Faculty and Research Staff

IASSAR 2025 Distinguished Research Award – Professor Ser Tong Quek

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Prof Quek Ser Tong has been conferred the International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability (IASSAR) Distinguished Research Award 2025, presented at the International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR) held at the University of Southern California from 1-5 June 2025. The award is conferred every 4 years, each time (recent years) with up

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Emeritus Professor Yong Kwet Yew interviewed by URA on Building resilience: Rebounding and thriving from shocks and crises

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From exploring an underground city in Orchard Road, to rethinking our building designs and creating flood simulations, National University of Singapore’s Emeritus Professor Yong Kwet Yew reflects on how to build a resilient city that includes citizens’ participation. For the full write-up, please visit the URA Website.

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Dr Liu Haokun and Professor Richard Liew from CEE received the Best Composite Structures Award at ASCCS 2024

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Dr Liu Haokun and Professor Richard Liew from CEE received the Best Composite Structures Award at ASCCS 2024 for their paper on the collapse resistance mechanism of beam-CFST column composite sub-assemblages with fully bolted connections, selected as the best among 195 submissions. The ASCCS Conference, now in its 13th edition since its inception in 1985,

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Asst Professor Iris Yu wins L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Singapore Award 2024

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Assistant Professor Iris Yu (Civil and Environmental Engineering) has been presented with the prestigious L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Singapore award for 2024, recognising her work in biomass utilisation and biorefinery, which aims to sustainably convert biomass into energy, chemicals and useful materials.  To read more about her achievement, please visit here.

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Honorary Fellow Dr Harry Tan Siew Ann emerged as one of the Winners in the Commercial Category at the BCA DESIGN AND ENGINEERING SAFETY AWARD 2024

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Honorary Fellow Dr Harry Tan Siew Ann from the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering is the Geotechnical Specialist behind the project “CapitaSky” owned by Capitaland emerged as one of the Winners in the Commercial Category at the BCA DESIGN AND ENGINEERING SAFETY AWARD 2024. Dr Tan initiated the use of all existing piles built

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Professor Rajasekhar Balasubramanian received the Asian Aerosol Research Assembly (AARA) Fellow Award 2024

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Professor Rajasekhar Balasubramanian from the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering received the Asian Aerosol Research Assembly (AARA) Fellow award at the 13th Asian Aerosol Conference held in Kuching, Malaysia (November 2024). This award was given in recognition of Prof. Bala’s outstanding service to the AARA and significant contributions to the field of aerosol science

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Professor Choo Yoo Sang conferred as the Honorary Fellow by the Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers, Singapore (SNAMES) Council

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Congratulations to Professor Choo Yoo Sang! Professor Choo is conferred the Honorary Fellow by the Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers, Singapore (SNAMES) Council in recognition of his expertise and key contributions to SNAMES as President, international standards for offshore structures, and accreditation of degree programmes in various universities and institutions through IMarEST.

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Associate Professor Raymond Ong has been invited by CNA on PTC’s Survey Findings on Customers’ Satisfaction with Public Transport

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Associate Professor Raymond Ong has been invited by CNA for an interview to provide insights on the latest Public Transport Satisfaction Survey conducted by the Public Transport Council (PTC) on the programme “Singapore Tonight,” airing live on 3 April at 10 p.m. The survey, known as the Public Transport Customer Satisfaction Survey (PTCSS), was conducted

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