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FACULTY AWARDS & RECOGNITION
CDE faculty honoured at President’s Science & Technology Awards 2025
Recognised for their outstanding research in tackling cancer, reshaping healthcare and advancing efficient AI, three CDE faculty have been honoured at the 2025 President’s Science & Technology Awards.
- Prof Lim Chwee Teck (Biomedical Engineering): President’s Science Award for pioneering mechanobiology research that reshaped understanding of cancer metastasis and opened new avenues for treatment.
- Asst Prof Andy Kah Ping Tay (Biomedical Engineering): Young Scientist Award for biomaterial-based therapies that accelerate wound healing and boost cancer immunotherapy.
- Asst Prof Wang Xinchao (Electrical and Computer Engineering): Young Scientist Award for innovations in AI that reduce computational demands and make powerful models accessible to more researchers.
Organised by the National Research Foundation Singapore, the PSTA is Singapore’s highest honour for scientists and engineers, recognising individuals who are transforming science and technology into impact across industries and communities.
The awards celebrate not only their scientific achievements, but also their commitment to training future researchers and turning discoveries into real-world solutions.
Read more here: https://cde.nus.edu.sg/news-detail/cde-faculty-honoured-at-presidents-science-technology-awards-2025/
CDE faculty recognised by IFMBE for outstanding contributions
At this year’s World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering in Adelaide, four members of the Department of Biomedical Engineering were presented with awards recognising their contributions to research, innovation, and leadership.
The International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE) honoured Emeritus Professor James Goh, Professor Lim Chwee Teck, Professor Li Jun, and Assistant Professor Andy Tay for their achievements.
Their work spans years of discovery and impact, and ranges from advancing medical technologies to shaping the future of healthcare and sustainability.
- Emeritus Prof Goh received the IFMBE Honorary Life Member Award for his leadership and service to the global biomedical engineering community.
- Prof Lim was recognised with the Otto Schmitt Award for his research in mechanobiology, microfluidics, and wearable technologies that are transforming healthcare.
- Prof Li received the Vladimir K. Zworykin Award for breakthroughs in supramolecular nanomaterials and hydrogels that advance nanomedicine and sustainable agriculture.
- Asst Prof Tay received the IFMBE-IAMBE Early Career Award for innovative work in cancer immunotherapy and tissue repair.
Speaking on the recognition, Professor Dean Ho, Head of Biomedical Engineering, said, “Their pioneering research and unwavering dedication exemplify the very best of our biomedical engineering community, advancing science, transforming healthcare, and inspiring the next generation of innovators.”
Read more: https://cde.nus.edu.sg/news-detail/cde-faculty-recognised-by-ifmbe-for-outstanding-contributions/
Professor Rajasekhar Balasubramanian elected as a Fellow of TWAS
Congratulations to Professor Rajasekhar Balasubramanian, who has been elected as a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in the Scientific Division of Earth, Climate and Environmental Sciences.
Prof Balasubramanian has made transformative contributions to the field of atmospheric chemistry, developing innovative measurement techniques and providing insights into the environmental and health impacts of airborne particles/aerosols. Prof Balasubramanian is also widely recognised for initiating new directions in aerosol research and has provided key guidance to policymakers in addressing air quality.
Read more here.
Visiting Professor Dr Radha Nagarajan inducted into the National Academy of Engineering
Congratulations to Visiting Professor and CDE alumnus Dr Radha Nagarajan, on his induction into the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) — one of the highest professional honours accorded to an engineer.
Election to the NAE recognises individuals who have made exceptional contributions to engineering research, practice, or education. Dr Nagarajan, who is also Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Optical Platforms at Marvell Technology, was inducted for "advances in high-speed lasers and photonic integration technologies."
His research and industry leadership have driven major progress in photonics integration — from early work in monolithic integration to more recent developments in heterogeneous integration and co-packaged optical interconnects that support high-performance computing and communication systems.
Dr Nagarajan was formally inducted at a ceremony held in Washington, D.C., on 4–5 October 2025, joining a distinguished global community of engineers recognised for their contributions to advancing technology and society.
Assistant Professor Mike Shou awarded inaugural Provost’s Innovation Chair Professor Award
Congratulations to Asst Prof Mike Shou on receiving the inaugural Provost’s Innovation Chair Professor Award for his project, “AI-powered Video Intelligence and Automation” and being selected for the prestigious Innovation Venture Creation Award.
These remarkable recognitions underscore the groundbreaking innovation of Asst Prof Shou’s research and its remarkable real-world impact and translational potential. Asst Prof Shou has made remarkable scientific innovations with high real-world impact in multimodal video AI. He has produced seven widely distributed software programmes, each with more than 1,000 GitHub stars, demonstrating their wide adoption.
Asst Prof Shou developed a series of pioneering video generation modes, including Show-1 and Tune-A-Video, which are efficient and affordable for general users to embrace AI-powered video creation. Assoc Prof Shou also created a seminal computer-use video agent, ShowUI, which can take control of a keyboard and mouse to follow the user’s demand for automating computer tasks to improve human productivity. ShowUI received the Outstanding Paper Award at NeurIPS 2024 Open-World Agents workshop, and the released model has been downloaded more than 240,000 times on HuggingFace.
Read more here: https://cde.nus.edu.sg/ece/news-detail/re-innovation-venture-creation-ivc-provosts-innovation-chair-professor-award/
Professor Yang Hyunsoo elected as a 2025 Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)
Congratulations to Prof Yang Hyunsoo on being elected as a 2025 Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). The APS Fellowship Program was created to recognise members for exceptional contributions in physics research, important applications of physics, significant contributions to physics education, or leadership in or service to the APS community.
Prof Yang was nominated by the American Physical Society Topical Group on Magnetism and its Applications (GMAG) for “significant contributions to topological spintronics, including spin-orbit torque and terahertz emission in 2D materials, and for leadership in education, service to the scientific community, and engagement with industry”.
Read more here: https://cde.nus.edu.sg/ece/news-detail/elected-as-a-2025-fellow-of-the-american-physical-society-aps/
Five ESI staff ranked in top 2% of scientists in the world (2025)
Congratulations to the five Energy Studies Institute (ESI) staff, Prof Ang Beng Wah, Prof Chou Siaw Kiang, Dr Su Bin, Dr Roger Fouquet, and Prof Lee Poh Seng, who have been ranked in the top 2% of scientists in the world in a recent Stanford study. The report, published on 19th September 2025, was prepared by a team of experts led by Professor John Ioannidis, the Eminent Professor at Stanford University. This is the eighth version of the report, with earlier versions previously published in October 2024, October 2023, November 2022, October 2022, October 2021, October 2020 and July 2019.
The study covers more than 6 million researchers over 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields. The research team has created a database of the top 2% of world scientists (over 100,000 scientists) on the basis of standardised citation indicators, including information on citations, an individual’s scientific research output or H-index, co-authorship, and a composite indicator for career-long impact.
Read more here.
CDE faculty awarded with prestigious NRF grants
Two faculty members have been recognised by the National Research Foundation (NRF).
Prof Yang Hui Ying received the 10th NRF Investigatorship for her work on sodium storage mechanisms in sphalerite SnP-based high-entropy compounds, advancing next-generation sodium-ion battery technologies. Her research aims to optimise high-entropy compounds for improved energy storage performance, contributing to more sustainable and cost-effective battery systems.
Asst Prof Denis Bandurin was awarded the NRF Fellowship (Class of 2025) for his research on dimensionality reduction in novel superconductors, which could lead to advances in quantum sensors and probabilistic computing. His group investigates quantum materials at the nanoscale and their interactions with infrared and terahertz radiation.
The NRF Investigatorship and NRF Fellowship are among Singapore’s most competitive research awards. The Investigatorship provides opportunities for scientists to pursue ground-breaking, high-risk research, supporting exceptional Principal Investigators who are leaders in their fields. The Fellowship provides opportunities to outstanding early-career researchers to carry out independent research in Singapore over a five-year period.
Earlier this year, Prof Marco Tomamichel, Prof Chen Jingsheng, and Assoc Prof Yuan Chao were also recognised under the 10th NRF Investigatorship.
These achievements reflect the depth and diversity of research excellence across CDE — from quantum systems and energy storage to sustainable urban design.
CDE faculty awarded Annual Best Paper Award 2025
How can the factories of the future become smarter, more connected, and more efficient?
A paper co-authored by Assoc Prof Ong Soh Khim and Emeritus Prof Andrew Nee from Mechanical Engineering offers a comprehensive overview of how Digital Twin technologies are transforming modern manufacturing — from how virtual models mirror real-world production systems to Augmented Reality tools that enhance data visualisation and human-centred decision-making.
Their paper, "State-of-the-art survey on digital twin implementations", has been recognised with the Annual Best Paper Award 2025 by the Advances in Manufacturing journal, published by Springer Nature.
This award highlights the team’s leadership in advancing digital manufacturing and Industry 4.0 research at NUS.
Congratulations to the team!