Assistant Professor
Department of Building, SDE1-05-07
School of Design and Environment
National University of Singapore
4 Architecture Drive
Singapore 117566
Tel: (65) 6516-3428
Fax: (65)6775-5502
Email: bdgkuahw@nus.edu.sg
Academic Qualifications:
- B.Sc (Physics) (Hons) (1996), National University of Singapore
- M.Sc (Physics) (1999), National University of Singapore
- Dual S.M (Civil Engineering. Technology & Policy) (2002), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts , USA
- Ph.D. (2006), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts , USA
Employment Record:
- Personal trainer/coach, freelance (1998 - 2000)
- Teaching Assistant, National University of Singapore (1999 - 2006)
Professional/Consulting Activities:
- Member, International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE) (2004 - present)
- Member, Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) (2005 - present)
- Member, Greening the Industrial Network (GIN) (2006 - present)
- Country coordinator, Volunteer Placement (VP) (2006 - present)
Undergraduate Teaching:
- BU2280 Research Methods in Building
- BU2482 Building Materials
Research Interests:
- Sustainable development policy integration
- Renewable energy technology
- Energy policy (integration with other sustainability concerns)
- Industrial ecology
- Psychology and behavioral science of policy-making
Publications:
- H. W. Kua, S. E. Lee, Demonstration Intelligent Building – a methodology for the promotion of total sustainability in the built environment, Building and Environment, Vol. 37, Issue 3, 231-240, 2002
- H. W. Kua, N. Ashford, Co-optimization through increasing Willingness, Opportunity, and Capacity: A Generalizable Concept of Appropriate Technology Transfer, International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialization, Vol.3, No.3, 324-334, 2004
- H. W. Kua, Biocomposites, Natural Materials, in Fernandez. J. E., Materials Architecture, Elsevier, 2006