Outstanding Alumni:, Special Report, Northeastern University Alumni Magazine, pp59-62, 2010 Issue No. 1
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