Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Whatsapp Professor Phoon Kok Kwang President Prof Phoon Kok Kwang is President, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), as well as Cheng Tsang Man Chair Professor. He is a fellow of the Academy of Engineering Singapore (SAEng), the Singapore National Academy of Science (SNAS), the Institution of Engineers Singapore and the American Society of Civil Engineers. In addition to being Treasurer of Academy of Engineering Singapore, he is also a member of the Committee of Government Scientific Advisors and the Singapore-Tianjin Economic and Trade Council. Prof Phoon also sits on the Board of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore. He obtained his BEng and MEng from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and his PhD from Cornell University. Prior to joining SUTD, Prof Phoon was Senior Vice-Provost (Academic Affairs) at NUS. He has also served as the Deputy Chief Scientific Advisor (DCSA) to the National Research Foundation, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore. Prof Phoon is a world leader in the development of statistical and machine learning methods for geotechnical engineering. He was bestowed the ASCE Norman Medal twice in 2005 and 2020, the Humboldt Research Award in 2017, the Harry Poulos Award in 2023, and the Alfredo Ang Award in 2024 among other accolades. Prof Phoon, who is the Founding Editor of Georisk and Editor-in-chief of Geodata and AI, is a Professional Engineer in Singapore and an ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer.