Engineering

Projects

Rust systems software, robotics simulators, language tooling, and a long-running community tool platform. Each project is shipped or progressing toward publication — most are tied to ongoing research output.

Active

6
active2025 – present

Arona — Adaptive Assessment Engine

Research Lead & Mentor

An adaptive assessment engine that adjusts challenge based on verified learner performance, supporting personalised, scalable assessment. The work behind the IEEE ICCSP 2026 Best Paper on Smart Education Systems, a Hong Kong short-term patent, and a PCT international application, with dissemination through QS Reimagine Education 2026 and the eLFA Symposium 2026.

Adaptive TestingCATEdTechPatents

Paper: Published — ICCSP 2026, Best Paper on Smart Education Systems

active2025 – present

HCR 3D Learning Simulator

Principal Investigator

An adaptive coding game platform combining computerized adaptive testing with a 3D hair-cutting robot simulator. Learners solve programming challenges by arranging code blocks to control a simulated robot, with a CAT engine estimating ability from task performance and dynamically adjusting difficulty, and a digital-twin safety-verification sandbox checking movement and cutting plans before execution.

RoboticsSimulationDigital TwinCATEdTech
active2026

JRMP 2026 — Smart School Rooms

Mentor · Research Team Lead

PolyU Junior Researcher Mentoring Programme (Group 09): guiding seven secondary-school students to build "smart" classrooms using sensors and MQTT to track classroom environment and student movement — hands-on AIoT with Arduino and Raspberry Pi, from protocols and programming through research methods to conference presentation.

MentorshipAIoTMQTTSTEM Outreach

A mentored student project ("PulmoSight | 肺見", team lead K.H. Lio) that uses AI to support early lung-cancer detection — rapidly analysing patient data, assessing cancer risk, and marking lesion locations so doctors can prioritise high-risk cases and speed up diagnosis. The team is working with medical professionals toward clinical application.

AIMedical ImagingStudent ProjectCompetition
active2025 – present

AIoT Learning Platforms

Course & Project Designer

Industry-connected AIoT projects that convert abstract computing into applied problem-solving — practical programming with robotic systems, humanoid robots, and AIoT platforms across construction safety, healthcare, PPE monitoring, and robotics.

AIoTRoboticsProject-Based LearningIndustry
active2025 – present

Service-Learning & Community-Engaged Pedagogy

Educator

Formal and experiential development in service-learning and community-engaged pedagogy — a Continuing Education Course certificate in service-learning pedagogy and practice, deepened through engagement in the Philippines across educational and community contexts shaped by different social, linguistic, and resource realities.

Service-LearningCommunityInclusive Education

Completed

1
completedJul – Aug 2026

Robo-Barber Academy Camp 2026

Camp Director & Lead Instructor

A three-workshop academy camp — Robo-Builder Challenge, Virtual Barber Shop, and Final Competition — where participants build and program their first hair-cutting robotic arm. Organised with IEEE Finland CASS and IEEE Nanjing TEMSCISC, using the HCR 3D Learning Simulator as its virtual practice environment.

RoboticsOutreachIEEECompetition