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)