Lay Ping Chua

Mentor

Headline:

Lecturer | Career Facilitator | Mechanical Product Designer (B. Eng (Hons) in Mech. And Prod. Eng., GDBA, GCDF, CCSP)

Programmes:

Mechanical Engineering
School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Summary

I started off my career in mechanical RD roles and was in the manufacturing industry for more than ten years. Over those years, when I was involved in designing and developing different products - from consumer products, commercial products to medical products) – I had acquired various design skills and knowledge.

Thus, with my engineering background, I moved on to the education industry to teach so that I can impart what I had learnt to the students. In the process of teaching, I interacted with students and noticed that most students are clueless about what they wanted to do after their graduation. Therefore, I decided to take up the secondment invitation from Ministry of Education (MOE) to be an Education Career Guidance (ECG) Counsellor.

However, I relinquished my role as ECG Counsellor after the secondment and resumed the role of lecturer again; but this time round, with added value as a teaching staff equipped with ECG skillsets. Naturally, I was assigned as one of the members in the ECG Taskforce handling ECG related activities for the School of Engineering in Nanyang Polytechnic.

Professional Experiences
Engineering
- Design knowledge (plastic part design, sheet metal design, tolerance stack analysis, FMEA, DFMA, etc.)
- 3D CAD modelling (Unigraphics – NX7.5 NX12, IDEAS, Solid Designer)
- Free form modelling
Teaching
- Modules taught: 3D CAD Modelling, Design Projects, and Mechanics
- Curriculum design and review
- Learning journeys; experiential learning; flip classroom; Train-the-Trainers sessions
- ECG (Education Career Guidance)
-- Resume critique
-- Career counselling
-- Transferable skills identification and application
Other Skills
- Project management and implementation
- Event planning, management execution
- Microsoft office suite

Featured Skills

Career Counseling Event Planning Teaching/mentoring Surface Modeling Mentoring Design And Development Leadership

Work Experience

Lecturer Apr 2009 - Present

Nanyang Polytechnic Singapore

Public Speaking Management Leadership E-Learning Microsoft Office Training Curriculum Development Mentoring Project Supervision Teaching Skills

Lecturer (Sch. Of Eng. {SEG} - Biomedical Engineering Materials Group) May 2017 - Present

Education Career Guidance (ECG) Counsellor (Secondment to MOE) May 2015 – May 2017

Lecturer (Sch. Of Eng. - Biomedical Engineering Materials Group) Apr 2009 – May 2015

Job Scope of EGC Counsellor

• Redeployed by MOE to Student Care Guidance Dept. in NYP to provide education career guidance to students:

-- Help students to discover themselves through various assessment tools

-- Resume cover letter critique

-- Mock interviews

• Build partnership with industries, companies, organizations in order to advocate ECG experiences to students; and gather latest industry information

• Organize career fairs, talks, and seminars

• Maintain working relationships with universities in order to provide latest updates on university programs

• Enhance ECG capacity for school personnel by equipping them with basic ECG knowledge

• Develop ECG curriculum for year 1 cohort

• Organized and conducted workshops for students

Job Scope of Lecturer (* Assigned roles from Apr 2009 to May 2015)

• Conduct lectures, tutorials and laboratory; review, design and develop course materials; supervise students in assignments and projects; assess students in coursework and examinations; supervise students in their final year projects; provide pastoral care for students

• Involve in RD projects with hospital Industrial, with compliance of ISO13485

• Involve in various activities:

-- Learning Journey (LJ) Coordinator (NYP Rep) for the Future City Programme – LJ Team (http://futurecity.sg/)

-- Cluster Communication Champion for the SEG Staff Engagement Committee

-- Member of ECG Taskforce in SEG

-- Member of Open House Taskforce in SEG – training of student helpers (2018)

-- Lab-in-charge: to plan, layout and set up new lab for ELP; provide support to the operations for the lab

-- * Chief Planner in Semester Timetable Planning Committee, planned 2 diplomas’ timetable with zero error

-- Provide course advising during Open House, JAE and school promotional events

-- * Duty Officer for Student Webchat Service during JAE

-- School Internship Mentor for students undergoing Internship Programs

-- * A member of WITS term

Senior RD Engineer (Mechanical) Jul 2007 - Mar 2009

Wincor Nixdorf Pte Ltd Singapore

Engineering Manufacturing CAD Project Engineering Design for Manufacturing Engineering Management Product Development Engineering Design Microsoft Office Mechanical 3D Design

• Responsible for the design and development of cash/non-cash transaction systems from concept to mass production

• Responsible for customization, design improvement, and cost reduction activities for projects

• Responsible for system and mechanical design related documentation

• Performed troubleshooting, analysis, and problem resolution of existing systems

• Involved in joint project with assignment to work in Germany to design LCD Display for information kiosk

Senior CAD Engineer Sep 2005 - Feb 2007

INCAT Singapore Singapore

Engineering CAD Product Development Engineering Design Microsoft Office CAD Support Microsoft Excel

Customer Service Provision. Scope of work included:

• Providing training, CAD support, design services

• Mechanical product design; assisted Philips Electronics Singapore Pte Ltd and STELOP Pte Ltd in product design, prototype evaluation, CAD modelling

• Training and customer support in the use of UG software

Mechanical Engineer Jun 2004 - Sep 2005

Flextronics Design Asia Pte Ltd Singapore

Engineering Mechanical Engineering Manufacturing CAD Product Development Project Engineering Design for Manufacturing Microsoft Office Product Design Engineering Management

• Worked with customers to define design specifications and product datasheet.

• Provided conceptual and detailed mechanical design for printing and product imaging

• Supported in the evaluation and analysis of design prototype working towards resolution of identified issues

• Prepare and support production activities such as managing suppliers to get parts on time, checking BOM, coordinate with production on product related issues, etc.

Lead Engineer Jul 1998 - Jun 2004

Philips Electronics Singapore Pte Ltd Singapore

Engineering Product Development Management Testing Project Engineering Product Management Mechanical Product Design CAD Design Unigraphics Plastic Part Design

Lead Engineer (Jan 2001 to June 2004)

Development Engineer (Apr 1999 to Dec 2000)

TIDE Engineer (Jul 1998 to Mar 1999)

Joined this consumer electronics firm and went through intensive training on Training for Industrial and Development Engineers (TIDE). This training program was aimed at training a group of graduates for a period of 9 months to equip them with essential management and technical skills.

As TIDE graduate, worked as Development Engineer involved in designing products including:

• Product study and benchmarking

• Communication with Marketing Managers, Industrial Designers, Project Team Members and suppliers to ensure product specifications meet customer expectations

• Conceptual designs, parts layout (the interfacing of parts structure construction)

• Design concepts and ideas generation

• Plastics parts designs which involve CAD modeling, tolerance analysis, parts to parts interfacing

• DFA/FMEA Analysis

• Setting up of equipment to perform experiments on prototypes and products

• Provide support to the production for the running products, including products that produced in Batam

• Managing external designers

Promoted to Lead Engineer in 2001 and has successfully launched four new products (dry and steam irons) in the market. Managed a project in pre-development stage and development of another new project concurrently. Besides the role of Development Engineer, also supported “running” products and was assigned to be a member of an on-going improvement team (OIT).

Technical Specialist Jul 1993 - Jul 1995

Hewlett Packard Singapore Pte Ltd Singapore

Management Microsoft Office Unix Troubleshooting Testing Vendor Management Windows Engineering Planning Projects

This position provided technical support to production. The job scope included troubleshooting, maintaining repairing of machines on the production lines; provision of training to operators; and management of projects.

Other duties:

1. Modification of the tape dispenser machine to improve reliability.

2. In charge of dismantling a production line (Quicksilver line) within a deadline.

3. Involved in two production line setup (Voltaire and Rocky Lines).

4. Work area planning and layout design.

Education

Graduate Diploma In Business Admin (Business Administration) Jul 2000 - Oct 2001

Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) Singapore

Business Strategy Management Microsoft Excel Marketing Marketing Strategy Human Resources

B. Eng. (Hons) in Mech. And Prod. Eng. (Mechanical Engineering) Jul 1995 - Jun 1998

Nanyang Technological University Singapore

Mechanical Engineering Engineering Pro Engineer CAD Manufacturing Engineering Management

Diploma in Manufacturing Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) Jul 1990 - Jun 1993

Singapore Polytechnic Singapore

Mechanical Engineering Engineering CAD Manufacturing Project Engineering Engineering Management

Other Skills

Teaching Lecturing Higher Education Project Management Curriculum Design Curriculum Development Coaching Lecturing Higher Education Teaching Project Management Curriculum Design Curriculum Development Coaching Product Development Life Cycle Mechanical 3D Design Mechanical Drawings Mechanical Product Design CAD 3D CAD Design Tolerance Analysis Career Advising Career Exploration

Careers Lay Ping favourited

Career Coach

Mechanical Engineer

Design Engineer

Lead Mechanical Engineer

Lead Product Manager

Senior Technical Officer

Lay Ping Chua's Skill Profile

Career Counseling Lecturer @ Nanyang Polytechnic

When I was working at Nanyang Polytechnic (Apr 2009 - Present), I demonstrated the Career Counseling skill when I was tasked to do Education Career Guidance. To tackle this challenge, I proactively engaged with students to talk about their education and career choices. As a result, I managed to positively affect students to make informed decision about their education and career choices.