Rate My Professor Wang Xin

Wang Xin is an Associate Professor in the Malaysia School of Engineering at Monash University. She obtained her PhD from Nanyang Technological University. She served as a research fellow at the Robotics Research Center, NTU, from 2007 to 2009, followed by an appointment as Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering & Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, from 2009 to 2012. In 2012, she joined the School of Engineering at Monash University Malaysia as a senior lecturer and has been an Associate Professor there since 2018. She has also held visiting professor positions at the National Metrology Centre, Singapore in 2011, and the Centre for Optical & Laser Engineering, NTU in 2016.

Her research interests include machine vision, image processing, laser sensing, optical metrology, deep learning, AI applications in healthcare, non-destructive testing, and structural health monitoring. As head of the Intelligent Non-destructive Evaluation group, she leads the Non-Destructive Evaluation Lab, providing industrial solutions in automated product inspection, measurement, and defect detection. Wang Xin has published over 70 peer-reviewed journal papers and two book chapters. Key publications include "Advances in CO2 capture and separation materials: Emerging trends, challenges, and prospects for sustainable applications" (2025, Carbon Capture Science and Technology), "A parameterless approach for long-term creep prediction in concrete using hybrid CNN-transformer model" (2025, Structural Health Monitoring), "Design Optimization of a Soft Robotic Finger with Deep Reinforcement Learning" (2025, IEEE ARSO), "Energy-coupled CO2 capture–conversion via membrane–adsorption integration: Quantitative benchmarks and pilot-scale design" (2025, Carbon Capture Science and Technology), and "Enhanced cooling performance of lithium polymer batteries using micro heat pipes integrated with carbon nanotubes coatings" (2025, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer). She has been recognized as one of the World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University in 2024 and 2025, received the Distinguished Woman Researcher award in 2025, Fellowship of the International Engineering and Technology Institute in 2025, and First Runner-Up in the Employability Pitch Competition at TransformED 2025. A Chartered Engineer and Senior Member of IEEE, she serves on the editorial boards of International Journal of Hydromechatronics and PLoS ONE, and programme committees for GIRST 2024 and IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics 2024. Her research aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goals such as Good Health and Well-being, Affordable and Clean Energy, Responsible Consumption and Production, and Climate Action.