Education
Professional Diploma in Engineering, Singapore Polytechnic
Master's in Applied Science, Harvard University
Ph.D. in Applied Science, Harvard University

Career

Mathematical Analyst, American Science & Engineering, Cambridge, MA
 

Offices/Membership held

Chairman, Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU)
Chairman, Governing Board, APRU World Institute
Chairman, Governing Board, Singapore-MIT Alliance
Chairman, Board of NUS High School of Mathematics and Science
Chairman, Committee on University Admission System, Singapore
Chairman, Technical Committee on Fracture Mechanics, American Society of
 Mechanical Engineers
Board Member, International Alliance of Research Universities
Founding President, Material Research Society, Singapore Member, Economic
 Review Committee
Board Member, National Research Foundation
Member, Economic Development Board Executive Committee, Singapore
Board Member, Universitas 21
Board Member, ASEAN University Network
Founding Governor, Board of Singapore International Foundation
Governor, Board of Ong Teng Cheong Institute of Labour Studies
Director, Lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellowship
Director, Singapore Millennium Foundation
Appointing Governor, Institute of Policy Studies
Member, MIT Corporation Visiting Committee, Department of Materials Science
 and Engineering
Member ConFRAT, University Committee on Faculty Reappointment and Tenure,
 Brown University, USA
Ex-officio, Governing Board, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Member, NUS Board of Trustees
Member, Advisory Board, World Institute of Space Environment Research
Member, Committee on Faculty Tenure Reappointment and Tenure, Brown
 University
Member, A*Star Board
Member, BioMedical Research Council
Member, Science & Engineering Research Council
Member, Economic Review Committee
Honorary Member, International College of Surgeons, USA
Honorary Member, Chinese Heritage Centre Council
Member, Board of Trustees, Majulah Connection

Honours

1978 Best Paper Award, ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology
1986 George Rankin Irwin Medal (American Society for Testing and Materials)
1989 Visiting Professor, Tokyo University, Japan Society for the promotion of
       science
1998 Swedlow Award (American Society for Testing and Materials)
1999 Fellow of Applied Mechanics Division (American Society of Mechanical
       Engineers)
2001 Honorary Member, National University of Singapore Society (NUSS)
2004 Foreign Associate, National Academy of Engineering (US)
2005 Highly-Cited Researcher in Engineering, Institute for Scientific Information
2005 Award of "la croix de Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur", the French 
       Republic
2005 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science by Loughborough University
2006 Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2007 Honorary Member, Medical Alumni Association, Singapore
2007 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, Waseda University
2007 Inaugural Recipient of the Asia Pacific, Chief Executive Leadership Award,
       Council for Advancement and Support of Education
2008 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, Brown University
2008 The Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award by the American Society of
       Mechanical Engineers

 

                                                                                                                                         Last updated on 29 June 09

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