Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Name	Awards/ Achievements
Ko Chi Chung	ETRI Journal 2008 Best Editor Award, 24 Feb 2009. This award has been newly instituted, and Prof Ko is the first winner. He is awarded in recognition for his responsiveness and dedication as an editor. The prize is a plaque and an honorarium of USD 1,000.
KK Tan, SC Ng, S Huang, KZ Tang, TH Lee	The ex-utero haematopoietic stem cells extraction apparatus developed by the team has been licensed to SG Meditech Pte Limited, which will develop this technology for introduction into the market in the near future.
Lawrence Wong	Elected by IEEE, USA to be the IEEE Region 10 Director, with effect from 1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2012. Prof Wong will be the Director-Elect from 1 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec 2010.
Tang Kok Zuea, Huang Sunan, Tan Kok Kiong, Lee Tong Heng	Excellent Paper Award in the international section of the Digital Signal Processing Creative Design Contest 2008, on 29 Nov 2008, Tainan, Taiwan. The winning work on intelligent physiotherapy arm has attracted a Mitsui Sumitomo Research Grant 2008/2009.
Dim-Lee Kwong	Region 10 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow (2009), USA, for his contributions to silicon technology and leadership in directing microelectronics research on 12 Nov 2008.
Tao Yonghong & Yao Libin	Best Paper, IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuit (EDSSC) 2008, 8-10 Dec 2008, Kowloon, Hongkong. Winning paper is titled "A 1-V, 81-dB, 780-KS/s Sigma Delta Modulator in 0.13-µm Digital CMOS Technology" .
Lian Yong	Region 10 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow (2009), USA, for his contributions to the design of low power and high performance digital filters on 12 Nov 2008.
Charanjit Singh Bhatia	2008 Information Storage Industry Consortium (INSIC) Distinguished Contribution Award. The award was given at the 2008 INSIC Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, USA on 13 Aug 2008. Prof Bhatia was awarded in recognition of his dedicated, long-term leadership and outstanding level of contribution to tribology and head-disk interface research for the INSIC EHDR (Extremely High Density Recording) Research Program in advanced hard disk storage technology. Prof Bhatia is the only individual to have twice been awarded the INSIC Leadership Award (in 1998 and 2003), and he was honored for nearly a decade and a half of leadership in tribology research, for his recent efforts in leading a working group to define approaches to the head-disk interface for 10 terabit per square inch recording, and for his pioneering efforts to include the entire nation of Singapore (through the involvement of the Data Storage Institute, the National University of Singapore and, most recently, the Institute for Materials Research and Engineering) in INSIC's research programs.
Tan Kay Chen	2008 iNEER (International Network for Engineering Education and Research) Recognition Award, 29 July 2008, Hungary. Prof Tan was awarded for his outstanding contributions to engineering education and research.
Ge Shuzhi, Sam	Changjiang Guest Professorship, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ministry of Education, China, 2008-2010. This is one of the highest honor given from China.
Charanjit Singh Bhatia	IBM Faculty Award 2008, for his project on "Fabrication, Characterisation and Performance of Thin Film Si Photovoltaic (PV) Cells. This award is based on a worldwide competition, with the objective of fostering collaboration between researchers at leading universities worldwide and those in IBM research, development and service organisations. This award is a first for an NUS faculty member.
Lian Yong	2008 Best Paper Award from Multimedia Communications Technical Committee, IEEE Communications Society. For the journal publication in IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, Vol 9, No. 4, Jun 2007. The award recognizes outstanding work in the field of Multimedia Communications. The best paper is selected from any publication in an IEEE Communications Society's journal / magazine or in the proceedings of an IEEE ComSoc sponsored conference / workshop / symposium in the two years preceding the award.
Adrian Cheok	Young Global Leader Award 2008 . This award, from the World Economic Forum (WEF), recognises 200 to 300 young leaders for their professional accomplishment, commitment to society and potential to shape the future.
Qiu Chengwei	2008 Young Scientist Award from International Union of Radio Science. This award is given to Ph.D holders below 35 years old. The award ceremony will be held in Chicago, USA in Aug 2008.
BM Chen	IEEE Fellow (2007) for contributions to linear systems theory, robust control theory, and industrial control applications.
Tan Woei Wan	Best Poster Presentation Award, 2006 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2006), 16-21 Jul 2006, Vancouver, Canada.
A Kassim	The top 2nd most downloaded papers, in the top 25 list of hottest articles downloaded in period Apr - Jun 2006, for Medical Image Analysis Journal.
SS Ge	IEEE Fellow (2006) for contributions to theory and analysis of stable adaptive neural networks for intelligent control systems.
AM Khambadkone	2nd Prize, 2005 Industrial Power Converter Committee (IPCC) Best Paper Award, IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS), USA.
LW Li	IEEE Fellow (2004) for contributions to dyadic Green's functions, spheroidal wave functions, and waves in complex media
K. Peng, B. M. Chen, G. Cheng and T. H. Lee	Best Industrial Control Application Prize, for the winning paper titled "Friction and nonlinearity compensation in hard disk drive servo systems using robust composite nonlinear feedback control", Proceedings of the 5th Asian Control Conference, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 58-63, July 2004.
P Vadekeppat	2^nd prize, FIRA Robot World Cup 2004, Busan, Korea
PY Kam	Best Paper Award, VTC 2004, Los Angeles, USA
P Vadekeppat	1^st prize, FIRA Humanoid Robot Competition 2003, Vienna, Austria
AM Khambadkone	Best Paper Award (2003), IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, USA
J Phang	"Chevalier" (2003) in the order of the "Palmes Academiques", France
M Motani	Telcom Italia Mobile Award, SIMagine 2003, Cannes, France
H Garg	Bronze Medal, SIMagine 2002, Cannes, France
WK Ho	Best Paper Award (2003), IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, USA
AO Adeyeye	TR100 Young Innovators Award, MIT's Technology Review, 2002, Boston, USA
YH Wu	Best Poster Award, MRS Fall Meeting 2002, Boston, USA
TS Yeo	IEEE Fellow (2002) for research in electromagnetic scattering
SS Ge	Best Theoretical Paper Award, WCICA, 2002, Shanghai, PR China
SH Ong	Second Best Poster Presentation, IADR General Session 2001, Chiba, Japan
J Phang	Best in Session Paper Award, ISTFA 2001, Santa Clara, USA
AM Khambadkone	Best Presentation Award, IECON 2001, Denver, USA
Choi Wee Kiong	IET Fellow (2001)
TS Low	IEEE Fellow (2001) for research in development of technology for magnetic data storage
YC Lim	IEEE Fellow (2000) for research in design of FIR digital filters
J Phang and D Chan	Best Paper Award, ISTFA 2000, Phoenix, USA
S Guan	Best Paper Award, MAMA 2000, Woolongong, Australia
YF Lu	International Laser Prize (2000), Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis, Germany
R Oruganti, YC Liang and HL Pan	Outstanding Paper Award (2000), IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, USA
JX Xu	Best Poster Paper Award, Asian Control Conference (2000)
CC Hang	IEEE Fellow (1998) for research in Control Engineering in Singapore
BM Chen	Best Poster Award, Asian Control Conference (1997)
JR Potter	Best Paper Award (1996), Acoustical Society of America, USA
YC Lim and Y Lian	Best Paper Award (1996), IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems, USA
YC Lim, SN Koh and CC Ko	Most Meritorious Paper Award (1990), IREE Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Australia
SP Yeo	Ambrose Fleming Premium (1989), IEE Proceedings on Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, UK
L Wong	Marconi Premium (1989), IEE Proceedings on Communications, Radar & Signal Processing, UK
Ling Chung Ho	IET Fellow (1989) for Microelectronics.
SP Yeo	IEE Electronics Letters Premium (1985), Electronic Letters, UK
Leong Mook Seng	IET / IEE Fellow (1979-current) for Microwave, Antennas & Propagation.

Name	Awards/ Achievements
Ge Shuzhi, Sam	Infocomm Singapore Award (e-Education Category) 2008, 19 Sep 2008, Singapore. The award was given to Prof Ge's startup technology company KooBits. His company has won the award for its innovation and ingenuity in providing software for children to use for their creation of e-books. The children are enabled to put different kinds of multimedia like flash, images, sound and animation to write stories and also to use their creativity to do whatever they wish.
Hang Chang Chieh	National Day Awards - Public Service Medal, Aug 2008, Singapore
Leong Mook Seng	National Day Awards - Long Service Medal, Aug 2008, Singapore
Walter Lim Jee Soh (Principal Lab Officer)	National Day Awards - Long Service Medal, Aug 2008, Singapore
Qiu Chengwei (Research Fellow)	NUS Overseas Postdoctoral Fellowship, Singapore, June 2008.
Ashwin Khambadkone	NUS Outstanding Educator Award 2007/2008.
Yeo Yee Chia	National Research Foundation (NRF) Research Fellowship Award (2007).
Dipti Srinivasan	NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award 2006/2007.
Yeo Yee Chia	Singapore Young Scientist Award (2006)
Yeo Yee Chia	Singapore Youth Award for Science & Technology (2006)
TS Low	National Science & Technology Medal (2004)
NG Chen	NUS/OLS Young Investigator Award (2004) - Merit Award.
CC Hang	IES/IEEE Joint Medal of Excellence (2004)
AO Adeyeye	NUS Young Researcher Award (2004)
KC Tan	NUS Outstanding Educator Award (2004)
WK Choi and WK Chim	NUSNNI Research Achievement Award (2004)
A Cheok	Young Professional of the Year (2004), Singapore Computer Society's IT Leader Awards
A Cheok	SNAS Young Scientist Award (2003)
BM Chen	Temasek Young Investigator Award (2003)
M Jalil	Singapore Youth Award for Science & Technology (2003)
YH Wu	NUS Young Researcher Award (2003)
SS Ge	Temasek Young Investigator Award (2002)
SS Ge	NUS Young Researcher Award (2002)
P Vadekeppat	2^nd prize, Singapore Robotic Games (2002)
CC Ko and BM Chen	IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award (2001)
KM Lye	National Technology Award (2001)
CC Hang	National Science & Technology Medal (2000)
BM Chen	NUS University Researcher Award (2000)
CC Ko and BM Chen	NUS Engineering Faculty's Innovative Teaching Award (2000)
SS Ge	National Technology Award (1999)
SJ Chua	NUS Outstanding University Researcher Award (1998)
YF Lu	National Technology Award (1998)
D Chan, J Phang and WK Chim	NUS Outstanding University Researcher Award (1997)
D Chan, WK Chim and J Phang	IES Innovators Award (1996)
AC Liew	IEEE PES Outstanding Engineering Award (1994)
J Phang, K Ong, D Chan and TS Low	IES Innovation Gold Award (1990)

Research Awards/Achievements