University of Houston
USA
Dr. Abdeldjelil Belarbi is Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Professor Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Houston. Prior to joining the University of Houston in 2009, he was a Distinguished Professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology. During his career he taught more than fifteen different undergraduate and graduate courses on subjects related to civil and structural engineering. He is actively engaged in a broad spectrum of structural and infrastructure engineering research areas both at the fundamental level and applied approach. His primary research contributions focuses on the constitutive modeling, analytical, and experimental investigations of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures. Under his seven-year leadership as Chair of ASCE-SEI/ACI 445 Committee and his membership in ACI-318E, he took on the task of developing the one-way shear design procedures that were included in ACI318-19 code version. His recent research projects led to the development of three AASHTO-LRFD design, materials and construction specifications for the use of FRP and stainless-steel prestressing and auxiliary reinforcement in bridge design, which will be the subject of this talk at this conference. Dr. Belarbi has served as principal investigator or co-investigator on numerous research projects and has published over 260 technical papers and reports and had supervised over 55 MSCE theses and PhD dissertations. Dr. Belarbi is a Fellow of ASCE, ACI, SEI, and IIFC. He is also very active (member and/or Chair) on several national technical committees within ACI, PCI, ASCE, and TRB. Dr. Belarbi is the recipient of numerous awards and honors including the 1995 Outstanding Paper Award of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (Earthquake Spectra Journal), the 2003 Honorable Mention for Outstanding paper from the Masonry Society, and the 2024 Best Experimental Paper Award, 16th FRPRCS International Symposium. Among other national awards, Dr. Belarbi is the recipient of the 2024 Distinguished Alumnus awards from the University of Houston, the Missouri Governor's award for excellence in teaching, and the James M. Robbins Excellence in Teaching National Award. In 2009 he was inducted as an Honorary Member of Chi Epsilon, the Honor Society of Civil Engineering. He is also the recipient of the 2011 ACI Joe W. Kelly Award. More recently, he received the 2019 nVent Lenton Award in recognition of outstanding contributions to the ACI 318-19 building code and the 2022 ACI Delma Bloem Award. He recently received the Scientist Medal Award from the International Association of Advanced Materials.
Nationall University of Singapore
Singapore
Er. Dr. Kong Kian Hau is a Senior Lecturer at the Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE), College of Design & Engineering (CDE) at National University of Singapore (NUS). Dr. Kong graduated with a Bachelor in Civil Engineering with First Class Honors and a PhD in Structural Engineering from NUS in 2004. He was awarded the NUS President Graduate Fellowship during his PhD work in area of seismic engineering. In his Post Doctoral Research, Dr. Kong has also worked on areas of Advance Concrete Technology to create sustainable and high-performance concrete in Oil Well Cements and Self-Healing Concrete as Principal Investigator. He is currently the Co-Principal Investigator the HTX-NUS R&D on "Development of Design Guidelines for Precast Concrete Structures against Progressive Collapse". In the C&S industry, Dr. Kong has more than 15 years of experience as a practicing qualified engineer in Buildings & Infrastructure Projects (including Bridges). He is Chartered Structural Engineer from Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), International Professional Engineer (UK) from Engineering Council and is a Professional Engineer (CIVIL) registered with the Professional Engineers Board of Singapore (PEB). He was involved as Design & Project Engineer supporting the Accredited Checker (AC) at ECAS Consultants Pte. Ltd. and contributed to several completed Bridge Projects in Singapore notably in "Development of 2 Bridges for Road Access at Tuas View Basin at Tuas South Avenue 9 & Tuas South Lane (Permanent Routes 2 & 3)" comprising 76 m main bridge span, 45 m approach structure, 140 m ramp structure, 14 m carriage width, LTA Projects on: "Flyover from Seletar West Link to Seletar Expressway", "Works at Slip Road from Pan Island Expressway to Airport Boulevard" and "New road connections to Seletar Link & widening of Tampines Expressway between Jalan Kayu & Punggol West Flyovers". He also worked on Infrastructures related LTA Projects in "New Road between MacRitchie Viaduct & Adam Flyover", "Widening of Clementi Road & improvement to Commonwealth Avenue West" and "Construction of Flyover & Drains from Mediapolis at One North to Portsdown Avenue & Ayer Rajah Expressway". Since 2018 to present, Er. Dr. Kong also is one of the Co-Lecturers for several Bridge Design Project Courses at CEE, NUS for example Eco-Bridge at Bidadari Park, Vehicular Bridge at Tanah Merah Coast Road and Pedestrian Overhead Bridge at Tampines Avenue. Since 2022, Dr. Kong has also served as Member of Working Group (WG) for development of SS EN 13670:2022 & SS EN 13791:2024 and review of SS 544, SS EN 206 and SS EN 12620. More details of Dr. Kong's CV is in https://cde.nus.edu.sg/cee/staff/kong-kian-hau/
Nagasaki University
Japan
Prof. Shozo Nakamura received his Diploma of Engineering in 1986 and his Master of Engineering in 1988 from Kyushu University. Then, he joined Kawasaki Steel Corporation in 1988 and worked for 11 years mainly as a research engineer. During the period, he received his Doctor of Engineering in 1995 from Kyushu University. He moved to Nagasaki University as an associate professor in 1999 and promoted to a professor in 2010. In the university, he served as a vice president in 2019-2020 and a vice dean in 2017-2018 and 2024-2025. His main area of expertise is 'steel structures'. He has been conducting various research projects on their design and maintenance. He won the Encouragement Award for Papers from Japanese Society of Steel Construction (JSSC), Innovative Technique Award of western branch and Civil Engineering Informatics Paper Award from Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE), and BEI-2024 Best Paper Award. He is a member of International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, JSCE, JSSC and Japan Society of Corrosion Engineering. In JSCE, he is currently the Chair of the Structural Engineering Committee. Recently, he was elected president of Kyushu Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering.
SC Consulting
Singapore
Er. Tan has received Outstanding Design Awards from ACES for the SAFTI Link Bridge and Telok Blangah Viaduct (Phase I), and Innovative Design Merit Awards from ACES for the Esplanade Underground Car Park and Sengkang / Punggol LRT viaduct designs; in 2008 he also received a BCA Design and Engineering Excellence Merit Awards for the Fort Canning NTAM Vehicular Tunnel project. He was an Adjunct Associate Professor with National University of Singapore, sharing his design experience with the under- and post-graduate students. He has amassed vast expertise, experiences, and knowledge, being deeply involved in a multitude of projects valued at billions of dollars in total construction cost. His experience ranges from environmental works, high rise building, rail transit, road and bridge structures. Notable bridge and vehicular projects are, Singapore-Malaysia 2nd Crossing (S'pore section), SAFTI Link Bridge, KL-Karak Highway Upgrading (Selangor), CTE-PIE-Woodsville Interchange and expansion, Tebrau Bridge at Permas Jaya & Tanjung Sedili Bridge (Johor), Santubong Bridge (Sarawak), Telok Blangah Viaduct (Phase I), Crawford Underpass, Gali Batu KJE/BKE Interchange, Kaki Bukit Vuaduct and CTE/SLE/TPE interchange upgrading. He was the Project Director for the Fort Canning vehicular tunnel constructed by NATM method. He was involved in the design of an innovative reclamation project for Marina Coaster Expressway contract C481. He supervised the construction of Bedok Reservoir & Tampines stations on Downtown Line and the connecting EPBM tunnels. He supervised and completed the Stamford Detention Tank and Diversion Canal with twin EPBM tunnels. He was the QP for DTSS II T09 Shafts and Slurry TBM tunnel Contract. He introduced the innovative concept of framed and integral bridges to the region and has worked on many bridges of various forms and sizes. Recent projects include Pinnacle@Duxton Sky Decks, Braddell/Adam Road flyover extension, Sungei Serangoon Bridge Crossing and approach road structures and Eco-Bridge at Bidadari Park. On rail transit structures, he was the Project Director for the design of Gali Batu Rail Depot with a bus terminal and Kim Chuan Underground Depot (KCD) serving Circle and Downtown Lines, KCD received LTA's Best Design Infrastructure Project Award. He was also the Project Director for the design of North-East Line (NEL) contracts 702 and 712, from Buangkok Station to Punggol Station, Lorong Chuan Station, CCL3. He also oversaw the design of LRT viaducts for Sengkang and Punggol which integrate with the NEL rail stations and tunnels, and crosses over Punggol River and Tampines Expressway. He has been involved in the design of S'pore Rail Transit projects since Phase 2B in the 1980s.