Dr SUM Tze Chien

Teaching Awards – 11 Awards

1.    Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (2001/2002) - awarded by the Faculty of Science, NUS;

2.    Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (2002/2003) - awarded by the Faculty of Science, NUS;

3.    Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (2003/2004) - awarded by the Faculty of Science, NUS;

4.    Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (2004/2005) - awarded by the Faculty of Science, NUS;

5.    SPMS Teaching Excellence Award AY 2005/06 - awarded by the School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, NTU;

6.    2006 Nanyang Award for Excellence in Teaching - awarded by Nanyang Technological University - The Excellence in Teaching Award is the highest honour conferred by the University to faculty staff members of NTU and NIE in the field of teaching.

7.    SPMS Teaching Excellence Award AY 2006/07 - awarded by the School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, NTU.

8.    SPMS Teaching Excellence Award AY 2007/08 - awarded by the School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, NTU.

9.     SPMS Teaching Excellence Award AY 2008/09 - awarded by the School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, NTU.

10.  SPMS Teaching Excellence Award – Honour Roll 2010 - awarded by the School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, NTU - The Honour Roll is the most prestigious award in teaching in SPMS, aimed at awarding faculty who have consistently achieved the highest teaching standard. It is presented to faculty who has won the school Teaching Award for 3 consecutive years

11.  Certificate of Honour - Koh Boon Hwee Scholars Award 2011 – honoured by Mr Ngiam Song Wee – awarded by Nanyang Technological University - The Koh Boon Hwee Scholars Award recognizes the achievement of graduating students, while honouring teachers and faculty members who have been an inspiration to them. The University aims to perpetuate the virtuous cycle of honouring the hard work of teachers in producing well-rounded student achievers.

 

Teaching Duties

 

Course Lecturer for Nuclear Physics (PAP454) - Semester 1;

Course Lecturer for Statistical Mechanics (PAP321) - Semester 2;

Laboratory Coordinator for 3rd Year Physics Laboratory (PAP319 & PAP339) - Semester 1 & 2;

Laboratory Coordinator for H3 Physics Laboratory - Semester 2;

PAP Coordinator for Engineering Physics Courses - (FE1011- Physics & FE1012 – Physics A).

 

 

Teaching Experience

 

NUS

Graduate Student Tutor for undergraduate Physics modules: Mechanics & Thermodynamics, Modern Physics and Special Relativity (2001- 2004)

Teaching Assistant for NUS Engineering Physics (Mechanics, Thermal Physics, Electricity & Magnetism and Modern Physics (2005)

 

NTU

Development of 1st Year Physics Experiments (PAP118 & PAP119) and setting up the 1st Year Physics Laboratory; 1st Year Lab-coordinator - (June 2005 – Jan 2006);

Development of H3 Physics Experiments and setting up the H3 Physics Laboratories at National Junior College, Hwa Chong Institution, Victoria Junior College and Temasek Junior College; H3 Lab-coordinator - (Feb 2007 – Present);

Development of 3rd Year Physics Experiments (PAP319 & PAP339) and setting up the 3rd Year Physics Laboratory; 3rd Year Lab-coordinator - (Jan 2006 – Present);

Establishment of the Engineering Physics Teaching Team for NTU Division of Physics and Applied Physics for the teaching of FE1011- Physics & FE1012 – Physics A; SPMS Engineering Physics Coordinator – (June 2010 – Present).

 

Modules Taught:

Module

Semester & Academic Year

PAP 112 (Fields and Oscillations) /

PHYS1B (Electromagnetism & Relativity)

Semester 2 AY 2005/2006; Semester 2 AY 2006/2007; Semester 2 AY 2007/2008; Semester 2 AY 2008/2009; Semester 2 AY 2009/2010

PAP 321 (Statistical Mechanics I)

Semester 2 AY 2010/2011; Semester 2 AY 2011/2012

PAP 444 (Nanoscale Physics)

Semester 1 AY 2007/2008; Semester 2 AY 2008/2009

PAP 454 (Nuclear Physics)

Semester 1 AY 2008/2009; Semester 1 AY 2009/2010; Semester 1 AY 2010/2011; Semester 1 AY 2011/2012

 

 

Supervision of Graduate and Undergraduate Students

 

Graduate Students

Year

Name

Project

Remarks

2007

Mr Xing Guozhong

Controlled synthesis and characterization of zinc oxide nanostructures

Ph.D. Co-supervisor

2009

Mr Li Mingjie

Ultrafast spectroscopy of novel semiconducting nanostructures

Ph.D. Supervisor

2010

Mr Wu Bo

Energy Transfer Mechanisms in Hybrid Organic Inorganic semiconductor nanostructures

Ph.D. Supervisor

2010

Mr Sun Shuangyong

Coaxial Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Systems

Ph.D. Co-supervisor

2011

Mr Yu Guannan

Ultrafast spectroscopy of Patterned Graphene

Ph.D. Supervisor

2011

Mr Julianto Chua

Investigations of the Charge Collection Pathways in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells

Ph.D. Co-supervisor

 

Undergraduate (FYP) Students

Year

Name

Project

2007/2008

Mr Edbert Jarvis Sie

Ultrafast dynamics of semiconducting nanocrystals

2008/2009

Mr Ali Sucipto Tan

Ultrafast spectroscopy of manganites

Mr Michael Kurniawan

Time-resolved electroluminescence studies on tris[2-(2-pyridinyl)phenyl-C,N]-Iridium

Mr Lim Kong Hooi

Thin film fabrication by electrospray

2009/2010

Mr Tan Zhi Yong

Development of a white hybrid organic-inorganic quantum dot light emitting diode

2010/2011

Mr Ngiam Song Wee

Multiphoton Absorption and emissive properties of CdSe/CdS nanorod heterostructures

Mr Sandy Adhitia Ekahana

Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics in CdS Nanobelts

2011/2012

Mr Ong Wei Guang

Plasmonic Interactions in Organic Solar Cells

Mr Chou Kok Loong

Amplified Spontaneous Emission and Lasing from CdSe/CdS Heterostructures

Mr Leung Ho Fai

Field-Assisted Transient Absorption for probing Carrier Dynamics in OPV Devices

Mr Ma Ka Kui

Fabrication and Characterization of Water-based Organic Solar Cells

 

 

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