Dr Tang Tong Boon, first Malaysian to receive Mountbatten Medal

KUALA LUMPUR: Associate Professor Dr Tang Tong Boon from Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) Malaysia has been awarded the Mountbatten Medal, one of the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) Achievement Awards.

Dr Tang received the Mountbatten Medal for his contribution to the advancement and promotion of neurotechnology and its applications in mental healthcare, as well as being recognised for his pioneering work on functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) in Malaysia.

“It is with great honour that I accept the Mountbatten Medal from the IET as a mark of my accomplishments in the advancement of neurotechnology and its applications across the Asian region.

“I have been extremely fortunate to work with many brilliant collaborators and graduate students. I would also like to thank the UTP management for the support. Congratulations to all the other engineers and technologists recognised for their pioneering work,” he said in a statement issued by UTP today.

Dr Tang received a BEng (Hons) and PhD in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from the School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, in 1999 and 2006, respectively. He was with Lucent Technologies (Singapore) and University of Edinburgh between 1999 and 2012.

He joined UTP in 2012 as an associate professor in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. His research centre, the Centre for Intelligent Signal and Imaging Research UTP, has been conferred the status of Malaysia Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), one of the 20 centres across all the disciplines.

He received the Lab on Chip Award in 2006 and IET Nanobiotechnology Premium Award in 2008. He was a member of the Governing Board of the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF) and a visiting professor to the National Taiwan Normal University.

Currently, he serves as secretary of the HICoE Council, and chair of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, Malaysia Chapter.

-- BERNAMA