Dr Wallace Wong
Senior Lecturer

Qualifications

PhD (Bristol)
BEng (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Bristol)

Work Experience

Dr Wong read his doctorate degree in induction motor drives and control at Bristol Laboratory for Advanced Dynamic Engineering (BLADE), Bristol University, UK. In his research, Dr Wong investigated several problems plaguing Direct Torque Control (DTC) induction motor drives and has suggested several methods to mitigate these problems. He also successfully implemented the Minimal Controller Synthesis (MCS), an advanced adaptive control technique first developed in the 90s in the same laboratory, to control the induction motor. He won the Institution of Electrical Engineers UK (IEE) Postgraduate Scholarship in 2000 to aid his research.

Prior to his lecturership in Swinburne Sarawak, Dr Wong was employed as a Researcher at BLADE. He was involved in the setting up of the Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Research Team, which pioneered the research and development of a controlled, self-levitating, micro motor in the UK. His team investigates the design, fabrication and control of micro-motor with features from a few microns to a few tenths of a millimetre in size, with target specifications to suit the perceived application of the micro-motor in micro-gyroscope and micro-turbine.

Research & Scholarship Interests

Currently, he is investigating the feasibility of micro-machining industry in Sarawak. In addition, he is engaged in the setting up of a MEMS research initiative between BLADE, Swinburne Sarawak and the Industrial Research Institute Swinburne Melbourne (IRIS) to widen expertise in micro machining and to develop MEMS devices.

Apart from MEMS, he is also studying the effects of actuator saturation in conventional and modern adaptive controllers.