WONG, NYUK HIEN (DR)

Professor

Department of the Built Environment, College of Design and Engineering

PhD (Building Performance and Diagnostics) Carnegie Mellon University, MSc(Building Science) NUS, BSc(Building)(Hons), NUS

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

  • BSc (Building)(Hons, 2nd Upper), National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • MSc (Building Science), National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • PhD (Building Performance and Diagnostics), Carnegie Mellon University, USA

EMPLOYMENT RECORD:

  • Senior Tutor (1993 – 1998)
  • Assistant Professor (1998 — 2004)
  • Associate Professor (2005 — 2011)
  • Professor (2011 — Present)

ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP:

  • Vice Dean (Research), School of Design and Environment (2016 – Present)
  • Deputy Head (Academic), Department of Building (2013 — 2016)
  • Programme Director, B.Sc (PFM), Department of Building (2011 — 2013)
  • Deputy Head (Research), Department of Building (2007 — 2009)
  • Deputy Head (Academic), Department of Building (2006 — 2007)
  • Program Director, Master of Science (Building Science), Department of Building (2004 — 2007)
  • Course Leader, Part Time Programme in Bachelor of Building (Construction Management) and Bachelor of Building (Construction Economics), Department of Building (1998 – 2000)

PROFESSIONAL/CONSULTING ACTIVITIES:

  • Chairman of Green Mark Subcommittee on Natural Ventilation Simulation, appointed by BCA (September 2009 — Present)
  • Chairman of the CFD specialist committee for non-residential buildings, Green Mark Development of Building and Construction Authority (2013 — Present)
  • Appointed as Board Director of BCA Centre for Sustainable Buildings Ltd (1 April 2016 to 31 March 2019)
  • Programme External Examiner for the Bachelor of Science (Facilities and Events Management), SIM university (July 2014 — Present)
  • Specialist consultants to industry and government agencies on Urban Heat Island study and mitigation measures

UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING:

  • PF4305 Green Development

GRADUATE TEACHING:

  • BPS$5221 Microclimate Design

RESEARCH INTEREST:

  • Urban Heat Island and the mitigation measures
  • Outdoor Thermal Comfort and Indoor Thermal Comfort for Naturally Ventilated spaces
  • Thermal Performance of Fagade for Non Air conditioned buildings
  • Thermal Performance of Urban Greenery including Green Roofs and Vertical Green Walls
  • Climate Change and the impact on Built Environment

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

  • Tong S; Wong NH; Jusuf SK; Tan CL; Wong HF; Ignatius M:; Tan E (2018), Study on correlation
    between air temperature and urban morphology parameters in built environment in northern China,
    Building and Environment Vol. 127 pp. 239 – 249
  • Zheng K; Ichinose M; Wong NH (2018), Parametric study on the cooling effects from dry mists in a
    controlled environment, Building and Environment Vol. 141 pp. 61 – 70
  • Lim TK; Ignatius M; Miguel M: Wong NH; Juang HMH (2017), Multi-scale urban system modeling for
    sustainable planning and design, Energy and Buildings Vol. 157 pp. 78 – 91
  • Wong, NH, “Grand Challenges in Sustainable Design and Construction”. Frontiers in Built Environment, (2015).
  • Yang, w, NH Wong and C Li, “Effect of Street Design on Outdoor Thermal Comfort in an Urban Street in
    Singapore”. Journal of Urban Planning and Development -ASCE,10, no. 1061(2015).

AWARDS:
ACADEMIC AWARDS

  • Local Merit Scholarship, Public Service Commission, Singapore (1982 — 1985)
  • Building Science Gold Medal, National University of Singapore (1991)
  • Oversea Graduate Scholarship, National University of Singapore (1993 -1998)
  • NUS Excellent Teachers award (2001/2002, 2004/2005, 2006/2007, 2014/2015, 2015/2016)
  • NUS Teaching Honour Roll (2008)

RESEARCH AWARDS

  • Hong Kong Institute of Architects Special Architectural Research Awards in 2005 (team)
  • Grand Award from Professional Green Building Council (PGBC) in 2006 (team)
  • Best Paper Award, iNTA (International Network for Tropical Architecture) -SEGA 2009 Conference,
    Building Innovation, Technology and Tradition, 2 – 4 Dec 2009, Kasetrat University, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Distinguished award, MND Research and Development Award 2013 for the HDB My Waterway@ Punggol (team)
  • Zero Energy Building – Minister for National Development’s R&D Award 2011 (Distinguished Award) (team)
  • National R&D Award (For Zero-Energy Building) (team)
  • Research Study Project Merit Award, Green Building Award 2010, HKGBC (team)
  • Engineering Achievement Award (For Zero-Energy Building) 2010 (team)
  • Zero Energy Building, IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Awards, 2010 (team)