Jia Aw
Robotics Engineer at Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center Singapore (HMGICS)
Singapore, Singapore
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Top SchoolJia Aw is a robotics engineer and additive manufacturing researcher with seven years of experience applying experimental, computational, and in-situ thermal and fluid characterization to pioneering frontal polymerization and 3D-printing technologies. She led multidisciplinary teams to design robotic grippers that cut packaging latency and cost dramatically, and transitioned lab-scale polymer chemistries into rapid, energy-efficient printing platforms with funding from Honeywell, ARPA, DARPA and publications in Nature and Nature Communications. Co-inventor on a patent and co-author on high-impact papers, she combines hands-on mechatronics, soft-materials integration, and AI-enhanced control to deliver industrially viable automation solutions. Based in Singapore and now at Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center Singapore, she blends deep academic rigor (PhD, UIUC) with practical factory implementation experience—often turning material science breakthroughs into manufacturable hardware.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering, 1st Class With Honours, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering, 1st Class With Honours at Nanyang Technological UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Chinese, English
Github Skills (11)
lit10
lit-element10
material-design10
material310
web-components10
lit-html10
material-you10
material-components10
ui-components10
benchmark4
runner4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
material-components/material-web
Oct 2019 - Oct 2019
Material Design Web Components
Contributions:1 commit, 75 PRs, 139 pushes in 1 day
web-componentsmaterial-componentsmaterialweb-designmaterial-design
google/tachometer
Apr 2019 - Apr 2019
Statistically rigorous benchmark runner for the web
Contributions:1 comment in 1 day
benchmarkperformancerunnerrigorous
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