NUS Department of Building

Assistant Professor
Department of Building
School of Design and Environment
National University of Singapore
4 Architecture Drive
Singapore 117566
Telephone: (65) 6516 8521
Fax: (65) 6775 5502
Room: SDE1-05-22

Email: bdgbr@nus.edu.sg

Academic/Professional Qualifications:

B.Tech, Civil Engineering, IIT Madras (1990)
M.S., Structural Engineering, IIT Madras (1992)
Ph.D., University of Strathclyde, Glasgow (1995)

Awards:

Institution of Engineers India gold medal for the best student paper (1990),
ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) best paper award (2003)

Employment Record:

2006-Present Assistant Professor, NUS, Singapore
2005 Aug-Dec Visiting associate professor, IIT Madras
1997-2005 Fonctionnaire scientifique, chargee de cours (Lecturer), EPFL, Switzerland
1996-1997 Senior Systems Analyst, Infosys Technologies, Bangalore

Projects:

Infosys Daimler Benz project, 1996-1997. Code optimization of an existing finite element error analysis program
RACOPRO, Risk assessment using CBR and probabilistic analysis, 1998-2001. Client: Steiner Engg SA, Switzerland
KnowPrice, Cost estimation using derivational analogy, 2004-2005. Client: TEKHNE Management, Switzerland
PGSL 1999-2004. Developed a general purpose global optimisation algorithm, used by many for tasks such as design, diagnosis, control, and parameter identification
SICPA, 2004. Optimisation of mechanical design of a product of SICPA Switzerland

Doctoral Theses Supervised:

Yvan Robert-Nicoud, (2003) – System identification of civil engineering structures
Sandro Saitta (in progress) – Machine learning techniques for improving the reliability of system identification

Research Areas:

Computer-aided engineering
Optimization
Machine learning

Number of Publications:

International refereed journal papers: 26
Conference papers (refereed): 26
Books: 2

Selected Publications:

B. Raphael and I.F.C. Smith, Fundamentals of computer aided engineering, John Wiley and sons, Ltd, 2003 (306 pages)
B. Kumar and B. Raphael, Derivational analogy based structural design, Saxe-Coburg Publications, UK, (2001) (176 pages)
B. Raphael and I.F.C. Smith, A direct stochastic algorithm for global search, J of Applied Mathematics and Computation, Vol 146, No 2-3, 2003, pp 729-758
B. Domer, B. Raphael, K. Shea and I.F.C. Smith, "A study of two stochastic search methods for structural control", Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, (JCCE), Vol 17, No 3, 2003, pp 132-141. ASCE BEST PAPER AWARD for 2003
Y. Robert-Nicoud, B. Raphael and I.F.C. Smith, System identification through model composition and stochastic search, ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, (JCCE), Vol 19, No 3, 2005, pp. 239-247
Y. Robert-Nicoud, B. Raphael and I.F.C. Smith, Configuration of measurement systems using Shannon’s entropy function, Computers and Structures, 83, pp. 599–612, 2005
B. Kumar and B Raphael, CADREM: A Case-based System for Conceptual Structural Design, International Journal of Engineering with Computers, Vol. 13, pages 153-164, (1997)