Bernard Tan Tiong Gie (born 1943 in

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) was educated at the

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, Singapore, the

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(Bachelor of Science with Honours in Physics, 1965) and

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(Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Science, 1968). He is a Chartered Engineer and Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (UK), Fellow of the

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(U.K), Fellow of the Institute of Physics, Singapore, and Fellow of

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, London.

Academic career

Tan joined the then University of Singapore (now the

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) in 1968 as a lecturer in Physics and served first as Vice-Dean and then as

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of the

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at NUS for 12 years from 1985 to 1997. He has also been Head of Physics, Acting Head of Music, and Associate Director of the Centre for Musical Activities and Dean of Students. Other appointments previously held by Tan are Chairman of the Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP) and the Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (SSLS). Bernard Tan's current research interests are in microwave solid-state properties and devices, digital musical analysis and synthesis, and directional perception of multiple sound sources. He has published over 85 papers in international peer-reviewed journals.

Musical career

As a composer, U.S. music publisher Neil Kjos has published a number of his choral works, and his Piano Concerto was premiered in January 2002 by the

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(SSO). In 2006, the SSO performed the world premier of his new Violin Concerto with violinist

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as soloist.''''

Other career

Tan also sits on the boards of k1 eBiz, the Singapore Symphonia Company and CSA Holdings, and is Chairman of Keppel Credit Union. He is Chairman of the

Singapore Arts Festival Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) is an annual arts festival held in Singapore. It is organised bArts House Limitedfor the National Arts Council. The festival is usually held in mid-year for a stretch of one month and incorporates th ...

Steering Committee, the Singapore Youth Awards Science and Technology Advisory Committee and Cadi Scientific. He is President of the Institute of Physics Singapore and Vice-President of the Singapore National Academy of Science. He was also a former independent non-executive director of

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from 2003 to 2015.

Awards and honours

Tan has been awarded the

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(Silver), the Public Service Medal, the

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and the Public Service Star (Bar).

References

External links

Bernard Tan Faculty Web PageComposed Songs and Pieces
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