International Awards and Accolades

NUS faculty members who helped raise the global profile of the University with the international recognition they received in the year included the following:

Professor CHEN, LOUIS (Faculty of Science) was appointed president of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, US.

Professor HALLIWELL, BARRY (NUS Graduate School & Faculty of Medicine) was elected member of the World Health Organisation Expert Panel to recommend levels of intake for nutrients and related substances.

Associate Professor KENG SIONG BENG (Faculty of Dentistry) was elected president of the Southeast Asia Association for Dental Education.

Associate Professor LEE CHEUK YIN (Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences) was appointed member of the International Confucian Association Board.

A team comprising Professor LEE TONG HENG, Associate Professor TAN KOK KIONG, TAN CHEE SIONG (Faculty of Engineering) and PhD engineering student TANG KOK ZUEA won the best paper prize at the ASEAN Virtual Instrumentation Applications Contest 2004 for an automated cell electro-activation system.

Professor MOORE, PHILIP KEITH (Faculty of Medicine) was the first NUS staff member to be made a fellow of the British Pharmacological Society.

Dr SALTO-TELLEZ, MANUEL (Faculty of Medicine) received the 2004 World Scientific Forum International Award from the International Research Promotion Council, India, for contributions to the field of onco-cytology.

Associate Professor SAVAGE, VICTOR (Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences) was re-elected president of the Commonwealth Geographical Bureau, UK.

Associate Professor TAN, WILLIE (School of Design & Environment) was elected the first rotational chairman of the International Project Management Education Union.

Professor TAN CHENG HAN (Faculty of Law) was appointed a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

Associate Professor TAN NGOH TIONG (Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences) was elected co-chairman of the Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work, UK.

Assistant Professor VADAKEPPAT, PRAHLAD (Faculty of Engineering) led a team from NUS to win the second place in the Humanoid category at the Robot World Cup in South Korea, which was organised by the Federation of International Robot-soccer Association (FIRA).