**About the Editors**

## **Swee Leong Sing**

Swee Leong Sing is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS). Prior to joining NUS in August 2021, he was a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at the Singapore Centre for 3D Printing (SC3DP) and School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore after being awarded the prestigious fellowship in 2020.

Swee Leong has been active in the 3D printing field for more than 8 years. He obtained his BEng (Hons) in Aerospace Engineering and PhD in Mechanical Engineering with a topic in additive manufacturing (AM) in 2012 and 2016, respectively. Swee Leong's research focuses on using advanced manufacturing techniques as enablers for materials development and to create strategic values for the industries. He is also active in inter-disciplinary research and translational work. His research has been awarded the Best PhD Thesis Award by MAE, NTU, Singapore, as well as the Springer Theses Award from Springer Nature, Germany in 2017. Swee Leong has worked on numerous 3D printing projects with government agencies, universities, research institutes and industrial collaborators. Swee Leong has filed five patents pertaining to 3D printing processes and materials. He has published 1 book, 4 book chapters and more than 50 peer reviewed journal and conference articles. Swee Leong currently has an h-index of 30 with more than 4500 citations (Web of Science, 31 May 2022).

#### **Wai Yee Yeong**

Associate Professor Wai Yee Yeong is the winner of the TCT Women in 3D Printing Innovator Award 2019 and named as one of the Singapore 100 Women in Tech List 2021. Her work is well-recognized, with an H-index of 56 and more than 12,000 citations on Google Scholar. She has filed multiple patents and knowhows, with a key interest in Bioprinting and the 3D printing of new materials. On academic fronts, she is the Associate Editor for 2 international journals and has authored 3 textbooks on 3D printing. Prof Yeong serves as Program Director in the Singapore Centre for 3D Printing and HP-NTU Digital Manufacturing Corp Lab. Prof Yeong was awarded the NRF Investigatorship (Class of 2022) in her pursuit for groundbreaking and high-risk research.
