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Associate Professor

Andrew

NG

Deputy Programme Director, SIT MEngTech Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Land)

Deputy Programme Director, SIT BEng (Hons) Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Land)

Associate Professor

PhD (Electrical & Electronic Engineering), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Cluster:

Engineering

Andrew.Ng@SingaporeTech.edu.sg

+65 6592 8509

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SIT Appointments

Associate Professor

2018 - Present

Deputy Programme Director, SIT MEngTech Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Land)

2016 - Present

Deputy Programme Director, SIT BEng (Hons) Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Land)

2016 - Present

Assistant Professor

2013 - 2018

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

Supervisee: Lee Hai Rong, Best Student Paper Award, 5th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering

2020

Best Presentation Award, 6th International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics

2020

Amity Researcher Award, Amity University, Noida, India

2019

Best Paper Award (Finalist), IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation

2019

Excellent Oral Presentation Award, 4th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering

2019

Teaching Excellence Award, Singapore Institute of Technology

2019

Outstanding Researcher Award, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India

2019

Teaching Excellence Award (Nominated), Singapore Institute of Technology

2018

Supervisees: Lewis Tan Ping Jin and Toh Shu Han, Bronze Award, Rapid Transit Systems, WorldSkills Singapore

2018

Supervisee: Jerin Kuriakose Tharamuttam, Zicom Outstanding Student Award in Mechatronics, School of Engineering, University of Glasgow Singapore

2017

Minister for National Development's R&D Award (Nominated), Singapore

2017

Best Paper Award, Journal of Energy Chemistry

2016

Editor’s Choice Winner, NI Engineering Impact Awards ASEAN/ANZ Regional Contest

2016

Teaching Excellence Award (Nominated), Singapore Institute of Technology

2016

Supervisee: Claris Kerlyn Ke Yue’e, Best Final Year Project Prize, School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow Singapore

2015

Young Investigator Award, World Association of Sleep Medicine

2007

Postgraduate Research Scholarship, Nanyang Technological University

2005 - 2009

Industrial Attachment Book Prize, Nanyang Technological University

2003

Innovation and Design Competition Merit Award, Nanyang Technological University

2002

Oakwell Engineering Merit Award, Singapore Polytechnic

1999

Squire Mech Award, Singapore Polytechnic

1998

Hitachi Electronic Drives Japanese Language Scholarship Award, Singapore Polytechnic

1998

Professional Certification

Chartered Engineer

Engineering Council, United Kingdom

Specialist Adult Educator (Curriculum Development)

Institute for Adult Learning

Professional Membership

Senior Member, Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES)

2018 - Present

Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

2017 - Present

Member, Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

2014 - Present

Associate Member, Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE)

2013 - Present

Member, Institution of Engineers Singapore

2014 - 2018

Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

2007 - 2017

Corporate Experience

Working Group Member, Terminology and Abbreviations for Permanent Way and Maintenance Regime of Permanent Way, Enterprise Singapore

2020 - Present

Working Group Member, Maintenance of Vehicle Gauges Specifications in Railway, Enterprise Singapore

2020 - Present

Transport Section Chair, IET

2019 - Present

Chair, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society

2019 - Present

Professional Development Mentor, IET

2018 - Present

Consultant, Ernst & Young Advisory Pte Ltd, Singapore

2018 - Present

Working Group Member, IEC TC9 Electrical Equipment & Systems for Railways, Enterprise Singapore

2018 - Present

LifeSkills Trainer, IET

2017 - Present

Technical Advisor, Sensocore Technology Pte Ltd, Singapore

2017 - Present

Committee Member, IET

2016 - Present

Committee Member, IRSE

2016 - Present

Vice Chair, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society

2017 - 2019

Treasurer, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society

2016 - 2017

Consultant, Singapore Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Ltd, Singapore

2015 - 2016

Invited Speaker, Session Chair, and Technical Committee Member, 6th International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics

2020

Technical Committee Chair, International Conference on Computer Communication and Artificial Intelligence

2020

Session Chair, 5th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering

2020

Plenary Speaker and Program Chair, Asia Conference on Computers and Communications

2020

Keynote Speaker, 9th International Conference on Cloud Computing, Data Science and Engineering

2019

Invited Speaker, Rail Asset Management APAC

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

2019

Keynote Speaker, 5th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Technology

2019

Invited Speaker, Session Chair, and Technical Committee Chair, 4th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering

2019

Session Chair, IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, 2019

2019

Program Chair, 4th International Conference on Computer, Communication and Computational Sciences

2019

Invited Speaker, Technical Seminar, Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology

2019

Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Computing, Communication, and Intelligent Systems

2019

Scientific Committee Member, 2nd World Congress on Condition Monitoring

2019

Keynote Speaker and Session Chair, International Research Symposium on Engineering and Technology

2018

Workshop & Tutorial Chair and Organising Committee Member, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Rail Transportation

2018

Session Chair, International Conference on Railway Engineering

2018

Local Arrangement Chair and Organising Committee Member, IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics

2018

Technical Committee Chair, International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering

2018

Technical Committee Chair, International Conference on Automotive and Vehicle Engineering

2018

Scientific Committee Member, Topical Symposium on EMC in Railway Systems, Joint IEEE Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility and Asia-Pacific Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility

2018

Introductory Day Lead and Organising Committee Member, IRSE ASPECT International Conference

2017

Session Chair and Programme Committee Member, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Rail Transportation

2016

Research

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

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

2019 - 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

2019 - 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

2019 - 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

2019 - Present

Sound-Induced Sleep Method and a System Therefor, International Application No.: PCT/SG2014/000271, 2014

2014 - Present

Past

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

2018 - 2020

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

2018 - 2020

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

2018 - 2020

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

2018 - 2020

Principal Investigator, Rail Corrugation Growth in Railway Infrastructure, Land Transport Innovation Fund, Land Transport Authority, 2016-19, awarded $483,000

2016 - 2019

Principal Investigator, Intelligent Aquaponics Automation System with Wireless Sensor Network, Ignition Grant, Singapore Institute of Technology, 2015-17, awarded $128,000

2015 - 2017

Co-Principal Investigator, Sleep Studies for Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Engineering Cluster Seed Grant, Nanyang Technological University, 2005-06, awarded $10,000

2005 - 2006

Publication

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.

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, 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.

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.

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.

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, 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, 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, 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.

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.

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)

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)

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)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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Andrew

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