Hwayaw Tam, received his primary and secondary education in Sabah, Malaysia.  He studied B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Manchester (UK).  From 1989 to 1993 he was with Hirst Research Center, GEC-Marconi Ltd. (London), working on optical components and systems, and erbium optical fiber amplifiers.  He conducted pioneering works in optical fibre amplifiers, and in 1992 built two of the first batch of optical amplifiers for Italian PTT.

Prof. Tam joined The Hong Kong Polytechnic in 1993 and is currently the Head of Department, Chair Professor of Photonics at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Director of the Photonic Research Centre at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.  Prof. Tam established several world-class research facilities at PolyU, including two fibre-drawing towers for fabrication of photonics crystal fibres and polymer optical fibres, an ultra high-speed communication laboratory, and laser platforms for the fabrication of advanced fibre gratings. His current research interests include fabrication of special optical silica fibres and polymer fibres, optical fibre communications, and fibre sensor systems based on fibre Bragg gratings and photonic crystal fibres. Prof. Tam published more than 500 technical papers and awarded/applied about 20 patents, has extensive international research collaborations with many universities around the world and is a keynote/invited speaker at more than 40 international conferences.

Prof. Tam has strong R&D collaboration with industry and his team installed many FBG sensing systems, including an FBG-based SHM system for the 610-m Canton Tower in Guangzhou, China and several condition-monitoring systems for railways in Hong Kong, China mainland, Taiwan, and India.  Currently, Prof. Tam’s R&D team is building the world’s first city-wide fibre-optic sensing network for condition-based monitoring of metro systems in Hong Kong.  Prof. Tam won numerous international awards for his inventions, and is the Third Prize Winner of the Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis 2014.  Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis is a biennial event and it is one of the highest remunerated international innovation prizes for laser technology

2016 - 2017

1. WANG,Liang, GUO,Nan, JIN,Chao, ZHONG,Kangping, ZHOU,Xian, YUAN,Jinhui, KANG,Zhe, ZHOU,Bin, YU,Changyuan, TAM,H.Y. and LU,C., "Coherent BOTDA Using Phase- and Polarization-Diversity Heterodyne Detection and Embedded Digital Signal Processing". IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 17, No. 12, pp.3728-3734 (Jun 2017) ISSN 1530-437X(print), 2379-9153(electronic)

2. YUAN,Jinhui, KANG,Zhe, LI,F., ZHOU,Guiyao, SANG,Xinzhu, WU,Qiang, YAN,Binbin, ZHOU,Xian, ZHONG,Kangping, WANG,Liang, WANG,Kuiru, YU,Chongxiu, LU,C., TAM,H.Y. and WAI,P.K.A., "Polarization-dependent intermodal four-wave mixing in a birefringent multimode photonic crystal fiber". Optics Letters, Vol. 42, No. 9, pp.1644 (May 2017) ISSN 0146-9592(print), 1539-4794(electronic)

3. JIN,Chao, WANG,Liang, CHEN,Yuli, GUO,Nan, CHUNG,Weng Hong, AU,H.Y., LI,Zhaohui, TAM,H.Y. and LU,C., "Single-measurement digital optical frequency comb based phase-detection Brillouin optical time domain analyzer". Optics Express, Vol. 25, No. 8, pp.9213 (Apr 2017) ISSN 1094-4087(electronic)

4. ZHOU,Bin, LU,Changtao, MAO,Barerem-Melgueba, TAM,H.Y. and HE,Sailing, "Magnetic field sensor of enhanced sensitivity and temperature self-calibration based on silica fiber Fabry-Perot resonator with silicone cavity". Optics Express, Vol. 25, No. 7, pp.8108 (Apr 2017) ISSN 1094-4087(electronic)

5. ZHANG,Xiaohua, XU,Y.L., ZHAN,S., ZHU,S., TAM,H.Y. and AU,H.Y., "Simulation of support settlement and cable slippage by using a long-span suspension bridge testbed". Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp.401-415 (Mar 2017) ISSN 1573-2479(print), 1744-8980(electronic)

6. WANG,Jie#, YAO,Mian, HU,Chengzhi, ZHANG,A.P., SHEN,Yonghang, TAM,H.Y. and WAI,P.K.A., "Optofluidic tunable mode-locked fiber laser using a long-period grating integrated microfluidic chip". Optics Letters, Vol. 42, No. 6, pp.1117 (Mar 2017) ISSN 0146-9592(print), 1539-4794(electronic)

7. GUO,Nan, WANG,Liang, WANG,Jie#, JIN,Chao, TAM,H.Y., ZHANG,A.P. and LU,C., "Recent Progress in Polymer Optical Fiber Light Sources and Fiber Bragg Gratings". IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp.252-262 (Mar 2017) ISSN 1077-260X(print), 1558-4542(electronic)

8. LIU,Zhengyong, LIN,Htein, CHENG,Lun-Kai, MARTINA,Quincy, JANSEN,Rob and TAM,H.Y., "Highly sensitive miniature fluidic flowmeter based on an FBG heated by Co^2+-doped fiber". Optics Express, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp.4393 (Feb 2017) ISSN 1094-4087(electronic)

9. GUO,Nan, WANG,Liang, WANG,Jie#, JIN,Chao, TAM,H.Y., ZHANG,A.P. and LU,C., "Bi-Directional Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analyzer System for Long Range Distributed Sensing". Sensors, Vol. 16, No. 12, pp.2156 (Dec 2016) ISSN 1424-8220(electronic)

10. LIU,Zhengyong and TAM,H.Y., "Industrial and medical applications of fiber Bragg gratings". Chinese optics letters, Vol. 14, No. 12, pp.1-5 (Dec 2016) ISSN 1671-7694(electronic)

11. WANG,Jie#, LIU,Zhengyong, GAO,Shaorui, ZHANG,A.P., SHEN,Yong-Hang and TAM,H.Y., "Fiber-Optic Anemometer Based on Bragg Grating Inscribed in Metal-Filled Microstructured Optical Fiber". Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 34, No. 21, pp.4884-4889 (Nov 2016) ISSN 0733-8724(print), 1558-2213(electronic)

12. WANG,Jie#, YAN,Yaxi, ZHANG,A.P., WU,Bo, SHEN,Yonghang and TAM,H.Y., "Tunable scalar solitons from a polarization-maintaining mode-locked fiber laser using carbon nanotube and chirped fiber Bragg grating". Optics Express, Vol. 24, No. 20, pp.22387 (Oct 2016) ISSN 1094-4087(electronic)

13. LIU,Zhengyong, TAM,H.Y., LIN,Htein, TSE,M.L.V. and LU,C., "Microstructured Optical Fiber Sensors". Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 35, No. 16, pp.3425-3439 (Sep 2016) ISSN 0733-8724(print), 1558-2213(electronic)

2015-2016

1. AZAD,Abul Kalam, WANG,Liang, GUO,Nan, TAM,H.Y. and LU,C., "Signal processing using artificial neural network for BOTDA sensor system". Optics Express, Vol. 24, No. 6, pp.6769 (Mar 2016) ISSN 1094-4087(electronic)

2. KANG,Zhe, YUAN,Jinhui, ZHANG,Xianting, SANG,Xinzhu, WANG,Kuiru, WU,Qiang, YAN,Binbin, LI,F., ZHOU,Xian, ZHONG,Kangping, ZHOU,Guiyao, YU,Chongxiu, FARRELL,Gerald, LU,C., TAM,H.Y. and WAI,P.K.A., "On-chip integratable all-optical quantizer using strong cross-phase modulation in a silicon-organic hybrid slot waveguide". Scientific Reports, Vol. 6, pp.19528-19539 (Jan 2016) ISSN 2045-2322(print), 2045-2322(electronic)

3. YIN,Mingjie#, YAO,Mian, GAO,Shaorui, ZHANG,A.P., TAM,H.Y. and WAI,P.K.A., "Rapid 3D Patterning of Poly(acrylic acid) Ionic Hydrogel for Miniature pH Sensors". Advanced Materials, Vol. 28, No. 7, pp.1394-1399 (Dec 2015) ISSN 09359648(print)

4. WU,Jushuai#, GUO,Xin, ZHANG,A.P. and TAM,H.Y., "Rapid 3D µ-printing of polymer optical whispering-gallery mode resonators". Optics Express, Vol. 23, No. 23, pp.29708-29714 (Nov 2015) ISSN 1094-4087(print), 1094-4087(electronic)

5. AZAD,Abul Kalam, WANG,Liang, GUO,Nan, LU,C. and TAM,H.Y., "Temperature sensing in BOTDA system by using artificial neural network". Electronics Letters, Vol. 51, No. 20, pp.1578-1580 (Oct 2015) ISSN 0013-5194(print), 1350-911X(electronic)

6. JIN,Boyuan, YUAN,Jinhui, WANG,Kuiru, SANG,Xinzhu, YAN,Binbin, WU,Qiang, LI,F., ZHOU,Xian, ZHOU,Guiyao, YU,Chongxiu, LU,C., TAM,H.Y. and WAI,P.K.A., "A comprehensive theoretical model for on-chip microring-based photonic fractional differentiators". Scientific Reports, Vol. 5, pp.14216 (Sep 2015) ISSN 2045-2322(print), 2045-2322(electronic)

7. WANG,Jie#, ZHANG,A.P., SHEN,Yong Hang, TAM,H.Y. and WAI,P.K.A., "Widely tunable mode-locked fiber laser using carbon nanotube and LPG W-shaped filter". Optics Letters, Vol. 40, No. 18, pp.4329-4332 (Sep 2015) ISSN 0146-9592(print), 1539-4794(electronic)

2013-2014

1. Liu,Zhengyong#, WU,C., TSE,M.L.V. and TAM,H.Y., "Fabrication, Characterization, and Sensing Applications of a High-Birefringence Suspended-Core Fiber". Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 32, No. 11, pp.2113-2122 (Jun 2014) ISSN 0733-8724(print), 1558-2213(electronic)

2. TSE,M.L.V., Liu,Zhengyong#, Cho,Lok-Hin, LU,C., WAI,P.K.A. and TAM,H.Y., "Superlattice Microstructured Optical Fiber". Materials, Vol. 7, No. 6, pp.4567-4573 (Jun 2014) ISSN 1996-1944(electronic) (http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/7/6/4567/) (Special Issue: New Materials and Processing Methods for Microstructured Optical Fibres, ISSN 1996-1944)

3. Li,Kuo, Chan,Tommy H. T., Yau,Man Hong, Thambiratnam,David P. and TAM,H.Y., "Experimental verification of the modified spring-mass theory of fiber Bragg grating accelerometers using transverse forces". Applied Optics, Vol. 53, No. 6, pp.1200-1211 (Feb 2014) ISSN 0003-6935(print), 1539-4522(electronic)

4. Cho,Lok-Hin, LU,C., ZHANG,A.P. and TAM,H.Y., "Fiber Bragg Grating Anemometer With Reduced Pump Power-Dependency". IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Vol. 25, No. 24, pp.2450-2453 (Dec 2013) ISSN 1041-1135(print), 1941-0174(electronic)

5. Karim Qureshi,Khurram, Liu,Zhengyong#, TAM,H.Y. and Fahad Zia,M., "A strain sensor based on in-line fiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer in twin-core photonic crystal fiber". Optics Communications, Vol. 309, pp.68-70 (Nov 2013) ISSN 00304018(print)

6. Ho,Mei-po, LAU,KT, AU,H.Y., Dong,Yu and TAM,H.Y., "Structural health monitoring of an asymmetrical SMA reinforced composite using embedded FBG sensors". Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 22, No. 12, pp.125015 (Nov 2013) ISSN 0964-1726(print), 1361-665X(electronic)

7. Bonefacino,Julien#, TSE,M.L.V., PUN,C.F.J., CHENG,X., Chan,Wing Kin Edward#, Boersma,Arjen and TAM,H.Y., "Characterization of Spirooxazine and Spiropyran Hosted in Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) for Germicidal UV Source Indicator Application". Optics and Photonics Journal, Vol. 03, No. 07, pp.11-16 (Nov 2013) ISSN 2160-8881(print), 2160-889X(electronic)

8. Li,Kuo, Chan,Tommy H. T., Yau,Man Hong, Nguyen,Theanh, Thambiratnam,David P. and TAM,H.Y., "Very sensitive fiber Bragg grating accelerometer using transverse forces with an easy over-range protection and low cross axial sensitivity". Applied Optics, Vol. 52, No. 25, pp.6401-6410 (Sep 2013) ISSN 0003-6935(print), 1539-4522(electronic)

9. WU,C., TSE,M.L.V., Liu,Zhengyong#, Guan,Bai-Ou, LU,C. and TAM,H.Y., "In-line microfluidic refractometer based on C-shaped fiber assisted photonic crystal fiber Sagnac interferometer". Optics Letters, Vol. 38, No. 17, pp.3283-3286 (Sep 2013) ISSN 0146-9592(print), 1539-4794(electronic)

10. Cho,Lok-Hin, WU,C., LU,C. and TAM,H.Y., "A Highly Sensitive and Low-Cost Sagnac Loop Based Pressure Sensor". IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 13, No. 8, pp.3073-3078 (Aug 2013) ISSN 1530-437X(print), 1558-1748(electronic)

11. Lyu,Chengang, WU,C., TAM,H.Y., LU,C. and Ma,Jianguo, "Polarimetric heterodyning fiber laser sensor for directional acoustic signal measurement". Optics Express, Vol. 21, No. 15, pp.18273-18280 (Jul 2013) ISSN 1094-4087(electronic)

2012-2013

1. LIU, ZHENGYONG, WU, CHUANG, TSE, MING-LEUNG VINCENT, LU, CHAO and TAM, HWA-YAW, " Ultrahigh birefringence index-guiding photonic crystal fiber and its application for pressure and temperature discrimination ". OPTICS LETTERS, Vol. 38, No. 9, pp.1385-1387 (May 2013)

2. YIN, M., WU, C., SHAO, L.Y., CHAN, W.K.E.#, ZHANG, A.P., LU, C. and TAM, H.Y., " Label-free, disposable fiber-optic biosensor for DNA hybridization detection ". ANALYST, Vol. 138, No. 7, pp.1988-1994 (Apr 2013)

3. GUO, TUAN, SHANG, LIBIN, LIU, FU, WU, CHUANG, GUAN, BAI-OU, TAM, HWA-YAW and ALBERT, JACQUES, " Polarization-maintaining fiber-optic-grating vector vibroscope ". OPTICS LETTERS, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp.531-533 (Feb 2013)

4. YAU, M.H., CHAN, T.H.T., THAMBIRATNAM, D.P. and TAM, H.Y., " Static vertical displacement measurement of bridges using fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors ". Special Issues of Advances in Structural Engineering, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp.165-176 (Feb 2013)

5. SHAO, L.Y., YIN, M.J., TAM, H.Y. and ALBERT, J., " Fiber Optic pH sensor with self-assembled polymer multilayer nanocoatings ". SENSORS, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp.1425-1434 (Jan 2013)

6. LI, KUO, YAO, MAN HONG, CHAN, TOMMY, THAMBIRATNAM, DAVID and TAM, HWA-YAW, " Fiber Bragg grating strain modulation based on nonlinear string transverse force amplifier ". OPTICS LETTERS, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp.311-313 (Jan 2013)

7. MAO, Y., GUO, N., YU, K.L., TAM, H.Y. and LU, C., "1-cm spatial resolution Brillouin optical time domain analysis based on bright pulse Brillouin gain and complementary code ". IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol. 4, No. 6, pp.2243-2248 (Oct 2012)

8. SHAO, LI-YANG, WANG, TAO, CANNING, JOHN, COOK, KEVIN and TAM, HWA-YAW, " Bulk Regeneration of Optical Fibre Bragg Gratings ". APPLIED OPTICS, Vol. 51, No. 30, pp.7165-7169 (Oct 2012)

9. CHEN, D., CHENG, X. and TAM, H.Y., " Hydrostatic pressure sensor based on gold-jacketed spherical end hollow-core photonic bandgap fibre ". ELECTRONICS LETTERS, Vol. 48, No. 19, pp.1228-1230 (Sept 2012)

10. LIU, ZHENGYONG, TSE, MING-LEUNG VINCENT, WU, CHUANG, CHEN, DARU, LU, CHAO and TAM, HWA-YAW, " Intermodal coupling of supermodes in a twin-core photonic crystal fiber and its application as a pressure sensor ". OPTICS EXPRESS, Vol. 20, No. 19, pp.21749-21757 (Sept 2012)

11. WU, C., LIU, Z., CHUNG, K.M., TSE, M.L.V., CHAN, F.Y.M., LAU, A.P.T., LU, C. and TAM, H.Y., " Strong LP01 and LP11 Mutual Coupling Conversion in a Two-Mode Fiber Bragg Grating ". IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol. 4, pp.1080-6 (August 2012)

2011-2012

1. PUN, C.F.J., LIU, Z.Y., TSE, M.L.V., CHENG, X, TAO, X.M. and TAM, H.Y., " Side-illumination fluorescence dye-doped-clad, PMMA-core polymer optical fiber: potential light source for biomedical applications ". IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, Vol. 24, No. 11, pp.960-962 (2012 Jun)

2. WU, C, LIU, Z.Y.#, CHUNG, K.M.#, TSE, M.L.V., CHAN, F.Y.M., LAU, A.P.T., LU, C and TAM, H.Y., " Strong LP01 and LP11 mutual coupling conversion in a two-mode fiber Bragg grating ". IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp.1080-1086 (2012 May)

3. CHUNG, K.M., LIU, Z., LU, C. and TAM, H.Y., " Highly Sensitive Compact Force Sensor Based on Microfiber Bragg Grating ". IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, Vol. 24, No. 8, pp.700-2 (April 2012)

4. CHUNG, K.M., LIU, Z., LU, C. and TAM, H.Y., " Single Reflective Mode Fiber Bragg Grating in Multimode Microfiber ". IEEE PHOTONICS JOURNAL, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp.437-42 (April 2012)

5. GUAN, B.O., JIN, L, ZHANG, Y and TAM, H.Y., " Polarimetric Heterodyning Fiber Grating Laser Sensors ". JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 30, No. 8, pp.1097-1112 (2012 Apr)

6. TAM, H.Y., LIU, S.Y.M. and GUAN, B.O., " Optical Fiber Grating Sensing for infrastructure monitoring in China ". Journal of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE) of Japan, Vol. 51, pp.285-292 (2012 March) (Invited Paper)

7. QURESHI, K.K.# and TAM, H.Y., " Multiwavelength fiber ring laser using a gain clamped semiconductor optical amplifier ". OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 44, No. 6 Issue, pp.1646-1648 (2012 Feb)

8. CHAN, F.Y.M., LAU, A.P.T and TAM, H.Y., " Mode coupling dynamics and communication strategies for multi-core fiber systems ". OPTICS EXPRESS, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp.4548-4563 (2012 Feb)

9. FENG, X.H., LU, C., TAM, H.Y., WAI, P.K.A., TANG, D.Y. and GUAN, B.O., " Mechanism for Stable, Ultra-Flat Multiwavelength Operation in Erbium-Doped Fiber Lasers Employing Intensity-Dependent Loss ". OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp.74-7 (February 2012)

10. BAI, N., IP, E., HUANG, Y.K., MATEO, E., YAMAN, F., LI, M.J., BICKHAM, S., TEN, S., LINARES, J., MONTERO, C., MORENO, V., PRIETO, X., TSE, V., CHUNG, K.M., LAU, A.P.T., TAM, H.Y., LU, C., LUO, Y., PENG, G.D., LI, G. and WANG, T., " Mode-Division Multiplexed Transmission with Inline Few-Mode Fiber Amplifier ". OPTICS EXPRESS, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp.2668-80 (January 2012)

11. LIU, HELIANG#, OR, SIU WING and TAM, HWA YAW, " Magnetostrictive composite-fiber Bragg grating (MC-FBG) magnetic field sensor ". SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL, Vol. 173, No. 1 Issue, pp.122-126 (2012 Jan)

12. LAI, C.C.#, KAM, J.C.P., LEUNG, D.C.C., LEE, T.K.Y., TAM, A.Y.M., HO, S.L., TAM, H.Y. and LIU, M.S.Y., " Development of a Fiber-Optic Sensing System for Train Vibration and Train Weight Measurements in Hong Kong ". JOURNAL OF SENSORS, Vol. 2012, pp.1-7 (2012) (Article ID 365165)

13. TANG, X., TSANG, K. M. and CHAN, W. L., " A power quality compensator with DG interface capability using repetitive control ". IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENERGY CONVERSION, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp.213-219 (2012)

14. YANG, Y.F., LU, C., LAU, A.P.T., YAO, Y., SUN, Y.X., XIAO, J.J., TAM, H.Y. and WAI, P.K.A., " A Robust and Dither-Free Technique for Controlling Driver Signal Amplitude for Stable and Arbitrary Optical Phase Modulation ". OPTICS EXPRESS, Vol. 19, No. 27, pp.26353-8 (December 2011)

15. YANG, J., YU, C., YANG, Y.F., CHENG, L.H., LI, Z.H., LU, C., LAU, A.P.T., TAM, H.Y. and WAI, P.K.A., " PMD-Insensitive CD Monitoring Based on RF Clock Power Ratio Measurement with Optical Notch Filter ". IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, Vol. 23, No. 21, pp.1576-8 (November 2011)

16. WU, C., GUAN, B.O., LU, C. and TAM, H.Y., " Salinity Sensor Based on Polyimide-Coated Photonic Crystal Fiber ". OPTICS EXPRESS, Vol. 19, No. 21, pp.20003-8 (October 2011)

17. ANEESH, A, MAHARANA, M, MUNENDHAR, P, TAM, H.Y. and KHIJWANIA, S.K., " Simple temperature insensitive fiber Bragg grating based tilt sensor with enhanced tenability ". APPLIED OPTICS, Vol. 50, No. 25, pp.E172-E176 (2011 Sep)

18. LI, J., MAO, Y., LU, C., TAM, H.Y. and WAI, P.K.A., " Polarization Splitting of Photonic Crystal Fiber with Hybrid Guidance Mechanisms ". IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, Vol. 23, No. 18, pp.1358-60 (September 2011)

19. WEI, CHULIANG, XIN, QIN, CHUNG, W.H., LIU, S.Y., TAM, H.Y. and HO, S.L., " Real-Time Train Wheel Condition Monitoring by Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors ". INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISTRIBUTED SENSOR NETWORKS, Vol. 2012, pp.1-7 (2011 Aug) (Article ID 409048)

20. ZHAN, S., TAM, H.Y., XU, Y.L., AU, H.Y. and ZHANG, X.H., " Application of naked optical fiber Bragg grating and fiber optic impact hammer in bridge model test ". JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING MECHANICS-ASCE, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp.103-108 (2011) (Chinese)

2013-2014

1. TAM,H.Y., "Highly Efficient Light-absorbing Optical Fibres and their Applications". International Photonics and OptoElectronics Meetings, Wuhan, China, June 18-21, 2014, OSA, Washington, D.C. (Jun 2014) ISBN 1-55752-277-4(print)

2. LEE,Kang Kuen, TAM,H.Y. and Ng,Frankie, "Trends in Train and Railway Infrastructure Maintenance". Rail Solutions Asia’2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 7-9 May 2014 (May 2014)

3. SUI,Qi#, ZHANG,Hongyu, Downie,John D., Wood,William A., Hurley,Jason E., Mishra,Snigdharaj, LAU,A.P.T., LU,C., TAM,H.Y. and WAI,P.K.A., "256 Gb/s PM-16-QAM Quasi-Single-Mode Transmission over 2600 km using Few-Mode Fiber with Multi-Path Interference Compensation". Optical Fiber Communication Conference, San Francisco, California, 9-13 March 2014, OSA, Washington, D.C. (Mar 2014) ISBN 978-1-55752-993-0(print)

4. TAM,H.Y., "Photonics crystal fibres for pressure measurement in down-hole monitoring". Asia Communications and Photonics Conference, Beijing, China, 12-15 November 2013 (Nov 2013)

5. TAM,H.Y., "Optical fibre sensing networks for railway monitoring". Frontiers in Optics 2013/Laser Science XXIX: Symposium on Advanced Distributed Optical Fiber Sensor Systems for Security and Safety Applications, Orlando, Florida, USA, 6-10 October 2013 (Oct 2013)

2012-2013

1. HO, S.L., TAM, H.Y. and LEE, K.K., " Utilising Optical Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensor networks to achieve intelligent condition monitoring in rolling stock and railway infrastructure ". 19th Annual Asia Rail Congress, Bangkok, Thailand, 12-14 Nov 2012 (2012)

2. TAM, HWA-YAW, " The Applications of Fibre-optic Sensor Technology in Railway Systems and Wind Turbines ". Renewable Energy: OSA Optics & Photonics Congress, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 11-15 Nov 2012 (2012)

3. JIN, W. and TAM, H.Y., " Advances in fiber-optic sensing technologies and applications ". The 8th National Conference on Photonics, Nan Chang, China, 26-28 Oct 2012 (2012) (Plenary)

4. XU, Y.L., DING, X.L., CAO, J.N., TAM, H.Y., NI, Y.Q., LAW, S.S., XIA, Y. and ZHU, S., " Performance-based health monitoring of large civil structures for sustainability ". Workshop of Asia Pacific Network of Centers for Research in Smart Structure Technology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 27-28 July 2012 (2012)

1. Bronze Award for the project “Innovative Opto-Electronics Railway Monitoring System” in the Fifth China International Invention Expo held in Shanghai, Sept 2004.

2. Gold Award for the invention of FBG sensors for Railway applications, International Exhibitions of Inventions at Geneva, Switzerland, Apr 2004

3. President Award 2001 for research and scholarly activities, 2001

4. Faculty”s Best Researcher Award, 2001

5. Gold Award for the invention of fabrication of long-period gratings, International Invention Expo 2000, Nov 2000

6. Hirst Research Inventor Award in “4-port Wavelength-division multiplexer for fibre amplifiers,” GEC-Marconi Ltd., UK, Nov 1991

7. Hirst Research Inventor Award in “Novel Fusion Splicing Technique,” GEC-Marconi Ltd., UK, Nov 1991

8. Hirst Research Inventor Award in “Novel configurations of fibre amplifiers,” GEC-Marconi Ltd., UK, Oct 1991.

2016 - 2017

1. TAM,Hwayaw, ZHANG,Aping, GAO,Shaorui and CHO,Lok Hin, "Sensor for measuring flow speed of a fluid". USA - US 9557344 (Jan 2017)

2. TAM,HWA YAW, HO,Siu Lau and LIU,Michael Shun Yee, "Railway Monitoring System". Canada - 2561874 (Oct 2016)

2012-2013

1.TAM, HWA YAW, HO, SIU LAU, LIU, SHUN YEE, LEE, KANG KUEN, LEE, KAR YUN TONY, CHAN, HING KEUNG, TAM, YUI MING AIKEN and HON, CHUN CHEONG, " Temperature-compensated fibre optic strain gauge ". US patent no. US 8,282,276 B2 (2012)

2.TAM, HWA-YAW, HO, SIU-LAU and LIU, SHUN-YEE MICHAEL, " System and process for monitoring railway tracks ". European patent no. EP2351680 (2012)