Awards/Honors

• Outstanding Alumni:, Special Report, Northeastern University Alumni Magazine, pp59-62, 2010 Issue No. 1:http://alumni.vip.hanfei.net/upload/book/201001.pdf
• Distinguished Professor, Central Iron and Steel Research Institute, Beijing, China, Since November 2009
• Guest Professor, Liaoning Industrial University, China, Since 7 November 2009
• One of our papers has been selected to receive the Prestigious George E. Smith Award 2008. I'm glad to be one of the co-authors: H. S. Tan, T. Cahyadi, Z. B. Wang, A. Lohani, Z. Tsakadze, Sam Zhang, F. R. Zhu, S. G. Mhaisalkar, Low Temperature Processed Inorganic Gate Dielectrics for Plastic Substrate based Organic Field Effect Transistors, IEEE Electron Device Letters, 29 (7) : 698-700 (2008) : details at newsletter_oct09-Newsletter OCT 2009 2008 EDS George E. Smith Award Winners page 17-18
• Featured in 27th (2010) edition of Who's Who in the World
• Featured in 26th (2009) edition of Who's Who in the World, published November 12, 2008
• Featured in the first-ever "Who's Who in Engineering Singapore" (published October 2007)
• Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining: FIMMM, Since October 2007
• Guest Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, Since 13 September 2007 (Conferment report on HIT net)
• Winner of the Research Output Award and Recognition (ROAR), Nanyang Technological University, 2006/2007
• Guest Professor, Zhejiang University, Since 16 November 2006
• Winner of the Research Output Award and Recognition (ROAR), Nanyang Technological University, 2005/2006
• "Singapore Conference Ambassador" Title Awarded by Singapore Tourism Board, Since 7 December 2006
• Honorary Professor, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, since 1st November 2004
• Guest Professor, Shenyang University, China since 29th May 2002
• Member of the Expert Committee, Applied Research Council, Ministry of Education, Republic of Singapore, Since November 2005
• Member of the Expert Committee for China Natural Science Award, Since April 2004
• SIMTech Fellow: Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star): 1st November 2003 ~ 31st October 2005
•  JSPS Fellow (Japan Society for Promotion of Science): 16 November ~ 16 December 2002, visiting professor at the GOTO Lab,Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan: Thermal Conductivity of Yttrium Stabilized Zirconia thin films on Alumina substrate via the LaserPit
• Consultant of The Shenyang City Government, China, 26 May 2002 - 25 May 2007
• Guest Professor of Shenyang University, China, 29 May 2002--
• The Li Foundation Fellowship, USA, May 1986 - April 1988
• "Outstanding Student" Award, Northeastern University, 1981/82
• "Outstanding Student" Award, Northeastern University, 1980/81
• "City of Shenyang Outstanding Personnel" Award, Shenyang, Jiaoning Province, 1980/81
• "Outstanding Social Work" Award, Northeastern University, 1979/80
• "Outstanding Student" Award, Northeastern University, 1978/79
• Guest Correspondent of Chongqing Daily (by Special Invitation), Chongqing, China, 1976-1978
• Guest Correspondent of the Nanan District Broadcasting Station (by Special Invitation), Chongqing, China, 1974-1978