Liew Jat Yuen, Richard

Professor

Head of Department

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Biography

Jat-Yuen Richard Liew, PhD, PEng, SPE(SP, IstructE, CEng, ACPE, FSEng, is a Professor and Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore.  He received his B.Eng (First Class) and MEng from the National University of Singapore and PhD from Purdue University where his research on advanced analysis for frame design has contributed to Eurocodes and AISC design codes and specifications.  His current research focuses on steel and concrete composite materials and structures with applications to high-rise and large-span structural systems covering defence, offshore, and building sectors. His research has garnered over 14,500 cites (h‐index=70; i10-index=243) in Google Scholar (Jan 2022).

He is a fellow of the Singapore Academy of Engineering, a Professional Engineer in Singapore, a Chartered Engineer in the UK, a Chartered Professional Engineer of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and the Past President of the Singapore Structural Steel Society. He is also a Specialist Professional Engineer in Protective and Security Engineering. He is an elected member serving on the Singapore Professional Engineer Board from 2021 to 2026.

Dr Liew serves on the editorial board of 7 international journals. He has authored and co-authored more than 400 scientific papers, including 8 books, 13 edited books and 16 book chapters. He delivered more than 100 keynote and invited lectures on topics related to the design and construction of steel and composite structures. He received numerous research and teaching awards including the NUS Engineering Leadership Award 2020, the Best Research Prize from the Institution of Structural Engineers (UK) 2017, the Structural Excellent Award from the Hong Kong Institute of Engineers in 2013, Hangai Prize (2010) for best paper published in International Association of Spatial Structures, and NUS Teaching Honour Roll in 2008. He taught MSC Classes on Structural Support Systems for Deep Excavation and Advanced Structural Steel Design and received numerous awards including 3 times Teaching Honour List Awards and 3 times Teaching Excellence Awards.

Dr Liew was conferred the “Honorary Fellow” by the Singapore Structural Steel Society in 2010 and by the Hong Kong Institute of Steel Construction in 2011 for his leadership roles and service to the steel industries in Singapore and Hong Kong. He is the key person responsible for developing the Singapore national annexes for Eurocodes 3 and 4, for the design of steel and composite structures in Singapore.  He was a Member of the Singapore Specification Committee on Steel Building products, the Advisory Committee on the Hong Kong Code of Practice of Steel Structures, IABSE Working Commission on Steel, Timber and Composite Structures, the Technical Committee for Singapore performance-based fire engineering design, Member of IStructE, Fire Engineering Task Group, and International Structural Steel Research Advisors (ISSRA) of the American Institute of Steel Construction. He chaired numerous international and national conferences, workshops and seminars including committees related to standards and specifications of steel and composite structures. He was invited as an honourable judge for the Structural Excellent awards by the Hong Kong Institute of Engineers, Singapore Structural Steel Society and Singapore Building Construction Authority.

He was the founding director of Coastal Protection and Flood Resilience Institute Singapore securing $75 million for the team to address challenges due to climate changes and rising sea levels.  He has secured over $40 million in external grants to fund his research work on metal-cementitious composite structures, significantly impacting the filed in tall buildings, offshore systems, and protective structures. His efforts focus on creating sustainable metal-composite materials and technologies, including ultra-lightweight and high-strength composite structural systems designed to withstand extreme loads. His research spans from prefabrication production technologies for composite and hybrid structures used in high-rise and large-span systems to designing for fire hazards, impact, and blast loadings in offshore and defence industries.  He offers technical advice to steelwork contractors, consultants, and the broader construction industry on various topics, including the design and construction of large-span structures and tall buildings. His research has resulted in several patents, such as novel connectors for modular buildings, a 3-in-1 scaffold coupler, a deployable cable-strut system, a J-hook shear connector for sandwich construction, and a water-energy storage façade system.

Prof  Liew represents Singapore’s constructional steel industry and engineering professions on a number of national and government committees.  He interacts closely with the industry in the Asia Pacific region serving as an expert and technical advisor and has been involved in numerous iconic steel projects.  Some of the recent award-winning projects that he has been involved in include One Raffles Place, Changi Jewel, JTC Logistic Hub, Flower Dome and Cloud Forest Biome at Gardens by the Bay.  He has seen his R&D outcome brought from the laboratory to full-scale applications. His designs have been applied in some 50 full-scale installations for airport structures, high-rise buildings, large-span structures, and special cool-thermal walls for clean-tech buildings.  Prof Liew worked with Singapore Government Agencies to enhance the blast and fire performance of steel and concrete structures.  

Prof Liew Jewel Profile

Figure: Concrete-filled tubular columns supporting the large span roof structure at Changi Jewel

He has nurtured a team of Research Fellows and Research Engineers who can act as co-investigators to research multi-disciplinary themes. He has wide contact with industry leaders and is able to attract external funding to continue to fund his research group.  His past projects with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Yongnam Engineering and Construction and Jurong Town Corporation on an energy storage water facade system was another innovative project that combines energy sustainability and protective technology

Project Gallery Served as Specialist

 

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Academic Qualifications

  • B.Eng., First Class Hons, Civil, National University of Singapore, 1986
  • M.Eng., Civil, National University of Singapore, 1988
  • PhD, Civil & Structure, Purdue University, 1992
  • Fellow, Academic of Engineers Singapore, 2012
  • Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, NUS, 2008- Present
  • Honorary Professor, Nanjing Tech University, 2015 – 2020
  • Adjunct Professor, Southeast University, 2015 – 2000
  • Adjunct Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology. Shenzhen Campus, 2015 – 2000

Professional Qualifications

  • Professional Engineer (PE), Singapore
  • Specialist professional engineer (SPE) in Protective and Security Engineering
  • Chartered Engineer (CEng), UK
  • ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer
  • Certified Structural Steel Engineer (StER), Singapore

Past Services

  • Founding Executive Director of Coastal Protection and Flood Resilience Institute Singapore (2023-2024).
  • Member of the Faculty of Engineering  Promotion and Tenure Committee
  • Chairman of Engineering Lecture Series Committee
  • Chairman, CEE Industrial attachment & VIP programme
  • Engineering Best teachers’ nomination committee
  • Chairman, Board of Examiners
  • Chairman, CEE Curriculum Committee

Keynote Lectures (Selected)

  1. Liew J Y R, (2023), Harnessing the Power of 3D Concrete Printing for Modular Integrated Construction, Pioneering Next-gen Construction Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 24 June 2023, Hong Kong.
  2. Liew J Y R (2023), Innovative steel-concrete composite systems for multi-storey modular buildings, Keynote lecture, 11th International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures (ICASS’2023), 5-7 December 2023 – Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
  3. Liew J Y R (2023), Advances in Modularized and Prefabricated Building Structures, TongZhou Forum of Steel Structures, 28 November 2023 Online Lecture. Engineering Research Center of Steel Building Structures, Ministry of Education China.
  4. Liew J Y R (2022), Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric Construction – Singapore’s Experience, 5th Chinese National Conference on Industrialized Construction in Civil Engineering, 22 October 2022, Shanghai, China.
  5. Liew J Y R (2022), Building a Sustainable and Resilient City of Future, Keynote Lecture, 2nd International Forum of NFEES on Artificial Intelligence & Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, IFNFEES02, July 1-2, 2022, Tianjin, China
  6. Liew J Y R (2022), Design, Analysis and Construction of Long Span Spatial Structures, Keynote paper, Proceedings of the 12th Asian Pacific Conference on Shell & Spatial Structures, APCS2018 “Recent Innovations in Analysis, Design and Construction of Shell & Spatial Structures” October 29 – 31, 2018, Penang, Malaysia.
  7. Liew J Y R (2021), Design and Construction of Composite High-rise Buildings Using High Strength Materials, Keynote lecture, 11th International Symposium on Steel Structures, November 3-6, 2021, Jeju, Korea.
  8. Liew J Y R (2020), Design of Buildable Steel Connections, Keynote speaker, International Symposium on Advances in Steel and Composite Structures, 10 January 2020, Swissotel Merchant Court, Singapore
  9. Liew J Y R (2019) Design and construction of large span complex steel structures, International Symposium on Tubular Structures, Plenary lecture, 9-11 December 2019, LT6 NUS Singapore.
  10. Liew J Y R (2019), DfMA for High-rise Volumetric Construction, International Workshop on Industrialization of Construction, Shenzhen, December 7, 2019
  11. Liew J Y R, (2019) Design and construction of concrete encased steel composite structures using high strength materials, keynote lecture,17th Chinese conference on steel-concrete composite structures Nanjing, November 15-17, 2019.
  12. Liew J Y R, (2019) Design of concrete encased steel composite columns using high strength materials, keynote paper, 9th International Conference on Steel and Aluminium Structures (ICSAS19), Bradford, UK, 3-5, July, 2019.
  13. Liew J Y R, (2018) Design and construction of large span roof structures, Keynote paper, Proceedings of the 12thAsian Pacific Conference on Shell & Spatial Structures, APCS2018, “Recent Innovations in Analysis, Design and Construction of Shell & Spatial Structures”, October 29 – 31, 2018, Penang, Malaysia. fully sponsored.
  14. Liew J Y R, (2018) Innovation in modular building construction, Keynote paper, Ninth International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures (ICASS’2018) 5-7 December 2018 – Hong Kong, China. fully sponsored.
  15. Liew J Y R, (2018) Prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction of high-rise buildings, keynote paper, Proceedings of the 12th |International Conference on Engineering Research and Practice for Steel Construction, Hong Kong, 5-7 September 2018. fully sponsored
  16. Liew J Y R, Dai ZQ and Chua YS, (2018) Steel Concrete Composite Systems for Modular Construction of High-rise Buildings, keynote paper, Proceedings of the 12th |International Conference on Advances in Steel-concrete Composite Structures, Valencia, Spain, 27 – 29 June 2018, . 59-66.
  17. Liew JYR (2017) DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF STEEL STRUCTURES OF WIDE SPAN ENCLOSURE, keynote paper, 13th International Conference on Steel, Space and Composite Structures, 31 January – 2 February 2018, Perth, Australia.
  18. Application of high strength steel and concrete for composite construction, Keynote lecture, East-Asia Structural Engineering Conference, EASEC-15, 11-13 October 2017, Xi’an China.
  19. Liew J YR, (2018), PPVC – Composite steel-concrete structural systems, Plenary lecture, 2018 WASS Seminar, MAX Artia@Singapore EXPO, 8 May 2018.
  20. High strength steel and concrete for composite construction, Keynote lecture, International symposium on advances in steel and composite structures, HK Poly U and HK CMSA, 6 December 2016.
  21. “Lightweight steel-concrete composite sandwich structures- recent innovation and breakthrough” Keynote paper, 8th International Conference on Steel and Aluminium Structures (ICSAS 2016), Hong Kong, December 7-9, 2016.
  22. Towards the use of high-performance materials for composite construction”, keynote lecture, WASS2014 Seminar on benefits of structural steel – what and how?  Singapore, 10 May 2016, MAX Atria @ Singapore EXPO.
  23. “Design and Construction of Iconic Structures in Singapore”, keynote lecture, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation Key Laboratory, 22 July 2016 Tokyo.
  24. “Design of large-scale steel structures using Eurocode – An International Prospective”, Keynote lecture, SDSS2016:SAFEBRICTILE Workshop, The International Colloquium on Stability and Ductility of Steel Structures, SDSS2016, 30 May-01 June 2016, Timisoara, Romania.
  25. “Design of composite columns with high strength steel and concrete”. Keynote lecture, Eighth International Conference on ADVANCES IN STEEL STRUCTURES, Lisbon, Portugal, July 22-24, 2015.
  26. “Singapore experience in prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction” keynote lecture, International Workshop on Industrialized Construction (IWIC 2015), Shanghai 20-21 November 2015, Tongji University.
  27. “Economical use of high strength materials for steel and composite structures based on Eurocodes”, Keynote lecture, WASS2014 Seminar on Advancing the Use of Steel Structures for High-rise Building in Singapore, 29 October 2014, MAX Atria @ Singapore EXPO.
  28. 28. First China-Japan-Korea Tall Building Forum, Tongji University, China, 2015, International Forum on Tall Building, China

Journal Editorial Board

  1. Journal of Construction Steel Research, Elsevier
  2. International Journal of Advances in Steel Construction.
  3. International Journal of Steel and Composite Structures.
  4. International Journal of Steel Structures, Korea Structural Steel Society
  5. Journal of Progress in Steel Building Structures, Shanghai Tongji
  6. Journal of steel construction – design and research, since 2012, by Ernst& Sohn (Wiley)
  7. Journal of tall buildings, CTBUH, 2012
  8. Guest Editor of Engineering Structures, Special Issue on Modular Structures, 2024

Awards

  • World’s Top 2% Scientist (2021 – 2023). This ranking by Stanford University is based on the bibliometric information contained in the Scopus database and includes more than 180,000 researchers from the more than 8 million scientists considered to be active worldwide, with all scientific subfields taken into account.
  • College of Design and Engineering: 40-year Long Service Award, 2024.
  • National Day Public Administration Medal (Bronze), 2023
  • NUS, Faculty of Engineering, Engineering research leadership award. 2020
  • 2019 MND Medallion, which acknowledges individuals who have served and contributed significantly to the MND Family of agencies.
  • Dr Huang Zhenyu (PhD student) together with Professor Richard Liew received the Best Paper Award presented at the International Conference on Engineering Research and Practice for Steel Construction 2018. The conference was organized by the Chinese National Engineering Research Centre (CNERC) for Steel Construction.
  • IStructE (UK) “Best Research Paper” prize. The award-winning paper “Design of concrete filled tubular beam-columns with high strength steel and concrete” was published in Structures, Volume 8, Part 2, November 2016, Pages 213-226.
  • Best Composite Structures Paper Award at the 8th International Conference on Steel and Aluminium Structures (ICSAS 2016) held from 7 – 9 Dec 2016. This paper authored by Richard Liew and Zhenyu Huang is the only one best paper selected from the composite structure category out of 152 papers presented in the conference. The paper reported a breakthrough in research on cementitious composite materials for weight-sensitive structure application based on the SembCorp-NUS Project on Sandwich Structures Filled with Ultra Lightweight Cement Composite and Floatable Cement Composite.
  • Honorary Professorship by Nanjing Tech University from 2015 to 2019.  This serves as a platform to collaborate with Nanjing Tech University on research in fire and blast engineering and protective structures and facilitate student and staff exchange between the two Universities
  • Best paper award on “Design and Construction of Spectacular Steel Structures” 11th Asian Pacific Conference on Shell and Spatial Structures-APCS2015, May 14-16, 2015, Xi’an, China.
  • Structural Excellent Award 2013, Hong Kong Institute of Engineers and UK Institute of Structural Engineers (HKIE/IStructE UK) Joint Division on “Design of Flower Dome and cloud forest Conservatories @ Gardens by the bay”. Grand award for overseas project.
  • Honorary fellowship award, Hong Kong Institute of Steel Construction, 2011.
  • Honorary fellowship award, Singapore Structural Steel Society, 2010
  • Adjunct professorship, Southeast University, China on 21 January 2011.
  • Adjunct professorship, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen Graduate School, 27 Oct 2004
  • Best Paper Award to KAZI MD. ABU SOHEL (PhD student of Prof Liew) 21st KKCNN Symposium on Civil Engineering
  • NUS Team CORO comprising PhD students of Prof Liew won the first prize of the NAB Challenge from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
  • IASS Hangai Prize (2010) presented to Li Ya (PhD student) for the best paper “Novel Hybrid Lightweight Tension Strip Structures”, Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, Vol. 51, No. 4, 2010.
  • IASS Hangai Prize, (2010) presented to Ma Chenyin (PhD student) for best paper Multi-Functional Deployable Protective Shelters, Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, Vol. 51, No. 4, 2010.
  • 3rd IASS Hangai Prize (2005) presented to Vu Khar Kien (PhD student) for the best paper “Commutative algebra in structural analysis of deployable tension-strut structures” presented at IASS symposium.
  • IES, Singapore publication awards-student category, Gold Metal, presented to Gan Chin Koon, Supervised by Prof. Richard Liew in recognition of the technical article on Performance-based Approach for Fire Engineering Design of Steel Structures, 05 November 2004.
  • The Civil Engineering Handbook, won an Outstanding Academic Book Award by the Choice magazine in 1996.
  • The Steel Design Handbook by McGraw Hill, in which Dr. Liew contributed a major chapter, won the 1997 highest award of excellence given by the Association of American Publishers to McGraw-Hill.

Patents & Invention

Staff Other Participating Parties Patent Title Filed In Year of Application /Granted
Prof Richard Liew Dr Pang SD and Mr Dai Ziquan Sembcorp Industry Corp Lab Sleeve connection assembly and method for modular building construction

Patent No: 10201908311Y

 Singapore Granted
31/08/2021Expired on
09/09/2039
Prof Richard Liew and Mr Dai Ziquan Sembcorp Industry Corp Lab A connecting method and a connector assembly for a multi-storey modular building

Singapore patent application no 10201803071V is 2017-09-02.

 Singapore Granted 2019
Prof. Liew Jat Yuen Richard Triple coupler for a flexible scaffold system Singapore 2006
Prof. Liew Jat Yuen Richard Coupler for a flexible scaffold system US 2006
Prof. Liew Jat Yuen Richard Water Tank Storage System to Harvest Solar Energy US 2009
Prof. Liew Jat Yuen Richard Composite Panel Assemblies Including Separation Prevention Shear Connector US 2009

Citation Analysis

Google Scholar (June, 2024)

All Since 2015
Citations 14544 8085
h-index 69 51
i10-index 242 177

According to Scopus Sci-Val:  2014 –  2024 (June, 2024)  

Name Total no. of Paper Total No. of papers in the Top 10% most cited worldwide  Total No. of papers in Top 10% Journals by SJR  Total No. of Citation H-Index Citation Per Paper FWCI
Richard Liew 145 24.8% 71.8% 5597 59 38.6 1.70

Professional Activities

Professional affiliation Involvements:

  • Technical advisory panel, Building Construction Authority Singapore
  • Technical advisory panel, Singapore Mass Rapid Transit
  • Academic and Expert Council Member of International Ecological Economy Promotion, Beijing China, August 2020
  • Member of Professional Engineers Board Singapore; Chairman and Member of the Interviewing Panel; Chairman of Examination Committee, 2021-present
  • Chartered Engineer (CEng), UK
  • Member, Institution of Structural Engineers (MIStructE, UK)
  • Past President, Singapore Structural Steel Society
  • Senior Member, Institution of Engineers Singapore
  • Member, Technical Committee of Performance-based Fire Design Code, Fire Safety and Shelter Bureau, Singapore
  • Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Member-at-large, Structural Stability Research Council, USA.
  • Member of IStructE, Fire Engineering Task Group, London
  • Member of International Structural Steel Research Advisors (ISSRA), American Institute of Steel Construction.
  • Member of the International Advisory Board for steel design code drafting committee for Hong Kong from 01 March 2003 onwards.
  • Honorary Advisor, Singapore Structural Steel Society, since 2005.
  • Member of the Singapore Eurocode review advisory committee. Standards and Productivity and Innovation Board.
  • Expert witness, Commissioner Inquiry into the MRT Circle Line Nicoll Highway Collapse on 20 April 2004, Ministry of Manpower
  • Expert witness, Investigation into the Fusionpolis collapse, Greatearth United Engineer Joint Venture, 2005.
  • Independent director of Yongnam Holding Ltd since 2008
  • Independent director, Technics Oil and Gas Pte Ltd 2009-2015.
  • Member of the HDB civil & structural engineering advisory panel (2016 onwards)
  • Member of judging panel for BCA Construction Excellence Awards assessment committee (2014-2016).
  • Member of TECHNICAL COMMITTEE (BUILDING STRUCTURE & SUB-STRUCTURE), 1 Jan 2018-31 December 2020.

Consultancy Services

  • Design and construction of large-span steel structures and tall buildings; design of Modular Buildings; design of composite structures using high-strength concrete; nonlinear finite element modelling and analysis; computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulation of wind, smoke and fire; value engineering for the steel and composite structures; blast and impact resistant design; fire engineering design; field instrumentation and structural health monitoring; design of protective structures; large scale laboratory fire tests and certification; design and testing of vehicle bollards and security barriers; fire and blast resistant design of modular housing system for defence and petrochemical industries.

Teaching Areas

Undergraduate Level:

  • Structural Steel Design
  • Structural Stability and Dynamics
  • Civil Engineering Materials
  • Integrated Design Projects

Graduate Level:

  • Advanced structural steel design
  • Design of buildings against hazards
  • Design of structural support systems for deep excavation
  • Computational methods for structural mechanics
  • Structural stability
  • Plastic analysis and design of structures
  • Design of steel-concrete composite structures
  • Fire and blast engineering design of structures

Industrial and practical courses:

  • Structural steel design to Eurocode 3
  • Design of steel-concrete composite structures to Eurocode 4
  • Design of bolted and welded joints to Eurocode 3:1-8
  • Forensic Engineering
  • Design of high-rise buildings and large-span structures
  • Steel structural strutting systems for deep excavation
  • Fire engineering design of steel and composite structures
  • Certified Steel Engineer (StEr) course for Singapore Structural Steel Society and BCA
  • Course instructor for PE Fundamental Exam.

Teaching Awards

Academic Year Award
AY2019/2020 Faculty Teaching Excellence Award
AY2017/2018 Teaching Commendation
AY2011/2012 Teaching Commendation
AY2010/2011 Teaching Commendation
AY2009/2010 Teaching Commendation
AY2008/2009 Teaching Commendation
AY2007/2008 Honour Roll (3 times ATEA winners)
AY2006/2007 Annual Teaching Excellence Award
AY2006/2007 Teaching Honours List Award
AY2005/2006 Annual Teaching Excellence Award
AY2005/2006 Engineering Educator Award
AY2004/2005 Teaching Honours List Award
AY2004/2005 Annual Teaching Excellence Award
AY2003/2004 Teaching Commendation
AY2002/2003 Teaching Honours List Award
AY2002/2003 Teaching Commendation
AY2000/2001 Teaching Honours List Award
AY2000/2001 Best Teacher Award
AY1999/2000 Teaching Commendation
AY1998/1999 Teaching Honours List Award
AY1997/1998 Teaching Commendation
AY1996/1997 Teaching Commendation

Research Interests

  • Design and construction of modular steel and concrete modular buildings; Prefabricated and prefinished volumetric construction for high-rise systems.
  • Fire, impact & explosion analysis; Fire protection; Emergency response and evacuation models; analyses for impact and blast; sandwich structural systems for blast and impact.
  • Progressive collapse of tall buildings:  large scale testing, nonlinear dynamic analysis, design guide, security and risk analysis, strengthening against progressive collapse.
  • Mechanics of Stability and Plasticity: second-order inelastic analysis; finite element methods; plastic hinge methods; spread-of-plasticity; advanced analysis; cohesive elements.
  • Frame Structures: semi-rigid connections; nonlinear analysis; tall buildings; space frames; scaffold systems
  • Steel-Concrete Composite Structures: sandwich systems; long-span flooring systems; lightweight composite slab; composite frames; composite connections; ultra-high-strength composite columns; composite construction; tall building composite systems; novel shear connectors.
  • Protective Structures: rapidly deployed structures. design and testing of vehicle bollards and security barriers; stressed membrane structures; tension structures; tensegrity systems; bullet and blast resistant design; fire and blast protected electrical house (E-house).
  • Fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) for structural applications: FRP-concrete composite; product development; sandwich structural panels; carbon fibre-reinforced polymer pipelines.
  • High-performance construction materials: ultra-lightweight structural grade concrete, ultra-high strength cementitious materials, fibre-reinforced concrete, lightweight flooring system.
  • Prefabricated and prefinished volumetric construction for high-rise buildings and fire and blast-resisted modular houses for defence and petrochemical industries.

Research Projects

Start Date End Date Role Granting Organisation Project Title
30/6/2024 31/12/2026 PI BCA BETA Fund Design guide for high strength concrete-filled composite columns with S690 steel for highrise buildings
1/04/2021 2025 PI  Home Team Progressive collapse design of steel composite buildings
1/04/2016 31/03/2011 PI Sembcorp Industry & NRF Fast Track Volumetric Construction Based on Composite Design Using Lightweight High-Performance Materials
26/07/2016 31/06/2018 PI MND BCA Design of Concrete Encased Composite columns with High Strength Materials
21/04/2015 20/10/2017 Co-PI DSTA  Scaling of buried composite arch subjected to internal blast loading
05/2015 11/2016 PI MHA Field Blast Testing of Multi-Functional Blast-Resistant Water Storage Facade
2012 2015 PI A*STAR Impact survivability of composite risers
2011 2014 PI Marine-time Port Authority ultra-lightweight composite sandwich curved panels for Arctic applications
2011 2014 PI Ministry of Home Affairs Novel water façade system for blast resistance
2009 2012 PI A*STAR Steel-Concrete Composite Systems Employing Ultra High-Strength Steel and Concrete for Sustainable High-Rise Construction
2009 2012 Co-PI A&STAR Sandwich Composite Systems with Ultra Lightweight Cement-Based Core for Applications in Extreme Environment
01/01/2007 31/12/2009  

PI

 Densit Asia Ltd Development of Composite Decking Systems Using Ultra High-Strength Cementitious Material Subjected to Impact Loading.
01-09-2006 31-08-2008 PI Singapore Airforce/DSTA Rapidly Deployable Protective Shelter
01-09-2004 31-08-2007 PI Dean’s Top up/

MPA&Keppel

 Steel-Concrete-Steel Sandwich System for Marine and Offshore Applications
01-02-2003 31-01-2006 PI NUS- ARF Survivability of Infrastructures Subject to Explosion and Fire
01-02-2002 31-01-2004 PI NUS-ARF Novel Cable-Strut Systems for Space Structures
01-09-1999 PI Yongnam Engineering and Construction Yongnam Structural Steel Research
01-01-1999 31-12-2001 PI MPA – MTP II Development of a Lightweight Scaffolding System for the Marine Industry [Ind Dev Prog: MTP II]
01-08-1998 01-07-2001 PI NUS-ARF Advanced Analysis for the Design of Composite Structures
01-03-1998 31-08-2000 Collaborator MPA –MTP II Development of a Lift Dynamics and Decision Support System for Lift Installation of Structures [Ind Dev Prog: MTP II]
01-09-1996 01-09-1999 PI NUS-ARF Effects of Localised Fire in Steel Building Frames
01-02-1995 01-02-1999 PI NUS-ARF Analysis and Design of Composite Frames
01-02-1994 01-01-1997  

PI

 NUS-ARF Computer Aided Second-order Inelastic Analysis for Frame Design
01-10-2004 30-09-2007 Collaborator  EDB EDB TAP: Oil and Gas and Offshore Engineering Technologies
01-07-2001 31-12-2004 Collaborator MPA – MTP I Knowledge-based System for Crane Safety & Productivity in Construction (I-Lift)
01-12-1999 31-05-2003 Collaborator NUS-ARF Re-Assessment and Retrofitting of Tubular Structures and Connections
15-11-1998 14-04-2002 Collaborator  HDB HDB-NUS Joint Project on Appropriate Design Wind Loads
01-07-1997 01-12-2001 Collaborator NUS-ARF Stiffened Plates in Ocean and Offshore Structures
01-02-1997 01-12-2000 Collaborator NUS-ARF Effects of Earthquake and Wind Loads on Buildings in Singapore
01-10-1996 01-10-2001 PI BP Laysaght Applications of Structural Steel and Steel-Concrete Composite Technology
01-08-1995 01-08-1998 Collaborator NUS-ARF Durability and Repair of RC Members
01-07-1995 01-05-2000 Collaborator NUS-ARF Ultimate Load Behaviour of Curved Steel Beams
01-01-1994 01-10-1998 PI NUS-ARF Composite Construction for Long Span Structures
01-06-1991 30-09-1996 PI NUS-ARF Stability of Semi-Rigid Space Frames

Journal Papers (selected)

  1. Meng, B., Li, H., Liew, J. -Y. R., Li, S., & Kong, D. -Y. (2024). Enhancing the Collapse Resistance of a Composite Subassembly with Fully Welded Joints Using Sliding Inner Cores. Journal of Structural Engineering, 150(8). doi:1061/jsendh.steng-13418
  2. Song, C., Li, G. Q., Wang, Y. B., & Liew, J. Y. R. (2024). Corrigendum to “An improved constitutive model for steel tube-confined ultra-high-strength concrete” Engineering Structures, 300. doi:1016/j.engstruct.2023.117337
  3. Wang, Y. B., Song, C., Xiong, M. X., & Liew, J. Y. R. (2024). Mechanical behaviour and design applicability of ultra-high-performance concrete-filled circular steel tubular short columns under axial compression. Engineering Structures, 299. doi:1016/j.engstruct.2023.117112
  4. Kong, D. -Y., Li, S., & Liew, J. Y. R. (2024). Rigid-Plastic Model for Progressive Collapse Assessment of Composite Beam-Column Connection Subassembly under Internal Column Removal. JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, 150(1), 19 pages. doi:1061/JSENDH.STENG-11842
  5. Song, C., Li, G. Q., Wang, Y. B., & Liew, J. Y. R. (2024). An improved constitutive model for steel tube-confined ultra-high-strength concrete. Engineering Structures, 298. doi:1016/j.engstruct.2023.117049
  6. Lai, B. -L., Bao, R. -L., Zhang, M. -Y., Wang, Y. -H., & Liew, J. Y. R. (2023). Evaluation of the static and seismic performance of steel-reinforced concrete composite columns with high-strength materials. JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING, 79, 22 pages. doi:1016/j.jobe.2023.107886
  7. Guo, Y. L., Geng, Y., Richard Liew, J. Y., Wang, Y. Y., & Hong, Z. H. (2023). Compressive behaviour of circular steel tube confined reinforced concrete (STCRC) columns considering shrinkage and creep. Thin-Walled Structures, 192. doi:1016/j.tws.2023.111127
  8. Lai, B. L., Zhang, M. Y., Chen, Z. P., Liew, J. Y. R., & Zheng, Y. Y. (2023). Axial compressive behaviour and design of semi-precast steel reinforced concrete composite columns with permanent ECC formwork. Structures, 57. doi:1016/j.istruc.2023.105130
  9. Li, S., Gondokusumo, G. S., Venkateshwaran, A., & Liew, J. Y. R. (2023). Structural behaviour of steel fibre-reinforced concrete floor system for modular construction. Engineering Structures, 291. doi:1016/j.engstruct.2023.116437
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  111. Yan, J. -B., Wang, J. -Y., Liew, J. Y. R., Qian, X., & Zhang, W. (2016). Reinforced ultra-lightweight cement composite flat slabs: Experiments and analysis. MATERIALS & DESIGN, 95, 148-158. doi:1016/j.matdes.2016.01.097
  112. Huang, Z., & Liew, J. Y. R. (2016). Experimental and analytical studies of curved steel-concrete-steel sandwich panels under patch loads. MATERIALS & DESIGN, 93, 104-117. doi:1016/j.matdes.2015.12.144
  113. Yan, J. -B., Liu, X. -M., Liew, J. Y. R., Qian, X., & Zhang, M. -H. (2016). Steel-concrete-steel sandwich system in Arctic offshore structure: Materials, experiments, and design. MATERIALS & DESIGN, 91, 111-121. doi:1016/j.matdes.2015.11.084
  114. Jin, S., Ou, J., & Liew, J. Y. R. (2016). Stability of buckling-restrained steel plate shear walls with inclined slots: Theoretical analysis and design recommendations. JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTIONAL STEEL RESEARCH, 117, 13-23. doi:1016/j.jcsr.2015.10.002
  115. Huang, Z., & Liew, J. Y. R. (2016). Structural behaviour of steel-concrete-steel sandwich composite wall subjected to compression and end moment. THIN-WALLED STRUCTURES, 98, 592-606. doi:1016/j.tws.2015.10.013
  116. Xiong, M. -X., & Liew, J. Y. R. (2016). Mechanical properties of heat-treated high tensile structural steel at elevated temperatures. THIN-WALLED STRUCTURES, 98, 169-176. doi:1016/j.tws.2015.04.010
  117. Wang, Y. -B., Liew, J. Y. R., Lee, S. C., & Xiong, D. X. (n.d.). Experimental Study of Ultra-High-Strength Concrete under Triaxial Compression. ACI MATERIALS JOURNAL, 113(1), 105-112.
  118. Yan, J. -B., Liew, J. Y. R., Qian, X., & Wang, J. -Y. (2015). Ultimate strength behaviour of curved steel-concrete-steel sandwich composite beams. JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTIONAL STEEL RESEARCH, 115, 316-328. doi:1016/j.jcsr.2015.08.043
  119. Wang, Y., & Liew, J. Y. R. (2015). Blast performance of water tank with energy absorbing support. THIN-WALLED STRUCTURES, 96, 1-10. doi:1016/j.tws.2015.07.022
  120. Jeyarajan, S., Liew, J. Y. R., & Koh, C. G. (2015). Vulnerability of simple braced steel building under extreme load. IES Journal Part A: Civil and Structural Engineering, 8(4), 219-231. doi:1080/19373260.2015.1068385
  121. Xiong, M. -X., & Liew, J. Y. R. (2015). Spalling behaviour and residual resistance of fibre-reinforced Ultra-High performance concrete after exposure to high temperatures. MATERIALES DE CONSTRUCCION, 65(320), 10 pages. doi:3989/mc.2015.00715
  122. Huang, Z., & Liew, J. Y. R. (2015). Nonlinear finite element modelling and parametric study of curved steel-concrete-steel double skin composite panels infilled with ultra-lightweight cement composite. CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, 95, 922-938. doi:1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.07.134
  123. Wang, Y., Liew, J. Y. R., & Lee, S. C. (2015). Experimental and numerical studies of non-composite Steel-Concrete-Steel sandwich panels under impulsive loading. MATERIALS & DESIGN, 81, 104-112. doi:1016/j.matdes.2015.05.033
  124. Sohel, K. M. A., Liew, J. Y. R., & Koh, C. G. (2015). Numerical modelling of lightweight Steel-Concrete-Steel sandwich composite beams subjected to impact. THIN-WALLED STRUCTURES, 94, 135-146. doi:1016/j.tws.2015.04.001
  125. Jeyarajan, S., Liew, J. Y. R., & Koh, C. G. (2015). Enhancing the Robustness of Steel-Concrete Composite Buildings under Column Loss Scenarios. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES, 6(3), 529-550. doi:1260/2041-4196.6.3.529
  126. Jeyarajan, S., Liew, J. Y. R., & Koh, C. G. (2015). Analysis of Steel-Concrete Composite Buildings for Blast-Induced Progressive Collapse. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES, 6(3), 457-485. doi:1260/2041-4196.6.3.457
  127. Wang, Y., Liew, J. Y. R., & Lee, S. C. (2015). Structural performance of water tank under static and dynamic pressure loading. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMPACT ENGINEERING, 85, 110-123. doi:1016/j.ijimpeng.2015.06.018
  128. Huang, Z., Liew, J. Y. R., Xiong, M., & Wang, J. (2015). Structural behaviour of double skin composite system using ultra-lightweight cement composite. CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, 86, 51-63. doi:1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.03.092
  129. Huang, Z. -Y., Wang, J. -Y., Liew, J. Y. R., & Marshall, P. W. (2015). Lightweight steel-concrete-steel sandwich composite shell subject to punching shear. OCEAN ENGINEERING, 102, 146-161. doi:1016/j.oceaneng.2015.04.054
  130. Xiong, D. X., Wang, T. Y., & Liew, J. Y. R. (n.d.). Experimental Investigation on the Behavior of Hollow GFRP Pipes Subjected to Transverse Impact. Advanced Materials Research, 1110, 36-39. doi:4028/www.scientific.net/amr.1110.36
  131. Qian, X., Wang, Y., Liew, J. Y. R., & Zhang, M. -H. (2015). A load-indentation formulation for cement composite filled pipe-in-pipe structures. ENGINEERING STRUCTURES, 92, 84-100. doi:1016/j.engstruct.2015.03.012
  132. Yan, J. -B., Liew, J. Y. R., Zhang, M. -H., & Sohel, K. M. A. (2015). Experimental and analytical study on ultimate strength behaviour of steel-concrete-steel sandwich composite beam structures. MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES, 48(5), 1523-1544. doi:1617/s11527-014-0252-4
  133. Yan, J. -B., Liew, J. Y. R., & Zhang, M. -H. (2015). Ultimate strength behaviour of steel-concrete-steel sandwich beams with ultra-lightweight cement composite, Part 2: Finite element analysis. STEEL AND COMPOSITE STRUCTURES, 18(4), 1001-1021. doi:12989/scs.2015.18.4.1001
  134. Yan, J. -B., Liew, J. Y. R., & Zhang, M. -H. (2015). SHEAR-TENSION INTERACTION STRENGTH OF J-HOOK CONNECTORS IN STEEL-CONCRETE-STEEL SANDWICH STRUCTURE. ADVANCED STEEL CONSTRUCTION, 11(1), 73-94.
  135. Jeyarajan, S., Liew, J. Y. R., & Koh, C. G. (2015). Progressive collapse mitigation approaches for steel-concrete composite buildings. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STEEL STRUCTURES, 15(1), 175-191. doi:1007/s13296-015-3013-5
  136. Wang, Y., Liew, J. Y. R., & Lee, S. C. (2015). Theoretical models for axially restrained steel-concrete-steel sandwich panels under blast loading. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMPACT ENGINEERING, 76, 221-231. doi:1016/j.ijimpeng.2014.10.005
  137. Wang, Y., Qian, X., Liew, J. Y. R., & Zhang, M. -H. (2015). Impact of cement composite filled steel tubes: An experimental, numerical and theoretical treatise. THIN-WALLED STRUCTURES, 87, 76-88. doi:1016/j.tws.2014.11.007

Books

  1. Liew J Y R, Xiong MX and Lai BL (2021), Design of Steel-Concrete Composite Structures Using High-Strength Materials, Elsevier, 246pp.     
  2. Liew J Y R and Yuichi Nishida (2021), BC4: Design Guide for Semi-Rigid Composite Joints and Beams – Beam-To-Beam Composite Joints, Research Publisher, 124pp.
  3. Choong K K, Yussof M K and Liew J Y R (2019), Recent Advances in Analysis, Design and Construction of Shell & Spatial Structures in the Asia-Pacific Region, CRC Press, 162pp.
  4. Liew J Y R (2020). Design guide for buildable steel connections, – -Bolted and Welded Connections to SS EN1993-1-8, Dec, Singapore Structural Steel Society, 671pp,
  5. Liew J Y R and Xiong MX (2015), Design Guide for Concrete Filled Tubular Members with High Strength Materials – An extension of Eurocode 4 Method to C90/105 Concrete and S550 Steel, Research Publishing, 160pp
  6. Liew J Y R (2016), BC4: Design Guide for Concrete Filled Tubular Members with High Strength Materials – An extension of Eurocode 4 Method to C90/105 Concrete and S550 Steel, BCA.
  7. Chen, W.F. and Liew, J.Y.R. (1996) Stability design of semi-rigid steel frames, John Wiley & Sons, NY, 468pp.
  8. Liew, J. Y. R. (2001), A resource book for structural steel design & construction, SSSS/BCA Joint Publication, 83pp.
  9. Krishnamurthy, N., Liew J Y R, Rao K S J, and Sze T.S. Structural Welding – A resource for design and construction, SSSS/BCA Joint Publication, Jan 2003, 148pp.
  10. Chen W F and Liew J Y R (2002), The Civil Engineering Handbook, 2nd Edition United States: CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2002.
  11. Liew J. Y. R (2002), Structures in Fire, Proceedings of International Symposium on Structures in Fire, 25 October 2002, Singapore Structural Steel Society.
  12. Liew J Y R (2012), Advances in steel-concrete composite and hybrid structures, July 2012, Research publishing.
  13. Liew J. Y. R and Lee S C (2012), Proceedings of the 10th International conference on advances in steel-concrete composite and hybrid structures, July 2012, Research publishing.

Book Chapters

  1. Liew, R J Y, D W White and W F Chen (1992), Chapter 2.5: Beam-columns. In Constructional Steel Design: An International Guide, edited by P J Dowling et al, pp.105-132. London: Elsevier Applied Science Publishers Ltd, England.
  2. Liew, R J Y and W F Chen (1994), Chapter 1: A Trend Toward Advanced Analysis. In Advanced analysis in steel frames: Theory, Software and Applications, edited by WF Chen and S Toma, pp.1-45. United States: CRC Press.
  3. Liew, J Y R and Chen W F, chapter 8: Second Order Plastic Hinge Analysis. In Plastic Design and Second-Order Analysis of Steel Frames, by WF Chen and I Sohal, pp.425-502. United States: Spring-Verlag, 1995.
  4. Liew, J.Y.R and Chen, W.F. (1997) Chapter 6: LRFD- Limit Design of Frames, In Steel Design Handbook: LRFD Method, Edited by Akbar, R. Tamboli, McGraw-Hill, 6-11 to 6-83.
  5. Liew, J.Y.R., Balendra, T. and Chen, W.F. (1997), Chapter 12: Multi-storey frame structures. In The Structural Engineering Handbook, Edited by Chen, W.F., CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
  6. Uy, B, and Liew, J.Y.R. (2002), Chapter 51: Composite Steel-concrete Structures. In Civil Engineering Handbook: Second Edition, Edited by Chen W.F. and Liew, J.Y.R, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
  7. Chen H and Liew, J R Y, (2011) Chapter 6: Advanced Analysis of Steel and Composite Semi-rigid Frames, Semi-rigid Connections Handbook, Edited by Wai-Fah Chen, Norimitsu Kishi, and Masato Komuro, J. Ross Publishing, 2011, 143-254.
  8. Liew J. Y. R Ng Y H and Ho W B (2012), Design and construction of unusual and complex structures, In advances in steel-concrete composite and hybrid structures, July 2012, Editor: J Y Richard Liew, Research publishing, 1-22
  9. Liew J Y R and Chua YS (2021), Design and Automation for Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric Construction in Tall Buildings, Chapter 7 in Automating Cities edited by Brydon T. Wang and C. M. Wang, , Springer, 195-224. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8670-5

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