:: awards   

International Awards

Finalist of Best Conference Papers: Low K. H., “Maneuvering and Buoyancy Control of Robotic Fish Maneuvering and Buoyancy Control of Robotic Fish,” Proceeding of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2006), Kunming, China, 2006. <only 5 papers were selected from more than 280 papers submissions>

Best Paper on Control: Low K H and Willy A, “Mechatronics Design and Control of NTU Robotic Fish with Modular Flexible Fins,” Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology (ICMT2005), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2005, December 5-8, 2005.

T. Fukuda Best Paper on Mechatronics: Low K H, Liu Xiaopeng, and Yu Haoyong, "Development of NTU Wearable Exoskeleton System for Assistive Technologies", Proceeding of 2005 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA 2005), Niagara Falls, Canada, 2005.

C. M. HO Best Paper in Biomimetics: Willy A and Low K H, "Development and Initial Experiment of Modular Undulating Fin for Untethered Biorobotic AUVs", Proceeding of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2005),  Hong Kong, China, 2005.

Best Paper: Wang Yuqi, Low K H, Che F X, Pang H L J and Yeo S P, “Modeling and Simulation of PCB Drop Test,” Proceedings of the 5th Electronics Packaging Technology Conference (EPTC 2003), Singapore, December 2003, pp. 263-268.

Best Paper in CSME Transaction 1988: Low K H and Dubey R N, “Inverse Dynamic Analysis of Spatial Manipulators with Elastic Links,” CSME (The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering) Transactions, Vol. 12, No. 2, Sep 1988, pp. 63-69.

Local Awards

Awarded NTU ROAR (Research Outcome Award & Recognition), the top research award given by the NTU’s Office of Research), 2005 and 2006

FYP Project awarded the 1^st or Gold Prize, Andrew Fraser Prize 2006, Institution of Mechanical Engineers Singapore, July 2006. (Project: Investigation and Development of Fish Bio-robot Swimming by Dorsal or Anal Fin; Student supervised: Aw Wai Leong)

Project awarded the Silver Prize of MAE-EID, June 2006. (Project: Assistive Climbing and Walking Device)

Project awarded the Silver Prize of Engineering Innovation Award at the NTU-CoE Technological Exhibition in March 2005. (Research Project: Design and Development of an Environment Friendly Propulsion System)

Project awarded the Prize for the most outstanding projects at the NTU-CoE Technology Exhibition in Mar 2003 and Mar 2004.

Awarded Tan Chin Tuan Academic Exchange Fellowship (Outbound): a three-month attachment to the Robotics Institute at the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), USA, Dec 2003 - Mar 2004; Hosted Professor: Mathew Mason, Director of CMU Robotics Institute.

Awarded NTU Overseas Attachment Programme (OAP; Inbound): a one-month attachment to NTU, Professor Michael Wang Yu, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Dec 2003.

Invited for the Robotic Fish Display & Demonstration at the Capstone Design Fair, 30 Nov - 2 Dec 2006, Taegu, Korea

NTU Teacher of the Year (2002) Teaching Excellence Award (School of MPE, 2001, 2002, and 2007) Over the last 15 years, consistently good feedbacks (> 4.75 out of 5) for lectures and tutorials, including the lecture of a fundamental class size of more than 700 students every year.