Principal Investigator

Associate Professor Moon Seung Ki

School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University. His work applies sciences, economic theory, and AI to the design of customized and sustainable products, services, systems, additive manufacturing, embedded sensors, digital twins, and smart factories.

Research Interests

Customized and sustainable products, services and systems; strategic and multidisciplinary design optimization; advanced modeling and simulation; design for additive manufacturing and 3D printing; embedded sensor design for 3D printing; digital twins; and smart factory systems.

Customized Design Sustainable Systems Additive Manufacturing 3D Printed Sensors Digital Twins Smart Factory

Education

  • Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA, May 2008
  • M.S., Industrial Engineering, Hanyang University, South Korea
  • B.S., Industrial Engineering, Hanyang University, South Korea, February 1992

Teaching

  • M6401, Product Design and Development, NTU
  • MA4823, Machine Intelligence, NTU
  • MA4843, Strategic Management for Innovative Product Development, NTU
  • MA2012, Creative Thinking and Design, NTU

Experience

2019-Present

Associate Professor, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2011-2019

Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2012-Present

Executive Steering Committee, Abnormal Situation Management Consortium

2009-2011

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pennsylvania State University

2008-2009

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Texas A&M University

1993-1995

Graduate Research Assistant, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Selected Research Experience

Nanyang Technological University

  • 3D laser additive manufacturing for customization and sustainability
  • Design and modeling of fast adaptable unmanned aerial vehicles
  • Service design and management for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in a smart grid

The Pennsylvania State University

  • 3D glasses design and development for 3D HDTV
  • Global product architectures development and evaluation
  • Product family planning and mass customization information management

The Texas A&M University

  • Knowledge and methods for universal design
  • Complex system modeling and evaluation
  • Biomimetic design methods

Hyundai Motor Company

  • Durability and reliability test method for commercial vehicles
  • Web-based information integration for vehicle evaluation and analysis
  • Field correlation test method for proving ground tests

Honors

Professional Activity

Societies and Committees

  • Member of ASME, IEEE, and Design Society
  • IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Chapter, Singapore, Executive Committee
  • ASME CIE Advanced Modeling and Simulation Technical Committee
  • ASME IDETC Design Automation Conference Committee

Editorial and Reviewing

  • Editorial Board, Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
  • Editorial Board, Journal of the Society of Korea Industrial and Systems Engineering
  • Reviewer for journals including Advanced Engineering Informatics, Computer-Aided Design, Journal of Mechanical Design, Journal of Engineering Design, and Virtual and Physical Prototyping

Books and Book Chapters

Bae, K.H., Bae, S.J., Jung, T.S., Her, J.Y., Moon, S.K., Song, S.H., and Lee, S.S., Smart Factory Management, Ministry of SMEs and Startups, South Korea.

Oh, H.Y., Yoo, J., Moon, S.K., and Kang, K., Service Engineering: Design and Management of Service Processes, Hankungsa, Seoul, Korea.

Moon, S.K. and Simpson, T.W., “Platform Valuation for Product Family Design,” in Advances in Product Family and Product Platform Design.

Moon, S.K., Simpson, T.W., Shu, J. and Kumara, S.R.T., “A Platform Identification Method for Service Family Design using a Process Model and a Clustering Method,” in Mass Customization: Engineering and Managing Global Operations.