Executive Council
A/P Kenneth Paul Tan (Chair)
A/P Johan Geertsema (Vice Chair)
A/P Alice Christudason
Prof Farooq Shamsuzzaman
A/P Victor Tan
A/P Erle Lim Chuen Hian
Prof Bernard Tan Cheng Yian
A/P Laksh Samavedham

Fellows
Prof A Kumaralingam
A/P Phil Chan Aik Hui
A/P Chan Wai Meng
Mr Cheah Kok Ming
A/P Teofilo C Daquila
A/P Goh Say Song
Prof Matthew Gwee Choon Eng
A/P Hooi Shing Chuan
Prof Andy Hor Tzi Sum
Prof Alex Ip Yuen Kwong
A/P K Rajendran
A/P Ashwin M Khambadkone
Prof Koh Khee Meng
Dr Adrian Michael Lee
Dr Lee Kooi Cheng
A/P Joel Lee Tye Beng
A/P Cecilia Lim
A/P Lim Lum Peng
Dr Lo Mun Hou
A/P Narayanan Ganapathy
A/P Joseph Ooi Thian Leong
Prof Seah Kar Heng
Dr Soo Yuen Jien
A/P Sow Chorng Haur
Prof Jochen Wirtz
A/P Yap Von Bing
Prof Zhou Weibiao

Professor Tan Thiam Soon

Council Member

"My hope for the Academy is that it will act as a catalyst, inspiring all our colleagues to strive for excellence as educators. Our goal is to ensure that our students leave us knowing they have experienced a great education."

Biodata

Professor TAN THIAM SOON graduated from University of Canterbury (New Zealand) with a BEng (1st Class Hons) in 1979, and subsequently obtained his MS (1982) and PhD (1985) from California Institute of Technology. He joined the Department of Civil Engineering in 1986.

Professor Tan Thiam Soon is Vice Provost (Education) at the National University of Singapore. He assists the Provost in setting educational directions and policies for the University, in ensuring high academic standards, and in education quality assurance. He has oversight of the Registrar's Office, Office of Admissions and Office of Student Affairs. He was Dean of Admissions from 2005 to 2007. Developing broad knowledge of NUS' undergraduate educational policies, programmes and initiatives across the University, he has also previously served in Faculty as well as University-level roles. As Engineering Vice-Dean for Undergraduate Programmes, Prof Tan helped shape the engineering curriculum, including the launch of the Bachelor of Engineering (Materials Science and Engineering) and the double degree with Bachelor of Science (Physics). He was a member of the University Curriculum Committee/University Committee on Education Policy and the General Education Modules (GEM) Steering Committee, contributing to developing initiatives such as the implementation of GEMs and the University Curriculum Structure.

Professor Tan’s main areas of research interest are deep excavation, soil improvement, land reclamation and soil characterisation . He has given invited or keynote lectures at a number of international conferences and received the ASTM’s C.A. Hogentogler Award for 2007, the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 2008 and the Best Research Paper Award 2008 from the Japanese Geotechnical Society. Professor Tan is a registered Professional Engineer (Geotechnical) in Singapore and has been involved in numerous consulting jobs in Singapore concerning deep excavation, land reclamation and other geotechnical problems.