NTU Motor Lab

Research Awards

Sep 2024
Nagamori Award
Nagamori Foundation
Kyoto, Japan
• A highly recognized award to recognizeglobal researchers who have made outstanding technological advances in the areaof electric motors and drives
• The prize money of 2 million yen (i.e., around USD 18,000) is awarded
Sep 2024
Top 2% Scientists Worldwide
Stanford University
California, CA
• Recognized as a top 2% of scientist in electrical engineering
Aug 2024
CoE Research - Young Faculty Award
College of Engineering, NTU
Singapore
• A highly recognized award to recognize the early career development of rising stars in College of Engineering
Jul 2024
Top Scholar
ScholarGPS
California, CA
• Recognized as a top 0.5% of all scholars worldwide
Oct 2023
Top 2% Scientists Worldwide
Stanford University
California, CA
• Recognizedas a top 2% of scientist in electrical engineering
Sep 2023
Myron Zucker Award – Student-Faculty Grant
IEEE Industry Applications Society
New Jersey, NJ
• A highly recognized grant with USD25,000 to support pioneer researches
• The first recipient works outside the United States and Canada
Jan 2023
JSPS Invitation Fellowship
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Japan
• A prestigious award to support collaborative research in Japan
Oct 2022
Star Reviewer
IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion
New Jersey, NJ
• Awarded to one of the best reviewers
Oct 2022
Top 2% Scientists Worldwide
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
• Recognized as a top 2% of scientist in electrical engineering
Jan 2022
Young Investigator Award
MDPI Energies
Basel, Switzerland
• Recognize the contributions on research in electric and hybrid vehicles
Oct 2021
Star Reviewer
IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion
New Jersey, USA
• Awarded to one of the best reviewers
Oct 2021
Representative for Singapore
IEC 2021 Young Professionals Programme
Dubai, UAE
• Selected by Enterprise Singapore (a government agency)
Jun 2021
Recognition Award
IEEE ISIE 2021
Kyoto, Japan
• Awarded to the most attractive special session
Oct 2020
VTS Chapter-of-the-Year Award
IEEE Vehicular Technology Society
Victoria, Canada
• Awarded to the best chapter in IEEE Vehicular Technology Society
May 2020
NRF Fellowship
National Research Foundation
Singapore
• Most prestigious national award for entry researcher
• First EEE faculty member with full engagement to ever receive it
Feb 2019
Nanyang Assistant Professorship
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
• Considered as top 1% faculty members among the whole university
• Over USD 1,400,000 are offered as startup package
Jan 2018
Springer Theses Award
Springer Nature
International
• A prestigious award to recognize the scientific excellence
• Strictly limited number of candidates are selected
Jul 2017
Li Ka Shing Prize (The Best Ph.D. Thesis Award)
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
• A highly competitive award to recognize the academic merits    
• Awarded to the best Ph.D. graduate of the year
Oct 2016
Croucher Fellowship for Postdoctoral Research
Croucher Foundation
Hong Kong, China
• A prestigious award to support the brilliant researchers to pursue scientific research at postdoctoral level in the world-class institution
• Over USD 120,000 are offered as maintenance and research allowances

Paper Awards

Oct 2024
IEEE IES Students and Young Professionals Paper Assistance Award
IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Chicago, IL
• Paper entitled as “A hybrid concentrated-winding permanent magnet vernier machine with high power factor and wide constant power operation range”
Aug 2024
ESI Highly Cited Paper
Clarivate
Philadephia, PA
• Paper entitled as “A novel current measurement offset error compensation method based on the adaptive extended state observer for IPMSM drives”
Nov 2023
Best Paper Award
The 26th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS)
Zhuhai, China
• Paper entitled as “Investigation of axial-flux limited-angle torque motor with tooth-tip structure tor torque performance improvement”
Oct 2023
Third Prize Paper Award
Electrical Machines Technical Committee of the IEEE Industrial Electronic Society
Singapore
• Paper entitled as “Variable-topology motor drive with soft-shifting method for PMSM operating range extension”
Jan 2023
Best Paper Award
Chinese Journal of Electrical Engineering
Beijing, China
• Paper entitled as “Sleeve design of permanent-magnet machine for low rotor losses”
Dec 2022
Excellent Paper Award
International Conference on Smart Power & Internet Energy Systems
Beijing, China
• Paper entitled as “A robust deep Q-network based attack detection approach in power systems”
Dec 2022
Top Cited Article
IET Renewable Power Generation
United Kingdom
• Paper entitled as “Modern electric machines and drives for wind power generation: A review of opportunities and challenges”
Oct 2022
First Place Best Paper Award
IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion
New Jersey, NJ
• Ranked number one among over 300 accepted papers
• Paper entitled as “Critical review of direct-drive electrical machine systems for electric and hybrid electric vehicles”

Teaching Awards

Aug 2024
EEE Year 1 and 2 Teaching Excellence Award
School of EEE, Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
• Voted by EEE Year 1 and 2 students as the best teacher
Aug 2023
EEE Year 3 Teaching Excellence Award
School of EEE, Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
• Voted by EEE Year 3 students as the best teacher
Aug 2022
EEE Year 3 Teaching Excellence Award
School of EEE, Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
• Voted by EEE Year 3 students as the best teacher
Jan 2022
Early Career Teaching Excellent Award
School of EEE, Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
• Awarded to the best junior teacher on their teaching performance