory Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology (1996), PRC

• Appointed Advisory Professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University (1996), PRC

• Appointed Visiting Professor, Northeastern University (1996), PRC

• Appointed Honorary Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (1999), PRC

• Appointed Visiting Professor, Wuhan University of Technology (2001), PRC

• National Technology Award (2002, citation, photo)

• Paper co-authored with W.D. Li and S.K. Ong received the IJPR Norman A. Dudley Award in 2003. The paper was judged to have the potential for making the greatest contribution to the advance of manufacturing practice (certificate).

• Appointed Advisory Professor, Chongqing University (CQU) (2004), PRC

• Tenth Natural Science Outstanding Paper Award (best 5 out of 7,000 submissions) presented by the Hubei Province, PRC in 2004 (certificate)

• Appointed Honorary Advisor, Jianshe Industries Co., Ltd (Group) (2004), PRC

• National Day Award 2007, Public Administration Medal (Silver) (ST 9 August 2007)

Member of International Technical Committees of major conferences since 1996

• International Manufacturing Engineering Conference, Connecticut, USA (1996)

• The 28th CIRP International Seminar on Manufacturing Systems, South Africa (1996)

• The 4th International Conference on Automation Technology (Automation '96), Taiwan (1996)

• International Conference on Precision Engineering and 6th Sino-Japan Joint Seminar on Ultraprecision Technology, Shenyang, China (1996)

• The Third International Conference on Progress of Cutting and Grinding (ICPCG-96), Japan (1996)

• International Conference on Manufacturing Automation (ICMA'97), Hong Kong (1997)

• The 8th International Conference on Production Engineering (8th ICPE), Japan (1997)

• The Second World Congress on Intelligent Manufacturing Processes & Systems, Hungary (1997)

• International Conference on Machining Technology (3rd ICMT), Taiwan (1997)

• The 4th International Conference on Computer Integrated manufacturing, Singapore (1997)

• The 13th International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics & Factories of the Future, Columbia (1997)

• The 29th CIRP International Seminar on Manufacturing Systems, Osaka, Japan (1997)

• The 4th International Seminar on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, Yugoslavia (1998)

• The 5th International Conference on Manufacturing, Brisbane, Australia (1998)

• International Manufacturing Conference (MEC), Kansas, USA (1998)

• The 7th International Scientific Conference - Achievements in Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Gliwice - Zakopane, Poland (1998)

• International Conference on Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies, Malaysia (1998)

• The 2nd Pacific-Asia Conference on Mechanical Engineering, September, Philippines (1998)

• International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Xian, China (1999)

• The 32nd CIRP International Seminar on Manufacturing Systems, 24-20 May, Belgium (1999)

• The 2nd CIRP International Seminar on Intelligent Computation in Manufacturing Engineering, 21-23 June, Capri, Italy (2000)

• The International Conference on Process of Cutting and Grinding (ICPCG) and the International Conference of Manufacture Technology (ICMT), September, Beijing, China (2000)

• The 33rd International MATADOR Conference, 13-14 July, Manchester, UK (2000)

• The 5th International Conference on Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 28-30 March, Singapore (2000)

• The 1st International Conference on Die & Mould Technology, July 26-28, 2000, Beijing, China (2000)

• The 2nd International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing Technology (ICAMT), 16-17 August, Malaysia (2000)

• Resqua2000, Symposium on Quality and Automation, 4-5 May 2000, Penang, Malaysia (2000)

• The 16th International Conference on Computer Aided Production Engineering (CAPE 2000), 7-9 August 2000, Edinburgh, UK (2000)

• The International Symposium for Electromachining (ISEM), 9-11 May 2001, Bilbao, Spain (2001)

• The 9th International Conference on Sheet Metal, SheMet2001, 2-4 April 2001, Heverlee-Leuven, Belgium (2001)

• International Symposium of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 27-29 October 2001, Nanjing, China (2001)

• 2nd International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, EcoDesign2001, 12-15 December 2001, Toyko, Japan (2001)

• 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Design and Production of Dies and Molds, 21-23 June 2001, Kuzadasi, Turkey (2001)

• 2nd International Symposium on Advanced Forming and Die Manufacturing Technologies, AFDM2002, June 2002, Pusan, Korea (2002)

• First International Conference on Design and Manufacture for Sustainable Development, June 27-28 2002, Univeristy of Liverpool, UK (2002)

• 6th International Conference on Progress of Machining Technology, 10-14 September, 202, Xi'an, China (2002)

• 3rd CIRP International Seminar on Intelligent Computation in Manufacturing Engineering, 3-5 July 2002, Ischia, Italy (2002)

• International Symposium on Product Lifecycle Management, 16-18 July 2003, IISc, Bangalore, Kamatgaka, India (2003)

• International Conference on Precision Engineering 2003 (ICoPE2003), 19-22 August 2003, Singapore (2003)

• Dispersed Manufacturing Networks: Moving Industrial Organisations into the 21st Century, 18-19 December 2003, Delft, The Netherlands (2003)

• 34th International MATADOR Conference, 7-9 July 2004, Manchester, UK (2004)

• 7th International Conference on Progress of Machining Technology, 8-11 December 2004, Suzhou, China(2004)

• 14th International Symposium on Electromachining, 30 March - 1 April 2004, Edinburgh, UK (2004)

• 4th CIRP International Seminar on Intelligent Computation in Manufacturing Engineering, 30 June - 2 July 2004, Sorrento, Italy (2004)

• 11th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 23-25 April 2005, Shenyang, China (2005)

• 3rd International Conference on Leading Edge Manufacturing in 21st Century, 19-22 October, 2005, Nagoya, Japan (2005)

• International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, ICAME 2006, 14-16 December 2006, Chennai, India (2006)

• 3^rd International CIRP Seminar on Digital Enterprise Technology,  Setubal, Portugal (2006)

• International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, 1-6 July 2007, Singapore (2007)

• 35th International MATADOR Conference, 18-20 July 2007, Taipei, Taiwan (2007)

• 17th CIRP Design Conference, "The Future of Product Development", Berlin, Germany, 26-28 April (2007)  

How to Contact Me

• Office: EA-xx-xx

• Tel: (65) 6874-2892

• Fax: (65) 6779-1459

• email: mpeneeyc(at)nus.edu.sg

since 17 January 2000

Updated September 2007