Professor Ooi Chui Ping

2008 - Present
Chartered Engineer (CEng), UK

2008 - Present
Member of the Institute of Materials, Mining and Minerals, UK

• Application of biomaterials and biophysics for better healthcare design and delivery
  

• 2017 - Present

  President, Institute of Materials (East Asia)

• 2015 - Present

  Biomedical Engineering Society Singapore, Student Advisory Board

• 2015 - 2019
  Member, Singapore Paramedic Professional Standards Committee

• 2014 - 2017
  Vice President, Institute of Materials (East Asia)

• 2006 - 2012
  Honorary Secretary, Institute of Materials (East Asia)
  

• 2004 - 2006

  Honorary Treasurer, Institute of Materials (East Asia)

• 2002 - 2004

  Membership Secretary, Institute of Materials (East Asia)

Service as editor and associate editor

• Editorial board of Scientific Phone Apps and Mobile Devices, 2018
• Editorial board of the Special Issue on Advanced Ceramics Synthesis and Processing in Bioceramics Development and Applications, 2014
• Editorial team for Materials Processing for Properties and Performance (MP³), Volume 5, 2006
• Editorial team for NTU University Research Report, 2005 – 2006
• Editorial team for Materials Processing for Properties and Performance (MP³), Volume 3, 2004

Service as External Examiner

• External examiner for 6 PhD and Masters’ theses for SUSS (School of Science and Technology), NIE, NTU (School of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology), 2005 – 2021
• External examiner for 3 PhD confirmation for School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, NTU, 2003 – 2005
• External examiner to the School of Engineering (Diploma in Biomedical Engineering), Temasek Polytechnic, 2018 – 2019

Service as reviewer

• Technical reviewer for the following conferences:
  • 4^th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (ICBEB),2015
  • 2^nd International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (ICBEB), 2013
  • 2^nd Global Conference on Materials Science and Engineering (CMSE), 2013
  • International Conference on Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, 2006
  • 5^th International Conference on Materials for Properties and Performance (MP3), 2006
  • 3^rd International Conference on Materials for Properties and Performance (MP3), 2004
• Peer reviewer for over 20 referred journals, including Biomaterials, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Simulation Modeling Practice and Theory, Expert Systems (2003 to present)
• Reviewer of proposals for A*STAR Biomedical Research Council, 2002
  

Public lectures and Speaking Invitations

• Synthesis and Characterization of Copper Doped HA Nanoparticles and its antibacterial effect against gram-negative bacteria, 7^th Annual World Congress of Nanoscience and Technology, Fukuoka, Japan, Oct 24 – 26, 2017
• Fabrication of porous biodegradable scaffolds for tissue engineering, Global Congress and Expo on Materials Science and Nanoscience, Dubai UAE, October 24 – 26, 2016
• Conducted workshop on “Best Research Practices” Tarumanagara University, Indonesia, 10 – 11 August 2015
• Represent Institute of Materials (East Asia) in the Materials International Affairs Forum, USA, 2014
• Represent Institute of Materials (East Asia) in the Materials International Affairs Forum, Hong Kong, 2013
• Guest speaker “Targeted treatment for Ocular diseases”, Mahidol University, Thailand, 19 August 2010
• Effect of Hydrolytic Degradation on Ganciclovir Release from PLGA microspheres, 2nd International Conference on Materials Processing for Properties and Performance, Yokohama, Japan, 2003
  

Session chairman/session organizer in conferences

• Session Chair, Biomaterials and Bioengineering Symposium, International Congress on Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Osaka, Japan, 2019
• Session Chair for NanoBiomaterials and Nanobiotechnology, 5^th Annual World Congress of Nano Science and Technology 2015, Xi’an, China
• Co-Chair and Organising Committee for the Materials Processing, Inspection and Testing, Malaysia, 2017
• Member, Local Organising Committee (Technical Program), 6^th World Congress of Biomechanics, Singapore, 2010
• Symposium Chair, Biomaterials, 5^th International Conference on Materials Processing for Properties and Performance, Singapore 2006
• Symposium Chair and Session Chair, Biomaterials for the 21^st Century, 3^rd International Conference on Materials Processing for Properties and Performance, Singapore, 2004
• Session Chair, Polymer and Composites Symposium, 1^st International Conference on Materials Processing for Properties and Performance, Singapore, 2002

Service to society/local industry

• Selection Committee for the IMEA Gold Medal, NTU, Singapore, 2017 – Present
• Working committee member in the subsidiary legislation for the Human Biomedical Research Act (HBRA), 2017
• Judge, Postgraduate poster presentation, 10th Biomedical Engineering Society Scientific Meeting, 14th May 2016
• Chairperson and Judge for the Singapore’s Young Person’s Lecture Competition Finals, 2014, 2016
• Panel interviewer for Chartered Engineers for Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (UK), 2013
• Chairperson, Organizing Committee for Singapore’s Young Person’s Lecture Competition, 2003 - 2007
• Judge for Solar Innovation 2004 – ReFuse by Earthlink NTU
• Project supervisor for NTU-NJC Student Research Attachment Programme, 2003 
• Expert mentor, Innovation Programme under the Gifted Education Programme by MOE, 2001- 2003

• Principal Investigator, “Helping children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and/or conduct disorder (CD) through accurate diagnosis”, MOE ARC, 2021, $55,200.
• Principal Investigator, “Injectable Self-hardening Bioactive Composite Paste for Bone Tissue Engineering”, SIM University/BioScaffold International Pte Ltd, 2010, $56,400.
• Principal Investigator, “Three-dimensional printing of Biodegradable Bioactive PLGA-TCP Scaffolds, SIM University/BioScaffold International Pte Ltd, 2019, $21,000.
• Principal Investigator, “Diagnostic Tool for Detection of Cancer, Academic Research Fund (AcRF), 2006, $109,755.
• Collaborator, “Cold spraying of Bioactive Nano-structured Biofilms”, AcRF, 2005, $283,888.
• Co-Principal Investigator, “Processing and characterization of Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering”, SERC/A*STAR, 2004, $597,000.
• Collaborator, "Development of nanoparticle-DNA complexes (nanoplex) for efficient gene delivery, NMRC/NCC, 2003, $363,000.
• Collaborator, “Nano-processing of Microactuators for Minimally Invasive Surgery”, ARC/A*STAR, 2002, $1,047,400.
• Collaborator, “Biodegradable Stents with Drug Delivery”, NSTB/ARC, 2001, $747,670.
• Principal Investigator, “Biodegradable Ocular Implants”, AcRF, 2001, $277,977.