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Prof Tjin Swee Chuan
Director, National Centre for Advanced Integrated Photonics (NCAIP)
President's Chair in Photonics
Professor, School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Co-Director, The Photonics Institute (TPI)
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Professor Tjin Swee Chuan was appointed Associate Provost (Graduate Education) effective 1 Jan 2018. He was re-designated as Associate Provost (Graduate Education and Lifelong Learning) effective 1 January 2019. He is a Professor of Optics and Photonics in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He is also concurrently the Co-Director of The Photonics Institute (TPI), and was appointed the Founding Chair of the National Research Foundation (NRF) funded, LUX Photonics Consortium, which is a national consortium involving about 50 companies and more than 50 faculty members from NTU and NUS.
He joined NTU in 1991 as a Lecturer in the School of EEE. He was appointed as Coordinator of the Photonics Research Group in 2000 and became the Founding Director of the Photonics Research Centre from 2003 to 2008. He was concurrently appointed as the Co-Director of the Singapore-University of Washington Alliance in Bioengineering Programme (SUWA) from 2004 to 2007, managing a S$26M research funding from the Biomedical Research Council under the Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR). From 2004 to 2009, he was appointed as one of the Co-Directors of the Thales@NTU Joint Research Laboratory, which is the first satellite laboratory with a University that Thales Research & Technology (TRT) formed outside of Europe. This Joint Lab evolved with the inclusion of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (National Center for Scientific Research) or CNRS for short, into the CNRS-International-NTU-Thales Research Alliance (CINTRA) with an MOU signed on 7 Oct 2009. Professor Tjin was appointed as the Deputy Director of the Lab. From 2005 to 2008, Professor Tjin was appointed as the Assistant Director of Research, assisting the Director of Research to manage research proposals. He was appointed as Director, Research Support Office from 1 Sep 2008 to 31 March 2010. He was Director (Projects) in the President’s Office from 2011 to 2017, the Associate Chair (Research) for the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2017, and the Executive Director for the Office of Research & Technology in Defence and Security from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2018.
Professor Tjin’s research interests are in fibre optic sensors, biomedical engineering and biophotonics. Over the years, he has published more than 300 refereed journal papers and conference papers, and has filed 40 patents in fibre optic sensors, biomedical engineering and biophotonics. To date, he has received more than $28M external research grants as principle investigator, and in Dec 2000, he pioneered a start-up company that manufactures fibre optic sensors which provides sensing solutions for civil and geotechnical applications. More recently, he started another company with a colleague using the fibre optic technology for monitoring contaminants in water, that he had developed in his lab. Professor Tjin is also recognized by his peers for his effective communication skills and was awarded the College of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award and EEE Teaching Excellence Award in 2005 and 2012 respectively.
He joined NTU in 1991 as a Lecturer in the School of EEE. He was appointed as Coordinator of the Photonics Research Group in 2000 and became the Founding Director of the Photonics Research Centre from 2003 to 2008. He was concurrently appointed as the Co-Director of the Singapore-University of Washington Alliance in Bioengineering Programme (SUWA) from 2004 to 2007, managing a S$26M research funding from the Biomedical Research Council under the Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR). From 2004 to 2009, he was appointed as one of the Co-Directors of the Thales@NTU Joint Research Laboratory, which is the first satellite laboratory with a University that Thales Research & Technology (TRT) formed outside of Europe. This Joint Lab evolved with the inclusion of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (National Center for Scientific Research) or CNRS for short, into the CNRS-International-NTU-Thales Research Alliance (CINTRA) with an MOU signed on 7 Oct 2009. Professor Tjin was appointed as the Deputy Director of the Lab. From 2005 to 2008, Professor Tjin was appointed as the Assistant Director of Research, assisting the Director of Research to manage research proposals. He was appointed as Director, Research Support Office from 1 Sep 2008 to 31 March 2010. He was Director (Projects) in the President’s Office from 2011 to 2017, the Associate Chair (Research) for the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2017, and the Executive Director for the Office of Research & Technology in Defence and Security from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2018.
Professor Tjin’s research interests are in fibre optic sensors, biomedical engineering and biophotonics. Over the years, he has published more than 300 refereed journal papers and conference papers, and has filed 40 patents in fibre optic sensors, biomedical engineering and biophotonics. To date, he has received more than $28M external research grants as principle investigator, and in Dec 2000, he pioneered a start-up company that manufactures fibre optic sensors which provides sensing solutions for civil and geotechnical applications. More recently, he started another company with a colleague using the fibre optic technology for monitoring contaminants in water, that he had developed in his lab. Professor Tjin is also recognized by his peers for his effective communication skills and was awarded the College of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award and EEE Teaching Excellence Award in 2005 and 2012 respectively.
Swee Chuan Tjin's research interests are in fibre optic sensors, biomedical engineering and biophotonics.
W0/2017/086880: Lighting Apparatus And Method Of Forming the Same (2017)
Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, a lighting apparatus is provided. The lighting apparatus includes at least one light source configured to provide a source light, an optical waveguide optically coupled to the at least one light source, the optical waveguide having at least one input region through which the source light enters the optical waveguide for propagation within the optical waveguide, and a plurality of light interacting structures arranged within the optical waveguide, the plurality of light interacting structures adapted to interact with the source light to provide an illumination light emitted from the optical waveguide to an ambient environment, wherein a concentration of the plurality of light interacting structures increases, along a length portion of the optical waveguide, in a direction away from the at least one input region.
US 2018/0274979 A1: Optical Sensor, Sensor Arrangement And Method For Sensing (2019)
Abstract: Various embodiments provide an optical sensor having an optical source, a grating arrangement optically coupled to the optical source to receive a source optical signal from the optical source, the grating arrangement including a chirped FBG having a defined spectral profile, wherein, in response to a first change in at least one parameter interacting with the chirped FBG, the defined spectral profile is shifted in a first direction relative to a reference spectral profile, and the grating arrangement is configured, in response thereto, to generate a first output optical signal corresponding to the first change, and wherein, in response to a second change in the at least one parameter interacting with the chirped FBG, the defined spectral profile is shifted in a second direction relative to the reference spectral profile, and the grating arrangement is configured, in response thereto, to generate a second output optical signal corresponding to the second change.
Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, a lighting apparatus is provided. The lighting apparatus includes at least one light source configured to provide a source light, an optical waveguide optically coupled to the at least one light source, the optical waveguide having at least one input region through which the source light enters the optical waveguide for propagation within the optical waveguide, and a plurality of light interacting structures arranged within the optical waveguide, the plurality of light interacting structures adapted to interact with the source light to provide an illumination light emitted from the optical waveguide to an ambient environment, wherein a concentration of the plurality of light interacting structures increases, along a length portion of the optical waveguide, in a direction away from the at least one input region.
US 2018/0274979 A1: Optical Sensor, Sensor Arrangement And Method For Sensing (2019)
Abstract: Various embodiments provide an optical sensor having an optical source, a grating arrangement optically coupled to the optical source to receive a source optical signal from the optical source, the grating arrangement including a chirped FBG having a defined spectral profile, wherein, in response to a first change in at least one parameter interacting with the chirped FBG, the defined spectral profile is shifted in a first direction relative to a reference spectral profile, and the grating arrangement is configured, in response thereto, to generate a first output optical signal corresponding to the first change, and wherein, in response to a second change in the at least one parameter interacting with the chirped FBG, the defined spectral profile is shifted in a second direction relative to the reference spectral profile, and the grating arrangement is configured, in response thereto, to generate a second output optical signal corresponding to the second change.