2013 Award Winners
IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Awards
Applied Research And Development
| Metamaterial Zero-Phase-Shift Line Antennas By Institute for Infocomm Research – A*STAR & National University of Singapore |
| The zero-phase-shift line has created a unique metamaterial-based antenna technology. A new class of high performance zero-phase-shift line based antennas has been developed for wide-range applications from LTE, WLAN/WiFi to RFID systems. A “Singapore-branded” antenna technology |
| Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology for Sustainable Water Solutions: Purification and Desalination By Singapore University of Technology & Design |
| Water desalination and purification represent a critical process towards the solution of water shortage worldwide. Dr. Yang’s research team focused on surface modified ultralong carbon nanotubes (UCNTs) membranes and used them as desalination and purification devices for seawater. It is found that the composite UCNT-MCE membranes can effectively absorb salt, biomolecules, and heavy metals with more than 400% of adsorption capacity, which is 2 orders of magnitude higher than current technologies. |
| AGLAIA: Automatic Glaucoma Diagnosis and Its Genetic Association Study through Medical Image Informatics By Institute for Infocomm Research – A*STAR |
| The AGAIA system automatically processes and analyzes eye retinal images to detect visual cues for glaucoma detection The system was developed by an inter-disciplinary team of computer scientists and engineers from the Institute for Infocomm Research, A*STAR and clinician-scientists from the Singapore Eye Research Institute. AGLAIA will potentially enable cost-effective eye-screening for glaucoma. |
Engineering Project
| One-North By JTC Corporation |
| Launched by President Tony Tan on 4 December 2001, one-north is a 200-hectare master development by JTC Corporation. Strategically positioned near to tertiary institutions and science parks, its world-class business park facilities are built to promote research and development in Biomedical Sciences, Infocomm Technology, Media, supported by strong Science & Engineering capabilities. The one-north master plan, enabled by engineering innovations and capabilities, consciously adopts a work-live-play-learn concept for inspiring minds to congregate, collaborate and create. |
| Keppel FELS DSS™ 20NS – Floatel Superior By Keppel FELS Limited |
| First-of-its-kind: DSSTM20NS is first accommodation semi designed and built to operate in North Sea, one of the harshest offshore environment. New generation rig with advanced technical features, engineered to surpass prevailing industry benchmarks and raise the bar for offshore safety and accommodation standards Singapore – ASEAN collaboraton: Singapore-centric design and innovation combined with ASEAN-wide execution. |
| Intelligent Energy System (IES) Pilot By ST Electronics Pte Ltd – Info-Comm Systems |
| Energy Management has gained importance going forward. The Intelligent Energy System Pilot is an important step towards a smarter power grid, enabling informed consumers choices and control over electricity usage. ST Electronics Info-Comm Systems, in partnership with Accenture and EMA, provided Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and Communication System in support of energy providers and consumers. The resulting Smarter Power Grid will assist to drive energy efficiency and provide holistic views on energy consumption, this marks a big step towards energy efficiency and energy surety. |
| Incident Management System: An Integrated Advanced Platform to mitigate the impact of Natural Disasters, Human-induced Environmental Hazards and unforeseen events from Climatic Change By ST Electronics Pte Ltd – Large-Scale Systems Group |
| Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited had completed an engineering project on Incident Management System (IMS) in 2012. It is a technological, collaborative platform that drastically improves the effectiveness, efficiency and productivity in the management of environmental related incidents or crises over the traditional way. The system facilitates analysis and forecast, and helps generate better preventive actions and response plans. It thus contributes significantly towards mitigation of environmental impacts |
Technology Innovation
| Voiceprint Technology: My Voice Tells Who I am By Institute for Infocomm Research – A*STAR |
| Dr Li Haizhou and his team made a remarkable breakthrough in developing voiceprint technology, which identifies a person accurately by his/her voice. The team achieved a leading performance in US National Institute of Standards and Technology international competitions in 2008 and 2012, and deployed the technology to power Lenovo A586, the world’s first voiceprint smartphone. For their outstanding contributions to voiceprint technology, they are awarded the IES 2013 Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award. |
| Eyefly 3D – Making 3D Available for Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere By Nanoveu Pte Ltd; Institute of Materials Research and Engineering – A*STAR & Temasek Polytechnic |
| Our innovation, Eyefly3D, is a thin, flexible screen protector which, when affixed to a high resolution device turns mundane 2D into a glasses-free 3D viewing platform. This extraordinary plastic film is also the first ever accessory to achieve 3D in both portrait and landscape modes, and offers minimal 2D pixelation. |
| Inexpensive Game-Changing and Sustainable Technology for Clean Energy Production By National University of Singapore |
| World’s first tri-hybrid technology to deliver efficient on-site hydrogen production from raw water and sunlight. New generation of photocatalyts having high tolerance towards diverse water conditions. A key technology to convert buildings into energy-generating ones. |
| AgilFence Perimeter Intrusion Detection System (PIDS) By ST Electronics (Satcom & Sensor Systems); Changi Airport Group & Institute for Infocomm Research – A*STAR |
| AgilFence is an indigenous designed & developed system using patent-pending Fibre Bragg Grating technology & unique intelligent adaptive signal processing algorithm. AgilFence is high performance & cost-effective, field-proven in Changi Airport and more than 10 other sites. AgilFence is a force multiplier. It allows security forces to reliably detect, pinpoint and respond to any attempt of perimeter intrusion. |
IES Young Creators
| Flexible Aqueous Rechargeable Battery for Wearable Electronics By Nanyang Technological University |
| High power rechargeable symmetric battery featuring low cost Hewettite mineral-rock fiber electrodes. Aqueous based electrolyte for safe performance compared to lithium-ion or lead-acid batteries. Flexible battery architecture optimized for wearable electronics applications. |
| Brain Controlled Home By Republic Polytechnic |
| To help patients who can’t move, speak or move eyeballs to control household electrical appliances such as TV, Light, and Fan or those patients just by “Thinking”. User-friendly and easy-to-use. Cost-effective and affordable. |