2017
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- 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
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2016
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- 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
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2015
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- 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
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2014

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- 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
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2013
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- 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
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2012
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- NTU EEE professor invents a novel intelligent system which predicts traffic flow in Singapore
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2011
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- 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
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2010
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- 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
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2009
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- 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)
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2008
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- Merged M.Sc. (Integrated Circuit), M.Sc. (Microelectroncis) & M.Sc. (Photonics) programmes, and launched M.Sc. (Electronics) programme
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2007
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- 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
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2006
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- NTU EEE Professor wins Engineering Achievement Award
- Spin-off company
- Cu3D Technologies Pte Ltd
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2005
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- 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)
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2004
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- Launched M.Sc. (Power Engineering) programme
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2003
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- 6 new Research Centres established
- Launched M.Sc. (Photonics) programme
- NTU EEE helped spearhead a scientific breakthrough for a ceramic laser
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2002
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- NTU EEE professor awarded Young Scientist Award
- EEE premises extended to S2.1 and S2.2
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2001
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- Signed the 1st agreement with Defence Science & Technology Agency (DSTA) for joint research projects
- Spin-off company
- RFNet Technologies Pte Ltd
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2000
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- $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
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1999
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- 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
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1998
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- 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
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1997
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- 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
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1996
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- 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
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1995
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- Reorganisation of school
- Spin-off company
- Multitech Product Pte Ltd
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1994
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- Launched M.Sc. (Consumer Electronics) programme
- First spin-off company
- Vital Technology Pte Ltd. It was acquired by Hewlett-Packard on March 10, 1997
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1993
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- 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
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1992
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- NTU begins awarding its own degrees
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1991
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- NTI is renamed as NTU
- Launched first M.Sc. (Communications & Computer Networking) programme
- Network Technology Research Centre established
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1990
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- First Research Fellow recruited
- First International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics & Vision (ICARCV)
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1989
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- First Ph.D. candidate admitted
- NTI EEE wins the International Micromouse Race
- First batch of M.Eng. candidates graduated
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1988
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1987
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- First batch of candidates for M.Eng. programme admitted
- First Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed with Telecoms
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1986
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1985
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- 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
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1984
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- Laying of foundation stone for the new academic complex
- First academic year with full Year 1 to 4 cohorts
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1983
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- NTI EEE's first three divisions: Division of Electrical Engineering, Division of Electronic Engineering and Division of Computer Engineering
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1982
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- 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
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1981
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- 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
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1980
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- Planning for NTI begin in August 1980
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