Professor Goh Thong Ngee of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department has been named one of the first Honorary Members of the Singapore Quality Institute (SQI) at a ceremony held on 16 October 2003.

SQI is the national organization for quality professionals. Previously known as Singapore Quality Reliability Association (SQRA), it was formed in 1971 with the encouragement of the then Minister of Finance, Mr Hon Sui Sen, and under the leadership of Dr Lee Kum Tatt, past chairman of the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (SISIR). Honorary Member is the highest honour that SQI can bestow on an individual for exemplary contributions to the quality profession. The three recipients of the award this year are Dr Lee Kum Tatt, Professor Goh Thong Ngee, and Ms Elizabeth M. Keim.

Professor Goh, a former Head of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, is a member of the Quality and Reliability Engineering Group. Internationally recognized for his work in Quality Engineering and Management, he is an Elected Academician of the International Academy for Quality and Fellow of the American Society for Quality; currently he also serves on the editorial boards of seven international research journals in his field.