Biography With a PhD degree in Transport Modelling, Professor Xie Litian has more than 20 years of extensive experience working in the public and private sectors, covering key areas of Transport Planning, Traffic Study and Mobility Strategy & Solutions. At the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) of Singapore, he leads to develop innovative solutions and simulation […]
Biography Iris Yu is interested in the upcycling of biomass waste, food waste in particular, to platform chemicals and sustainable materials as alternatives to petroleum-based products, with the ambition to achieve carbon neutrality. She specializes in microwave-assisted conversion, green solvents and catalysts, and sustainable thermochemical processes. She obtained her PhD from the Hong Kong Polytechnic
Biography Mr Tan Gee Paw was appointed Chairman of the PUB, Singapore’s national water agency on 1 April 2001 until his retirement on 31 March 2017. Mr Tan is a member of a number of government committees. He is the Adjunct Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore,
Biography Kaidi Yang is an ETH-trained Ph.D. with experience in transportation, operations research, and robotics. He aims to develop efficient and trustworthy algorithms for the design and operation of future mobility systems, with a particular focus on advances in vehicular technology (e.g., connected and automated vehicles, electric vehicles, etc.) and shared mobility. Before joining NUS,
Biography Dr Prateek Bansal is a Presidential Young (Assistant) Professor who joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in December 2021. Before joining NUS, he was a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at Imperial College London. Dr Bansal leads the Behavioural Cognitive Science (BeCoS) lab at NUS. His group develops novel methods at the
Biography Dr Lim Mong Hoo is the Chief Water Quality Specialist and Senior Water Quality Consultant of PUB, Singapore’s national water agency. He plays an important role in putting in place an integrated water quality management regime in Singapore which includes establishing water quality goals, setting and monitoring of water quality controls at critical process
Biography Jiarui “Gary” Lei is an assistant professor whose research focuses on environmental fluid mechanics, flow-vegetation interaction, and nature-based solutions for coastal protection. He earned his Ph.D. from MIT in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2019 and holds B.S. degrees from the University of Michigan Ann Arbor and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His work encompasses
Biography Dr Li Yuzhu, Pearl is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at NUS. She has been awarded as Marie-Curie Scholar and Humboldt Experienced Researcher. Her research focuses on many aspects of coastal engineering, including fluid-structure-seabed interaction, breaking waves, sediment transport, scour, liquefaction, and turbulence modelling, with a particular focus
Biography Dr. Ng Hsiao Piau is a Director at Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Built Environment Research and Innovation Institute (BERII). He leads the Advanced Construction & Innovation Planning Department (ACIPD) which oversees Science & Technology (S&T) planning, development of technology roadmaps, and implementation through various research, innovation and enterprise (RIE) programmes. The Cities of Tomorrow
Biography Prof Khoo is a Practice Professor jointly with the Faculty of Engineering (Civil & Environmental Engineering) and the School of Design and Environment. He was the Executive Director for the Centre for Liveable Cities, Ministry of National Development (MND), Singapore, since 2010 till December this year, and continues to be a Fellow at CLC.
