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Associate Professor

Ivan Lee

Vice President (Innovation)
PhD (Engineering), National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Biography

Associate Professor Ivan Lee is the Vice President (Innovation) at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT). He provides strategic leadership in the implementation of the end-to-end innovation framework for SIT to co-innovate with industry.

A/Prof Lee joined SIT in 2013, and has taught manufacturing operations, engineering design and entrepreneurship courses across several degree programmes. As the VP for Industry & Community (2015-2021), he oversaw the promotion and development of industry collaborations and community partnerships. He has been instrumental in conceptualising and spearheading various Innovation & Enterprise platforms and initiatives to promote and enhance collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurial activities between industry, academic staff and students.

Prior to joining SIT, he has acquired over 27 years of experience in high-tech manufacturing, R&D, management and consulting in such areas as tooling engineering, plastic injection molding, metal fabrication, product lifecycle management, business process improvement, operations management and enterprise systems. He has extensive knowledge of precision engineering, printing, general manufacturing and IT industries.

A/Prof Lee has founded two start-up companies, BLC Solutions Pte Ltd in 2004 and TrueZ Pte Ltd in 2013. The first was a spin-off company from the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech), established to commercialise Web-based Product Lifecycle Management solutions, while the second specialised in cloud-based technologies for B2B collaboration and e-sourcing.

A/Prof Lee graduated with a Diploma in Production Engineering (Silver Medal) from the Singapore Polytechnic in 1981, and a Bachelor of Engineering (First Class honours) conferred by the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1985. He earned his PhD from NUS in 1993, focusing on intelligent process planning using expert systems.

SIT Appointments

  • Vice President (Innovation)
    – Present
  • Head, InnoHub
    –
  • Vice President (Industry & Community)
    –
  • Associate Professor

Education

  • PhD (Engineering)
    National University of Singapore , Singapore
  • Bachelor of Engineering (1st Class Hons)
    National University of Singapore , Singapore
  • Diploma in Production Engineering (Silver Medal)
    Singapore Polytechnic , Singapore

Corporate Experience

  • Founder and Managing Director, BLC Solutions Pte Ltd
  • Tooling Engineer, Hewlett Packard Singapore Pte Ltd
  • Research Assistant, Kestronics (Singapore) Pte Ltd
  • Research Engineer, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech)
  • Group Manager, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech)
  • Senior Research Scientist, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech)

Research Interests

  • Design innovation and entrepreneurship
  • Product lifecycle management
  • Workplace learning and competency-based education

Journal Papers

    1. Lee I.B.H., Lim B.S., Nee A.Y.C., 1991, “IKOOPPS: an intelligent knowledge-based object-oriented process planning system for the manufacture of progress dies”, article, Expert Systems, Vol 8/1, (UK: Learned Information), Feb, pp 19-33.
    2. Lee I.B.H., Lim B.S., Nee A.Y.C., 1993, “Knowledge-based process planning system for the manufacture of progressive dies”, Int. J. Prod. Res., Vol 31/2, (UK: Taylor & Francis), pp 251-278.
    3. Lim S.S., Lennie E.N. Lim, Ivan B.H. Lee, Bryan K.A. Ngoi, 1995, “Multiple domain feature mapping: a methodology based on deep models of features”, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 245-262.
    4. S.S. Lim, B.H. Lee, E.N. Lim, K.A. Ngoi, 1996, “Multiple Domain Feature Mapping Utilizing Case-based Reasoning and Blackboard Technology”, Industrial and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems 1996, p95-102.
    5. Fu M.W., Ong S.K., Lu W.F., Lee I.B.H., Nee A.Y.C., 2003, “An approach to identify design and manufacturing features from a data exchanged part model”, Computer Aided Design, Vol 35, Elsevier Science Ltd., UK, pp 979-993.
    6. Ni Q.F., Ren J.X., Lee B.H., 2002, “Expression-based cost estimation system and method”, Invention Disclosure, SIMTech.
    7. Zhou J.H., Ren J.X., Ni Q.F., Lee B.H., 2002, “Integrated, Configurable, Hierarchical Quotation and Sales Order Management System”, Invention Disclosure, SIMTech.

Conferences

    1. Lee I.B.H., Lim B.S., Lim Y.G., Ong B.L., 1989, “Extraction of Technological Information from Feature Oriented Modelling System for Generative Computer Aided Process Planning”, Proc. Int. Conf. On Productivity, Singapore, Sept, pp E1.1-E1.16.
    2. Lee I.B.H., Lim B.S., Nee A.Y.C., 1990, “Object-oriented rule-based expert process planning system for the manufacture of progressive dies”, Proc. Industrial Automation (IA) ’90 Conf., Singapore, May, pp 393-412.
    3. Lee I.B.H., Lim B.S., Nee A.Y.C., 1991, “Feature based modeling and process planning in CIM”, Proc. 1st Int. Conf. On Computer Integrated Manufacturing (ICCIM ’91), Singapore, Oct, pp 509-512.
    4. Lee I.B.H., Lim B.S., Nee A.Y.C., 1991, “IKOOPP: An Intelligent Knowledge-based Object-Oriented Process Planning System for the Manufacture of Progressive Dies”, 7th Int. Conf. Computer-Aided Production Engineering, Cookeville, TN, USA, Aug, pp 231-240.
    5. Lee I.B.H., Lim B.S., Nee A.Y.C., 1992, “Feature and knowledge-based object-oriented process planning system for the manufacture of progressive dies”, Proc. First Singapore Int. Conf. on Intelligent Systems (SPICIS) ’92, Singapore, Sept, pp 275-280.
    6. Lee I.B.H., Lim B.S., Nee A.Y.C., 1992, “IKOOPP: A rule-based object-oriented process planning system for the manufacture of progressive dies”, Proc. 1992 Pacific Conf. on Manufacturing, Osaka, Japan, Nov, pp 2-9.
    7. Lim S.S., Lee I.B.H., Lim L.E.N., Ngoi B.K.A., 1995, “A methodology for multiple domain mapping of features”, Proc. Computer Applications in Production and Engineering ‘95, Beijing, PR China, pp 68-78.
    8. Ming M., Ni Q.F., Lu W.F., Lee I.B.H., Fu M.W., On S.K., Nee A.Y.C., 2002, “Towards Collaboratively Integrated Manufacturing System for Tooling Production in SMEs – The INPROSE Approach”, Concurrent Engineering 2002, Cranfield University, UK, 27 July 2002.
       

Teaching Modules

Engineering Systems, BEng (Hons)

  • SIE1010 - Engineering Design Graphics

Past

  • SIT 5005/5006 Professional Practice 5
  • MEC3106 Operations and Engineering Management