Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

	IEEE Fellow 2010 Prof Kam Pooi Yuen has been elevated to Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow (2010), USA, effective 1 Jan 2010. He is honoured for his contributions to receiver design and performance analysis for wireless communications.
	Junior Chamber International Singapore - The Outstanding Young Persons of Singapore (JCI TOYP) Singapore 2009 Dr Yeo Yee Chia is a merit award winner among the 15 recipients of this award on 4 November 2009. He has won numerous awards in the past, and has served very actively in the international research community. The award recognizes young persons between the ages of 21 and 40 who represent the heights of progress in human endeavors and inspires youths to make a change in society that transcends all boundaries. Dr. Yeo is recognized for his significant contributions to scientific and technological development.
	NUS team develops mini ECG device A team of five from Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering developed the NUS ECG chip, a tiny, all-in-one speck that requires very little power to operate. Measuring just 25 sq mm - a quarter of the size of a woman's fingernail - it is perfect for emdebbing into a T-shirt.
	NUS researchers honoured at inaugural President's Science and Technology Awards On his team's win of the President's Technology Award, Prof Phang highlighted the importance of collaboration between NUS and SEMICAPS. He said both parties played an important role in achieving success.
	Eight NUS research projects awarded grants by ASTAR The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR) Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) gave grants amounting to a total of S$12.2 million to 17 projects in the areas of media & entertainment, medical technologies, education, water, infocomm, chemicals, energy and electronics. Of these, eight NUS projects were awarded grants.
	EDB pumps $15m into studies on harnessing solar power The Economic Development Board had earmarked $15 million to fund eight projects on solar technology, including three led by NUS Faculty of Engineering researchers Prof Andrew Tay, Prof Charanjit Singh Bhatia and Prof Armin Aberle.
	Best Poster Paper Prize at the 16th IEEE International Symposium on Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits (IPFA 2009), 6-10 July 09, Suzhou, China. IPFA 2009 is devoted to the fundamental understanding of the physical mechanisms of semiconductor device failures and issues related to semiconductor device reliability and yield, especially those related to advanced process technologies.The winning paper is titled "Advanced Dynamic Failure Analysis on Interconnects by Vectorized Scanning Joule Expansion Microscopy". The paper is a result of the research collaboration between Wuppertal University, Germany, and NUS.
	Ho Bing Kun - 1st Prize, IEEE Region 10 Undergraduate Student Paper Contest (2009) For paper entitled " Low power design of a 16_band non uniform filter bank for hearing aid application ".