About A*STAR FEAT

A*STAR Future Energy Acceleration and Translation (FEAT) Centre, launched in January 2025, drives the development of next-generation technologies for critical components in extreme environments –accelerating solutions to today’s industrial challenges and enabling future energy systems.

As fusion energy gains momentum as a clean, safe, and reliable power source, it presents an opportunity for Singapore to contribute to this emerging sector. With supply chains still nascent, there is scope to leverage strengths in materials science, advanced manufacturing, plasma diagnostics and AI to build niche capabilities and enable early participation in the global fusion supply chain. The capabilities developed will also have spillover benefits across industries operating under similarly demanding environments, including aerospace and semiconductors.

FEAT brings together a multidisciplinary A*STAR team, with strengths in advanced materials, precision manufacturing and materials testing – capabilities that support the development of more robust, scalable, and deployable fusion systems, and connect frontier research to a rapidly evolving global fusion ecosystem[X.

Vision & Mission

Vision

To become a world-class R&D powerhouse and innovation leader, driving Singapore’s emergence as a key hub in the global supply chain ecosystem.

Mission

To pioneer next-generation technologies for critical components in extreme environments, thereby addressing today’s industrial challenges and accelerating the realisation of future energy solutions.

Accomplishing Our Scientific Mission

  • Build capabilities
    Develop materials for critical components that can withstand extreme conditions, with the stretch goal of enabling fusion technology
  • Develop solutions
    Leverage our developed capabilities to create applications that solve immediate and short-term problems in existing industries
  • Translate & commercialise
    Grow track record partnering with leading fusion companies and local industries to gain early access to future supply chains

Message from the Centre Director

Welcome to the Future Energy Acceleration and Translation (FEAT) Centre. As Centre Director, I am thrilled to introduce our mission to pioneer next-generation technologies that will redefine the global energy landscape.

Launched in January 2025, FEAT operates at the critical intersection of frontier scientific research and industrial application, driving the development of advanced components engineered to withstand some of the world's most extreme environments.

The demanding conditions inherent to fusion reactors, characterised by intense thermal loads, mechanical stresses, and material degradation, mirror challenges faced in other high-performance sectors. As a result, capabilities developed at FEAT are expected to generate significant spillover benefits across industries such as aerospace, semiconductors, and advanced manufacturing, where similar extremes in performance, reliability, and durability are essential.

Innovation of this magnitude cannot occur in silo – to address this, FEAT brings together an elite, cross-disciplinary team from across A*STAR, to serve as an agile translation platform that links global commercial players with domestic research excellence.

Together with our industry partners, we engineer advanced components that will power tomorrow.

Dr Andrew Ngo Chun Yong
FEAT Centre Director

Our Team

Dr Andrew Ngo
Freda Lim
Dr Andrew Ngo
Dr Andrew Ngo

Centre Director, Future Energy Acceleration & Translation (FEAT) Centre, A*STAR
Division Director, Composites & Structural Division (CSD), IMRE, A*STAR
Distinguished Professor, ST Engineering
www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-ngo-astar

Andrew is the Centre Director of the Future Energy Acceleration & Translation (FEAT) Centre, and Division Director of the Composites and Structural Division (CSD) at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), A*STAR. He holds a PhD from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and an MBA from Nanyang Business School (NBS), Singapore. Before joining A*STAR as a Research Scientist in 2010, he spent two years in the semiconductor industry.

As Centre Director of FEAT, Andrew leverages A*STAR's multi-disciplinary expertise to tackle technical challenges in future energy. His work spans materials development & testing, modelling & simulation, plasma diagnostics & control, and component design & manufacturing. As Division Director of CSD, he leads ~80 research scientists and engineers in additive manufacturing, advanced alloys & ceramics, composite materials & engineering, and next-generation structural inspection & evaluation.

Andrew is a Distinguished Professor of ST Engineering and an Associate Faculty of Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT). He is also a member of the National Research Foundation (NRF) Foundational Research Capabilities (FRC) study team for fusion energy, and his role includes reviewing the science & technology research capabilities in Singapore, and identifying future capabilities needed for Singapore to be an advanced nation in science & technology.

Freda Lim
Freda Lim

Thrust Lead, Materials & Manufacturing Modelling & Simulation, Future Energy Acceleration & Translation (FEAT) Centre, A*STAR
Research Director, Advanced Manufacturing Research Directorate (AMRD), Institute of Advanced Intelligence and Computing (IAIC), A*STAR
www.linkedin.com/in/fredalim

Freda is the Materials & Manufacturing Modelling & Simulation Thrust Lead at the Future Energy Acceleration & Translation (FEAT) Centre, and Research Director of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Directorate (AMRD) at A*STAR’s Institute of Advanced Intelligence and Computing (IAIC). She holds a PhD in Computational Chemistry from the National University of Singapore (NUS). She joined A*STAR in 2007 as a Research Scientist and has worked across research, research leadership and strategic planning roles within A*STAR.

As Materials & Manufacturing Modelling & Simulation Thrust Lead for FEAT, Freda works with research teams across A*STAR to align modelling and simulation capabilities and priorities, provide technical input to programme scoping, and connect computational approaches with experimental and application needs. Her interests span physics-based and data-driven modelling, multi-scale simulation, and the emerging use of AI to accelerate scientific and engineering discovery.

As Research Director of AMRD, Freda leads research capabilities at the intersection of Data, AI, Compute and Advanced Manufacturing. Building on her background in computational materials science, molecular modelling and simulation, she works across disciplines to translate modelling, simulation and AI capabilities into solutions for industry and national research priorities. She is also Director of Special Projects at A*STAR’s Science and Engineering Research Council and an Adjunct Associate Professor at NUS College.