Dr. Richard Wong graduated with his Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in 2012. He then started his doctoral study in the University of Oxford, UK in October 2012. His doctoral project titled "Speed Control for Low-Energy On-Time Buses" was supervised by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Malcolm McCulloch and he was a member of the Energy and Power Group (EPG) in the Department of Engineering Science. The focuses of the project include the application of optimal control algorithm, artificial neural network for prediction, and embedded system programming. He was conferred his DPhil in Engineering Science in July 2018. His research interests include smart transportation system, operational optimisation for sustainability, and embedded system applications.