Benjamin Tee

Benjamin Tee
Born
Tee Chee Keong Benjamin

1981 or 1982 (age 44–45)
Singapore
Education
Known forElectronic skins
AwardsMIT TR35
Scientific career
FieldsElectronic sensor skins research
Workplaces

Tee Chee Keong Benjamin is a Singaporean scientist. He helped to co-develop the electronic skin technology when he was a PhD student in Stanford University. In 2015, he was chosen as one of TR35 list (MIT Technology Review's global 35 Innovators Under 35) for his work on e-skin. The only Singaporean on the 2015 TR35 list, e-skins could potentially make prosthetic limbs as sensitive as human ones and enable intuitive human machine interactions. In 2019, he co-developed an underwater self-healing transparent material that could be useful in marine environments.

Career

Tee is currently Full Professor (tenured) at the National University of Singapore's Department of Material Science and Engineering.

He is currently Vice-President ( Ecosystem Building) developing the Innovation and Enterprise ecosystem.

He served as Vice-Dean of Research and Technology at the College of Design and Engineering and Associate Vice-President at NUS Enterprise.

He was the President's assistant professor between 2017 and 2021 and promotoed to Associate Professor (2022-2025).

Prior to joining NUS, he was a Scientist at the Institute for Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) (2015-2017).

Education

Awards

Selected publications

  1. A transparent, self-healing and high-κ dielectric for low-field-emission stretchable optoelectronics, YJ Tan, H. Godaba, G. Chen, STM Tan, GX Wan, G. Li, PM Lee, Y. Cai, S. Li, R. F. Shepherd, J. S Ho, B. C-K. Tee*, Nature Materials, (2020).
  2. A neuro-inspired artificial peripheral nervous system for scalable electronic skins, WW Lee, YJ Tan, H Yao, S Li, HH See, M Hon, B Xiong, K Ng, J Ho, B. C-K. Tee*, Science Robotics, (2019). Featured as Cover.
  3. Self-healing electronic skins for aquatic environments, Y Cao, YJ Tan, S Li, WW Lee, H Guo, Y Cai, C Wang, B. C-K. Tee*, Nature Electronics, 2, (2019). Featured as Cover.
  4. A Skin-Inspired Organic Digital Mechanoreceptor, B. C-K. Tee*, A. Chortos*, A. Berndt*, et al., Science, 350, 313–316 (2015). Featured on Science Magazine
  5. Continuous Wireless Pressure Monitoring and Mapping with Ultra-Small Passive Sensors for Health Monitoring and Critical Care, L. Chen*, B. C-K. Tee*, et al., Nature Communications, 5, 5028, (2014)
  6. An electrically and mechanically self-healing composite with pressure- and flexion-sensitive properties for electronic skin applications, B. C-K. Tee*, C. Wang*, R. Allen, Z. Bao, Nature Nanotechnology, 7, 825–832 (2012) | Featured on Science Magazine, BBC, ABC, National Geography
  7. Tunable Flexible Pressure Sensors using Microstructured Elastomer Geometries for Intuitive Electronics, B. C-K. Tee et al., Advanced Functional Materials 24, 5427–5434, (2014)
  8. Highly sensitive flexible pressure sensors with micro-structured rubber dielectric layers, SCB Mannsfeld, B. C-K Tee, et al., Nature Materials 9, 859–864, (2010). Featured on Nature News and Views

References

  1. ↑ Feng, Zengkun (18 September 2015). "S'pore scientist on prestigious innovators list". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  2. ↑ Rohaidi, Nurfilzah (16 March 2016). "Asia's Rising Scientists: Benjamin Tee". Asian Scientist. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "ASEAN's Next Generation Leaders (ANGeLs) - Dr. Benjamin Tee (Singapore)". Channel NewsAsia. December 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  4. ↑ Tee, Benjamin C.-K.; Wang, Chao; Cai, Yongqing; Hongchen Guo; Lee, Wang Wei; Li, Si; Tan, Yu Jun; Cao, Yue (February 2019). "Self-healing electronic skins for aquatic environments". Nature Electronics. 2 (2): 75–82. doi:10.1038/s41928-019-0206-5. ISSN 2520-1131. S2CID 139557444.
  5. ↑ "TEE Chee Keong Benjamin". National University of Singapore. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  6. 1 2 "Dr. TEE Chee Keong Benjamin". A*STAR. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 "TEE Chee Keong Benjamin". National University of Singapore. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Undergraduate Student Awards". University of Michigan Ann Arbor EECS Department. 2006. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  9. 1 2 "TSMC Outstanding Student Research Award". YouTube. 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "MRS Graduate Student Awards". University of Michigan Ann Arbor EECS Department. 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  11. ↑ "Two Regional Listees Make The MIT TR35 Global List". Asian Scientist. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "EmTech Singapore's 10 Under 35 Innovators Revealed". Asian Scientist. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  13. ↑ Nowogrodzki, Anna (2015). "35 Innovators Under 35 - Benjamin Tee". Asian Scientist. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  14. ↑ "Singapore Young Scientist Award". Singapore National Academy of Science. 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  15. ↑ "WEF Young Scientist 2019". World Economic Forum. 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  16. ↑ "Dr Benjamin C.K. Tee". Google. Retrieved 2 January 2017.