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Associate Professor

Andrew NG

Associate Professor
PhD (Electrical & Electronic Engineering), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Cluster:
Engineering
Andrew.Ng@SingaporeTech.edu.sg
+65 6592 8509

SIT Appointments

  • Associate Professor
    – Present
  • Deputy Programme Director, SIT MEngTech Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Land)
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  • Deputy Programme Director, SIT BEng (Hons) Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Land)
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  • Assistant Professor
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Education

  • PhD (Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
    Nanyang Technological University , Singapore
  • B.Eng (1st Class Honours), Electrical & Electronic Engineering
    Nanyang Technological University , Singapore
  • Diploma in Engineering with Merit (Electrical Engineering)
    Singapore Polytechnic , Singapore

Achievements

  • Best Presentation Award, 6th International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics
  • Supervisee: Lee Hai Rong, Best Student Paper Award, 5th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering
  • Best Paper Award (Finalist), IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation
  • Outstanding Researcher Award, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India
  • Teaching Excellence Award, Singapore Institute of Technology
  • Amity Researcher Award, Amity University, Noida, India
  • Excellent Oral Presentation Award, 4th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering
  • Teaching Excellence Award (Nominated), Singapore Institute of Technology
  • Supervisees: Lewis Tan Ping Jin and Toh Shu Han, Bronze Award, Rapid Transit Systems, WorldSkills Singapore
  • Minister for National Development's R&D Award (Nominated), Singapore
  • Supervisee: Jerin Kuriakose Tharamuttam, Zicom Outstanding Student Award in Mechatronics, School of Engineering, University of Glasgow Singapore
  • Best Paper Award, Journal of Energy Chemistry
  • Editor’s Choice Winner, NI Engineering Impact Awards ASEAN/ANZ Regional Contest
  • Teaching Excellence Award (Nominated), Singapore Institute of Technology
  • Supervisee: Claris Kerlyn Ke Yue’e, Best Final Year Project Prize, School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow Singapore
  • Young Investigator Award, World Association of Sleep Medicine
  • Postgraduate Research Scholarship, Nanyang Technological University
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  • Industrial Attachment Book Prize, Nanyang Technological University
  • Innovation and Design Competition Merit Award, Nanyang Technological University
  • Oakwell Engineering Merit Award, Singapore Polytechnic
  • Hitachi Electronic Drives Japanese Language Scholarship Award, Singapore Polytechnic
  • Squire Mech Award, Singapore Polytechnic

Professional Certification

  • Chartered Engineer
    Engineering Council, United Kingdom
  • Specialist Adult Educator (Curriculum Development)
    Institute for Adult Learning

Professional Memberships

  • Senior Member, Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES)
    – Present
  • Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
    – Present
  • Member, Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
    – Present
  • Associate Member, Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE)
    – Present
  • Member, Institution of Engineers Singapore
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  • Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Corporate Experience

  • Working Group Member, Terminology and Abbreviations for Permanent Way and Maintenance Regime of Permanent Way, Enterprise Singapore
    Present
  • Working Group Member, Maintenance of Vehicle Gauges Specifications in Railway, Enterprise Singapore
    Present
  • Transport Section Chair, IET
    Present
  • Chair, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society
    Present
  • Working Group Member, IEC TC9 Electrical Equipment & Systems for Railways, Enterprise Singapore
    Present
  • Consultant, Ernst & Young Advisory Pte Ltd, Singapore
    Present
  • Professional Development Mentor, IET
    Present
  • Technical Advisor, Sensocore Technology Pte Ltd, Singapore
    Present
  • LifeSkills Trainer, IET
    Present
  • Committee Member, IRSE
    Present
  • Committee Member, IET
    Present
  • Technical Committee Chair, International Conference on Computer Communication and Artificial Intelligence
  • Invited Speaker, Session Chair, and Technical Committee Member, 6th International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics
  • Plenary Speaker and Program Chair, Asia Conference on Computers and Communications
  • Session Chair, 5th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering
  • Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Computing, Communication, and Intelligent Systems
  • Keynote Speaker, 9th International Conference on Cloud Computing, Data Science and Engineering
  • Keynote Speaker, 5th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Technology
  • Invited Speaker, Technical Seminar, Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology
  • Session Chair, IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, 2019
  • Keynote Speaker and Session Chair, Joint Conference of International Conference on Engineering and Applied Sciences, International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, and International Conference on Education and Social Sciences
  • Program Chair, 4th International Conference on Computer, Communication and Computational Sciences
  • Scientific Committee Member, 2nd World Congress on Condition Monitoring
  • Invited Speaker, Rail Asset Management APAC
  • Invited Speaker, Session Chair, and Technical Committee Chair, 4th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering
  • Session Chair, International Conference on Railway Engineering
  • Technical Committee Chair, International Conference on Automotive and Vehicle Engineering
  • Workshop & Tutorial Chair and Organising Committee Member, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Rail Transportation
  • Technical Committee Chair, International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering
  • Keynote Speaker and Session Chair, International Research Symposium on Engineering and Technology
  • Local Arrangement Chair and Organising Committee Member, IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics
  • Scientific Committee Member, Topical Symposium on EMC in Railway Systems, Joint IEEE Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility and Asia-Pacific Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility
  • Vice Chair, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society
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  • Introductory Day Lead and Organising Committee Member, IRSE ASPECT International Conference
  • Treasurer, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society
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  • Session Chair and Programme Committee Member, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Rail Transportation
  • Consultant, Singapore Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Ltd, Singapore
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Research Interests

  • Automation and Control
  • Condition Monitoring, Diagnosis and Prognosis
  • Signal and Image Processing
  • Data Mining and Machine Learning
  • Railway Signalling and Communications
  • Urban Agriculture and Aquaculture Technology

Current Projects

  • Principal Investigator, Smart and Sustainable Urban Aquaponics Farming for Healthy Liveable Cities, Innovation Capability Grant, Singapore Institute of Technology, 2021-2024, awarded S$450,000
    – Present
  • Principal Investigator, Condition Monitoring and Diagnosis of Railway Tracks using Rail Surface Visualiser, Land Transport Authority and SBS Transit, 2019-21, awarded S$5,000
    – Present
  • Principal Investigator, Improvement of Workflow and Processes in NEL Rolling Stock Workshop, Land Transport Authority and SBS Transit, 2019-21, awarded S$5,000
    – Present
  • Principal Investigator, Design and Development of Portable Diagnostic Tool for Autonomous Train Compressor Health Monitoring, Land Transport Authority and SBS Transit, 2019-21, awarded S$5,000
    – Present
  • Principal Investigator, Condition Monitoring and Diagnosis of Railway Tracks using Rail Surface Analyser, Land Transport Authority and SBS Transit, 2019-21, awarded S$5,000
    – Present
  • Sound-Induced Sleep Method and a System Therefor, International Application No.: PCT/SG2014/000271, 2014
    – Present

Past Projects

  • Principal Investigator, Automated Detection and Classification of Rail Surface Defects and Component Failures in Rail Images, Land Transport Authority and SBS Transit, 2018-20, awarded $5,000
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  • Principal Investigator, Conceptualising a Smart NEL Workshop with Higher Productivity and Better Capabilities, Land Transport Authority and SBS Transit, 2018-20, awarded S$5,000
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  • Principal Investigator, Study the Viability of Establishing Healthy Train from Unhealthy Train Using Simple Vibrational Test Onboard a Powered Up Train, Land Transport Authority and SBS Transit, 2018-20, awarded S$5,000
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  • Principal Investigator, Establishing Warning Thresholds of Wheel Impact Load Detector and Hot Axle Box Detector Systems, Land Transport Authority and SBS Transit, 2018-20, awarded S$5,000
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  • Principal Investigator, Rail Corrugation Growth in Railway Infrastructure, Land Transport Innovation Fund, Land Transport Authority, 2016-19, awarded $483,000
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  • Principal Investigator, Intelligent Aquaponics Automation System with Wireless Sensor Network, Ignition Grant, Singapore Institute of Technology, 2015-17, awarded $128,000
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  • Co-Principal Investigator, Sleep Studies for Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Engineering Cluster Seed Grant, Nanyang Technological University, 2005-06, awarded $10,000
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Journal Papers

  • Chen X, Wei L, Wang Y, Zhai S, Chen Z, Tan S, Zhou Z, Ng AK, Liao X, Chen Y. Milk powder-derived bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts for rechargeable Zn-air battery. Energy Storage Materials, 2018; 11: 134-143.

  • Zhai S, Karahan H, Wei L, Qian Q, Harris A, Minett A, Ramakrishna S, Ng AK, Chen Y. Textile energy storage: Structural design concepts, material selection and future perspectives. Energy Storage Materials, 2016; 3: 123-139.

  • Jiang W, Zhai S, Qian Q, Yuan Y, Karahan H, Wei L, Goh K, Ng AK, Wei J, Chen Y. Space-confined assembly of all-carbon hybrid fibers for capacitive energy storage: realizing a built-to-order concept for micro-supercapacitors. Energy and Environmental Science, 2016; 9(2): 611-622.

  • Wei L, Karahan H, Zhai S, Yuan Y, Qian Q, Goh K, Ng AK, Chen Y. Microbe-derived carbon materials for electrical energy storage and conversion. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2016; 25(2): 191-198. (Best Paper Award)

  • Zhai S, Jiang W, Wei L, Karahan H, Yuan Y, Ng AK, Chen Y. All-carbon solid-state yarn supercapacitors from activated carbon and carbon fibers for smart textiles. Materials Horizons, 2015; 2(6): 598-605.

  • Wei L, Liu B, Wang X, Gui H, Yuan Y, Zhai S, Ng AK, Zhou C, Chen Y. (9,8) Single-walled carbon nanotube enrichment via aqueous two-phase separation and their thin-film transistor applications. Advanced Electronic Materials, 2015; 1(11): 1-8.

  • Ng AK*, Koh TS. Analysis and modeling of snore source flow with its preliminary application to synthetic snore generation. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2010; 57(3): 552-560.

  • A Liu SB, Ng AK, Xu R, Wei J, Tan CM, Yang YH, Chen Y. Antibacterial action of dispersed single-walled carbon nanotubes on Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis investigated by atomic force microscopy. Nanoscale, 2010; 2(12): 2744-2750.

  • Ng AK*, Koh TS, Baey E, Puvanendran K. Role of upper airway dimensions in snore production: Acoustical and perceptual findings. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2009; 37(9): 1807-1817.

  • Ng AK*, Koh TS, Abeyratne UR, Puvanendran K. Investigation of obstructive sleep apnea using nonlinear mode interactions in nonstationary snore signals. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2009; 37(9): 1796-1806.

  • Ng AK*, Koh TS, Baey E, Lee TH, Abeyratne UR, Puvanendran K. Could formant frequencies of snore signals be an alternative means for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea? Sleep Medicine, 2008; 9(8): 894-898.

  • Ng AK*, Koh TS, Puvanendran K, Abeyratne UR. Snore signal enhancement and activity detection via translation-invariant wavelet transform. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2008; 55(10): 2332-2342.

Conferences

  • Mahkeswaran R, Ng AK*. Smart and sustainable home aquaponics system with feature-rich internet of things mobile application. In: Proc. 6th Int. Conf. Control, Automation and Robotics, 2020: 607-611. (Best Presentation Award)

  • Lee HR, Ng AK*, Tay RKH. Optimization of pneumatic overhaul workflows in rolling stock workshop for increased process efficiency. In: Proc. 5th IEEE Int. Conf. Intelligent Transportation Engineering, 2020: 383-387. (Best Student Paper Award)

  • Heng BJM, Ng AK*, Tay RKH. Digitization of work instructions and checklists for improved data management and work productivity. In: Proc. 4th IEEE Int. Conf. Intelligent Transportation Engineering, 2019: 79-83.

  • Ong ZJ, Ng AK*, Kyaw TY. Intelligent outdoor aquaponics with automated grow lights and internet of things. In: Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Mechatronics and Automation, 2019: 1778-1783. (Best Paper Award - Finalist)

  • Ng AK*, Martua L, Sun G. Dynamic modelling and acceleration signal analysis of rail surface defects for enhanced rail condition monitoring and diagnosis. In: Proc. 4th IEEE Int. Conf. Intelligent Transportation Engineering, 2019: 69-73.

  • Chan ZS, Ng AK*, Tay RKH. Establishing vibration threshold for effective health monitoring of SL20-5 motor compressor set. In: Proc. 4th IEEE Int. Conf. Intelligent Transportation Engineering, 2019: 276-280. (Excellent Oral Presentation Award)

  • Ng AK*, Martua L, Yebra JH, Sun G. Prediction of rail corrugation growth and rail wear rate using three-dimensional finite element analysis. In: Proc. 8th Int. Conf. on Railway Engineering, 2018: 1-6.

  • Ng AK*, Martua L, Sun G. Influence of sleeper distance on rail corrugation growth. In: Proc. Int. Conf. IEEE Intelligent Rail Transportation, 2018: 1-5.

  • Ismail MSR, Ng AK*, Oh SH, Tan CH. Integrated systems analysis software for interdependency analysis of railway systems. In: Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, 2018: 169-174.

  • Martua L, Ng AK*, Sun G. Prediction of rail rolling contact fatigue crack initiation life via three-dimensional finite element analysis. In: Proc. Int. Conf. IEEE Intelligent Rail Transportation, 2018: 1-5.

  • Thu Ya Kyaw, Ng AK*. Smart aquaponics system for urban farming. Energy Procedia, 2017; 143: 342-347.

  • Tharamuttam JK, Ng AK*. Design and development of an automatic solar tracker. Energy Procedia, 2017; 143: 629-634.

  • Ng AK*, Martua L, Yebra JH, Sun G. Detection and diagnosis of rail surface defects using signal and image processing techniques. In: Proc. 1st World Congress on Condition Monitoring, 2017: 982-993.

  • Ng AK*, Alias ZB, Chassin JF, Yebra JH. Managing rail corrugation through modelling, simulation, and instrumentation technologies. In: Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Intelligent Rail Transportation, 2016: 307-314.

  • Ng AK*, Lim YK, Tay HS, Kwang WS, Hettiarachchi SR. A smart recirculating aquaculture system with NI compactRIO and WSN. In: Proc. NI Engineering Impact Awards ASEAN/ANZ Regional Contest, 2016: 24-32. (Editor’s Choice Winner Award)

  • Zhang Z, Guan C, Chan TE, Yu JH, Ng AK, Kwoh CK. Automatic sleep onset detection using single EEG sensor. In: Proc. 36th Annu. Int. Conf. of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2014: 2265-2268.

  • Zhu Y, Zhang HH, Jayachandran M, Ng AK, Biswas J, Chen Z. Ballistocardiography with fiber optic sensor in headrest position: a feasibility study and a new processing algorithm. In: Proc. 35th Annu. Int. Conf. of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2013: 5203-5206.

  • Ng AK*, Ang KK, Guan C. Automatic selection of neuronal spike detection threshold via smoothed Teager energy histogram. In: Proc. 6th Int. Conf. on IEEE EMBS Neural Engineering, 2013: 1437-1440.

  • Ng AK*, Ang KK, Tee KP, Guan C. Optimizing low-frequency common spatial pattern features for multi-class classification of hand movement directions. In: Proc. 35th Annu. Int. Conf. of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2013: 2780-2783.

  • Ng AK*, Guan C. Impact of obstructive sleep apnea on sleep-wake stage ratio. In: Proc. 34th Annu. Int. Conf. of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2012: 4660-4663.

  • Ng AK*, Koh TS. Using psychoacoustics of snoring sounds to screen for obstructive sleep apnea. In: Proc. 30th Annu. Int. Conf. of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008: 1647-1650.

  • Ng AK*, Ho ZJ, Koh TS. Effects of microphone position on snore signal quality and patient comfort. In: Proc. 9th Int. Conf. on Signal Processing, 2008: 2130-2133.

  • Ng AK*, Koh TS, Lim LL, Puvanendran K. Psychoacoustic evaluation of snoring sounds: a useful supplement to polysomnographic assessment? Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 2007; 5: A39-A40.

  • Ng AK*, Koh TS. Acoustic signals enhancement by level-wavelet-dependent thresholding of undecimated wavelets. In: Proc. 3rd WACBE World Congress on Bioengineering, 2007; A172: 1-4.

  • Ng AK*, Koh TS, Thng CH. A level-wavelet-dependent scheme for image denoising via undecimated wavelet transform. In: Proc. 9th IASTED Int. Conf. on Signal and Image Processing, 2007: 79-83.

  • Ng AK*, Koh TS. A high-fidelity acquisition system for snore signals: Design and implementation. In: Proc. IEEE Instrumentation and Mesaurement Technology Conf., 2007: 189-193.

  • Ng AK*, Wong KY, Tan CH, Koh TS. Bispectral analysis of snore signals for obstructive sleep apnea detection. In: Proc. 29th Annu. Int. Conf. of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007: 6196-6199.

  • Ng AK*, Koh TS, Lim LL. Snore signals analysis: Review and clinical applications for obstructive sleep apnea. In: Proc. 3rd WACBE World Congress on Bioengineering, 2007; A182: 1-4.

  • Ng AK*, Koh TS, Baey E, Puvanendran K. Could formant frequencies of snore signals be an alternative means for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea? Sleep Medicine, 2007; 8: S57.

  • Ng AK*, Koh TS, Baey E, Puvanendran K. Speech-like analysis of snore signals for the detection of obstructive sleep apnea. In: Proc. ICBPE Int. Conf. on Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, 2006: 99-103. (Outstanding Paper Award - Nominated)

  • Ng AK*, Koh TS, Baey E, Puvanendran K. Diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea using formant features of snore signals. In: Proc. IFBME World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, 2006; 14: 861-864.

Books

  • Tiwari S, Suryani E, Ng AK, Mishra KK, and Singh N. Proceedings of International Conference on Big Data, Machine Learning and their Applications. ISBN 978-981-15-83773-3, Springer Singapore, 2021.

  • Chen Y, Ng AK, Bai SH, Si RM, Wei L, Wang Q. Separation of Metallic and Semiconducting Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes. In: Carbon Nanotubes and their Applications, Pan-Stanford Publishing, 2011: 121-148.