Scholar
King Jet Tseng
Google Scholar ID: 1YrKUN0AAAAJ
Professor of Electrical Engineering, Singapore Institute of Technology
Citations & Impact
Citations
5,741
H-index
40
i10-index
107
Publications
20
Co-authors
1
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Contact
Publications
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Over 300 publications, >10,900 citations, h-index: 54
- Rolls-Royce Inventors Award (2017)
- National Day Long Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Setia) by Ministry of Education, Singapore (2016)
- IEEE Millennium Medal (2000)
- Swan Premium by The Institution of Electrical Engineers (UK) (1996)
- Fellowship of Cambridge Commonwealth Society (1991)
Research Experience
- Professor and Advisor for Electrical Power Engineering, Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) (2016–present)
- Programme Leader, SIT-Newcastle University BEng (Hons) in Electrical Power Engineering (2025–present; also served 2021–2022 and 2017–2020)
- Director of Programmes, Engineering Cluster (2022–2023)
- Programme Leader, SIT MSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2021–2022)
- Deputy Cluster Director (Applied Research), Engineering (2018–2020)
- Programme Director, SIT MEngTech in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2017–2020)
- Former Head of Power Engineering Division, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
- Co-founded the Singapore-Berkeley Building Efficiency and Sustainability for the Tropics (SinBerBEST) program
- Co-founded the Electrical Power Systems Integration Laboratory @ NTU, a Rolls-Royce research facility
- Supervised and graduated approximately 30 PhD students; inspired multiple technology start-ups
Background
- Born in Singapore, with over 30 years of academic, research, industrial, and professional experience in electrical power and energy systems.
- Research interests include interior permanent magnet synchronous machines, resilient grid interconnection of distributed energy resources, dynamic voltage compensation, arc modeling for transient simulations, and utility-scale energy storage systems.
- Currently working on future urban electrical distribution architectures that provide flexible and heterogeneous power quality for enhanced sustainability.
- Serves as a standardization expert for grid-integrated electrical energy storage systems at the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
- Fellow of IEEE, IET, and IES; Chartered Engineer registered with the UK Engineering Council.
