Yong Sim has been with the Natural Sciences and Science Education (NSSE) Academic Group of NIE/NTU as a lecturer since 2016. He was also with NSSE AG/NIE/NTU as a Teaching Fellow for 3 years from 2011 to 2013. He received his Master of Education (MEd) and Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) with Distinction from NIE/NTU and BEng (Hons) from School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering from NTU. He was awarded NIE NEXUS Award (Team) in 2020 and NIE Excellence in Teaching Commendation Award in 2019 & 2023.

Prior to joining NIE/NTU, Yong Sim was with the Ministry of Education (Singapore) where he taught in secondary schools between 2004 to 2015. Yong Sim held the position of Senior Teacher and has experience in mentoring teachers. He is committed to work involving Design & Technology (D&T) education in the secondary schools and shared his professional practices to many D&T teachers in numerous D&T sharing platforms.

Professional Activities
Judge IDEX competition, ACS(Independent) (2024)
Evaluation Panelist D&T Awards (2024)
IvP mentor MOE Innovation Programme (IvP) (2024)
Judge Empowering STEM Education Professionals Programme (ESEPP)
competition (2024)
Core member D&T Subject Chapter, MOE Academy of Singapore Teachers (2023 - 2024)
Judge IDEX competition, ACS(Independent) (2023)
Evaluation Panelist D&T Awards (2023)
IvP mentor MOE Innovation Programme (IvP) (2023)
Judge Students STEM Hackathon (2023), meri-STEM centre/NIE
Judge e-IDEX competition, ACS(Independent) (2022)
IvP mentor MOE Innovation Programme (2022)
Judge STEM Hackathon (2021), meri-STEM centre/NIE
Judge Singapore Science Buskers, Science Centre Singapore (2020)
Presenter D&T Conference (2017)
Knowledgeable Others Clementi Town Secondary School (2016)
Core member D&T Subject Chapter, MOE Academy of Singapore Teachers (2015)
Presenter D&T Teachers’ Seminar (2014)
Presenter Concurrent session, D&T Conference (2012)
Presenter Concurrent session, D&T Conference (2011)
Presenter D&T Teachers’ Seminar (2010)
Presenter 3rd CPDD Professional sharing (2010)
Presenter D&T Forum (2010)
Presenter D&T Teachers’ Seminar (2009)

Workshops conducted for international educators
15-18 Jul 2024 Building Design Thinking in STEM for Malaysia educators (Johor State)
08-09 Jul 2024 Building Digital Literacy in STEM for Indonesia educators (Batam)
03-04 Jul 2024 Building Digital Literacy in STEM for Indonesia educators (Bogor)
4&11 Jun 2024 Singapore Secondary School D&T education for Zhejiang/China educators
07-08 Mar 2024 Building Digital Literacy in STEM for Indonesia educators (Bogor)
20 Nov 2023 Singapore Secondary School D&T education for Yunan/China educators
23-24 Oct 2023 Building Digital Literacy in STEM for Indonesia educators (Bandung)
16-19 Oct 2023 Developing Digital Literacy thru STEM Curriculum for Cambodia educators
06 Oct 2023 Singapore Secondary School D&T education for Cambodia educators
21-22 Jun 2023 Singapore Secondary School D&T education for Zhejiang/China educators
26-29 Sep 2022 STEM - Technology workshop in Bundung, Indonesia
26 Aug 2019 STREAM: Think, Create and Make for UAE teachers
12 Jul 2019 Creativity in D&T spaces for Suzhou/China teachers
22 May 2019 STEM workshop for ASEAN students
02-03 Apr 2019 STEM workshop for Hong Kong educators
21-22 Jan 2019 Singapore Secondary School D&T education for Cambodia educators
16-22 Dec 2018 Design thinking – Sketching and Making to think in Suzhou, China (Part 2b)
02-08 Dec 2018 Design thinking – Sketching and Making to think in Suzhou, China (Part 2a)
14-20 Oct 2018 Design thinking – Sketching and Making to think in Suzhou, China (Part 1b)
18-25 Aug 2018 Design thinking – Sketching and Making to think in Suzhou, China (Part 1a)
15 Aug 2018 Singapore Secondary School D&T education for Yunan/China educators
11-17 Dec 2017 STEM workshop (Part 2) in Thailand
14 Aug 2017 STEM workshop for Daegu/South Korea teachers
16-22 Jul 2017 STEM workshop (Part 1) in Thailand