Lightning and lightning protection; high voltage technology;
electrical systems; power system harmonics

High voltage technology and switchgear;
Electrical engineering

• BE (Electrical) with First Class Honours (1969), University Of Queensland, Australia
• PhD (1972), University of Queensland, Australia
• P Eng (S); P Eng (M); Professional Engineers Board, Singapore and Malaysia
• FIES, FIEM - Fellow of Institution of Engineers, Singapore & Malaysia
• Senior Member, IEEE, USA
• Member - Society of Loss Prevention, Singapore

1965 to 1972:-	Colombo Plan Scholarship for BE and PhD Studies by Malaysian Government
1980:-	Tan Sri Yusoff Prize, IEM best electrical engineering prize for 1974 to 1978
1984:-	IEEE Centennial Medal, IEEE, USA
1994:-	IEEE Outstanding Engineer Award, IEEE Power Engineering Society, USA
2000:-	IEEE Third Millennium Medal, IEEE, USA
2003:-	Public Service Medal; Government of Singapore
2005:-	Standards Council Distinguished Award, SPRING Singapore, Singapore

1972 - 1979:	Lecturer and Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering, University of Malaya
1979 - 1994:	Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering, National University of Singapore
1995 - now:	Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore

1993 - 1997:	Head, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, NUS
1994 -1998:	Vice-Dean (External Relations), Faculty of Engineering, NUS
1998 - 2001:	Director, Office for Continuing Education, NUS
2001 - now:	Director, International Relations Office, NUS

• Held numerous professional leadership positions in IEM, IES, IEEE, Statutory Boards and Public Companies, e.g.
  
  • Council member, IEM (1977 - 1979)
  • Council member, IES (1993 - 1996)
  • IEEE Regional Director (1987 - 1988)
  • IEEE Power Engineering Society Governing Board (1998 - 2001)
  • Board member of Public Utilities Board, Singapore (1994 - 1999)
  • Board member of Centre for Wireless Communication (1994 - 1998), Defence Science Organisation (1994 - 1996)
  • Independent Director, Asiatic Group (Holdings) Ltd, Singapore (2003 - present)
  
  
• Specialist consultant to over 200 projects for government agencies and private companies in Singapore, Malaysia, etc e.g. MINDEF, Telecoms, CAAS, PSA, PWD, PPD, SIA, LTA, NIE, SMRT, various Petrochemical complexes, Singapore Airforce and Navy, Consulting Companies in Singapore and Malaysia, and others
• Chaired numerous international conferences, e.g. IEEE Power Engineering Society (PES) Winter Meeting 2000, IEEE USA; IEEE EMPD Conference, 1995; IEEE EMPD Conference, 1998
• Chairman, Singapore Lightning Protection Code CP33:1996; and its current revision
• Chairman, National Industrial Consultative Committee on Standards on Power Quality for High-Technology Industries, PUB, Singapore, 2000
• Member, Singapore Zhejiang Economic & Trade Council, 2004
• Member, Energy System Review Committee, Ministry of Trade & Industry, Singapore 2004

• A C Liew, K L Chia, "Analysis of effect of resistive lightning protection terminal on lightning stroke current", IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 20, No. 3, July 2005, pp. 2307-2314
• A C Liew, D Srinivasan, "Fuzzy logic techniques in Power Systems" Chapter in book, Marcel Denker, 1997