2017

• ​NTU EEE successfully launches its 7th satellite, from the International Space Station (ISS)
• ​NTU EEE and NXP Semiconductors launch Singapore’s first Smart Mobility consortium
• NTU EEE invents ultrafast camera for self-driving vehicles and drones
• Inaugural NTU EEE Expo
• NTU EEE and Schaeffler Group set up joint lab to develop smart mobility devices

2016
 

• ​4 NTU EEE professors elected IEEE Fellows​
• President's Technology Award
• QS Subject Focus Summit
• The two newest NTU EEE satellites are the VELOX-CI – Singapore’s first climate monitoring satellite; and VELOX-II, the world’s first small satellite which carries a “communication-on-demand” technology which can send data back to NTU anytime and anywhere in space.
• NTU ​Electrical and Electronic Engineering School Ranked 4th by ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking Academic Subjects 2016
• New NTU EEE smart chip makes low-powered, wireless neural implants a possibility
• ​NTU EEE and Delta Electronics set up S$45 million lab for smart technologies 
• NTU EEE and SMRT launch research laboratory to boost rail reliability
• NTU EEE’s SaRC part of team that receives the President's Technology Award for their satellite TeLEOS-1

2015

• ​Collaboration with Thales Alenia Space, S4TIN (Smart Small Satellite Systems in NTU) lab
• S$22 million Smart Mobility Test Bed launched on NTU campus
• Si-COE officially opened
• NTU EEE and US scientists develop rapid test for liver toxicity
• NTU EEE and ST Engineering launch joint Corporate Lab
• Spin-off company
  • Biorithm Pte Ltd
  • IOT Smart Bio Film
  • Hillhouse Technology Pte Ltd
  • KdotP Soft Pte Ltd

2014

• VELOX-I and VELOX-PIII launched into space
• S$75 million Corporate Lab, set up jointly by NTU EEE and Rolls-Royce
• Photonics Institute launched
• Professor Wang Qi Jie was awarded President’s Science and Technology Awards - Young Scientist Award
• A new invention from NTU EEE Professor See Kye Yak makes it possible to conduct real-time inspection of trains and tracks without affecting rail operations
• NTU EEE made a major advance in random laser technology
• Spin-off company
  • Air T & D Pte Ltd

2013

• Professor Yoon Soon Fatt assumed office as NTU EEE Chair
• NTU EEE Prof Sun Xiaowei and his team invent a "smart" window
• NTU EEE was awarded with multiple Competitive Research Programme (CRP) projects from the National Research Foundation (NRF)
• Spin-off company
  • Intelligent Data Technologies Pte Ltd
  • IQ Solutions Pte Ltd
  • Immersive Sound Scape Pte Ltd
    

2012

• NTU EEE professor invents a novel intelligent system which predicts traffic flow in Singapore

2011

• Professor Cheng Tee Hiang appointed as Acting Chair, fourth head of NTU EEE
• Successful launch of first made-in-Singapore satellite X-SAT
• Launch of 7 mega research centres
• VIRTUS’ very own Chipset created 1,000x faster than Bluetooth
• NTU EEE professor creates next generation Human Computer Interface for everyday objects

2010

• NTU EEE and Columbia University offered dual Ph.D. programme in Electrical & Electronic Engineering / Electrical Engineering
• Dr Zhu Miao won the coveted World Future Foundation PhD Prize in Environmental and Sustainability Research
• Launch of VIRTUS, the Integrated Circuit Design Centre of Excellence

2009

• World’s fastest satellite Internet connection by NTU EEE Professor
• NTU EEE signed a joint research agreement to set up a $9 million research laboratory with aRfic to advance RFIC technology in Singapore
• NTU EEE also made another association with aerospace industries in 2009 when it entered into a collaboration with Rolls-Royce
• NTU EEE made a significant breakthrough in the design of Probabilistic CMOS (PCMOS)

2008

• Merged M.Sc. (Integrated Circuit), M.Sc. (Microelectroncis) & M.Sc. (Photonics) programmes, and launched M.Sc. (Electronics) programme

2007

• NTU EEE launched the B.Eng. (Information Engineering & Media) programme
• S$10 million Electromagnetic Effects Research Laboratory (EMERL) officially opened
• NTU EEE and Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM), Germany offered joint M.Sc. (Microelectronics) programme
• Collaboration with Wuhan University
• Research general elective offered to undergraduates
• Collaboration with Georgia Institute of Technology

2006

• NTU EEE Professor wins Engineering Achievement Award
• Spin-off company
  • Cu3D Technologies Pte Ltd

2005

• Professor Kam Chan Hin appointed as third NTU EEE Dean
• Collaboration with Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM)
• Professor Er Meng Hwa received prestigious Honorary Fellowship from Institute of Electrical Engineers (UK)

2004

• Launched M.Sc. (Power Engineering) programme

2003

• 6 new Research Centres established
• Launched M.Sc. (Photonics) programme
• NTU EEE helped spearhead a scientific breakthrough for a ceramic laser

2002

• NTU EEE professor awarded Young Scientist Award
• EEE premises extended to S2.1 and S2.2

​2001

• Signed the 1st agreement with Defence Science & Technology Agency (DSTA) for joint research projects
• Spin-off company
  • RFNet Technologies Pte Ltd

2000

• $25 million Microfabrication Laboratory officially opened
• Winner of National Technology Award
• Spin-off company
  • EcPresence Technology Pte Ltd
  • Stegami.com
  • Denselight Semiconductors Pte Ltd
  • Optimators Pte Ltd
  • Inventive Fiber Pte Ltd

1999

• Launched the M.Sc. (Signal Processing) programme
• Merlion Payload launched successfully on Surrey University’s mini satellite UoSat-12
• Spin-off company
  • Nanofilm Technologies International Pte Ltd
  • Nirvana Digital Pte Ltd

1998

• Curriculum broadened to include Economics, Law, Engineers & Society and Entrepreneurship as core subjects
• Spin-off company
  • Filpas Vacuum Technology Pte Ltd
  • DataMark Technologies Pte Ltd

1997

• Inaugurated the International Symposium on Microelectronics & Assembly with SPIE
• NTU EEE organises International Conference on Information, Communications & Signal Processing (ICICS)
• Won ASEAN Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award

1996

• Professor Er Meng Hwa was appointed second NTU EEE Dean
• The Information Communication Institute of Singapore (ICIS), was transferred from the National Computer Board (NCB) to become the 7th Division of EEE
• Part-time students joined the student cohort pursuing the B.Eng degree programme
• Official opening of Centre for Signal Processing (CSP)
• EEE Alumni Association (EEEAA) set up
• Winner of Artificial Intelligence Challenge Trophy​

1995

• Reorganisation of school
• Spin-off company 
  • Multitech Product Pte Ltd

1994

• Launched M.Sc. (Consumer Electronics) programme
• First spin-off company
  • Vital Technology Pte Ltd. It was acquired by Hewlett-Packard on March 10, 1997​

1993

• First Ph.D. candidate graduated
• First International Power Engineering Conference (IPEC)
• NTU EEE launched the M.Sc. (Computer Control & Automation) programme
• Pioneer batch enrolled in the M.Sc. (Communications & Computer Networking) programme
• NTU EEE launched another postgraduate programme, the M.Sc. (Computer Control & Automation) programme

1992

• NTU begins awarding its own degrees
  

1991

• NTI is renamed as NTU
• Launched first M.Sc. (Communications & Computer Networking) programme
• Network Technology Research Centre established

1990

• First Research Fellow recruited
• First International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics & Vision (ICARCV)

1989

• First Ph.D. candidate admitted
• NTI EEE wins the International Micromouse Race
• First batch of M.Eng. candidates graduated​

1988

• MOU with MINDEF

1987

• First batch of candidates for M.Eng. programme admitted
• First Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed with Telecoms​

1986

• CAD / CAM Centre set up

1985

• First NTI convocation
• NTI EEE was named “one of the best engineering institutions in the world” by the Commonwealth Engineering Council
• NTI EEE WITS team clinch gold

1984

• Laying of foundation stone for the new academic complex
• First academic year with full Year 1 to 4 cohorts

1983

• NTI EEE's first three divisions: Division of Electrical Engineering, Division of Electronic Engineering and Division of Computer Engineering

1982

• First School Advisory Committee formed
• Staff strength had grown to 15 lecturers and 3 administrative support staff
• NTI EEE first intake of 202 students from the National University of Singapore (NUS), as second-year undergraduates

1981

• Establishment of Nanyang Technological Institute (NTI)
• Professor Brian Lee Chang Leng appointed as first NTI EEE Dean
• NTI EEE pioneer staff comprising Professor Brian Lee, his secretary, a corporate support officer and 2 lecturers

1980

• Planning for NTI begin in August 1980