Fwa Tien Fang

Biography

Professor Fwa is currently an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is active academically and professionally in the area of highway and airfield engineering, particularly in the research of pavement performance and evaluation, and pavement management systems. He has published more than 400 technical papers in leading international journals and conferences, and has been invited to lecture and make technical presentations in more than 20 countries.

Professor Fwa is also active professionally. He is the Founding President and current President of the Pavement Engineering Society (Singapore), and the founding and current President of the Asia Pavement Engineering Society (APES). He was a Past President of the International Society for Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Transport Infrastructure (iSMARTi), currently serving as a Board Member. He founded two international conference series, namely the International Conference on Road and Airfield Pavement Technology (ICPT), and the Asia Pacific Symposium on Transportation and the Environment (APTE), both of which are now in their 13th edition. In 2019, he co-founded the conference series International Symposium on Pavement Service Functional Design and Management (PFDM).

Academic Qualification

• Ph.D Transportation Engineering, Purdue University, USA, 1985
• M.A.Sc Geotechnical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada, 1976
• B.Eng (1st Class) Civil Engineering, University of Singapore, 1974

Professional Qualification

• Professional Engineer, Singapore (since 1986)
• Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Singapore (since 1998)

Honours & Awards

Professional Activities

• Co-Editor in Chief, Journal of Road Engineering (since 2021)
• Associate Editor, Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A (since 1992)
• Associate Editor, Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (since 2015)
• Associate Editor, Int Journal of Pavement Research and Technology (since 2011)
• Editorial Board member, Int Journal of Pavement Engineering (since 1998)
• Editorial Board member, Road Materials and Pavement Design (since 1998)
• Current Board Member, Past Deputy President, Past President, International Society for Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Transport Infrastructure
• Current President, Asian Pavement Engineering Society
• Current President, Pavement Engineering Society (Singapore)

Teaching Areas

• Highway Engineering
• Pavement Materials
• Pavement Design and Construction
• Pavement Management and Maintenance

Research Interests

• Highway/Airport Infrastructure Management
• Highway/Airport Pavement Management Systems
• Pavement Performance and Evaluation

Selected Publications

1. Wang, T., L. Thu and T. F. Fwa. 2022. Improved numerical method for determination of pavement mean texture depth from 3-dimensional digital image. Construction and Building Materials, 358(2022)129447:1-14.
2. Peng, J., L. Thu, Y. Liu and T. F. Fwa (2022) Effectiveness of pavement grooving in skidding prevention on horizontal curves. J. Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements, 04022054-1:12. DOI: 10.1061/JPEODX.0000404
3. Liu, Y., L. Thu, J. Peng & T. F. Fwa (2022) Critical groove depth and width for maintenance management of runway pavements, Int J of Pavement Engineering, DOI: 10.1080/10298436.2022.2052875, pp. 1-11.
4. Guo, W., L. Thu and T. F. Fwa (2021) Mechanistic harmonization of British pendulum test measurements. Measurement 182 (2021) 109618, pp.1-7.
5. Fwa T. F. and L. Thu (2021) The concept of pavement skid resistance state. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 2021; 22:1, pp. 1-20.
6. Thu, L., L. He and T. F. Fwa (2020) 3-Dimensional finite element modelling of asphalt mixtures for thermal conductivity determination, Int. J. of Pavement Engineering, 23:6, 2009-2018. DOI: 10.1080/10298436.2020.1834109