Biography
Dr. Tang is presently a lecturer in the Design-Centric Curriculum (DCC), Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore since 2010. He received his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (1998), Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2000) and Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2005) from the National University of Singapore.
Prior to joining DCC, he was an active academic research member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (NUS). He has published over 40 books, book chapters, international-refereed journals and conference papers. He is also a certified Autodesk Instructor since Apr 2011 and a certified LabVIEW associate developer since 2008. He was awarded the ‘Top 100 Engineers (2011)’ from the International Biographical Centre. One of this works is awarded the ‘Top 10 articles in Biomed Library and another is invited to be included in SciTopics. He is also invited as speaker to various IEEE sponsored international and regional conferences. One of Dr. Tang’s patented inventions is also successfully licensed to a biomedical apparatus company. He has conducted several well-received professional training classes, workshops and seminars for professional engineers, undergraduates and high school students.
Leveraging on his research activities, experiences and interests, he hopes to contribute effectively as a Principal Supervisor and Expert Supervisor to the multi-disciplinary students’ teams. Particularly, with his contacts with experts and knowhow of state-of-the-art technology in his related research fields, he hopes to bring in new dimensions to the students’ teams. His teaching objective is to inject new learning dimensions to the students, with new leads to tackle the Grand Challenges in their undergraduate study and beyond. Particularly, he is motivated to develop and implement new teaching techniques, with focus on a design approach. He is also interested to introduce smart classroom and learning concepts to enhance the learning process.
Research Interests / Areas
Dr. Tang’s research interests includes new and improved control and diagnostic methodologies for intelligent mechatronics, servo and precision motion systems and servomechanisms, and improvements on current methods for adaptive neural control for the above mentioned systems, new control methods for biomedical and other related systems, and new and improved optimization methods for different platforms.
Personal Interests
Running
Awards
Recipient of various International Design and Innovative Awards (Highlight: Best Innovation in Robotics 2010, ASEAN Virtual Instrumentation Applications Contest, First Prize 2009 International Digital Signal Processing Creative Design Contest and Best Paper (Mechatronics) Award, IEEE ICMA 2009, IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics Automation) and a Principal Investigator of various research projects.
Selected Research Papers
- K K Tan, K Z Tang, S Huang, A S Putra, T H Lee, S C Ng, K Y Jerry Chan, L G Tan and S K M Chong, “Ex-Utero Harvest of Haematopoietic Stem Cells from Placenta/Umbilical Cord with an Automated Collection System”. IEEE TRANSACTIONS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, (2009). (United States).
- K Z Tang, K K Tan, A Tay, S Huang and T H Lee, “Development of a Framework and System for Remote Electronics Experiments”. International Journal of Engineering Education, 25, no.3 (2009). (Ireland).
- K K Tan, S Huang and K Z Tang, “Robust Computer-Controlled System for Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection and subsequent Cell Electro-Activation”. International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 5, no.1 (2009). (United Kingdom).
- T H Lee, K K Tan, S Huang and K Z Tang, “Adaptive Friction Compensation with a Dynamical Friction Model”. IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, (2008). (United States).
- K Z Tang, S Huang, K K Tan and T H Lee, “Combined PID and adaptive nonlinear control for servo mechanical systems”. Mechatronics, 14, no. 6 (2004). (United Kingdom).