Dr Zheng Jun Chew

Overview

Zheng Jun Chew is a Senior Lecturer working in self-powered systems, comprising energy harvesting, sensors, multifunctional transducers, wireless communications and system integration. He is a Chartered Engineer and worked as an electrical engineer at Sony EMCS(M) Sdn Bhd before obtaining the Zienkiewicz scholarship to pursue his PhD at Swansea University.

Dr. Chew has worked in self-powered systems research since 2014, contributing towards successful project delivery and bidding of grant funding worth over £2.5M. The projects involved high-value industries including aerospace, marine and railway with companies such as Airbus, BAE Systems, Babcock and Network Rail, as well as health and environmental-related sectors. Dr. Chew has generated 3 patents in energy harvesting from his research. Jun's research interests include low-power, high-efficiency and adaptive power management circuits for energy harvesting, sensor interfaces and wireless sensor networks for remote sensing and monitoring applications in both the natural and industrial environments.

Qualifications

• PhD in Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2014, Swansea University, Wales.
  Thesis: Integrated Transducers and Nanostructure Synthesis
  Fully funded by the Zienkiewicz Scholarship
• BEng (First Class Hons) in Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2010, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
  Project: Vibration-based MEMS battery

Completed Projects

• Realising Full Market Potential of SmartAIR+ with SmartSense, EPSRC IAA, Apr 25 - Mar 26, PI
• Air Recirculation with SmartAIR+ to Reduce Thermal Regulation Energy Costs and Support Net-Zero Impacts, EPSRC IAA, Jan - Mar 26, PI
• SmartAIR+, Carbon Trust, Feb 23 - Feb 25, PI
• Co-Creation with Network Rail for Obtaining Trial Certification of Smart Rail Track Monitoring Systems, EPSRC IAA, Feb 23 - Aug 23, £35K, Co-I
• Zero Power, Large Area Rail Track Monitoring, EPSRC (EP/S024840/1), May 19 - May 23, £1.38M, Researcher-Co-I
• Accelerating rail track electromagnetic energy harvesting system for commercialisation, EPSRC IAA, Jan 22 - Mar 22, £35K, Co-I
• Accelerating Energy Harvesting Technology for Spin-out, EPSRC IAA, Jun 21 - May 22, £50K, Co-I
• AutoNaut for Extreme Environments, Innovate UK (104064), Jan 18 - Dec 20, £75K, Researcher-Co-I
• Multi-source power management to enable autonomous micro energy harvesting systems, Innovate UK (104004), Jan 18 - Jun 19, £150K, Researcher-Co-I
• Energy Harvesting Sensor Systems, SETSquared, Oct 17 - Jan 18, £30K, PI
• Energy Harvesting System for Battery-less Remote Monitoring, Open Innovation Platform, Oct 17 - Dec 17, £20K, Co-I
• Accelerating the Uptake of Energy Harvesting Technology by Industry, EPSRC IAA, Sep 17 - Jul 18, £ 35K, Co-I
• En-ComE: Energy Harvesting Powered Wireless Monitoring Systems Based on Integrated Smart Composite Structures and Energy-Aware Architecture, EPSRC (EP/K020331/1), Apr 14 - Oct 17, £630K, Researcher
• SENTIENT -SENsors To Inform and Enable wireless NeTworks, Innovate UK (101657), Jan 14 - Mar 17, £151K, Researcher
• SMARTER: Smart Multifunctional ARchitecture & Technology for Energy aware wireless sensoRs, EPSRC (EP/K017950/2), Apr 14 - Mar 16, £410K, Researcher

PhD Supervision

Please get in touch if you are interested in doing a PhD in the area of self-powered systems, energy harvesting, power management, wireless networks, remote sensing, condition monitoring or data analytics.