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Principal Investigators at MIT and Collaborators in Singapore:

MIT	Singapore
Andrew J. Whittle: Lead PI E. Eric Adams George Barbastathis Elfatih A. B. Eltahir Dara Entekhabi Charles F. Harvey V. Judson Harward Harold F. Hemond Franz S. Hover John Leonard Steven R. Lerman Ole S. Madsen Leslie Norford Nicholas M. Patrikalakis Paola Rizzoli Peter Shanahan Michael S. Triantafyllou	Adams, Martin David Chan, Eng Soon Cheong, Hin Fatt Chitre, Mandar A. Chua, Hock Chye Lloyd Koh, Tieh-Yong Law, Wing-Keung Adrian Lim, Hock Beng Lo, Yat-Man Edmond Miao, Jianmin Mueller-Wittig, Karl Wolfgang Roth, Matthias Seah, Harry Shuy, Eng Ban Wijesoma, Wijerupage Sardha Wittkopf, Stephen K. Wong, Nyuk Hien

Senior Staff and Postdocs:

MIT	Singapore
Research Scientists: Wonjoon Cho Lewis Girod Research Associates: Jun Wei Postdoctoral Associates: Sai Ravela Alfred Tan ... to be added ...	Program Manager: David Burke Research Engineers: Chee Wee Tan Ruoqian Wang Postdoctoral Associates: Tirtha Bandyopadhyay Alex Cobb Peifeng Ma Ami Preis ... to be added ...

Graduate Students:

MIT	Singapore
Charlie Ambler Julie Chalfant Jose A. Dominguez-Caballero Vicente Fernandez Terianne Hall Stephen Hou Satoshi Takahashi Laura Waller ... to be added ...	Rebecca Gianotti Kam Shing Leung Rebecca Neumann ... to be added ...

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Wong, Nyuk Hien

Associate Professor
Department of Building, School of Design and Environment
National University of Singapore
4 Architecture Drive, Singapore 117566
Tel: (65)6516-3423, Fax:(65)775-5502, E-mail: bdgwnh@nus.edu.sg

Academic Preparation:

• B.Sc (Bldg) (Hons) (1985), National University of Singapore
• M.Sc (1991), National University of Singapore
• Ph.D. (1998), Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh USA

Appointments:

• Lecturer, Ngee Ann Polytechnic (1985 - 1993)
• Senior Tutor, NUS (1993 - 1998)
• Assistant Professor, NUS (1998 - 2004)
• Associate Professor, NUS Singapore (2005 - present)
• Deputy Head (Research), Department of Building (2008-present)
• Deputy Head (Academic), Department of Building (2006 ? 2007)
• Program Director, M.Sc (Building Science) (2004 ?2007)
• Course Leader, Part Time Programme in:
• Bachelor of Building (Construction Management) (1998 - 2000)
• Bachelor of Building (Construction Economics) (1998 - 2000)

Honors:

• Local Merit Scholarship, PSC, Singapore, 1982 - 1985
• Building Science Gold Medal, NUS, 1991
• Oversea Graduate Scholarship, NUS 1993 - 1998
• NUS Excellent Teachers award, 2001/2002
• NUS Excellent Teachers award, 2003/2004
• Teaching Honours List, 2003/2004, SDE 2003/2004
• NUS Excellent Teachers award, 2004/2005

Four Recent Publications:

• Wong, N H, S. Kardinal, A.A. La Win, H.K Thu, T.S. Negara and X.C. Wu, "Environmental Study of the Impact of Greenery in an Institutional Campus in the Tropics". Building and Environment 42 (2007), 2949-2970
• Wang, L.P., N H Wong and S Li, "Facade design optimization for naturally ventilated residential buildings in Singapore". Energy and Buildings,39 (2007): 954-961
• Kardinal Jusuf, Steve and N H Wong, "The influence of Land Use on the Urban Heat Island of Singapore". Habitat International, 31 (2007): 232-242
• Y. Chen and N. H. Wong, Thermal Benefits of City Parks. Energy and Buildings 38, 105-120

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