Prof K S Chiang, Chair Professor of EE, has been conferred Sichuan Provincial Scientific and Technological Progress Award 2013 – 1st Class (四川省科學技術進步獎一等獎) by the Sichuan Provincial People’s Government for his contributions to the Study of the Sensing Mechanisms and Methods with Microstructures in Optical Fibers (光纖波導微結構的傳輸機理與方法研究). The award is a result of his long-term collaboration with the University of Electronic Science and Technology (電子科技大學) and Chongqing University (重慶大學).