WILLIE TAN (DR)

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• BSc (Land Surveying) (First Class Hons and University Medal) (1984), University of Newcastle,
  Australia
• MSc (Estate Mgt) (1989), National University of Singapore (NUS)
•  PhD (Urban Planning) (1992), University of Sydney, Australia

EMPLOYMENT RECORDS:

• Senior Tutor (1986 – 1992), Lecturer (1993 – 1995), Senior Lecturer (1996 – 1997), NUS
•  Assistant Professor, NUS (1997 – 2000)
• Associate Professor, NUS (2001 – 2013)
• Professor, NUS (2014 – Present)

ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIPS:

• Head, Department of Building, NUS (2013 – 2019)
•  Vice Dean (Academic) School of Design & Environment, NUS (2006 – 2010)
• Member, Board of Undergraduate Studies, NUS (2006 – 2010)
• Member, University Committee for Education Policy (2006 – 2010)
• Program Director, MSc (Project Management) (2003 – 2013, 2019-)
• Co-Director, Center for Project Management & Construction Law (2005 – 2007)
• Brigade Intelligence Office, Singapore Armed Forces (2004 – 2006)

PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING ACTIVITIES:

• First Rotational Chair, International Project Management Education Union (2004 – 2005)
• Chair, Site Visit Panels to various universities in Pacific Asia for PMI’s Global Accreditation Center
•  Chief Judge, Building and Environment Industry Asia Awards (2015 – 2019)
• Expert Witness, High Court of Singapore (2016)
• Consultant, various corporations and governments

UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING:

• PF4305 Green Development
•  PF4209 Construction Business Enterprise

GRADUATE TEACHING

• PM 5105 Development Finance
• PM 5112 Research Methods

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Geomatic engineering
• Project finance
• Project management
• Urban management
• Editor, Journal of Spatial Science; World Scientific Series on the Built Environment
• Editorial Boards: International Journal of Project Management, Infrastructure Asset Management, etc

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

• Tan, W. (2021) Managing infrastructure projects. World Scientific.
• Shirowzhan, S., Tan, W. and Sepasgozar, S. (2020) Spatial big data, BIM and advanced construction for smart transformation. MDPI.
• Shirowzhan, S. Tan. W. and Sepasgozar, S. (2020) Digital twin and cyberGIS for improving connectivity and measuring the impact of infrastructure construction planning in smart cities. International Journal of Geo-information, 9(4), 1 – 11.
• Zhang, Y. and Tan, W. (2020) Demolition waste recycling in China: New evidence from a demolition project for highway development. Waste Management and Research, 38(6), 696 – 702.
• Tan, W. (2017) Research methods. World Scientific.
•  Tan, W. (2015) Perspectives on megaprojects. Construction Economics and Building, 15(3), 1 – 3.
• Tan, W. (2014) Sustainable financing of rail systems: The case of Singapore. Infrastructure Asset Management, 1(3), 1 – 7.
•  Tan, W. (2014) Optimization of engineering survey monitoring networks, in Xu HL and Wang XY (eds), Optimization and control methods in industrial engineering and construction. Springer, 69 – 84.
• Tan, W. (2014) Feasibility, design, and planning, in R Turner (ed) Gower Handbook of Project
  Management, Gower, 337 – 52.
• Tan, W (2007) Principles of project and infrastructure finance. Taylor and Francis.

AWARDS:

• Public Adminstration Medal (Bronze, 2019)
• NUS Outstanding Educator Award (2013)
• NUS Honor Roll (2013)
• University of Sydney Postgraduate Research Award (1989 – 1992)
• Singapore Government Overseas Undergraduate Scholarship (1981 – 1984)
• University Medal, University of Newcastle (1984)
•  Australian Photogrammetric Society Prize (1984)
• Board of Surveyors NSW Medal (1984