CURRICULUM VITAE (CV)
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EDUCATION
Full-Time
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
EXPERIENCE
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
AWARD
Technical & Scientific
Selected*
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
Short Note: Grant projects awarded not listed here.
PUBLICATION
Peer Reviewed
Selected*
Google Scholar [scholar.google.com.sg/citations?user=nJPT6gwAAAAJ&hl=en]
Scopus [www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=54787967100]
Citation 500+
Coauthors 60+
h-index 10
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
TECHNICAL EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
Selected*
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:
Sensors, CiteScore 5.8, Q1, [AtR2021 | AtR2022]
Top 10 percent journal
Energies, CiteScore 5.0, Q1
Photonics Technology Letters (PTL), CiteScore 5.5, Q1
Applied Sciences, CiteScore 3.0, Q2 [AtR2022]
Biosensors, CiteScore (2021) 5.6, Q2
Electronics, CiteScore 3.7, Q2
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, CiteScore (2021) 4.5, Q2
Materials, CiteScore 4.7, Q2
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
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IP)
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
REPRESENTATIVE, EXHIBITIONS
Selected*
REPRESENTED AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH (A*STAR) OR INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH (I²R)
Poster Presenter, Energy Innovation, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, 2019
Exhibit Presenter, SME Day, Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), Singapore, 2019
Exhibit Presenter, "FBG Sensor", Science Jubilee / Smart Nation, A*STAR, Singapore, 2015
Exhibit Presenter, "FBG Perimeter Intrusion Detection System (PIDS)", ICM Horizons, I²R, A*STAR, Singapore, 2014
Talk & Exhibit Presenter, "Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) Sensors", Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP), Singapore, 2013
Exhibit Presenter, "Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) Sensors", Temasek Polytechnic (TP), Singapore, 2013
Exhibit Presenter, "Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) Sensors", ICM Horizons, I²R, A*STAR, Singapore, 2013
REPRESENTED SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC (SP)
Representative for SP, World Skill Singapore, Singapore, 2004
MENTORSHIP
Selected*
SUPERVISOR
Supervised studentsNanyang 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
LICENSES / WORK PERMITS
CITI PROGRAM
(Licenses are valid for three-years)Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)
2016, 2019, 2022
CITI Export Control Course
2016, 2019
Human Subjects Research
2016, 2019
REGULATORY
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
N3 License for Non-Ionising Radiation to use the irradiating apparatus specified in Part III (Entertainment lasers and Class 3b and Class 4 lasers)
2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023(in-application)
REGULATORY: SINGAPORE WORKFORCE SKILLS QUALIFICATIONS (WSQ)
2017 – Apply Workplace Safety & Health in Process Plant (AWSHPP)
2017 – Perform Work in Confined Space Operation (PWCSO)
ENRICHMENT, CONTINUOUS LEARNING
COURSERA
Selected*
SPECIALISATION
Python 3 Programming / University of Michigan [course info]
TECHNICAL COURSES
AWS Cloud Technical Essentials / Amazon Web Services [course info] MNU6WBUF6E7M
AWS Fundamentals: Building Serverless Applications / Amazon Web Services [course info]
AWS Fundamentals: Going Cloud-Native / Amazon Web Services [course info]
AWS S3 Basic / Coursera Project Network [course info] Z3GRXP53AGZ6
Data Collection and Processing with Python / University of Michigan [course info]
Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals for AWS Professionals / Google Cloud [course info]
Machine Learning Foundations: A Case Study Approach / University of Washington [course info]
Operating Systems and You: Becoming a Power User / Google [course info]
Python Basics / University of Michigan [course info]
Python Classes and Inheritance / University of Michigan
Python Functions, Files, and Dictionaries / University of Michigan
Python Project: pillow, tesseract, and opencv / University of Michigan
Technical Support Fundamentals / Google [course info]
The Bits and Bytes of Computer Networking / Google [course info]
SOFT SKILL COURSES
Chinese for Beginners / Peking University [course info]
Introduction to Personal Branding / University of Virginia [course info]
NTU CENTRE FOR PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION (PACE@NTU)
SOFT SKILL COURSES
Critical Thinking for Innovation and Peak Performance
Designing & Delivering Effective Technical Presentation
KPI Keys to Persuasion and Influence
SKILL SET
The knowledge, abilities, and experiences needed to perform a job
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Selected*
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)
MULTIMEDIA DESIGN
Selected*
(Listed in alphabetical order)
GRAPHICS, IMAGE, VECTOR
AutoCAD
FreeCAD
GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program
Inkscape
^Mainly open source software
VIDEO, MOTION PICTURE
Adobe After Effects
FFmpeg
SOUND
Audacity
EXTERNAL/ INDUSTRIAL SITE VISIT
Selected*
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
NON-SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION
A section on giving and sharing. Doing a bit more #happening
Ana Monnar Quote: “Sharing will enrich everyone with more knowledge.”ROLE, CORPORATE EVENT, AWARD
Selected*
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
ABBREVIATION
A*Champion — A*STAR CHAMPIONS
A*STAR — Agency for Science, Technology and Research
BrandCHAMP — A*STAR Brand Champions
DigiCHAMP — A*STAR Digital Champions
This page was last updated on 1st May 2023.