Leung Chun Fai

Biography

Professor LEUNG CHUN FAI is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore. He has been a staff member of the department since April 1981. Professor Leung graduated from the University of Liverpool with B Eng in 1977 and PhD in 1981. He has taught courses in geotechnical engineering, underground space, and pile foundations. For the past 25 years, Professor Leung has taught many public short courses in geotechnical engineering in Singapore and overseas.

Professor Leung is a fellow of the Academy of Engineering Singapore. He has delivered many keynote/invited lectures at international geotechnical and offshore engineering conferences. Professor Leung has published over 100 technical papers in international journals covering topics such as centrifuge modelling of geotechnical problems, pile foundations, land reclamation, tunnel-foundation interaction, and offshore geotechnics. He has served on the Editorial Board of many international geotechnical and offshore engineering journals. Professor Leung is the President of International Press-in Association since 2020. He is a member of International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) Technical Committee TC104 on Geotechnical Physical Modelling and TC209 on Offshore Geotechnics.

Professor Leung is a registered professional engineer (geotechnical specialist) in Singapore and a chartered civil engineer in UK. He has served as a geotechnical consultant for over 100 government and private organisations involving projects in Singapore and overseas.

Qualifications

• B Eng (1st class) in Civil Engineering, Liverpool University, UK, 1977
• Ph D in Geotechnical Engineering, Liverpool University, UK, 1981
• Chartered Engineer, UK, since 1988
• Professional Engineer, Singapore, since 1991
• Professional Engineer (Geotechnical specialist), Singapore, since 2006.

Honours & Awards

• Fellow of Academy of Engineers Singapore since 2021
• Singapore Ministry of Transport. Minister’s Innovation Award 2021
• Invited Lecture at 17^th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Astana, Kazakhstan, 2023
• Keynote Lecture at 4^th International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering, Tunisia, 2020
• Keynote Lecture at 1^st Malaysia-Singapore Geotechnical Engineering, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2019
• Invited Lecture at Joint CEDD-HKIE International Conference, Hong Kong, 2019

Professional Activities

Scientific and professional societies

• Member of Institution of Civil Engineer, UK, since 1998.
• Member of Institution of Engineers (IES), Singapore, since 1991

Institutional and professional service in the last five years

• PE (Geo) Interview Panel Member for PE Board 2007 to date
• Chairman of PE (Geo) written examination (by PE Board) 2008 to date
• ISO Jackup foundation Technical Committee member since 2006
• ISSMGE Technical Committee TC104 (formerly TC2) on Geotechnical Physical Modelling Core member 1991 to date
• ISSMGE Technical Committee TC209 on Offshore Geotechnical 2016 to date
• Current Editorial Board Member of Journals (Deep Underground Science and Engineering, ISOPE Journal)

Teaching Areas

• Soil Mechanics
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Underground Space
• Pile Foundations
• Final Year Integrated Design Project

Research Interests

• Soil-structure interaction
• Tunnel-foundation interaction
• Use of dredged and waste soils for land reclamation
• Seafront wharf structures
• Deep foundations

Selected Publications

Please click here for Prof Leung’s Principal publications of the last five years