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Asst Prof Phillis Teng
Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education - Physical Education & Sports Science
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Phillis is an Assistant Professor at the Physical Education and Sports Science (PESS) Academic Group of NIE, NTU, with a passion in biomechanics research.
She obtained her B.Eng and M.Sc (Mechanical Engineering) from the National University of Singapore. She then went on to obtain her PhD in the field of Biomechanics (Title: Investigation of Foot Landing Techniques and Muscle Activation During Single-Leg Drop Landings: Implications for Non-Contact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries) from NTU, after 6.5 years of industry engineering experience at Hewlett Packard (HP).
Since 2011, Phillis left HP as a Senior R&D Engineer and started work at the Institute for Sports Research (NTU) in research areas including sport injury risk reduction; human perception in comfort and fit; mechanical shoe testing; 3D printed brace development using metamaterial structures; and biomechanics study of customized 3D printed insoles, especially for people with flat feet. In 2021, Phillis then joined the Rehabilitation Research Institute of Singapore (a collaboration between NTU, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore and the National Healthcare Group) as senior research fellow before joining NIE in 2022.
Her research interests include biomechanics injury risk reduction and product development, and her current research is in the delay of knee osteoarthritis and early intervention using biomechanics gait study and footwear development.
She obtained her B.Eng and M.Sc (Mechanical Engineering) from the National University of Singapore. She then went on to obtain her PhD in the field of Biomechanics (Title: Investigation of Foot Landing Techniques and Muscle Activation During Single-Leg Drop Landings: Implications for Non-Contact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries) from NTU, after 6.5 years of industry engineering experience at Hewlett Packard (HP).
Since 2011, Phillis left HP as a Senior R&D Engineer and started work at the Institute for Sports Research (NTU) in research areas including sport injury risk reduction; human perception in comfort and fit; mechanical shoe testing; 3D printed brace development using metamaterial structures; and biomechanics study of customized 3D printed insoles, especially for people with flat feet. In 2021, Phillis then joined the Rehabilitation Research Institute of Singapore (a collaboration between NTU, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore and the National Healthcare Group) as senior research fellow before joining NIE in 2022.
Her research interests include biomechanics injury risk reduction and product development, and her current research is in the delay of knee osteoarthritis and early intervention using biomechanics gait study and footwear development.
Biomechanics, Injury Risk Reduction, Product Development
- Screening and Biomechanical Risk Factors for Early Knee Osteoarthritis
- Proof-of-Concept Mechanical Footwear Development for Early Knee Osteoarthritis Intervention
Awards
Inauguration Grant under the Singapore Teaching and Academic Research Talent Scheme
Courses Taught
Introduction to Sport Biomechanics
Analytical Biomechanics
Anatomical and Biomechanical Foundations of Physical Activity
Analytical Biomechanics
Anatomical and Biomechanical Foundations of Physical Activity