History
The Power Engineering Chapter was founded in 1984 under the leadership of Dr.
Lock Kai Sang. In March 2008, the name was changed to Power & Energy Society.
Singapore Chapter celebrated
25 Anniversary on 2
December 2009. It remains one of the most active and successful chapters within
the IEEE Singapore Section. The following are some of the milestones achieved by
the chapter and pivotal moments in the chapter history."
| 1984 |
Founded with
Pro-Tem committee formed |
| 1994 |
Outstanding
Engineer Award constituted |
| 2000 |
Donated $20,000
each to NTU and NUS to set up gold medals and book prizes for
outstanding students specialising in power and electrical engineering |
| 2002 |
Chapter web site
launched |
Past Chairmen
|
1984 |
Lock Kai
Sang (Pro-Tem committee) |
|
1985-1986 |
Lock Kai
Sang |
|
1987-1988 |
Patrick Ong |
|
1989-1990 |
Seow Kang Seng |
|
1991 |
David Chan |
|
1992-1993 |
Ian Butt |
|
1994-1995 |
C S Chang |
|
1996 |
N Rajkumar |
|
1997-1999 |
Deepak Waikar |
|
2000-2001 |
Govinda
Shrestha |
|
2002-2003 |
Lalit Goel |
|
2004-2005 |
Rajnish Gupta |
| 2006-2007 |
Chen Shiun |
|
2008-7009 |
Dipti Srinivasan |
|
2010 |
Tan Teck Lee |
Achievements
|
2009 |
Awarded High Performing Chapter |
|
2009 |
Awarded second in the IEEE PES chapters web site contest |
|
2008 |
Awarded third in the IEEE PES chapters web site contest
(a tie with the San Francisco Chapter). |
| 2006 |
Voted the best
Chapter in IEEE Singapore Section |
| 2006 |
Awarded first in
the IEEE PES chapters web site contest for the second time |
| 2005 |
Awarded first in
the inaugural IEEE PES chapters web site contest |
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