CHEONG KOK WAI, DAVID (DR)

PhD(Nott), BEng(Hons)(Lough), DipBldg(SingPoly), Fellow (NUS-OAP), Fellow (ISIAQ), AMASHRAE

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• 1994, PhD, University of Nottingham, UK
• 1990, BEng(Hons) (Building Services Engineering), Loughborough University of Technology, UK
• Fellow, ISIAQ (International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate)
• Member, ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers)

APPOINTMENTS HELD:

• Post-doctoral Research Fellow (UK)(1994)
• Lecturer (1994-98): Assistant Professor (1998-2001), Associate Professor (2002-present) National University of Singapore

ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP:

• Deputy Course Leader for Building Undergraduate Course (1995-1999)
• Programme Director for BSc (Building) and BSc (Project & Facilities Management) (2001/2006-2010)
• Assistant Dean (Academic) (2010 — 2015)
• Vice-Dean (Administration & Finance) (2016 to present)

HONOURS AND AWARDS:

• ASEAN Energy Award (2011)
• Zero Energy Bldg — Minister for Nat. Dev. R&D Award 2011 (Dist. Award) – Team prize (June 2011)
• Overseas Attachment Program Fellowship (2006)
• The Enterprise Challenge (TEC) Awards — Public Service Division, PMO, Singapore (2004)
• Post-doctoral Fellowship funded by EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK)
  (1994)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• International and National Activities
  • International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ
    • Vice President (Research) (2012 — 2016)
    • Council Chair of 7 Scientific Technical Committees (STC) (2012 — 2016)
  • Board of Directors, World Society for Sustainable Energy Technologies, UK (On-going)
  • Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, International Journal of Low Carbon Technologies, UK
    (On-going)
  • Member of the Editorial Board of Open Environmental Engineering Journal (On-going)
  • External Reviewer of Research Grant Council (RGC) of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR (On-going)
  • External Reviewer of City University’s Applied Research Grant (ARG), Hong Kong SAR (On-going)
• Local Activities
  • Member of the BCA Academy Academic Panel (2014-2016)
  • Chairperson of the Board of Examiners for Specialist Diploma in M&E Co-ordination at BCA,
    Singapore (2012 — Present)
  • Member of Singapore Certified Energy manager Curriculum and Examination (SCEM C&E) Board
    (2009 — Present)
  • Validation Panel for the Diploma in Hotel and Leisure Facilities Management in the School of
    Architecture and the Built Environment of the Singapore Polytechnic (2 — 9 Dec 2010)
  • External Examiner, Ngee Ann Polytechnic (2003 — 2005) (Re-appointed to server another term
    from 2005 — 2007)
  • Member of the National Climate Change Committee — Building (2009 — Present)
  • Invited to participate in Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) “Classified” projects with major
    national significance (1997 — Present)
  • Technical Assessor for Indoor Air Quality Assessment for Singapore Laboratory Accreditation
    Scheme (SINGLAS) — Productivity and Standards Board (PSB), Singapore (1997 — Present)

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS STATISTICS:

• No. of Articles in International Refereed Journal: 63
• No. of Shorter Article in Journal: 2
• No. of International Conference Papers: 107
• No. of Local or Regional Conference Paper: 3
• No. of Local, Regional or International Seminar, Public Talk, Lecture: 4
• No. of Book/Monograph Authored: 1
• No. of Editorial Work on Book: 2

CITATIONS:

• Publications have been cited by others in more than 30 International Refereed Journals with a h-index of 17 (self-citations excluded)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

• Cheong, KWand HY T Lau, “Development and application of an indoor air quality audit to an air-conditioned tertiary institutional building in the tropics”. Building and Environment, 38, no. 4: 605-616, 2003.
• Cheong, K W, W. J. Yu, KW Tham, S C Sekhar and R. Kosonen, “A Study of Perceived Air Quality and Sick
  Building Syndrome in a Field Environment Chamber Served by Displacement Ventilation in the Tropics”. Building and Environment, 41, no. 11, 1530-1539, 2006.
• Cheong, K W, K W Tham, R Balasubramanian and Mano Kalaiarasan”*, “Vertical distribution of NO2 in an
  urban area: Exposure risk assessment in children”. International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2, no. 4, 2012.
• de Dear, R. J., T. Akimoto, E.A. Arens, G. Brager, C. Candide, K W Cheong, B. Li, N., Nishihara, S C Sekhar, S. Tanabe, J. Toftum, H. Zhang and Y. Zhu, “Progress in thermal comfort research over the last twenty years”. Indoor Air, 23, no. 6, 442-461, 2013.
• Cheong, K W and S Huang, “Performance evaluation of personalized ventilation with two types of air
  terminal devices coupled with displacement ventilation in a mock-up office”. HVAC&R Research,19, no. 8, 2013.

RESEARCH GRANTS:

• Total number of research projects: 26
• Total project value obtained: SGD 7,766,594.40 comprising, SGD 3,121,578.30 since 1998 (as principal investigator and co-investigator, SGD 4,645,016.10 (as collaborator)

SELECTED RESEARCH PROJECTS:

• Evaluation of performance of the newly developed enhanced displacement ventilation in office
  environment in the tropics. Academic Research Grant (NUS)
• Evaluation of displacement ventilation system in the tropics. Co-funded by BCA (52.8%) and Halton Oy
  Finland (47.2%)
• Evaluation of energy efficient personalized air units for enhanced ventilation in the tropics. Academic
  Research Grant (NUS)
• Modelling of the air quality and ventilation in indoor environment. Academic Research Grant (NUS)
  Experimental investigation of cooling load dynamics and user acceptability evaluation of under floor air
  distribution (UFAD) systems in hot and humid climate. Academic Research Grant (NUS)
• Zero energy sources and efficiency design towards a zero energy building at BCA Academy. Co-funded
  by NUS (40.3%) and External Funding (59.7%)
• Zero energy sources and efficiency design towards a zero energy building at BCA Academy. Co-funded
  by NUS (31.9%) and External Funding (68.1%)

LIST OF ADVISEES:

• PhD (Graduated) — Sup: Mano Kalaiarasan S/O Sellappa Ponnampalam (2011); Sun Weimeng (2011); Yu
  Weijiang (2007): and Priyadarsini R.M.T. (2005Project management & project finance)
• PhD TC Member: Wang Yi (On-going); Yang Junjing (2014): Sheikh Mahbub Alam (2013); Li Ruixin
  (2011); Fadeyi Moshood Olaw Ale (2009): Yang Bin (2009); Uma Maheswaran Cheyyar Ramanathan
  (2006); Song Jiafang (2007); Henry Cahyadi Willem (2006): Gong Nan (2006): and Henry Feriadi (2004)
• MSc(Graduated) — Sup: Huang Shuguang (2012); Li Qiaoyan (2011); Abhishek Gupta (2005); Kazi
  Sanjida Naher (2004); and Xie Yong Heng (2003)