About

Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Ave, 639798, Singapore [link]

• Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)

  • Ph.D Thesis title: Design and analysis of solid-core microstructured optical fiber sensors for sensing surrounding refractive index and surrounding temperature. DOI: 10.32657/10220/46223

  • PhD Supervisor / Advisor: Full Professor Perry Ping SHUM

  • Class of 2018

• Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)

  • Degree Classification: Second Class Upper Honours

  • Specialisation in Infocommunication, 

  • Direct second year admission

  • Class of 2010

Singapore Polytechnic, 500 Dover Road, 139651, Singapore [link]

• Diploma in Electronics, Computer & Communication (DECC)

  • Specialisation in Microelectronic

  • Class of 2005

Air Force School, 550 Airport Rd, 534236, Singapore [link]

• Currently amalgamation as Air Force Training Command (AFTC) 

• 25th NSF Tech Fixed Wing Course

  • Class of 2005

2010—Current, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) [link]

• Scientist, Institute for Infocomm Research, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore

• Projects on cutting edge optical fiber sensor systems and their real world applications

2009—2010, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)

• Research Intern, Institute for Infocomm Research, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore

  • Project on Terahertz sensing

    • Software application development

2009, Université de technologie de Troyes (UTT) [link]

• Research Intern, Université de technologie de Troyes, France

  • Project on field-programmable gate array (FPGA) for graphic display

    • Software application development

2005—2007, 2016—Current, Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) [link]

• Reservist NSmen (Active), Heron 1 UAV, Republic of Singapore Air Force

• Flight Line Crew (NSF, previously), Searcher II UAV, Republic of Singapore Air Force

• Awardee, SMP Outstanding Mentor Award, 2016

• Awardee, Scholarship, A*STAR Scientific Staff Development Award (SSDA), 2015

• Co-recipient, ASEAN Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award, 2013

• Co-recipient, IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award, 2013

• Awardee, Ng Bok Eng Scholarship, Nanyang Technological University, 2009

• Awardee & Team Leader, 2nd runner up, Intelligent Robot, Singapore Robotic Games, 2005

1. Google Scholar [scholar.google.com.sg/citations?user=nJPT6gwAAAAJ&hl=en]

2. Scopus [www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=54787967100]

   • Citation 500+

   • Coauthors 60+

   • h-index 10

3. AD Scientific Index 2022 [link] 😂

   • World Ranking #814562 for H

   • World Ranking #723805 for citations

   • Singapore Ranking #4183 for H

   • Singapore Ranking #4003 for citations

EDITORIAL ROLES 

• Topical Advisory Panel, Photonics, 2021—Current

• Guest Editor, Optical Fibers and Sensing, Special Issue, Photonics, 30th Nov 2021-14th July 2022

• Guest Editor, Optical Fibre Sensing: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives, Special Issue, Photonics

  • 2023—Current: Accepting manuscript now

TECHNICAL REVIEWER 

LIST OF PRESTIGIOUS PUBLISHERS:

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Founded 1963

• Elsevier, Founded 1880

• Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), Founded 1996

LIST OF REVIEWED JOURNALS:

1. Sensors, CiteScore 5.8, Q1, [AtR2021 | AtR2022]

   • Top 10 percent journal

2. Energies, CiteScore 5.0, Q1 

3. Polymers, CiteScore (2021) 5.7, Q1

4. Photonics Technology Letters (PTL), CiteScore 5.5, Q1

5. Applied Sciences, CiteScore 3.0, Q2 [AtR2022]

6. Biosensors, CiteScore (2021) 5.6, Q2

7. Electronics, CiteScore 3.7, Q2

8. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, CiteScore (2021) 4.5, Q2

9. Materials, CiteScore 4.7, Q2

10. Photonics, CiteScore 3.5, Q2 [AtR2021 | AtT2022]

11. Etc.

*AtR20XX denotes selected "Acknowledgement to the Reviewers" by journals for reference only. Not all publisher provides such publication.

TECHNICAL REVIEWER FOR CONFERENCES 

• Committee Member, TechFest, I2R, A*STAR, 2012.

TECHNICAL REVIEWERS FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

• Committee Member, Tender Evaluation Committee, A*STAR

• Review Panel, Invention Disclosure / Technology Disclosure, I2R, A*STAR

• Review Panel, Intellectual Property (IP) Scrubber, I2R, A*STAR

• Review Panel, Intellectual Property (IP) Scout, I2R, A*STAR

PCT PATENT 

• Application number PCT/SG2019/050652, WIPO (PCT) WO2021137748A1, Dec. 2019. [link]

PATENT (NATIONAL PHASE)

• Singapore, to be disclosed once document is made available online in the public domain

• U.S. , to be disclosed once document is made available online in the public domain

• Europe, to be disclosed once document is made available online in the public domain

• China, to be disclosed once document is made available online in the public domain

SUPERVISOR

• Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore

  • Final Year Project, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), 

• Science Mentorship Programme, Ministry of Education, Singapore

  • Youth Science Conference

  • Singapore Science and Engineering Fair (SSEF)

• NUS-A*STaR-NJC Science Research, Ministry of Education, Singapore

  • H3 Attachment via A*GA

  • Singapore Science and Engineering Fair (SSEF)

TECHNICAL ADVISER

• Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore

  • Final Year Project, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), 

• Singapore Discovery Centre (SDC), Singapore

  • Singabot Competition

SOFT SKILL COURSES

• Critical Thinking for Innovation and Peak Performance

• Designing & Delivering Effective Technical Presentation

• KPI Keys to Persuasion and Influence

CLOUD DEVELOPER

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  • Certificate Manager, CloudWatch, Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Lambda, Relational Database Service (RDS), Route 53, Simple Storage Service (S3), etc.

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

NUMEICAL SIMULATION SOFTWARE (MODELING)

• Lumerical

  • MODE, FDTD

• RSoft 

  • BEAMprop, FEMsim

• Optiware 

  • OptiGrating 

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES (WEB, IOT DEVELOPER, CONTROL)

• LAMP Stack Developer

  • Linux (Ubuntu)

  • Apaches

  • mySQL

  • PHP

• Front-End Developer

  • CSS, Bootstrap

  • HTML

  • Java Script/ jQuery

  • Git

• Internet of Things

  • Bash

  • Batch

  • LabVIEW

  • MATLAB

  • Python 

    • Python 2

    • Python 3 

      • Anaconda, Jupyter Notebook, JupterLab, Python IDLE, etc.

OPERATING SYSTEMS

• CentOS

• Fedora, Red Hat

• Ubunty 16.04, 18.04

• Windows XP, 2000, 2000 Server, 7, 10

OTHERS

• Database

  • MySQL, Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

• Networking 

  • CCNA, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

GRAPHICS, IMAGE, VECTOR
AutoCAD

• FreeCAD

• GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program

• Inkscape

^Mainly open source software

VIDEO, MOTION PICTURE

• Adobe After Effects

• FFmpeg

SOUND

• Audacity

• Visitor, Singapore Centre for 3D Printing (SC3DP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2017

• Invited Guest, Opening Ceremony, The Photonics Institute, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2014

• Team Lead, Field Trial, Research Project, Airbus, Spain, 2015, 2017

AMBASSADOR / ADVOCATE

• Wellness Ambassador

  • 2023

• STAR Ambassador, A*GA, A*STAR

  • 2023

• A*STAR Champion Programme, A*STAR

• • 2022, 2023

• DigiCHAMP, A*STAR

  • 2020, 2021

• BrandCHAMP, A*STAR

  • 2019, 2020, 2021

AWARDEE

• A*STAR Champion Award, A*STAR Champion, A*STAR, 2023

• Dedicated Service Award, A*STAR, 2022

• Team Lead, 1st prize, Team Challenges, Public Service Week, 2022

• Team Lead, Third prize, SRO, I2R 20th Anniversary Treasure Hunt, I2R, A*STAR, 2022

• A*STAR Champion Award, DigiCHAMP, A*STAR, 2021

• Bonus Prize,  HSE Safety BINGO!, I2R, A*STAR, 2018

• Consolation Prize, A*STAR 20th Anniversary Logo Design Competition, A*STAR, 2011

• Safety Mascot Challenge, A*STAR, 2011

OTHERS

• Talk Presenter, Fiber Optics Sensors and Their Applications, Brown Bag Session, I2R, A*STAR, 2022

• Project Manager, Video Production, Publicity and Launch Team, A*STAR 30th Anniversary, A*STAR, 2021

• Co-Inventor, Product Showcase of FBG sensor, A*ccelerate, A*STAR, 2019

• Filmed for, National Science Challenge (NSC), Singapore, 2013

• Individual Volunteer, Safety Assistant, Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games, Summer Youth Olympics, Singapore, 2010

A*Champion — A*STAR CHAMPIONS

A*STAR — Agency for Science, Technology and Research

BrandCHAMP — A*STAR Brand Champions

DigiCHAMP — A*STAR Digital Champions