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 Yuzhu Pearl Li is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at NUS. She is a former Marie-Curie Scholar and a Humboldt Experienced Researcher. Her research covers a broad range of coastal engineering topics, including wave–structure–seabed interaction, breaking waves, sediment transport, liquefaction, and turbulence modelling, with a particular emphasis
Biography Dr Ng Hsiao Piau is a technology leader and educator with extensive experience in science and technology (S&T), and research and innovation. He has held senior leadership appointments driving technology strategy, research, innovation and enterprise (RIE) programmes, technology roadmaps, and national capability development across the public sector and academia. Hsiao Piau holds a Ph.D.
Biography Xiaogang He is a Princeton-trained Ph.D. A hydrologist with experience in economics, machine learning, and environmental policy. His research interests focus on the fundamental understanding of how climate change, variability, and human interventions affect drought and flood risk across scales, and how to implement an integrative framework (e.g., hydrological modelling, remote sensing, artificial intelligence,
Biography Simone Fatichi received his BSc and MSc (cum laude) in Environmental Engineering at the University of Firenze (Italy). In 2010, he obtained an International PhD title (outstanding evaluation) jointly between the T.U. Braunschweig (Germany) and the University of Firenze (Italy). Subsequently, he was a researcher and lecturer at ETH Zurich (Switzerland), Institute of Environmental
Biography Dr Du Hongjian is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore. He is the Director of the Centre of Construction 3D Printing Research (C3DPR). His work advances digital construction and low-carbon materials to improve productivity and sustainability in the built environment. Dr Du is
Biography Dr Geng Guoqing received his Bachelor’s degree from Southeast University (China) in 2010, and his Master’s and Doctoral degrees in CEE at UC Berkeley (USA) in 2013 and 2017, respectively. His PhD programme was dedicated to investigating the microscale chemistry and mineralogy of modern construction materials. He was then awarded a postdoctoral fellowship at
Biography C.M. Wang graduated from Monash University in Civil Engineering with a First Class Honours in 1978 and was awarded a M.Eng.Sc. and a Ph.D. degree from the same university in 1980 and 1982, respectively. He joined the School of Civil Engineering, University of Queensland (UQ) in January 2017 as the Transport and Main Roads
Biography Adjunct Professor Aziz Merchant, is a leading international ship & offshore designer and expert. He obtained his Master for Science (MSc) in Naval Architecture from University College London and Bachelor of Engineering (First Class) in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering from University of Glasgow. He has also attended the General Management Program (GMP) at
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Biography Dr Anand is a Head of Engineering (Geo Dynamics) at the Defence Science & Technology Agency (DSTA) and provides technical support for infrastructural developments covering areas such as soft ground improvement, structural design to resist blast effects, dynamic response of buried structures, ground vibrations propagation and effects. He also oversees training, competency development and
