Dr. Chan Soon Keng
Academic Qualifications
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PhD. in Communication and Information; Nanyang Technological
University
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M.A. in Applied Linguistics; University of Essex in England
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Diploma in TESL; University of Malaya in Malaysia
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B.A. (Second Upper Honours); University of Malaya in Malaysia
Professional Experience
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Co-ordinator and tutor of the “Expository Writing” course for the
Renaissance Engineering Programme at NTU
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Teach Postgraduate English; Technical Report Writing; Professional
Communication Skills, and English Proficiency.
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Curriculum Planner of all the courses at Language and Communication
Centre
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Curriculum Planner of Professional Communication Course for
graduating students at NTU
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Coordinated English Bridging courses for PRC students at NTU
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Designed and coordinated courses on Technical Writing, Negotiating
Skills, and English Proficiency
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Trained as counsellor in Career Planning and Management.
Consultancy Work
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Writing resumes and interviewing skills to Physical Education and
Sports Students at NIE (National Institute of Education, Singapore)
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English Proficiency to Military Officers from Vietnam
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Conflict Management at the Workplace
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Negotiating Skills
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Intercultural Management within a Global Economy
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Team Building
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Oral Presentations at the Workplace
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Technical Report Writing
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Minutes Writing
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Professional Writing, and General Business Writing for engineers,
teachers, and administration staff
Dr. Tommy Wong
Dr. Wong is the founding editor of the
Hydrological Science and
Engineering book series published by Nova Science Publishers. He
was also an associate editor of the Journal of Hydrologic
Engineering published by the American Society of Civil
Engineers. Dr. Wong has nearly 10 years’ experience in the planning,
design and site supervision of flood alleviation projects. He also
has 25 years teaching and research experiences in hydrology and
water resources. He has published four engineering books and more
than 60 journal and conference papers. Dr. Wong has received the
John Illingworth Prize from Leeds University in 1974, and the J. C.
Stevens Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2004.
Associate Professor Stephen Lee
Dr Stephen S G Lee is an associate professor in the Division of
Systems and Engineering Management, School of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering, NTU. Dr Lee has over 25 years of teaching
experience in NTU and is active in continuing education. He has
taught two NTU undergraduate courses for several years now: Creative Problem-Solving and
Strategic Management of
Innovative Product Development. His current research interest is
in human-artificial systems communications.
Professor Chew Soon Beng
Dr Chew Soon
Beng is Professor of Economics and Industrial Relations at Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore. He received his Ph. D. from the
University of Western Ontario, Canada. He is author of Small Firms
in Singapore (Oxford University Press), Trade Unionism in Singapore
(McGraw Hill), Employment-Driven Industrial Relations Regimes (Avebury),
Values and Lifestyles of Young Singaporeans (Prentice-Hall), and
Foreign Enterprises in China: Operation and Management (in Chinese).
. He has also published in journals such as the Singapore Economic
Review, the China Economic Review, Review of Pacific Basin Financial
Markets and Policies, and the Journal of Advances in Pacific Basin
Business Economic and Finance. His current research interests
include trade unionism, labour markets analysis, globalization and
entrepreneurship.
Awards received include:
Honorary Professorship, Institute of Legislation “Khalkh Juram”,
Mongolia 2001;
Academic World Star, International Academy of the Authorized
Education,1997;
Honorary Professorship, Moscow External University of the
Humanities,1997;
Honorary Professorship, Liaoning Administrative College, China,1997;
Visiting Professorship, North East University of Finance and
Economics, China,1997;
National Book Prize, 1996
Professional Experiences
Independent Director of Listed Company
Member of Singapore Institute of Arbitrators
He conducts executive programmes in his research areas of
Macro-Focused Trade Unionism and Competition, Sustainable Social
Security Schemes and An Economic Approach to Attracting Foreign
Investment..
Academic activities include Founding Director of Asia Commerce and
Economics Studies (ACES) in Nanyang Business School from 1992 to
2002 and Founding Director of Master of Science in Managerial
Economics
Mr Francis Tay
Francis is an
adjunct lecturer teaching Business Intelligence in the Master of KM
course at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He also holds the
Chief Operating Officer position in a water treatment technology
company and a Director of a trading and distribution company.
Francis' experience in international markets and business stretches
back more than 18 years. These include being the Director of
marketing and implementation services at Global Business Insights
Pte Ltd (GBI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of IE Holdings, and senior
positions in IE Singapore overseeing the overseas development of
Singapore’s International Trading, EPE and ICT sectors. In addition,
Francis has also held Centre Director positions at IE’s overseas
offices in the US and UK.
The various experiences have put him in a good position to
understand and work with large and small, local and foreign
companies in the area of market entry and overseas implementation
strategy. Examples include market entry projects in US, Europe and
Asia, and feasibility study project in Mexico. Francis has also
contributed opinions and views to trade association’s publications
as well as mainstream publications like The Edge, and public talks
at corporate organized events.
Francis obtained his Honours degree from NUS, majoring in Economics
and Computer Science & Applications, and his Master of Science in
Management (Sloan Fellowship) from the London Business School in the
UK under an IE Singapore scholarship. Francis served 5 years on the
National Youth Council’s Singapore Youth Awards (SYA)
Entrepreneurship committee and is currently participating as a
mentor to companies under the Ascendas-NUS Entrepreneurship Centre
mentorship program.
Professor Lim Mong King
Dr Lim Mong
King is a Professor at the School of Mechanical & Aerospace
Engineering, Nanyang Technological University. He is also
currently a member of the Council for Private Education and a member
of the Nanyang Polytechnic Board of Governors.
Dr Lim Mong
King joined NTU’s predecessor institution, the Nanyang Technological
Institute in 1984. Since then, he has contributed and served the
University with distinction in various key leadership appointments,
which included Assistant to the President (1984 – 1986), founding
Chairman of the University Research Coordinating Committee (1990 –
1992), Director of International Relations (1992), Chairman of the
Committee on Broadening of Engineering Curriculum (1995), Chairman
of NTU21 Strategic Planning Working Committee (1997), Chairman,
Singapore-University of Washington Alliance in Bioengineering Task
Force Committee (2001), Chairman, Internal Economy Drive Committee
(2003), Dean of the School of Mechanical and Production Engineering
(1992 – 1999) and Dean of the College of Engineering (2004 – 2006).
Dr Lim was
the Deputy President overseeing academic development, R & D and
technology transfer activities of the University from 1997 to 2006.
During this period, he initiated several key initiatives such as the
building up of Research TechnoPlaza, setting up of Innovation and
Technology Transfer Office (ITTO) and Nanyang Technopreneurship
Center (NTC), initiation of Global Immersion Programme (GIP),
formation of new degree programme in Aerospace Engineering and
establishing of new School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering.
He also played a key role in the initial stage on setting up of the
School of Biological Science.
Dr Lim is
active in public service, having served on numerous national-level
agencies and committees in diverse areas such as education and
research, entrepreneurship, health, defence. He held board
memberships in various organizations including Singapore
Polytechnic, DSO Laboratories, National Science and Technology
Board, Singapore Standards Council and the Enterprise Challenge
Panel, Prime Minister’s Office. He also served as the Chairman of
the Health Sciences Authority from Feb 2003 to March 2007. In
recognition of exemplary service and contributions, Dr Lim has
received several distinguished awards, among them the Public Service
Medal (PBM), the Public Service Star (BBM), the Public
Administration (Gold) Medal from Singapore Government and Chevalier
De L’ordre National Du Merite by the French President.
Dr Lim
received his PhD and Master of Science in Applied Acoustics from the
Universite Du Maine, France, in 1977 and 1975 respectively, after
obtaining a Bachelor of Engineering, First Class Honours, from the
former University of Singapore in 1974. He attended the Summer
Program (Applied Acoustics) held at Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in 1986 and the Advanced Management Program (AMP) held at
Harvard University in 2002.
Professor Lim specializes in structure dynamics, noise and vibration
control. He has published more than 80 papers in leading
international journals. He is also well consulted by the industry to
assist in their noise and vibration problems and designs.
