CE Commencement, 12 July 2008

KK Phoon celebrates with CE class of 2008!!

PHOON Kok Kwang

方国光

Editor-in-chief Georisk

Director, CSGE

Associate Professor

Department of Civil Engineering
National University of Singapore

E1A-07-14
Blk E1A, #07-03, 1 Engineering Drive 2
Singapore 117576
Tel: (65) 6516 6783

Fax: (65) 6779-1635
Email: cvepkk@nus.edu.sg

International Journal of Georisk (Taylor & Francis)

Centre for Soft Ground Engineering

Georisk & Reliability website & forum

Geotechnical Safety Network

¬ [photograph courtesy of Seow Poh Hoon]

KK Phoon is Director, Centre for Soft Ground Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore. His current research interests include reliability-based foundation design, simulation of random processes, iterative finite element solution of 3D soil-structure problems, and seepage in unsaturated porous media. KK Phoon is the chair of the ASCE Geo-Institute technical committee on Risk Assessment and Management, Scientific Advisor to the International Centre for Geohazards (ICG), and member of the Board of Directors in Civil Engineering Risk and Reliability Association (CERRA).  He has participated actively on various editorial boards, conference advisory committees, and conference organization.  He has presented in 50 cities and 21 countries. He received the 2005 ASCE Norman medal for reliability-based design. The Norman medal is the oldest and most prestigious award bestowed upon "the author or authors of a paper that is judged worthy of special commendation for its merit as a contribution to engineering science."  KK Phoon is the founding editor-in-chief of Georisk, an international journal dedicated to Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards.  He was elected as Fellow of ASCE in June 2008.

• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.), Singapore
• Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers
• Senior Member, Institution of Engineers Singapore
• PhD, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (USA)
• BEng, MEng, National University of Singapore

• Associate Professor, National University of Singapore (current)

• Visiting Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Florence (Italy)

• Visiting Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway)

• Guest Researcher, International Center for Geohazards, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (Norway)

• Visiting Professor, Dept of Engineering Mathematics, Dalhousie University (Canada)

• Visiting Scientist, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University (Japan)

• Senior tutor, Lecturer, Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore

• Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) - "in recognition as a leader in the civil and related engineering professions, as someone who has attained this distinction and has made an ongoing commitment to - and to supporting ASCE's leadership in the profession"
• Committee of the Year Award, 2008, Geo-Institute of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) [as Chair of Risk Assessment and Management Committee] - "in recognition of their distinguished service to the Geo-Institute"
• Hogentogler Award, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), 2007 - "presented to the author of an ASTM paper of outstanding merit on soil or rock. It recognizes meritorious effort and it is the most prestigious technical award given by ASTM Committee D18"
• Editorial Board Member Exemplary Award, Geo-Institute of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2007 - "to recognize exemplary service in the capacity as an Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering"
• Norman Medal, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2005 - "oldest and most prestigious award bestowed upon the author or authors of a paper that is judged worthy of special commendation for its merit as a contribution to engineering science."
• Highly commendable paper award, Eighth International Conference on Inspection, Appraisal, Repairs & Maintenance of Structures, 2003 - "for delivering a highly commendable paper at Eighth IARMS"
• Chair of Executive Board, Geotechnical Safety Network, 2007 - 2009
• Scientific Council of Inter-Polytechnic Doctoral School (Politecnico di Torino, Politecnico di Bari and Politecnico di Milano), Italy, 2007 -
• Founding editor-in-chief, Georisk, Taylor & Francis, 2007 -
• Keynote speaker for GeoCongress: Geotechnical Engineering in the Information Technology Age, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Atlanta, Feb 26 - Mar 1, 2006.
• International Scientific Advisor, International Center for Geohazards, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Norway, 2004 -
• Board of Directors in Civil Engineering Risk and Reliability Association (CERRA), 2003 -
• Teaching Excellence Awards (1997/1998, 1999/2000, 2002/2003, 2003/2004, 2006/2007)
• Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES) Gold Medal, 1987

• Editor-in-chief, Georisk (Taylor & Francis)
• Overseas Corresponding Member, Geotechnique Advisory Panel (Thomas Telford)
• Advisory Board Member, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics (John Wiley & Sons)
• Associate Editor, Canadian Geotechnical Journal (NRC)
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ASCE)
• Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories (ISSMGE)
• Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Reliability and Safety (Inderscience)
• Director, Centre for Soft Ground Engineering, National University of Singapore
• Chair, Technical Committee on Risk Assessment & Management, Geo-Institute ASCE, 2003-2009
• Core member of ISSMGE TC23: Limit state design in geotechnical engineering practice, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
• Core member of ISSMGE TC32: Engineering practice of risk assessment and management, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
• Secretary of ISSMGE TC39: Geotechnical Engineering for Coastal Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
• Core member of ISSMGE TC40: Forensic Geotechnical Engineering, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
• Core member of JTC2: Representation of Geo-Engineering Data in Electronic Form, Joint Technical Committee of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment, and International Society for Rock Mechanics

• Scientific Advisory Board, 2nd International Conference on Computational Methods in Tunnelling (EURO:TUN 2009), 9-11 September, 2009, Bochum, Germany

• International Scientific Committee, International Workshop on Reliability Engineering and Risk Management (IWRERM’08), 21-23 Aug 2008, Shanghai, China

• International Scientific Committee, 10th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability, 13-17 September 2009, Osaka, Japan

• International Advisory Committee, 12th International Conference of IACMAG (International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics), 1-6 October 2008, Goa, India

• International Organizing Committee, 4th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials, 22-24 September 2008, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

• Foundation Engineering
• Reliability and Decision Analysis
• Analytical & Numerical Methods in Foundation Engineering
• Earth-Retaining Structures
• Analysis of Civil Engineering Experiments

• Guest Lectures: Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University (Japan); Nagoya University (Japan); Université de Moncton (New Brunswick); Université Laval (Québec); Memorial University (Newfoundland); Dalhousie University (Halifax); University of Oslo (Oslo); Korean Geotechnical Society (Seoul); Kookmin University (Seoul); Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (Oslo); Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim); University of Florence (Italy); University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA); Shanghai Jiaotong University (China); Tongji University (China); University of Kansas (USA); National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan); National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan); Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic); University of Ostrava (Czech Republic); Trinity College Dublin (Ireland); Huazhong University of Science & Technology (China); Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics (China), City University of Hong Kong

• Risk assessment and management of geohazards

• Reliability-based foundation design

• Stochastic simulation

• Krylov subspace iterative solvers for very large 3-D soil-interaction problems

• Seepage in unsaturated porous media

1. Chen X., Toh, K. C. & Phoon, K. K., “A Modified SSOR Preconditioner for Sparse Symmetric Indefinite Linear Systems of Equations”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 65(6), Feb 2006, 785-807.

2. Phoon K. K., “Modeling and Simulation of Stochastic Data”, GeoCongress, ASCE, Atlanta, Feb 26 – Mar 1, 2006. Keynote paper

3. Li, L. B., Phoon, K. K. & Quek, S. T., “Simulation of Non-translation Processes Using Non-Gaussian Karhunen-Loeve Expansion”, Computers and Structures, 85(5-6), Mar 2007, 264–276. Invited paper for special issue - "Computational Stochastic Mechanics"

4. Chen X., Phoon, K. K. & Toh, K. C., “Partitioned Versus Global Krylov Subspace Iterative Methods for FE Solution of 3-D Biot's Problem”, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 196(25-28), May 2007, 2737–2750.

5. Phoon, K. K., Tan, T. S. & Chong, P. C., “Numerical Simulation of Richards Equation in Partially Saturated Porous Media: Under-relaxation and Mass balance”, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 25(5), Oct 2007, 525 – 541.

6. Low, H. E., Phoon, K. K., Tan, T. S., and Leroueil, S., “Effect of Soil Microstructure on the Compressibility of Natural Singapore Marine Clay”, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Feb 2008, 45(2), 161-176.

7. Toh, K. C. & Phoon, K. K., “Comparison Between Iterative Solution of Symmetric and Non-symmetric Forms of Biot’s FEM Equations Using the Generalized Jacobi Preconditioner”, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 32(9), June 2008, 1131-1146.

8. Cheng, Y. G., Phoon, K. K. & Tan, T. S., “Unsaturated Soil Seepage Analysis Using a Rational Transformation Method with Under-relaxation, International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 8(3), May/June 2008, 207-212.

9. Phoon K. K., "Numerical recipes for reliability analysis – a primer", Chapter 1 of Reliability-Based Design in Geotechnical Engineering: Computations and Applications, Taylor & Francis, 2008.

10. Phoon K. K. & Kulhawy, F. H., "Serviceability limit state reliability-based design", Chapter 9 of Reliability-Based Design in Geotechnical Engineering: Computations and Applications, Taylor & Francis, 2008.

    

Editorial works

1. Phoon K. K. (Editor), Reliability-Based Design in Geotechnical Engineering: Computations and Applications, Taylor & Francis, 2008,  544 p. (ISBN 978-0-415-39630-1)

2. Phoon, K. K., Fenton, G. A., Glynn, E. F., Juang, C. H., Griffiths, D. V., Wolff, T. F. & Zhang, L. M. (Editors), Probabilistic Applications in Geotechnical Engineering, Geotechnical Special Publications 170, ASCE, Reston, 2007.

3. Tan, T. S., Phoon, K. K., Hight, D. W. & Leroueil, S. (Editors), Proceedings, Characterisation and Engineering Properties of Natural Soils, Taylor & Francis, 2006, Vols. 3 and 4, 1252 p. (ISBN 9780415426916)

4. Lin, M. L., Chin, C. T., Lin, H. D., Honjo, Y. & Phoon, K. K., Proceedings, International Symposium on New Generation Design Codes for Geotechnical Engineering Practice (TAIPEI 2006), World Scientific, 2006, 544 p. (ISBN 981-270-382-9)

5. Parsons, R. L., Zhang, L. M., Guo, W. D., Phoon, K. K. & Yang, M. (Editors), Foundation Analysis and Design: Innovative Methods, Geotechnical Special Publications 153, ASCE, Reston, 2005.

6. Chu J, Phoon, K. K. & Yong, K. Y. (Editors), International Conference for Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation, World Scientific, 2005, 612 p. (ISBN 981-256-469-1)

7. Wardani, S. P. R., Phoon, K. K. & S. A. Tan (Editors), Third International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering – Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Prevention & Rehabilitation, Semarang , Indonesia, 3 - 4 August 2005, 589 p.

8. Anderson, J. B., Phoon, K. K., Smith, E. & Loehr, J. E. (Editors), Contemporary Issues in Foundation Engineering, Geotechnical Special Publications 131, ASCE, Reston, 2005 (CDROM).

9. Sivakumar Babu, G. L. & Phoon, K. K.. (Editors), Risk Assessment in Site Characterization and Geotechnical Design, 2004, 282 p.

10. Liong S. Y., Phoon K. K., Babovic V. (Editors), Sixth International Conference on Hydroinformatics, World Scientific 2004, Vols. 1 & 2., 2004 p. (with CDROM) (ISBN: Full set 981-238-787-0)

11. Phoon K. K., Honjo, Y. & Gilbert, G. B. (Editors), International Workshop on Limit State Design in Geotechnical Engineering Practice (LSD2003), World Scientific 2003 (with CDROM), 54 p. (ISBN: 981-238-784-6)

12. Leung, C. F., Phoon K. K., Chow, Y. K., Yong, K. Y. & Teh, C. I. (Editors), Twelfth Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, World Scientific 2003, Vols. 1 & 2., 1588 p. (with CDROM) (ISBN: Full set 981-238-559-2)

13. Tan, T. S., Phoon, K. K., Hight, D. W. & Leroueil, S. (Editors), Characterisation and Engineering Properties of Natural Soils, Balkema, 2003, Vols. 1 & 2, 1531 p. (ISBN: Vol. 1 90-5809-538-X, Vol. 2 90-5809-539-8, Full set 90-5809-537-1)

14. Leung, C. F., Tan, S. A. & Phoon, K. K. (Editors), Fifth International Symposium on Field Measurements in Geomechanics, Balkema, 1999, 610 p. (ISBN: 90-5809-066-3)

15. Tan, T. S., Chew, S. H., Phoon, K. K. & Ng, T. G. (Editors), Third Asian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, 1997, 671 p. (ISBN: 9971-88-563-8)