Executive Council  
A/P Kenneth Paul Tan (Chair)
A/P Johan Geertsema
(Vice Chair)
A/P Alice Christudason
Prof Farooq Shamsuzzaman
A/P Victor Tan
A/P Erle Lim Chuen Hian
Prof Bernard Tan Cheng Yian
A/P Laksh Samavedham
Fellows  
Prof A Kumaralingam
A/P Phil Chan Aik Hui
A/P Chan Wai Meng
Mr Cheah Kok Ming
A/P Teofilo C Daquila
A/P Goh Say Song
Prof Matthew Gwee Choon Eng
A/P Hooi Shing Chuan
Prof Andy Hor Tzi Sum
Prof Alex Ip Yuen Kwong
A/P K Rajendran
A/P Ashwin M Khambadkone
Prof Koh Khee Meng
Dr Adrian Michael Lee
Dr Lee Kooi Cheng
A/P Joel Lee Tye Beng
A/P Cecilia Lim
A/P Lim Lum Peng
Dr Lo Mun Hou
A/P Narayanan Ganapathy
A/P Joseph Ooi Thian Leong
Prof Seah Kar Heng
Dr Soo Yuen Jien
A/P Sow Chorng Haur
Prof Jochen Wirtz
A/P Yap Von Bing
Prof Zhou Weibiao

Associate Professor Ashwin Khambadkone

 A/P Ashwin Khambadkone

Fellow

Teaching Aspirations

My goal is to be more proficient and compassionate while enabling all learners to achieve their true potential, whereby they will be filled with a sense of joy and fulfilment.

 

Teaching Strengths

  • Always exploring ways to create learning environments where the learner is able to manage their own learning
  • Ability to encourage students to participate in lectures, especially in a large class
  • Provides comprehensive well-designed and thought-provoking materials

Biodata

A/Prof Ashwin M Khambadkone is from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering. Ashwin is passionate about education. For him, education is about creating learning environments that draws out the best from the learner. Ashwin has a graduate certificate in education and has worked on methods of assessment and its effects on learning. He has published his findings at International Conference for Engineering Education. As a teacher he is always exploring ways to create learning environments where the learner will be able to manage their own learning. He has been teaching both at Undergraduate and Graduate level and has focused on classroom activities that focus on thinking and learning activities in classroom. Ashwin is actively engaged in all aspects of tertiary education: curriculum design, teaching methodologies, assessment method, quality assurance and accreditation. He has been the member of the curriculum task force of his department since its inception in 1999 and has co-chaired the accreditation task force for his department for two accreditation exercises. He has designed criterion based continuous assessment for his department’s Final year Project module and has used innovative teaching methods such as Problem assisted learning in large classes. He has published his results of action research in education at International Conference on Engineering and IEEE workshop on Education. He has contributed articles to CDTLink and Ideas on Teaching. He has been on teaching honors list and commendation list for many years and has received the Engineering Educator Award for 2006/2007 and the Outstanding Educator Award for 2008. He has received 3 paper prizes and 3 best presentation prizes from Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE.

Teaching Awards / Accolades

  • Engineering Educator Award, Faculty of Engineering (2006/07)
  • Teaching Honours List, Faculty of Engineering (2004/2005)
  • Teaching Commendation, Faculty of Engineering (2003/2004)
  • Teaching Honours List, Best Tutor, Faculty of Engineering (2002/2003)
  • Best Paper Award, IEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (2002)
  • Second Prize Paper Award, IEE Industry Applications Society, IPCC (2006)
  • 3 Best Presentation Award, Annual Conference of the IEE Industrial Electronics Society, USA (2001, 2004, 2004)
  • Outstanding Paper Award, IEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (1991)
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