CURRICULUM VITAE

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CURRICULUM VITAE

1) Name of Officer : Prof Bernard Tan Tiong Gie

2) Name in Chinese characters:

3) Present Appointment with date: Professor in Physics

National Universityof Singapore

(wef 1 November 2000)

4) Present Job Title with date: (same as 5)

5) Date and Place of Birth: 18 May l943; Singapore

6) Citizenship : Singaporean

7) Race : Chinese

8) Marital Status : Married, two sons

9) Religion (Denomination) : Methodist

10) Whether Born into the Religion or Converted : Born

11) Date of Conversion : N.A.

12) Language/Dialect - Written: English

- Spoken: English, Malay

13) Secondary schools attended and year: Anglo-Chinese School (l950-1961)

14) GCE O level or equivalent:

15) GCE A level or equivalent:

Subject Grade

General Paper 1

Mathematics 3

Physics 1

Chemistry 3

16) Tertiary/Professional/ OtherQualifications:

l962 : Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music

(LRSM) in pianoforte

l964 : Associate of Trinity College of Music

London (ATCL) in pianoforte

l965 : Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Physics

1st Class, University of Singapore

l969 : Doctor of Philosophy in Electronics,

Oxford University, UK

l972 : Chartered Engineer

l972 : Member of Institution of Electrical

Engineers (MIEE), UK

1973 : Member of Institution of Electronic &

Radio Engineers (MIERE), UK

1976 : Licentiate-in-Music of Trinity Collegeof

Music London (LMusTCL) in Theory of

Music

l989 : Fellow of Trinity College of Music London

(FTCL) in Composition

2004 : Diploma in Financial Engineering (ACCA)

17) ECA records : Music, reading

18) Postings and Promotions:

April 1965 to Sept 1965 : Teacher, Anglo-Chinese School

l968 : Lecturer, University of Singapore

l976 : Senior Lecturer, University of Singapore

l977 -1978 : Acting Head, Department of Music

National Universityof Singapore

(concurrent appointment)

l982 : Associate Professor in Physics

National Universityof Singapore

2000 : Professor in Physics

National University of Singapore

1 July l985 to 30 June l997 : Dean of Science

National University of Singapore

1 July 1997 to 31 Jan l998 : Head, Department of Physics

National University of Singapore

1 July 1997 to 14 Oct 1998 : Director, Office of Student Affairs

National University of Singapore

15 Oct 1998 to 31 Dec 2002 : Dean of Students

National University of Singapore

June 2005 to June 2017: Director, Centre for Maritime Studies

National University of Singapore

1 July 2017 to present: Emeritus Professor, Department of Physics

National University of Singapore

19) Directorships of companies/Memberships of Statutory Boards:

Member, Board of Directors, Keppel Corporation Ltd

Member, Board of Directors, CSA Holdings Ltd

Chairman, Keppel Group Cooperative Credit Union Ltd

Chairman, Keppel Hitachi Zosen Ltd

Member, National Arts Council

20) Courses/Conferences attended :

UNESCO regional seminar for leaders of youth science activities in Asia,New Delhi (1970)

UNESCO regional meeting on trends and problems in science and technology education in Asia, Singapore (1976)

International conference on teaching aids in physics education, Madras (1984)

EDUCOM Conference, Austin, Texas, U.S.A. (1985)

International conference on educational developments for higher learning, Singapore (1987)

Conference on adult and continuing education into the 21st century organised by Asia-South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education and the Singapore Association for Continuing Education, Singapore (1996)

2^nd BP (British Petroleum) international conference on students as tutors and mentors, London (April 1997)

Europe Wall Street Journal Conference on Converging Technologies, Brussels (June 1997)

SAL X-ray Lithography Business Summit, Burlington,Vermont U.S.A.(September1998)

21) Scholarships/Bursaries/Academic Award:

Prize for First Class Honours from University of Singapore (1965)

Commonwealth Scholarship (1966-1968)

22) Honours and Awards:

Public Service Medal (PBM) (1982)

Chevalier dans l'ordre des Palmes Academique (1988)

Public Service Star (BBM) (1990)

Public Administration Medal (Silver)(PPA) (1993)

Public Service Star (Bar) (BBM(L)) (2001)

IPS (Institute of Physics, Singapore) President's Prize, 2005

23) National Service Record:

LTA in PDF Engineer Battalion (ROD)

E: TEACHING

Course leadership/organization

From the very beginning of my academic career in NUS, I have been deeply involved in the planning and organization of courses in the Department of Physics. I chaired a number of curriculum committees in the Department. As Dean of Science, I was responsible for the entire teaching programme of the Faculty of Science.

Development of new courses; practical exercises

I have been fully or partially responsible for several new courses in the Department of Physics including Electronics, Microprocessors, Solid-State Physics and Acoustics. One important teaching contribution was the introduction of microprocessors into the curriculum in the seventies. I believe this was the first time this subject entered the curriculum in the Faculty, and possibly the university. I was responsible for setting up the first microprocessor teaching experiments in the Department of Physics and designed several new experiments in this field.

As Dean of Science, I was fully or partially responsible for the initiation of the following new courses, departments or programmes:

Computational Science

Materials Science

Cell and Molecular Biology

Computational Finance

Clinical Pharmacy

Semiconductor Technology

Use of innovative teaching methods, including use of IT

I have been using the World-Wide Web for my teaching since 1994 (and possibly earlier). I believe I am one of the first NUS academic staff members to put up a webpage for my class. This webpage was for the Physics Department Year 3 Microprocessors class (currently PC2219 Microprocessor Architecture and Programming) in 1994, using a server based in the office of the Dean of Science. I also used email to communicate with my students and to answer theirquestions.

Contributions to published cases, text-books, software and other teaching materials

I have published several papers on various aspects of physics or electronics education. Please see Papers No. 3, 6, 8, 9 and 11 in my publications list under International Refereed Journals.

Teaching Awards

I received the Faculty of Science Award for Innovative Teaching in July 1998 for my contribution to the setting up of the Special Programme in Science, now a component of the Talent Development Programme.

Participation in thesis and oral examination committees

As Dean of Science, I chaired all oral examination panels for Masters and Ph.D.candidates. As a member of the Department of Physics, I participate in thesis committees in subjects related to my research interests.

Research students supervised

Graduate students who have graduated/completed

Low Hua Kin - Ph.D.

Prediction and measurement of airborne sound transmission through building partitions

(1976)

(Thesis was submitted to the University but not examined for non-academic reasons)

Oh Kheng Hoe - M.Sc.

Microwave measurement of material properties

(1988)

Tan Kah Chye - Ph.D.

Restoration of digital images by digital processing

(1991)

Gan Seum-Lim - M.Sc.

Digital Synthesis of musical sounds

(1992)

Oh Kheng Hoe - Ph.D.

Experimental and theoretical study of charging processes in dielectrics

(1993)

Chow Kok Wah - M.Sc

An improved training algorithm for neocognitron

(1994)

Ding Xiao Zhou - Ph.D.

Properties,characterisation and application of dielectrics

(1999)

Chen Linfeng - Ph.D.

Studies of materials properties using microwave techniques

(2000)

Lim Soh Min - Ph.D.

Digital musical synthesis methods and parameter extraction

(2000)

Goh Zenton - Ph.D.

Speech enhancement methods

(2000)

Ho Kwok Chiang - Ph.D.

Array signal processing with electromagnetic antennas

(2000)

Yu Gongqiang - Ph.D.

Psycho-acoustic perception of sound

(2002)

Kong Jong Ren - M.Sc

X-ray lithography

(2002)

Liu Ning - Ph.D.

Digital sound synthesis techniques

(2003)

Final and Honours year research projects

Kwok Chow Thim - Bachelor of Architecture project

Acoustical analysis of Victoria Memorial Hall

(1979)

Tay Lim Pin - Honours project

12-bit digital time delay for the 6809

(1984)

Sia Lai Chai - Honours project

The 6800 card

(1984)

Gary Tan Soon Huat - Honours project

Fast fourier transform for the 6502

(1984)

Hee Peng Boon, Daniel - Honours project

1/f spectral analysis for music and speech with the Apple II microcomputer

(1985)

LimYan Hock - Honours project

Harmonic analysis of three Chinese musical instruments

(1986)

Ong Thai Hean - Honours project

12-bit digital audio time delay system

(1987)

Steven Su Kim Whatt - Honours project

Fast fourier transform for the 8086

(1988)

Gan Seum-Lim

1/f spectral analysis of Chinese music and speech with the FFT spectrum analyzer

(1989)

Teo Kok Leong - Honours project

Frequency modulation technique of sound synthesis

(1990)

Lim Soh Min - Honours project

Digital synthesis of musical sounds using double frequency modulation

(1994)

Liu Ning - Honours project

Computer optimization of digital sound synthesis parameters

(1998)

Current graduate and honours students

Wang Enbo - Ph.D.

Wavelet analysis of musical tones

Ignatius Wong - Honours project

Wavelet analysis of piano tones

F: RESEARCH

1. Research Programme

My research activity may be divided into the two main sub-headings:

(a) Solid-state physics and materials science

(b) Acoustics and signal processing.

Solid-state physics and materials science

I have carried out research in the area of conducting polymers as part of the Physics Department surface science group collaborating with the Departments of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry. I collaborated with Prof Tan Kuang Lee onthe measurements using ESCA(XPS) techniques on the conducting polymers prepared by our colleagues in these two departments. Many important results have been obtained on the properties of such new polymers.

In addition, I have carried out work on the use of innovative microwave techniquesto measure the electrical properties of solids, and in particular their dielectric properties. My collaborators included Prof Ong Chong Kim as well as a number of graduate students, some of whom have obtained or are working towards their Ph.D.

Acoustics and signal processing

This work falls into two sub-areas: acoustics and image processing. Under acoustics, the work can again be divided into digital synthesis of musical instruments using novel and more efficient techniques than those at present, and a psychoacoustic investigation into the perception of sound from three sources, with particular interest in the Haas effect. I have a number of graduate students assisting me on these areas.

The image processing work, in collaboration with A/P Lim Hock and a graduate student, was a ground breaking study of advanced techniques in image deblurring.We discovered a number of extremely effective techniques for deblurring superior to any known technique. Other work currently in progress includes the enhancement of noisy speech signals, and new techniques in the estimation of direction of arrival of radio signals using vector sensors.

2. Support for Research

University research grants

As principal investigator

Time delays in sound reinforcement systems

National University of Singapore Academic Research Fund RP800039

$36,500 (1980)

Microwave measurement of semiconductor properties

National University of Singapore Academic Research Fund RP860617

$17,200 (1986)

Digital synthesis of musical instrument waveforms

National University of Singapore Academic Research Fund RP830089

$4,980 (1983), $10,248 (1992)

Time delays in stereophonic perception

National University of Singapore Academic Research Fund RP860618

$19,500 (1986), $38,000 (1991), $31,500 (1993), $26,700 (1994)

Measurements of microwave dielectric properties of crystals

National University of Singapore Academic Research Fund RP940604

$15,000 (1994)

Study of hydration of cement-based materials using RF impedance and microwave measurement methods

National University of Singapore Academic Research Fund RP3972674

$70,830.50 (1997)

The precedence effect with three sound sources

National University of Singapore Academic Research Fund RP981657

$79,600 (1998)

As collaborator

Upgrading of surface science facility for SIMS studies of advanced materials

National University of Singapore Academic Research Fund RP970601

$2,250,000 (1997)

Research projects funded by government agencies or industry

Synchrotron radiation facility for economically relevant and applied research

National Science and Technology Board and National University of Singapore AcademicResearch Fund RP3602045

$39,000,000 (1997)

(This is a major project whose objective is to acquire and set-up a synchrotron radiation x-ray source which is now a national facility for research in materials science, nanotechnology, micromachining and x-ray lithography.)

3. National/International recognition for research

Membership on institutional, national or international scientific advisory boards

Chairman, Management Committee

Bioscience Centre

National University of Singapore

(1993 - 1997)

Chairman, Management Board

Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing

National University of Singapore

(1993 - present)

Chairman, Steering Committee

Singapore Synchrotron Light Source

National University of Singapore

(July 1997 - Mar 1998)

Member, Pro-tem Management Committee

Singapore Synchrotron Light Source

National University of Singapore

(Aug1998 - May 1999)

Member, Management Board

Member, Executive Committee

Singapore Synchrotron Light Source

National University of Singapore

(May 1999 - 2002)

Chairman, Management Board

Member, Executive Committee

Singapore Synchrotron Light Source

National Universityof Singapore

(2002 - present)

Member, Management Committee/Board

Information Technology Institute

(1988- 1992)

Member, Advisory Committee

Institute of Microelectronics

National University of Singapore

(1992 - 1997)

Member, Advisory Committee/Management Board

Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology

National University of Singapore

(1990 - 1996)

Member, Advisory Committee/Management Board

Institute of Molecular Agrobiology

National University of Singapore

(1994 - 1997)

Membership of editorial boards; conference committees

Chairman of Programme Committee, National AI Conference, 1985, organised by Science Council, Singapore

Member, Advisory Committee, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) 1997, Singapore

Member, Editorial Board, Singapore Journal of Physics

Chairman,Technical Committee, International Computer Music Conference, NUS Singapore,2003.

Service as reviewer for manuscripts submitted to peer-reviewed journals

I have acted as a reviewer for the following journals:

Journal of Singapore National Academy of Science (Singapore)

Singapore Journal of Physics (Singapore)

Microprocessors and Microsystems (U.K.)

Invited presentations at scientific meetings/workshops

Out-of-school science activities in Singapore

UNESCO regional seminar for leaders of youth science activities in Asia

New Delhi (1970)

The inter-relationship between science and technology education

UNESCO regional meeting on trends and problems in science and technology education in Asia

Singapore (1976)

Microprocessors and physics teaching

International conference on teaching aids in physics education

Madras (1984)

Science, high technology and the individual (Invited keynote address)

International conference on educational developments for higher learning

Singapore (1987)

Continuing education and the challenge of the 21st century (Invited keynote address)

Conference on adult and continuing education into the 21st century organised by Asia-South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education and the Singapore Association for Continuing Education

Singapore (1996)

The mentor: an attainable role model (Invited keynote address)

2^nd BP (British Petroleum) international conference on students as tutors and mentors

London (April 1997)

Invited to speak as member of panel on internet regulation

Europe Wall Street Journal Conference on Converging Technologies

Brussels (June 1997)

Invited to speak on Singapore’s X-ray lithography plans

SAL X-ray Lithography Business Summit

Burlington, Vermont (September 1998)

4. Other creative work

I was instrumental in the introduction of BITNET to NUS, which was the precursor of Internet in Singapore. In 1985, I represented the University at the EDUCOM Conference in Austin, Texas. EDUCOM is the leading organization in the U.S. and the world for the use of computers and IT in higher education. EDUCOM at that time operated an international computer network called BITNET, which was an inexpensive way for universities to connect to the Internet. When I returned, I strongly recommended to the Director of the Computer Centre that we join EDUCOM and connect ourselves to BITNET. NUS was the first institution in Asia outside Japan to be connected to BITNET and hence to the Internet.

I was also instrumental in the introduction of video conferencing as a teaching tool in NUS. The Faculty of Science was the first faculty to have a videoconferencing session between a class in NUS and a distinguished professor in the U.S. (Prof Gordon Davis, former Shaw Professor and Professor of MIS at the University of Minnesota.)

G: SERVICE

University Service (only major contributions listed)

Acting Head, Department of Music (1977-1978)

Associate Director, Centre for Musical Activities (1979-1993)

Vice-Dean, Faculty of Science (1979-1965)

Dean, Faculty of Science (1985-1997)

Head, Department of Physics (1997-1998)

Director, Office of Student Affairs (1997-1998)

Dean of Students (1998 - 2002)

Acting Director, Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (2000 - 2002)

Director, Centre for Maritime Studies (2005 - present)

Chairman, IMCB Holdings (1995-1997)

Chairman, Academic Staff Workstation Committee (1994 - present)

Chairman, Management Committee, Bioscience Centre (1993 -1997)

Chairman, Management Board, Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (1993 - present)

Chairman, Steering Committee, Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (July 1997- Mar 1998)

Member, Pro-tem Commitee, Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (Aug 1998 - May 1999)

Member, Management Board, Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (May 1999 - 2002)

Chairman, Management Board, Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (2002 - present)

Member, Executive Committee, Management Board, Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (May 1999 - present)

In charge of NUS foreign outreach programme to recruit top foreign students (1997 - 1998)

Chairman, Talent Development Programme Committee (1997 - 1998)

Chairman, ITA (Institute of the Arts) Committee (Oct 1998 - July 1999)

Deputy Chairman, Protem Committee, Institute of the Arts, (July 1999 - present)

Member, Governing Board, NOL (Neptune Orient Lines) Fellowship (February 2006 - present)

Public service

Member, Board of Directors, Singapore Symphonia Company

(1979 - present)

Member, Board of Directors, Singapore Dance Theatre

(1987 - Dec 1998)

Resource panel member, Government Parliamentary Committee on Education

(1990 - 1995)

Member, Steering Committee, Singapore Arts Centre (The Esplanade)

(1993 - present)

Council Member, Science Council of Singapore

(1988 - 1991)

Board Member, National Science and Technology Board

(1991 - l993)

Board Member, National Computer Board

(l988 - 1994)

Board Member, National Parks Board

(l992 - 1996)

Council Member, National Arts Council

(l991- August 1999)

Director, Singapore Arts Centre Co Ltd (The Esplanade)

(l992 - Dec 1998)

Chairman, Science and Technology Committee, SingaporeYouth Awards, National Youth Council (1996 - 2005)

Member, SingaporeYouth Awards Panel, National Youth Council (1996 - 2005)

Board Member, National Library Board (l995 - 2001)

Chairman, Organising Committee, Sing Singapore, National Arts Council (1996 - 2004)

Chairman, Steering Committee, Singapore Festival of Arts

(1997 - 2004)

Chairman, National Internet Advisory Committee (NIAC)

(1996 - present)

Chairman, Arts Civic Group, National Library Board (July 1999 - 2001)

Member, Loke Cheng-Kim Foundation Scholarship Panel (1990 - present)

Chairman, Keppel Corporation Scholarship Panel (1990 - present)

Chairman, National Computer Board Scholarship Panel (1999 - 2001)

Member, Public Education Committee on the Family, Ministry of Community

Development and Sports (2000 - 2002)

Chairman, Action Group on Youth, Educational and Uniformed

Institutions, Public Education Committee on the Family, Ministry of Community

Development and Sports (2000 - 2002)

Council Member, Singapore Kindness Movement (2001 - 2003)

Chairman, National Advisory Committee on Laboratory Animal Research (NACLAR)

(2003 - present)

Chairman, Arts Consultative Panel, Media Development Authority

(2004 - present)

A*GA (A*STAR Graduate Academy) Scholars’ Advisor

(2005 - present)

Service to Profession/industry

Member, Board of Directors, Keppel Corporation Ltd

(1982 - 2003)

Member, Board of Directors, CSA Holdings Ltd

(1991 - 2005)

Chairman, Keppel Group Cooperative Credit Union Ltd

(1987 - present)

Chairman, IMCB Holdings Pte Ltd

(l996 - 1998)

Chairman, Keppel Hitachi Zosen Ltd

(l998 - July 2000)

Member, Board of Directors, k1 eBiz Ltd

(July 2000 - 2004)

Chairman, Cadi Scientific Pte Ltd

(2002 - present)

Member, Board of Directors, Keppel Telecommunications and Transportation

(2003 - present)

Vice-President, The Institute of Physics, Singapore

(1985- 2000)

President, The Institute of Physics, Singapore

(March 2000 - 2004)

Vice-President, Singapore National Academy of Science

(2000 - 2004)

Chairman, Audio Engineering Society SingaporeSection

(June 2005 - present)

4 March 2006