CHEW LUP WAI (Dr)

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Doctor of Philosophy, 2019 (Airflow Modelling in Built Environments), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusettes Institute of Technology (MIT)
• Master of Science, 2017 (Airflow Modelling in Built Environment), Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT
• Bachelor of Engineering, First Class Honors, 2011, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Univerity of Singapore (NUS)

EMPLOYMENT RECORDS:

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford
  University (2020 – 2021)
• Postdoctoral Associate, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (2019)
•  Teaching Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT (2019)
• Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT (2015 – 2019)
•  Research Engineer, Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR (2014 – 2015)

PROFESSIONAL/CONSULTING ACTIVITIES

• Invited Lecturer, Course 2.29 Numerical Fluid Mechanics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT (2018-present)

TEACHING:

• Research methods
• Fluid mechanics
• Heat transfer

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Airflows in built environments
• Natural ventilation in buildings
• Urban heat island and mitigation

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

• Chew, L. W., Liu, X., Li, X. X., & Norford, L. K. (2021). Interaction between heat wave and urban heat
  island: A case study in a tropical coastal city, Singapore. Atmospheric Research, 247, 105134.
• Chew, L. W., Chen, C., & Gorlé. C. (2021). CFD-Based Analysis of the Discharge Coefficient for BuoyancyDriven Ventilation in a Full-Scale Operational Building. Building Simulation 2021 Conference. International Building Performance Simulation Association.
• Chew, L. W., & Norford, L. K. (2019). Pedestrian-level wind speed enhancement with void decks in threedimensional urban street canyons. Building and Environment, 155, 399.
• Chew, L. W., Aliabadi, A. A., & Norford, L. K. (2019). Airflows in narrow street canyons: single or double vortex? Proceedings of the 2019 CSME International Congress. Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering.
• Chew, L. W., Glicksman, L. R., & Norford, L. K. (2018). Buoyant flows in street canyons: Comparison of RANS and LES at reduced and full scales. Building and Environment, 146, 77.
• Chew, L. W., & Norford, L. K. (2018). Pedestrian-level wind speed enhancement in urban street canyons with void decks. Building and Environment, 146, 64.
• Chew, L. W., Aliabadi, A. A., & Norford, L. K. (2018). Flows across high aspect ratio street canyons: Reynolds number independence revisited. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 18, 1275.
• Chew, L. W., Nazarian, N., & Norford, L. (2017). Pedestrian-level urban wind flow enhancement with wind catchers. Atmosphere, 8(9), 159.

AWARDS:

• Highly-Cited Paper (top 1%) on Web of Science: Chew et al. (2021) Atmospheric Research, 247, 105134
• NUS Overseas Postdoctoral Fellowship (2020 – 2021)
• MIT Graduate Association of Mechanical Engineers Service Award (2017)
• NUS Valedictorian, Mechanical Engineering (2011)
• NUS Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal (2011)
•  NUS Dean’s List (all semesters in NUS, 2007 – 2011)