Singapore, 11 Nov 2011 – IME team receives IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award 2011 for “High Performance Silicon Photonics and Plasmonics: From Cost-Competitive and Sustainable Processes to Fast Information”. The award is conferred by Singapore’s Institution of Engineers and it recognises outstanding engineering achievements in Singapore.

Dr Yu Mingbin (left) accepting the award trophy on behalf of the IME team from Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts at the National Library Board on 11 Nov 2011. The IME team comprises Prof. Dim-Lee Kwong, Dr Patrick Lo, Dr Yu Mingbin and Dr Jason Liow.