Ian McLoughlin

Professor Ian McLoughlin (马国岭), ICT Cluster Director in Singapore Institute of Technology (Singapore's 5th university) was previously a professor and Head of the School of Computing at the University of Kent (Medway Campus) from 2015-2019, a professor at the University of Science and Technology of China NELSLIP lab from 2012-2015. Before that he spent 10 years at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and 10 years in the electronics R&D industry in New Zealand and the UK. Professor McLoughlin became a Chartered Engineer in 1998 and a Fellow of the IET in 2013. He has over 200 papers, 4 books and 13 patents in the fields of speech & audio, wireless communications and embedded systems, and has steered numerous technical innovations to successful conclusions.

Education

• PhD
  The University of Birmingham , United Kingdom
• B.Eng. Electronic and Electrical Engineering
  The University of Birmingham , United Kingdom

Achievements

• Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) President's International Fellowship (PIFI)
  2021 – 2022
• University of Kent "above and beyond" Students' Union award for teaching
  2018 – 2019
• Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) President's International Fellowship (PIFI)
  2016 – 2018
• Favourite lecturer award, USTC,
  2015 – 2016
• Second favourite lecturer award, USTC
  2014 – 2015
• 100 talent funding from Anhui Province, China
  2013 – 2016

Professional Memberships

• FIET - Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology
  2013 – Present
• Senior Member of the IEEE
  2001 – Present
• CEng - Chartered Engineer, The Engineering Council, UK
  1998 – Present

Corporate Experience

• Principal Engineer - Group Research: Tait Electronics Ltd, Christchurch, New Zealand 2001 – 2006
• Senior Engineer - Advanced Developments Group, Simoco/Philips Telecom, Cambridge, UK 1997 – 1998