Won the APSIPA Sadaoki Furui Prize Paper Award 2017 for a journal paper on “Recent Advances on Active Noise Control: Open Issues and Innovative Applications”

Elected as the Vice-President of the Institutional relations and Education Program in the same organization (2017-2019)

Won the Outstanding Editorial Board Service Award (2016)from the IEEE Transaction on Audio, Speech and Language Processing

Winner of the Academic Category of the National Instruments 2014 Engineering Impact Award (ASEAN Region) for a project on “Noisy Vehicle Surveillance Camera (NoivelCam) System: An Innovative Solution to Urban Traffic Noise Problem.”

Elected as member of the Board of Governor of Asia Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association

Elected as Fellow of Audio Engineer Society (2012). Citation: "For contribution to Signal Processing, Education, and Research Leadership in the field of Audio Engineering."

Elected as Fellow of Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) Citation: “For contributions to Signal Processing Education and Research.”

Won the “Best of Show (Blue Ribbon Award)” for project on “Immersive 3D Sound” in the TechVenture’s Innovation Awards held at The Sands Expo and Convention Centre .”

Won the Excellent Award for research project on “Augmented Audio System” in International Exhibition Contest on Digital Signal Processing Creative Design, held in Taiwan.

Won the 2nd prize for research project on “Motion JPEG Compatible Surveillance System” International Exhibition Contest on Digital Signal Processing Creative Design, held in Taiwan”

Won the College of Engineering Gold Award 2004 for the project on Audio Beam System.

Received the Institute of Engineer Singapore (IES) Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award 2001 for the project on Audio Beam . Citation: “In recognition to the outstanding engineering contribution on the Audio Beam System.”

Tan Chin Tuan Research Fellowship to the Centre for Audio Research and Engineering, University of Essex, UK to conduct Spatial Audio Research.

1st runner up in the Worldwide Texas Instruments DSP Solutions Challenge held in Seattle, USA; and champion in the Asia region. The winning project is on the virtual surround sound system. ”

Awarded the best postgraduate research project”

Awarded University of Strathclyde Postgraduate Research Scholarship 1990-1993