Ronald Ting Tai Chan

Dr Ronald Ting Tai Chan is a Senior Lecturer and Education Focused Academic in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). He holds a pivotal leadership role as Postgraduate Coursework Coordinator, focusing on curricula development and accreditation processes, including leading the 2021 Engineers Australia (EA) accreditation of the Master of Engineering program.

• Education: PhD in Manufacturing and Management Engineering (UNSW), BE (Hons I) in Aerospace Engineering (UNSW), and BSc in Mathematics and Statistics (UNSW)

His research interests center on leveraging educational technology to enhance learning experiences, particularly through VR/AR/MR integration, gamification, and data-driven methodologies like PLS-PM for industrial systems analysis. He advocates for critical thinking and methodological approaches in solving open-ended engineering challenges.

Dr Chan teaches advanced courses such as Engineering Management, Design and Analysis of Product Process Systems, and Reliability Engineering. His academic contributions span statistical process improvement methodologies applied in industries like healthcare and beverage manufacturing.

He actively participates in international conferences, presenting work on PLS regression models and team performance analysis at the 8th International Conference on Partial Least Squares (Paris, 2014).