WOH HUP – Distinguished Lectures

 

Name & Designation of Professor Lecture Topic Date of Visit
Professor Chung Kwok-Fei

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong SAR, China 

Advanced numerical simulations on welding and its effects on structural behaviour of steel members 27 Mar 2024, Wednesday
10.00 AM - 11.00 PM
Professor C. M. Wang

School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland
Leader of Offshore Engineering Program of the Blue Economy
Cooperative Research Centre
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering,
and Fellow of Academy of Engineering Singapore

Offshore Aquaculture and
Renewable Energy Production
26 Sep 2023, Tuesday
4.00 PM - 6.00 PM
Professor Michael Oppenheimer

He is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs at the High Meadows Environmental Institute, and the Director of Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment of the School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. He is also the Associated Faculty of Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences Program, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. 

Confronting Rising Sea Levels and the Swelling Risk of Coastal Flooding  25th July 2023
Professor J.N. Reddy

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
O'Donnell Foundation Chair IV Professor

Director, Center of Innovation in Mechanics for Design and Manufacturing (CiMDM)

University Distinguished Professor

Regents’ Professor

A Robust Shell Finite Element and A Nonlocal Approach to Model Architected Structures 13 July 2023
Professor Chan Siu-Lai

Director, Nida Technology Limited, Science Park
Retired Chair Professor in Computational Structural Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Advances in Direct Analysis: Ensuring Safety and Economy in Semi-Rigid Structures 11 May 2023
Professor Chuyang Y.Tang

Department of Civil Engineering,
The University of Hong Kong

Membranes for Water, Energy, and a More Sustainable World 16 Nov 2022
Professor Emeritus Antoine E. Naaman

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan

Ferrocement and Thin Reinforced Cement Composites: from Lambot to Nervi to the present 22 Feb 2022
Professor Emeritus Antoine E. Naaman

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan

The Path to Ultra-High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete: Five Decades of Progress

Prof Quek ST presenting our appreciation plaque to Professor Emeritus Antoine E. Naaman after the hybrid event at e-Cube, NUS.

18 Feb 2022
Professor Scrivener, Karen L.

EPFL, Switzerland

LC3: A Breakthrough technology to reduce CO2 from cement based materials 10 May 2021
Honorary Fellow Dr Harry Tan Siew Ann

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, NUS

Numerical Modeling in Geotechnical Practice (Virtual Dream becoming Reality) 25-Sep-20
Honorary Fellow Dr Tam Chat Tim

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NUS

Dr Du Hongjian

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NUS

Dr Geng Guoqing

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NUS

Linking Science and Technology in Concrete Research 5-Aug-20
Professor Ian Jefferson

Geotechnical Engineering, School of Engineering,
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Evaluating Our Buried Infrastructure with Dynamic Asset Monitoring, Sensing and Data Integration 30-Jan-20
Professor Miroslaw Jan Skibniewski

Construction Engineering and Project Management, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of Maryland, College Park, USA

WOH HUP Visiting Professor, NUS

Recent Developments in Construction Automation and Robotics Applications 14-Jan-20
Professor Torgeir Moan

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Former Keppel Chair Professor, NUS

Design and Analysis of Very Large Floating Bridges and Submerged Tunnels 18-Apr-19
Professor Zdeněk P. Bažant

McCormick Institute Professor, WP Murphy Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

WOH HUP Visiting Professor, NUS

Recent Advances in Creep, Hygrothermal Deformations and Size Effects in Concrete and Their Impact on Design 04-Apr-19
Professor Hitoshi Furuta

Professor, Department of Informatics, Kansai University,
Osaka, Japan

WOH HUP Visiting Professor, NUS

Bridge Maintenance and New Technologies in Japan 18-Feb-19
Professor Mark Randolph

Professor of Civil Engineering,
Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems,
University of Western Australia

Damage and premature refusal of driven piles 03-Sep-18
Professor Michael A. Hicks

Head of the Section of Geo-Engineering
Chair of the Department of Geoscience and Engineering
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences,
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Recent developments in the modelling of slope failure for flood defences 20-Jul-18
Professor Isam SHAHROUR

Tongji University (China) and Lille University (France)
Coordinator of SunRise project “Large-Scale demonstrator of the Smart City”

Could the Smart City improve the resilience and sustainability of urban systems? 30-May-18
Professor Kourosh Kayvani

Global Director Excellence & Expertise, Aurecon

The Future of Engineering & Engineers 26-Sep-17
Raymond Paul Giroux, Dist.M.ASCE

Senior Engineer, Kiewit Bridge and Marine
Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. Vancouver, WA  98661

Great Builders 27-Apr-17