About

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

• Ph.D in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)

  • Thesis title: Design and analysis of solid-core microstructured optical fiber sensors for sensing surrounding refractive index and surrounding temperature

  • PhD Supervisor / Advisor: Full Professor Perry Ping SHUM

  • Class of 2018

• B.Eng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)

  • Specialisation in Infocommunication, Second Class Upper Honours

  • Direct second year admission

  • Class of 2010

Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore

• Diploma in Electronics, Computer & Communication (DECC)

  • Specialisation in Microelectronic

  • Class of 2005

Air Force School, Singapore

• 25th NSF Tech Fixed Wing Course

  • Class of 2005

2010—Current

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

• More detail work experiences available upon request

2009—2010

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

• Project on Terahertz sensing

2009

• Research Intern, Université de technologie de Troyes, France

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

2005—2007

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

  • Currently reservist NSmen, Heron 1 UAV

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

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

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

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

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

• Awardee, SMP Outstanding Mentor Award, 2016

Please access research index page for full list of publication

• Google Scholar [link]

• Scopus [link]

  • Citation 500+

  • Coauthors 60+

  • h-index 10

• AD Scientific Index 2022 [link]

  • World Ranking #792382 for H

  • World Ranking #698385 for citations

  • Singapore Ranking #3903 for H

  • Singapore Ranking #3709 for citations

Editorial Roles

• Editorial Member, Photonics, 2021-Present

• Guest Editor, Optical Fibers and Sensing, Special Issue, Photonics, 2021-Present

• Guest Editor, TBC

Journal Reviewer for publishers such as IEEE, Elsevier, MDPI.

• Sensors, CiteScore 5.8, Q1, top 10 percent

• Energies, CiteScore 5.0, Q1

• Photonics Technology Letters (PTL), CiteScore 5.5, Q1

• Applied Sciences, CiteScore 3.0, Q2

• Biosensors, CiteScore 5.6, Q2

• Electronics, CiteScore 3.7, Q2

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, CiteScore 3.4, Q2

• Materials, CiteScore 4.7, Q2

• Optics Communications (OC), CiteScore 4.9, Q2

• Photonics, CiteScore 3.5, Q2

Event Technical Reviewer

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

Technical documentations

• 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

PCT Patent Application number PCT/SG2019/050652

• WIPO (PCT) WO2021137748A1, Dec. 2019. [link]

Patent (National Phase)

• To be disclosed once document is made available online in the public domain

Providing mentorship supports to students

• Science Mentorship Programme, Ministry of Education, Singapore

  • Youth Science Conference

• Final Year Project, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore

• H3, NUS-A*STaR-NJC Science Research, Ministry of Education, Singapore

• Singabot Competition, Singapore Discovery Centre, Singapore

List of PaCE@NTU soft skill courses completed:

• Critical Thinking for Innovation and Peak Performance

• Designing & Delivering Effective Technical Presentation

• KPI Keys to Persuasion and Influence

Cloud Developer

• Alibaba Cloud

• 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)

• CSS

• Bash

• Batch

• HTML

• Java Script

• LabVIEW

• MATLAB

• mySQL

• PHP

• 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 such as MySQL

• Networking concepts such as CCNA, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Graphics, Image, Vector:
(Listed in alphabetical order)

• AutoCAD

• FreeCAD

• GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program

• Inkscape

Video, Motion Picture:
(Listed in alphabetical order)

• Adobe After Effects

• FFmpeg

Sound:
(Listed in alphabetical order)

• Audacity

2017

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

2014

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

2015, 2017

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

2022

• Ambassador, A*STAR Champion Programme, A*STAR

• Awardee, Dedicated Service Award, A*STAR

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

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

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

2021

• Ambassador, DigiCHAMP, A*STAR

• Ambassador, BrandCHAMP, A*STAR

• Awardee, A*Champion, DigiCHAMP, A*STAR

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

2020

• Ambassador, DigiCHAMP, A*STAR

• Ambassador, BrandCHAMP, A*STAR

2019

• Ambassador, BrandCHAMP, A*STAR

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

2018

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

• Video Producer, SBE Division, Team Building Day, I2R, A*STAR

2013

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

2011

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

• Awardee, Safety Mascot Challenge, A*STAR

2010

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