Mr Dennis Lim Tje Kiang

Mr Dennis Lim Tje Kiang, a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in DSO National Laboratories, specialises in advanced electronics and digital signal processing.

For the past 19 years, Dennis has developed several innovations in signal processing that have proven to be highly effective in handling advanced signals. Many of these have transited into operational systems for the Singapore Armed Forces.

In recognition of his technical leadership and achievements in advanced electronics and digital signal processing, Mr Dennis Lim Tje Kiang is awarded the DTP 2007 R&D Individual Award.

Air Platform Enhancement Team

The Air Platform Enhancement Project marks a significant milestone in the indigenous development and operationalisation of strategic technologies to enhance the operational effectiveness of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF).

After more than 15 years of intensive research and development, the Air Platform Enhancement Project Team has built up the tools, techniques and infrastructure to upgrade existing air platforms, and equip these with new capabilities that provide critical operational advantage in the battlefield.

In recognition of the successful development and operationalisation of strategic technologies to enhance the SAF’s operational effectiveness, the Air Platform Enhancement Team is awarded the DTP2007 (R&D) Team Award.

Document Analysis and Research Environment (DARE) Team

The Document Analysis and Research Environment (DARE) Team has developed an innovative Corpus-Based Approach (CBA) to Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology. Using CBA, the team build a suite of technologies for automatic processing and analysis of textual information to help human analysts perform more efficiently and enhance sense-making.

The team has since advanced beyond NLP research into embedding the technology into a Large Integrated Search and Analysis (LISA) system. LISA, jointly developed with the Arlington Institute in the United States, was conceptualised to support analysts in the systematic collection, organisation and analysis of unstructured texts.

The team successfully customised LISA and the DSO NLP to intelligence applications and bio-medical surveillance. The DSO NLP was also used in the Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning (RAHS) System to help analysts process unstructured textual information for strategic early warning to national security threats.

For their achievements in defining new NLP capabilities that have enhanced operational effectiveness, the DARE Team is awarded the DTP2007 Team (R&D) Award.

Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) Research & Development Team

DSO National Laboratories (DSO) and Temasek Laboratories @ Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have been researching into Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) technologies for more than 10 years, specifically in materials characterisation, process development, design and testing.

Today, the collaboration has yielded a national capability to design and develop advanced MMIC technologies in Gallium Arsenide using Pseudomorphic High Electron Mobility Transistor or pHEMT, paving the way to research into newer technologies such as Gallium Nitride. Such a capability enables the development of sophisticated electronic systems for a wide range of applications such as sensors and communications.

 In recognition of the team’s innovation in creating technological breakthroughs for Singapore’s MMIC capability development, the Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit Research & Development Team is awarded the DTP2007 (R&D) Team Award.

FORMIDABLE Stealth Frigate Integrated Programme Management Team

The delivery of the first FORMIDABLE class of Stealth Frigates underscores the Integrated Programme Management Team's expertise and ability in managing state-of-the-art complex large-scale programme. The team successfully integrated more than 15 combat systems onboard the frigate to meet the Republic of Singapore Navy's (RSN) unique operational requirements. The frigate is equipped with advanced systems and stealth technology which provide the RSN with a high degree of combat capability and versatility. This allows the RSN to counter threats in all dimensions of naval warfare. The advanced ship management system and other sophisticated automation features incorporated enable a crew of 71 to operate the ship and control its numerous combat and shipboard systems effectively. It would require a crew of more than 150 to run a conventional frigate of similar size and capability.

The Frigate programme demonstrated the synergy between the Defence Science & Technology Agency (DSTA), DSO National Laboratories (DSO), the RSN and Singapore Technologies (ST) Marine and Electronics. In recognition of the team's programme management skills and their creative use of technologies to customise solutions that augment the Navy's defence capability, the team is awarded the DTP 2007 Team (Engineering) Award.
 

DSO was part of the team awarded the DTP Engineering Award (Team). The other organisations were the Defence Science & Technology Agency, Republic of Singapore Air Force, and Singapore Technologies Aerospace
 

National Day Awards - Public Administration Medal (Gold) and Long Service Medals (2007)

Total Defence Award - Distinguished Defence Partner Award (2007)

Home Team NS Award for Employers (2007)

Work-Life Excellence Award 2006

Total Defence Award - Meritorious Defence Partner Award