Ir Dr Teo Hiu Hong

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Ir Dr Teo Hiu Hong

  • Senior Lecturer
  • School of Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
SDGs Focus

Biography

Ir Dr Teo Hiu Hong is a professional engineer with practising certicate (BEM) who has many years working experiences in industries before he joined academic. He is also a member of Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) and International Association of Engineers (IAENG). He obtained his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), previously known as KUITTHO. He also received his Master of Manufacturing System Engineering and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). His specialisation covers areas of mechanical design, finite element analysis, dynamic simulation, artificial intelligence, and additive manufacturing, particularly on robotic, internet of things, pressure vessel, mechanical structural steel, and commercial truck body. He has authored numerous journal articles, patents, and industrial design. He has also received innovation awards and research grants such as Majlis Anugerah Inovasi TUDM, PERINTIS IUKL, MIExpo UPM, and FRGS.

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (2020)
  • Master of Manufacturing System Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (2006)
  • Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, previously known as KUiTTHO (2004)

Research Interests

  • Mechanical Design and CAD
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Robotic in Manipulator and Upper-limb Rehabilitation
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Additive Manufacturing

Teaching Areas

  • Mechanical Engineering Design and Prototyping
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Manufacturing Engineering and Technology

Courses Taught

  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Engineering Drawing
  • Design of Machine Elements
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Manufacturing Technology

Notable Publications

  1. 2026 - YuanBo, Yang, Hiu Hong Teo, Yeong Jin King, Yao Zhang (2026) Robust Co-Adaptive
    Human–Robot Interaction Under Sensor Noise, Delay, and Parameter Drift, IEEE Sensors
    Journal, Early Access.
  2. 2026 - Chengzong Jia, Hiu Hong Teo, Yeong Jin King, Xiaoping Wen (2026) A Survey of Intelligent
    Mapless Multi-Robot Systems: Perception, Distributed Planning, and Predictive
    Cooperation, IEEE Access, Accepted Manuscript
  3. 2025 - Yuanbo Yang, Hiu Hong Teo, Yeong Jin King (2025) Towards Intelligent Human-Robot
    Interaction for Upper Limb Rehabilitation: A Review of Emerging Modalities and Strategies,
    IEEE Access, pp. 185513-185532.
  4. 2025 - Rayson Pang, Mun Kou Lai, Hiu Hong Teo, Tze Chuen Yap (2025) Influence of
    Temperature on Interlayer Adhesion and Structural Integrity in Fused Deposition Modelling:
    A Comprehensive Review, Journal of Manufacturing and Material Processing 2, Vol. 9 (6),
    196, pp. 1-34.
  5. 2025 - Lipeng Wang, Junchao Ge, Tze Fong Go, Hiu Hong Teo (2025) A Modular Design of Smart
    Street Lamps via Hybrid DDM-DSM, Journal of Computational Methods in Science and
    Engineering, pp. 1–13.
  6. 2025 - Yuanbo Yang, Hiu Hong Teo, Yeong Jin King, Yao Zhang, Gang Wang, Xiangxu Qu (2025)
    Calibration-free sEMG intention recognition via self-supervised pretraining and adversarial
    domain alignment for upper-limb rehabilitation. Scientific Reports, 15(1), pp. 44850-44870.
  7. 2024 - Yong Ge, Hiu Hong Teo, Lip Kean Moey, Monitoring Tool Wearing: A Hybrid Algorithm
    Integrating Residual Structures and Stacked BiLSTM (2024) The International Journal of
    Advanced Manufacturing Technology, pp. 1-14.
  8. 2024 - Yong Ge, Hiu Hong Teo, Lip Kean Moey, Walisijiang Tayier (2024) Research on Tool
    Remaining Useful Life Prediction Algorithm Based on Machine Learning, Engineering
    Research Express 6 (3), pp. 035402-035412.
  9. 2024 - Junchao Ge, Tze Fong Go, Hiu Hong Teo (2024) Functional Optimization of Smart Street
    Lamp via Hybrid Kano-DEMATEL Model: A Case Study on Hebi Area, China, International
    Journal of Integrated Engineering 16 (1), pp. 106-124.
  10. 2024 - Guan He, H. H. Teo, L. K. Moey (2024) Review of Path Planning of Welding Robot Based
    on Spline Curve, Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences, pp. 9928-9948.
  11. 2024 - Yong Ge, Hiu Hong Teo, Lip Kean Moey, Walisijiang Tayier (2024) Research on Tool Wear
    Condition Monitoring Based on Deep Transfer Learning and Residual Network, Engineering
    Research Express 6 (3), pp. 035569-035579.
  12. 2024 - G. He, H. H. Teo, L. K. Moey (2024) Investigation of Structure Design and Kinematics
    Simulation on Parallel Welding Robot Using Adams, Journal of Engineering Science and
    Technology 19 (1), pp. 1-17.

Achievements & Accolades

Personal

  1. Third Prize under Service Delivery Innovation Category under TUDM Innovation competition 2025 for the invention of rifle shooting board rotator with smartphone control.
  2. Gold medal under product/innovation with cluster of applied science and engineering C-ASE-45 from MIExpo 2013, UPM for the invention of PLC-based membrane casting machine.
  3. Silver metal under design & innovation competition for private higher institutions from PERINTIS 2014, IUKL for the invention of manual membrane casting machine.
  4. Bronze medal under design & innovation competition for private higher institutions from PERINTIS 2014, IUKL for the invention of polymer liquid delivery system.

Supervised Students

  1. Best FYP poster under Application & Functionality Excellence from Technovation 2026 for the topic of Development of Smart CPR System for Drone.
  2. Best FYP poster under Excellence for Innovation & Creativity from Technovation 2025 for the topic of Development of Low Cost Upper Limb Exoskeleton Arm for Lifting Assistance for Industrial Workers.
  3. Silver Medal for FYP under Excellence for Innovation & Creativity from Technovation 2025 for the topic of Development of Smart Motorcycle Parking System with Intelligent Camera.
  4. Bronze medal for FYP under Excellence for Innovation & Creativity from Technovation 2025 for the topic of Development of Smart Agricultural Robot in Hydroponic Farming.

Research Grants

  1. Euro Potential Research Fund, Co-Investigator, RM100,000 (2025-2027).
  2. University Internal Research Fund, Principal Investigator, RM22,000 (2019-2023).
  3. Fundamental Research Grants, Co-Investigator, RM112,000 (2019-2023).
  4. University Internal Research Fund, Co-Investigator, RM96,545 (2013-2015).

Intellectual Properties

  1. Patent Filing - Automatic Interproximal Dental Abrasive Device (A-IDAD), 2026.
  2. Patent - An Automated Hydrophilic Membrane Fabrication Machine (PI2019006303), 2020.
  3. Industrial Design - Polymer Solution Delivery Apparatus (MY 14-01139-0101), 2015.
  4. Industrial Design, Semi-Automatic Casting Machine (MY 13-01324-0101), 2013.
  5. Patent - An Apparatus for Casting Membranes and a Method of Casting Membranes Thereof (PI 2013003337), 2013.
  6. Industrial Design - Casting Machine (MY 12-01436-0101), 2013.

Academic Contribution

  1. Invited judge of Robotics category under World Invention Competition and Exhibition 2025.
  2. Invited external evaluator of Integrated Design Project 2025 under Mechanical Engineering programme of Herriot-Watt Malaysia.
  3. Invited judge of Final Year Project 2023 under 20th Eureka International Engineering Conference of Taylor’s University.
  4. Invited judge of Final Year Project 2023 under 19th Eureka International Engineering Conference of Taylor’s University.
  5. Reviewer of 3 manuscripts under 5th International Conference on Sustainable Innovation in Engineering and Technology 2023 of Asia-Pacific University.
  6. Reviewer of manuscript 648-1-4-20230601 under Journal of Engineering & Technological Advances 2022 Vol. 7, No. 2.
  7. Reviewer of manuscript JECE-D-21-05426R under Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 2021.
  8. Invited judge of Final Year Project 2021 under Mechanical and Manufacturing Programme of Universiti Putra Malaysia.
  9. Invited judge of Final Year Project 2020 under Mechanical Engineering of University of Nottingham Malaysia.
  10. Invited guest lecture of engineering design with AutoCAD 2019 under IChemE of Herriot-Watt Malaysia.

Professional Associations

  1. Professional engineer, Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM).
  2. Member of Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM).
  3. Member of International Association of Engineers Hong Kong (IAENG).
  4. Committee member of IEM Membership Drive & Promotions, 2018-2019.
  5. Committee member of IEM Consulting Engineering Special Interest Group, 2017-2018.