Biography

K.K. Ang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the National University of Singapore. He received his B.Eng degree from the University of Singapore, M.Eng from the National University of Singapore and PhD from the University of New South Wales, Australia. He has been a staff member of the Department of Civil Engineering at the National University of Singapore since March 1987.

Professor Ang is actively involved in the use of IT for enhanced teaching and learning, and is presently the Director of the Centre for IT and Applications (CITA Engineering) at the Faculty of Engineering. He was the first recipient of the inaugural NUS Teaching Excellence Award for Use of IT in Teaching and the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award for Innovative Teaching in 1998. He also received the Department of Civil Engineering Teaching Commendation Awards in 1997/98 and 1998/99.

Professor Ang has taught courses in Computing, Structural Mechanics, Structural Steel Design, Structural Analysis and Finite Element Methods. His research interests include structural stability and vibration, shape and vibration control of smart adaptive structures, analysis and design of very large floating structures, computational mechanics, finite element method and meshless methods, and have published about 60 technical papers in these areas in various international journals and conferences. He won the IES/IStructE Best Structural Paper Award in 1994 for his work on development of buckling formulas and design charts for straight members and plates.

Professor Ang has been involved in the organizations of various international conferences. He was the Honorary Secretary of the 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Computational Mechanics held in Singapore in December 1999 and is currently the Honorary Secretary of the 2nd International Conference on Structural Stability and Dynamics to be held in Singapore in December 2002.

Professor Ang is a Singapore registered professional engineer since 1991 and has been involved in consulting jobs for the local industries. He is also a member of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore, and is currently serving as an elected council member of the Singapore Structural Steel Society. His hobbies are playing with computers, traveling and watching movies.

Qualifications

• BEng (1st Class), University of Singapore, Singapore, 1977
• MEng, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 1980
• PhD, The University of New South Wales, Australia, 1987
• PEng, Professional Engineers Board, Singapore, 1991

Honours & Awards

• T H Chuah Silver Medal, 1977
• IES Gold Medal, 1977
• IES/IStructE Best Structural Paper Award, 1993
• Teaching Excellence Award for use of IT in Teaching, 1998

Professional Activities

• Member of Institution of Engineers Singapore
• Elected Council Member of Singapore Structural Steel Society
• Honorary Secretary of the 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Computational Mechanics 1999

Teaching areas

• Computing
• Structural Mechanics
• Structural Analysis
• Structural Steel Design
• Finite Element Method

Research Interest

• Structural Stability and Vibration
• Composite Structures
• Computational Mechanics
• Finite Element Method
• Smart and Adaptive Structures

Selected Publications

1. Balendra, T, K K Ang, P Paramasivam and S L Lee, Seismic design of flexible cylindrical liquid storage tanks. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 10 (1982) : 477 – 496.
2. Ang, K K and S Valliappan, Mesh grading technique using modified iso-parametric shape functions and its application to wave propagation problems. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 23 (1986) : 331 – 348.
3. Ang, K K and S Valliappan, Pseudo-plane strain analysis of wave propagation problems arising from detonations of explosives in cylindrical boreholes. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 12 (1988) : 301 – 322.
4. Valliappan, S and K K Ang, Eta method of numerical integration. Computational Mechanics, 5 (1989) : 321 – 336.
5. Ang, K K and C M Wang, Shear-flexural buckling of columns. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, 115, no. 8 (1989) : 1840 – 1842.
6. Wang, C M, K K Ang and S T Quek, Stability formulae for shear-wall frame structures. Building and Environment, 26, no. 2 (1991) : 217 –222.
7. Wang, C M, L Wang, K K Ang and K M Liew, Optimisation of internal line support positions for plates against vibration. Mechanics of Structures and Machines, 21, no. 4 (1993) : 429 – 454.
8. Quek, S T, K K Ang, S L Ong and J G Tan, Reliability of domestic waste biofilm reactors. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 121, no. 11 (1995) : 785 – 790.
9. Koh, C G, K K Ang and R Xu, An eigen-force method for finite element analysis and reanalysis. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 40, no. 5 (1997) : 777 – 796.
10. Koh, C G, K K Ang and L Zhang, Effects of repeated loading on creep deflection of reinforced concrete beams. Engineering Structures, 19, no. 1 (1997) : 2 – 18.