Biography
Dr Paul Ong Pang Awn is a Senior Lecturer and the Deputy Director for the Ocean Infrastructures and Renewables Cluster in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is also the Associate Director (Industry Relations) of the Centre of Offshore Research and Engineering (CORE). Before joining NUS, he has more than 10 years of experience in managing oil & gas projects in Sakhalin, Kazakhstan and Brunei. He has worked on both greenfield and brownfield projects, onshore and offshore pipelines. He is a Chartered Engineer of ICE and IMarEST.
Qualifications
- CMarEng, Chartered Marine Engineer, Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology, 2016
- CEng, Chartered Civil Engineer, Institution of Civil Engineers, 2015
- PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Cambridge, 2004
- MEng & ACGI (First Class Honors) Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, 1998
Project & Work Experience
- Champion Waterflood, A2 Champion 4 Upgrade, Brunei, 2016
- Champion Waterflood, A2/B23 Flexibles Umbilicals and Cables, Brunei, 2011-2016
- Champion Waterflood, B1w Water Injection Plant Upgrade, Brunei, 2011
- Kashagan Phase II, Construction Support Base, Netherlands & Kazakhstan, 2009-2011
- Sakhalin II Phase 2, Onshore Pipelines, Sakhalin, 2005-2009
- Ove Arup & Partners, Building Engineering Group, London, 1998-2000
Honours & Awards
- Outstanding Mentor Award, MOE Science Mentoring Programme, 2019
- Impact Award Appreciation for Excellence in Project Delivery, Shell Upstream International, 2013
- Best Poster Prize, Young Researchers Conference, Institution of Structural Engineers, 2003
Teaching Areas
- Ocean Renewables and Infrastructure
- Management and Economics of International Construction
- Capstone and Design Projects
- Engineering Principles and Practice
Research Interests
- Very Large Floating Structures
- Offshore Renewables and Aquaculture
- Management of Capital Projects
Research Projects
- Co-PI, Cities of Tomorrow 2020 Grant in Intelligent Frame for PPVC and Precast Construction.
- Co-PI, Multi-Purpose Floating Structures, a joint research project between NUS, JTC, SINTEF and SHIMIZU fully funded by L2 NIC.
- Technical Advisor, Flexbase International.
Publications
- A Modelling Study of Hamakaze Floating Offshore Wind Turbine, Offshore Technology Conference, OTC-31468-MS, 2022.
- Building Floating Aquaculture Farms with Expanded Polystyrene in Singapore, World Conference on Floating Solutions, 2020.
- Structural Health Monitoring of Unbonded Flexible Pipe Using Optical Fibre Sensor, Offshore Technology Conference, OTC-30116-MS, 2020.
- Floating Hydrocarbon Storage Facility, Offshore Technology Conference, OTC-28469-MS, 2018.
- Umbilical Installation for the Champion Waterflood, Shell TechXplorer, Vol. 4, No. 14, 2016.
- Flexible Flowlines: First Installation in Brunei, Shell TechXplorer, Vol. 2, No. 5, 2014.
- Unconventional Solutions for Conventional Fault Crossings: Sakhalin II Phase 2 Onshore Pipeline Fault Crossing Design and Construction, Shell EP Journal of Technology, 2009-7004_13, 2009.
- Technical Note – Young Researcher, The Structural Engineer, Issue 2003, No. 20, 2003.
- Modelling of Touchdown Behaviour of Catenary Moorings in Frequency Domain, 5th International Symposium on Cable Dynamics, September 2003.
- Modelling of Seabed Interaction in Frequency Domain Analysis of Mooring Cables, 22nd Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, June 2003.
- Improved Approximation of Extreme Tensions for Frequency Domain Analysis of Mooring Cables, 7th IBC Deepwater Risers, Moorings and Anchoring Conference, October 2002.