Prof. Manoj Gupta is currently serving as Provost Chair Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department of National University of Singapore. He completed his Ph.D. (Materials Science) from the University of California at Irvine in 1992 and postdoctoral research at University of Alberta, Canada in the same year. Previously, he served as Director designate of Materials Science and Engineering Initiative at NUS and as Head of Materials Division of Department of Mechanical Engineering. His current research interests include processing, microstructure and properties evaluation of advanced light weight structural materials.
Dr. Eugene Wong is currently Director of Operations with the School of Mechanical & System Engineering, Newcastle University International Singapore. He is involved in the Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Engineering degree program which is offered in collaboration with Singapore Institute of Technology. Dr Wong received his BEng and PhD degrees from National University of Singapore and was a recipient of NUS President’s Graduate Fellowship and NUS Graduate Research Scholarship. His research interests include the development of lightweight metal matrix composites, repair of polymer composite materials, energy efficient microwave processing of materials and additive manufacturing technologies.