Awards & Honors

133. Third Prize, 2nd ShanghaiTech Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summit (techIES), 2023. Harnessing haptics: Award-winning 'Haptics Enhanced Medical Training in Extended Reality' project by Professor Lim Chwee Teck's team at techIES 2023 - iHealthtech – Institute for Health Innovation & Technology :: iHealthtech – Institute for Health Innovation & Technology (nus.edu.sg))

132. Best Abstract Prize, AP-BIOMECH Conference, 2023.

131. Best Prototype Prize, Singapore Airlines AppChallenge 2023.

130. Elected Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Singapore, 2023.

129. Elected Fellow, International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 2022.

128. Best Materials Science Scientists, Research.com, 2022.

127. Nature Award for Mentoring in Science 2022 (Lifetime Achievement).

126. IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award 2022.

125. Merit Award, Faculty Innovation and Research Award, 2022.

124. High Achievement Award, Faculty Innovation and Research Award, 2022.

123. Highly Cited Researcher, 2021.

122. Asia’s Most Influential Scientist Award, Fortune Times, 2021.

121. IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award 2021.

120. High Cited Author, Royal Society of Chemistry journals 2020.

119. Winner, Jinji Lake Startup Competition Singapore Final Round 2021.

118. Elected Fellow, ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology, 2021.

117. Elected Fellow, US National Academy of Inventors, 2020.

116. Finalist, “Science Breakthroughs of the Year” Falling Walls Remote, Berlin, 2020.

115. Highly Cited Paper Award, Microsystems & Nanoengineering 2020.

114. Certificate of High Achievement, Innovation and Research Award 2020.

113. Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Prize (Individual), NUS 2019/2020.

112. Top cited and downloaded paper, Light: Science & Applications 2019.

111. Top downloaded paper, Cancer Science 2018-2019.

110. Elected Fellow, Singapore National Academy of Science.

109. Long Service Medal, National Day Awards 2019.

108. High Cited Researcher 2019.

107. IP Champion, WIPO-IPOS IP Awards 2019.

106. Gold Award, 33rd Annual Faculty of Engineering Innovation and Research Awards 2019.

105. Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award, NUS 2019.

104. Merit Award, IES Innovation Challenge for the Community 2019.

103. Semi-Finalist Award, IOT Innovation Challenge 2018.

102. Listed Companies Awards (Technology Category), Singapore Business Review, 2019.

101. Travel Award, JSMO 2019.

100. Daewoong Pharmaceutical Research Grant Award 2018.

99. Highly Cited Researcher 2018.

98. MOGAM Science Scholarship 2018.

97. I&E practicum award 2018.

96. Best Poster Award (Gold), BIGHEART Symposium 2018.

95. Wang Gung Wu Medal & Prize 2018.

94. Yamaguchi Medal 2018.

93. 2nd Runner-up, 2nd China (Shenzhen Luohu) Innovation Entrepreneurship International Competition, 2018.

92. Ray Wu Prize 2018.

91. Lee Kuan Yew Postdoctoral Fellowship 2018.

90. Chua Toh Hua Memorial Gold Medal, AY2017/2018.

89. Merit Award (Postgraduate Category), BES 12th Scientific Meeting 2018.

88. Travel Award, KCA 2018.

87. HFSP Award 2018.

86. Travel Bursary Award, WCB 2018.

85. Poster Prize, EMBO/EMBL Symposium 2018.

84. Best Poster Award, 10th Annual NGS Symposium 2018.

83. Best Poster Award, Asia-Korea Conference on Science and Technology 2017.

82. 10 of Singapore’s Hottest Biotech Startups, Asian Scientist, 2017.

81. Most Innovative Award, Engineering Medical Innovation Global Competition 2017.

80. Second Prize, Singapore HIT (Health.Innovation.Technology) Challenge 2017.

79. Best Presentation Award for Young Investigator, 8th WACBE World Congress on Bioengineering 2017.

78. MRS-S Graduate Student Award, 2017.

77. Gold Award (Outstanding Research Presentation), BES 11th Scientific Meeting 2017.

76. Winner, IDTechEx Launchpad, Berlin, Germany, 2017.

75. NUSS Professor, 2017 - 2020.

74. Best Oral Presenter, NGS Symposium 2017.

73. SIMTech Best Student Poster Award 2017.

72. International Precision Medicine Conference (IPMC) Prize 2017.

71. Winner, Modern Aging Singapore 2016.

70. ASEAN Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award 2016.

69. Best Paper Award (Bronze), Korea-Singapore International Global Health Forum 2016.

68. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Practicum Award, NUS, 2016.

67. 14 inspiring innovators from asia, Asian Scientist, 2016.

66. Biophysical Journal Outstanding Poster Award, Biophysical Society Thematic Meeting on Mechanobiology of Disease, Singapore, 2016.

65. Elected Fellow, International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering, 2016 – present.

64. JT Award, TechPlanter Singapore, 2016.

63. IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award, 2016.

62. Asian Scientist 100, 2016.

61. Seven Scientists from Singapore to Watch, Asian Scientist, 2016.

60. Young Scientist Award, E-MRS Meeting, France, 2016.

59. Travel Grant, GRAPHENE, Italy, 2016.

58. Elected Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, USA, 2016 – present.

57. Lu Jiaxi Lectureship, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, China, 2016.

56. Elected Fellow, Academy of Engineering, Singapore, 2015 – present.

55. Best Poster Award (Second Prize), Flexible and Stretchable Devices Symposium, 2015.

54. CBMS Student/Young Researcher Grant, MicroTAS, Korea, 2015.

53. Lab On a Chip 2014 Most Accessed Articles.

52. EMBO Travel Grant, EMBO Workshop on Stem Cell Mechanobiology in Development and Disease, Italy, 2015.

51. Best Poster Award, 7th WACBE World Congress on Bioengineering 2015.

50. Vladimir K. Zworykin Award, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Toronto, Canada, 2015.

49. Merlion Ph.D. Award, Institut Français de Singapour, 2015.

48. First Prize, IFMBE Asian Pacific Medical Device Design Competition, 2014.

47. The 2nd most highly cited Lab on a Chip submission from Singapore, 2013.

46. The most highly cited Lab on a Chip submission from Singapore and a top 10 submission worldwide, 2013.

45. One of the Top Downloaded Journal of Biomechanics Papers of 2013.

44. TIE50 Award, TIEcon 2014.

43. APSselect Paper (American Journal of Physiology – Cell Physiology), April 2014.

42. Chua Toh Hua Memorial Gold Medal 2013/2014.

41. Students’ Design Gold Award, Biomedical Engineering Society, Singapore – 8th Scientific Meeting 2014.

40. Outstanding Researcher Award, NUS University Awards, 2014.

39. Outstanding Innovator Award, NUS Innovation and Enterprise Awards 2014.

38. Singapore Business Review Hottest Startup to Watch in 2014.

37. TechVenture Most Disruptive Technology Award 2012.

36. Gold, Wall Street Journal Asian Innovation Award 2012.

35. Credit Suisse Technopreneur of the Year Award 2012.

34. Wall Street Journal Asian Innovation Audience’s Choice Award 2012.

33. First Prize, Asian Entrepreneurship Award 2012.

32. InnovFest Promising Startup Award 2012.

31. HFSP Collaborative Research Grant Award 2012.

30. JRI best poster Award (Vicon Prize), 24th Annual Medical Engineering Student Project Competition, 2012, London, UK.

29. NGS Excellent Mentoring Award 2011/2012.

28. The President's Technology Award 2011.

27. The Faculty Research Award 2011.

26. Rising Star Innovator Award, TechVenture 2011.

25. Best Student Paper Award, 2nd Conference on Advances in Microfluidics & Nanofluidics and Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Lab on Chip, Singapore, 2011.

24. Elected Council Member, World Council of Biomechanics, 2010 – 2022.

23. Most Cited Article, Acta Biomaterialia, 2006 - 2010.

22. IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award, 2010.

21. Young Investigator Award (Gold), World Congress on Biomechanics, 2010.

20. Young Investigator Award (Silver), World Congress on Biomechanics, 2010.

19. International Travel Award, Biophysical Society 54th Annual Meeting, Feb 2010.

18. ProIMAGE Contest - Second prize, July 2009.

17. Best Presentation Award, ICMAT, 2009.

16. International Scanning Probe Microscopy Image Contest - First prize, 2009.

15. Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors' Award - Merit, 2009.

14. Student Travel Award, The 12th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences CBMS), MicroTAS 2008.

13. Most Cited Author, Acta Biomaterialia, 2005-2008.

12. Elsevier Biomaterials Student Travel Award, International Conference on Medical Materials, Devices and Regenerative Medicine, 2008.

11. Best Poster Award, GPBE/NUS-Tohoku Graduate Student Conference in Bioengineering 2008.

10. Young Investigator Award (First Prize), International Conference on Biomedical Engineering 2008.

09. Young Investigator Award (Merit Prize), International Conference on Biomedical Engineering 2008.

08. Best Poster Award, 3rd MRS-S Conference on Advanced Materials 2008, Singapore.

07. Best Poster Award, OLS Conference 2007, Singapore.

06. Cited in “MIT Technology Review: 10 Emerging Technologies and their impact”, 2006.

05. Safety Excellence Award for Laboratories (SEAL) 2005, Singapore.

04. Graduate Student Award (Gold), MRS Fall Meeting 2005, USA.

03. Outstanding Paper Award, MRS Fall Meeting 2004, USA.

02. Excellent Paper Award, 2nd World Congress of Chinese Biomedical Engineers 2004, China.

01. Best Poster Award, MRS-S National Conference 2004, Singapore.