Professor
Kai Sin Wong
PhD, University of California, Berkeley, United States
Cluster:
Engineering
Profile
Biography
Dr Wong received his PhD degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1978. He practiced geotechnical engineering in California before joining NTI in 1984. He retired from NTU in 2010 and is currently teaching at SIT as well as actively participating in consultancy works. His areas of specialisation are deep excavation, building foundation, soil improvement, land reclamation, slope stability, ground settlement, site investigation, site characterisation, soil testing and soil-structure interaction problems.
SIT Appointments
- Professor–
Education
- PhDUniversity of California, Berkeley , United States
Achievements
- Outstanding Geotechnical Engineer
- Teacher of the Year
- Teacher of the Year
Professional Certification
- Specialist Accredited CheckerBCA, Singapore
- Specialist Professional Geotechnical EngineerPEB, Singapore
- Professional Engineer in Civil EngineeringPEB,Singapore
- Professional Civil EngineeringCalifornia, USA
Professional Memberships
- Geotechnical Society of Singapore– Present
- Institute of Engineers, Singapore–
Corporate Experience
- Technical Advisor to TYLin International, SingaporePresent
- Technical Advisor to JTC CorporationPresent
- Director, WKS Geotechnical ConsultantsPresent
- Technical Advisor to Land Transport Authority, SingaporePresent
- Member, Interview Panel for PE (Geo), AC (civil) and AC (Geo)Present
- Technical Advisor to Kiso-Jiban Consultants Ltd, SingaporePresent
- Technical Advisor to CPG Consultants Pte Ltd–
- Member, Compensation Board of LTA–
- Technical Advisor to Jurong Consultant Pte Ltd–
- Member of Technical Expert Panel, Building Control Authority, Singapore–
- Technical Advisor to Parsons Brinckerhoff Pte Ltd / WSP–
- Member of Panel of Expert Advisors to Land Transport Authority, Singapore–
- Chairman, Division of Geotechnical Div., Institution of Engineers, Singapore–
- Director, NTU-PWD Geotechnical Research Centre, NTU, Singapore–