Soh Gim Song

Associate Professor and Director of Education

Email:

Website: https://people.sutd.edu.sg/~sohgimsong
Telephone: +65 6303 6679

Research Areas:
Mechanical Engineering, Human-Machine Interfaces, Robotics, Automation and Control

Pillar / Cluster: Engineering Product Development

Biography

Dr. Soh Gim Song is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Product Development Pillar at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. He is a core founding member of the Robotics Innovation Laboratory and the director of the Articulated Systems and Biomechanics group. He obtained his MSc and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Irvine (UCI), where he researched and developed innovative computer-aided design software tools for the invention of articulated mechanical systems. He had taught courses in the field of machine theory, computer-aided design, and manufacturing, as well as engineering design processes. He was a visiting Scholar in the department of Mechanical Engineering of MIT and an Associate Research Scientist at the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology. Currently, he is serving as an Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Mechanism and Robotics, the Honors and Awards Subcommittee Chair for the ASME Mechanism and Robotics Committee, a Member of the IFToMM Technical Committee for Robotics and Mechatronics, and the Chairperson of Singapore Committee for the Technologies of Machines and Mechanisms.

For details on my publications, see

Professional Experience

Associate Professor, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 06/19 – present
Assistant Professor, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 06/11 – 05/19
Visiting Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 08/11-06/12
Associate Research Scientist, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, 12/10 – 06/11
Executive Assistant, E.M. Chen and Associates, Inc., 05/09 – 11/10
Research Specialist, Robotics and Automation Laboratory, University of California, Irvine, 01/09 – 04/09
Lecturer, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 06/08 – 08/08
Research/Teaching Assistant, Robotics and Automation Laboratory, University of California, Irvine, 06/04 – 12/08
Research Officer, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, 06/03 – 08/04

Selected Patents

Adaptive Hybrid-Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing. SG PCT: 10201908625V
Climbing Robot with Robust Transition. SG PCT: 10201903500S
Method and Device for Measuring Anatomical Movement of a Joint. SG PCT: 10201810156P
Robot and Method for Localizing a Robot. US Patent: 15/655,451

Selected Honors and Awards

2019 IEEE MRS Most Outstanding Paper Award.
2019 Singapore Good Design Mark Award, “Orion”.
2018 ASME IDETC Mechanism and Robotics (MR) Conference Best Paper Award.
2017 Singapore Good Design Mark Award, “Virgo Intelligent Surveillance and Reconnaissance Robot”.
2007 Most Innovative Design Award, Extreme Gravity Racing, “Kumo”.
2006 Most Innovative Design Award, Extreme Gravity Racing, “Lean Dynamics”.

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Kinematics
Mechanisms
Robotics
Additive Manufacturing
Wearable Devices

My co-authored book published in 2010:

Visit the Articulated Systems and Biomechanics Group for more information.

30.105 Machine Element Design
30.001: Structures and Materials

PhD Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine, USA, 2008
MSc Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine, USA, 2006
BEng Mechanical and Production Engineering (Mechatronics), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2003