Keynote Speaker 5
| Session | Keynote 5 |
| Date | Friday, 18 July 2014 / 09:00 – 10:00 hrs |
| Topic | How Design Modules help in the Accreditation of Engineering Programmes* |
| Presenter | Prof. Tan Teng Hooi, Engineering Accreditation Board, IES |
Biography
Dr. Tan Teng Hooi is a Board member of the Engineering Accreditation Board, Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES). He started his career in Ove Arup & Partners in 1980 and joined the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at NTU in 1985 as a Lecturer and eventually an Associate Professor. He also served as the Vice-Dean (Administration) of the school. From 2008 to 2012, he was a Senior Principal and the Chief Operating Officer at T.Y.Lin International Pte Ltd. Prof. Tan is a Chartered Engineer and Professional Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK) and the Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES). He is also a member of the Disciplinary Panel in the Council for Estate Agencies and the Inquiry Panel for the Law Society. Prof Tan is presently the Head of the Building and Project Management Programme, School of Science and Technology, SIM University In addition to providing short courses and consultancy services to the industry, he has served in many technical committees on standards in SPRING Singapore relating to the construction industry; he is currently a member of SPRING, Singapore’s Technical Committee on Building Structure and Sub-structure wherein he is also the Convenor, on the adoption of Eurocode_0 and Eurocode_1 in Singapore and a workgroup member for Eurocode_2. He is also a member of the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Assessment Committees for the Design & Engineering Safety Excellence Awards and the Built Environment Leadership Awards . He was a Council member in IES (2004-2008), a Board member in the Professional Engineers Board Singapore (2009-2011) and a Council member in the Association of Consulting Engineers (2012).
Abstract
Teng Hooi TAN and See Ho ONG
Multi-lateral agreements e.g. The Washington Accord have been created to allow mutual recognition of engineering qualifications between groups of jurisdictional agencies responsible for accreditation or recognition of tertiary-level engineering qualifications within their jurisdictions. The activity of design is fundamental to engineering and it permeates every aspect of the profession. This presentation outlines the importance of design modules in engineering education and how they are evaluated in its accreditation by EAB. The presentation also briefly cover the International Engineering Alliance’s guidance document on graduate attributes and professional competencies which will be adopted by all signatories so as to provide a better and more uniform understanding and expectation of the desired outcomes.
*This paper is co-authored by See Ho ONG, Engineering Accreditation Board, IES, Singapore.
