Research Awards
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NUS Young Investigator Award 2008
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Andrivo Rusydi (PI) Approved total project value :$500,000 Title of Project :Manipulation of new quantum states by atomic control of oxide layers for novel functionality
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National Science Award 2008
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Congratulations to Associate Prof Christian Kurtslefer, Associate Prof Valerio Scarani and Assistant Prof Antia Lamas-Linares for winning the National Science Awards at the 2008 NSTA, Click here for citation |
IPS Medallists 2008
1)The IPS President's Medal
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Prof Andrew Wee (NUS) ,Currently the Dean of Science Faculty, NUS. Prof Wee has demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities in his capacity as the President Elect of the Institute of Physics , Singapore for 6 years from 2001-2007, and was the former head of the NUS Physics Department. He has published more than 300 International refereed scientific papers. Prof Wee is currently an Elected Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Physics (IPS) and Institute of Physics (IOP), UK.
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2) The World Scientific (Physics Research) Medal and Prize
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A/Prof Chen Ping has conducted outstanding research in hydrogen storage. This important discovery has caused a stir in international scientific community, offering the world a possible solution to global warming and its search for a clean and renewable energy.
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3) The omicron Nanotechnology Medal and Prize (Nanotechnology Physics Research)
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Prof Kuok Meng Hau has made outstanding research contributions in the areas of magnetic and mechanical properties of low-dimensional structures using inelastic laser-light scattering spectroscopy, spin dynamics of patterned nanomagnetic media, nanomagetism, nanoacoustics of porous silicon and photonic crystals.
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NUS Young Researcher Award 2008
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Asst/Prof Peter Ho received the Young Researcher Award 2008 at the University Awards ceremony. The Young Researcher Award is conferred to researchers below 40 years of age based on their potential impact in their respective areas of research. Asst/Prof Peter Ho demonstrates of band-like transport in solution-processable graphenes and his discovery of giant solvent effect in X-ray absorption spectroscopy of organic semiconductors. Asst/Prof Peter Ho also published more than 40 articles in the field of organic semiconductors and filed more than 17 patents. Click here for more information. |
Temasek Young Investigator Award 2007
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Congratulations to Asst/Prof Peter Ho for winning the 2007 Temasek Young Investigator Award. This award aims to build up a pool of high quality researchers in NUS to undertake leading-edge research in defense and security. The award is specifically targeted at promising young NUS faculty/research staff who has demonstrated strong scholarship and leadership in research. Asst/Prof Ho’s main research interests are organic semiconductor device physics and technology, covering polymer light-emitting diodes, field-effect transistors, photovoltaic memory devices, and monolayer devices, and polymer heterostructures and interfaces. He has numerous collaborative works with internationally-eminent researchers in the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) and the University of Cambridge. With this award, Asst/Prof Ho's team at Organic Nano Device Laboratory (ONDL) will investigate the properties of solution-processable graphenes to open new defense-civilian applications. |
The Institute of Physics Singapore (IPS) President’s Medal 2007
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Prof Lim Hock received the IPS President's Medal 2007. The IPS President's Medal is conferred to both physicists and non-physicists who have provided meritorious services in all physics-related fields which are beneficial to physics in general and to the IPS. In the past 20 years, Prof Lim Hock did pivotal work with the governmental ministries including the setting up of Laboratory for Image and Signal Processing (LISP) with Mindef’s funding, and the establishment and development of the Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP) with funding from A*STAR (known as NSTB then). Since 2000, Prof Lim Hock has been involved in the setting up and development of the Temasek Laboratories with funding from the Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA). For his outstanding contributions in defence science and technology to enhance Singapore's defence capability, Prof Lim Hock was awarded the Defence Technology Prize (Individual, R&D Category) in 2003. |
The World Scientific (Physics Research) Medal and Prize 2007
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Prof Li Baowen received the World Scientific (Physics Research) Medal and Prize 2007. This award is conferred to an individual or team for significant contributions to pure and applied physics research that are recognized internationally. Prof Li Baowen has made seminal contributions in the understanding of microscopic mechanisms of heat conduction in one-dimensional system. In 2004 and 2005, Prof Li and his collaborators at NUS proposed the building of thermal rectifier/diode by coupling two nonlinear lattices. In 2006, he leaded the group to establish a model for a thermal transistor, following a finding of negative differential thermal resistance in the thermal rectifier/diode model. The thermal rectifier model was realized experimentally in 2006 by a group at Berkeley. Prof Li has been the Director of the Center for Computational Science and Engineering (CCSE) at Faculty of Science since 2006. Click here for more information. |
The Omicron Nanotechnology Medal and Prize (Nanotechnology Physics Research) 2007
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Asst/Prof Jeroen Van Kan received the Omicron Nanotechnology Medal and Prize (Nanotechnology Physics Research) 2007. This award is conferred to an individual or team for significant contributions to physics research which has applications in nanotechnology and is recognized internationally. Asst/Prof Jeroen Van Kan contributed profoundly in the fields of nanolithography, nano-imprinting, nanoscience and technology, molecular electronics and devices. He is a member in the Centre for Ion Beam Applications (CIBA) which makes use advanced high energy (MeV) ion beam techniques in a wide range of research works and applications. Click here for more information. |
NUS Outstanding Researcher Award 2007
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Assoc Prof Liu Xiang-Yang received the NUS Outstanding Researcher Award 2007 in the University Awards ceremony. The Outstanding Researcher Award is conferred to researchers based on their impact and strong research track record in their area of expertise. The successful researcher must have consistently achieved peaks of research excellence over a period of time and should be recognized by the academic community as having achieved significant breakthroughs or outstanding accomplishments in his field. A/Prof Liu scored a world first for discovering direct quantitative experimental evidence of the entire nucleation processes which occur from the microscopic to sub-nano scale. His breakthroughs in biomineralisation and soft functional materials have led to new engineering methods for high performance materials and new treatments for dental caries, osteoporosis and bone fractures. His research on micro ice freezing has profound implications on the understanding of atmospheric and climatic effects; as well as freeze and antifreeze phenomena in plants and animals. A/Prof Liu has filed five international patents on the architecture of ultra functional materials, including nano caging and super silk engineering. Click here for more information. |
NUS Young Researcher Award 2007
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A/Prof Chen Ping received the Young Researcher Award 2007 at the University Awards ceremony. The Young Researcher Award is conferred to researchers below 40 years of age based on their potential impact in their respective areas of research. Asst/Prof Chen Ping pioneered the Metal-N-H system for hydrogen storage, which has higher storage capacity and broader research scope for development and optimization. She holds the leadership in Metal-N-H research which has led to considerable follow-ups worldwide. Her work has been published in leading scientific and technological journals such as Nature, Advanced Materials, Technology Research News and Materials Today, and one of her research papers has been cited over 100 times in the last two years. Asst/Prof Chen Ping has been granted 11 patents, and three of which were granted in United States. Her research has been reported in over 20 international media.. Click here for more information. |
Centennial Professorship Award
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Professor Artur Ekert, Leigh Trapnell Professor of Quantum Physics at University of Cambridge recieved the NUS Lee Kong Chian Centennial Professorship. The Lee Kong Chian Centennial Professorship is awarded to researchers with outstanding breakthroughs in their fields of study, besides contributing significantly to academic policy and planning at their respective institutions. |
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Professor Sir Richard Friend – Cavendish Professor of Physics, University of Cambridge received the award of NUS Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professorship. The Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professorship is bestowed upon academics who have demonstrated an exceptional level of achievement in their field of study as well as made significant contributions to the academic policies and programmes of their university. It is open to local and foreign academics who choose to work at NUS. |
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