Dr Emily Yap

Dr Emily Yap is a research engineer, recently joining the team at the Industry 4.0 Hub and Facility for Intelligent Fabrication, which is part of the University of Wollongong. She completed her Bachelor’s degree and PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales, Australia. For her PhD, she studied the behaviour and developed an X-ray generation application using advanced functional materials. With her new position, she enters a new field surrounding Industry 4.0 technology such as mixed reality, robotics, and the Internet of Things. She is excited to be part of WREN where she hopes she can inspire and provide young women an insight into what a career in STEM looks like.