Educational Qualifications
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1998
PhD, Nanyang Technological University
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1984
M.Sc (Civil), National University of Singapore
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1980
BEng (Hons) 1st Class, University of Singapore
Academic and Professional Experience
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2012 - Present
Associate Professor, Singapore University of Social Sciences
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2008 - 2012
Senior Principal/COO, T.Y.Lin International Pte Ltd, Singapore
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1985 - 2008
Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer/Lecturer, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Associate Chair/Vice-Dean (Administration), 2005 to 2008, Acting Head, Division of Construction Technology and Management - 2005
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1980 -1985
Project/Resident Engineer, Ove Arup & Partners, Singapore
Selected Publications
Book Chapters:
Tan, T.H, Li B and Nguyen NB
"Design Guide for the use of Grade B600 High strength reinforcement in reinforced concrete structures", Building Construction Authority, 2019.
Chui, Y.P. and Tan, T.H.
Chapter 12: Humans still matter in Productivity, Safety, and Technology, The Heart
of Learning, SUSS 2017.
Tan, T.H., Sun Xin
Failure Criteria of Concrete under Triaxial Compression, SP-238 International Symposium
on Confined Concrete, ACI 2006.
Tan, T.H., Nyugen Ngoc Ba
Flexural Stress-Strain Curves of Confined High-Strength Concrete, SP-238 International
Symposium on Confined Concrete, ACI 2006.
Chan, K.S., Tan, T.H.
Reinforced Concrete Structures With Epoxy-bonded Steel Plates., ACI Special Publication
SP-165, Repair and Strengthening with Adhesive Bonded Plates, American Concrete
Institute, U.S.A. 1996.
International Journals:
Wong S et al
"Concrete Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric Construction for Two High-rise Blocks in Singapore", The Structural Engineer, August 2021, pp 28-35. Won the Murray Buxton Award for the best paper.
Tan, T.H., Ng Leng Ping, 2006
Predicting non-evaporable water loss of cement paste at elevated temperature, Advances
in Cement Research (United Kingdom), Vol. 18, No. 2, pp 83 - 89.
Tan, T.H., Nguyen Ngoc Ba, 2005
Flexural Behaviour of Confined High-Strength Concrete Columns, American Concrete
Institute Journal (United States), Vol. 102, No. 2, pp 198 - 205.
Shi Xudong, Tan, T.H., Tan, K.H., Guo Zhenhai, 2004
Influence of concrete cover on fire resistance of reinforced concrete flexural members,
ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering (United States), Vol. 130, No. 8, pp 1225
- 1232.
Tan, T.H., Nguyen Ngoc-Ba, 2004
Determination of stress–strain curves of concrete from flexure tests, Magazine of
Concrete Research (United Kingdom), Vol. 56, No. 4, pp 243 - 250.
Shi Xudong, Tan, T.H., Tan, K.H., Guo Zhenhai, 2002
Concrete Constitutive Relationships of Concrete Subjected to Different Stress-temperature
Paths, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering (United States), Vol. 128, No. 12,
pp 1511 - 1518.
Shi Xudong, Tan, T.H., Tan, K.H., Guo Zhenhai, 2002
Effect of Force-temperature Paths on Behaviors of Reinforced Concrete Flexural Members,
ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering (United States), Vol. 128, No. 3, pp 365
- 373.
Tan, T.H., 2000
"Effect of passive confinement on fatigue properties of concrete", Magazine of Concrete
Research (United Kingdom), Vol. 52, No. 1, pp 7 - 15.
Tan, T.H., Yip, W.K., 1999
Behaviour of axially loaded concrete columns confined by elliptical hoops, ACI Structural
Journal (United States), Vol. 96, No. 6, pp 967 - 971.
Conference Presentations:
Tan, T.H. et al
"Reaching new heights in the use of concrete Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric Construction (PPVC): Two 56-Storey Residential Towers in Singapore", Proceeding of the 12th Creative Construction Conference, Hungary 2023
Tan, T.H.
"Singapore's 56-Story Residential Towers", World of Modular, Las Vegas 2023
Wong S, et al
"Case Study: The Use of Concrete Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric Construction for Two Blocks of 40-Storey Residential Flats (The Clement Canopy), Singapore". IABSE Congress, Feb 2021, New Zealand.
K C G Ong, C T Tam, Tan, T.H. and Chhbra Y, 2019
Proceeding of the 44th conference on Our World in Concrete and Structures, Our World
in Concrete and Structures, Singapore.
TAN, T. H. et al
"Design considerations and guidelines in the use of Grade 600 steel reinforcements
for reinforced concrete construction", Structural Engineering Session 5, 17-21 June
2019, Prague (Czech Republic)
K C G Ong, C T Tam, Tan, T.H. and Chhbra Y, 2018
Proceeding of the 43th conference on Our World in Concrete and Structures, Our World
in Concrete and Structures, Singapore.
TAN, T. H.
"Opportunities and challenges in adopting higher strength reinforcement bars in
reinforced concrete structures", Creative Construction Conference Proceeding, Slovenia,
2018
K C G Ong, C T Tam, Tan, T.H. and Chhbra Y, 2017
Proceeding of the 42th conference on Our World in Concrete and Structures, Our World
in Concrete and Structures, Singapore.
K C G Ong, C T Tam, Tan, T.H. and Chhbra Y, 2016
Proceeding of the 41th conference on Our World in Concrete and Structures, Our World
in Concrete and Structures, Singapore.
K C G Ong, C T Tam, Tan, T.H. and Chhbra Y, 2015
Proceeding of the 40th conference on Our World in Concrete and Structures, , Our
World in Concrete and Structures, Singapore.
K C G Ong, C T Tam, Tan, T.H. and Chhbra Y, 2014
Proceeding of the 39th conference on Our World in Concrete and Structures, , Our
World in Concrete and Structures, Singapore.
TAN, T. H. et al
"Use of prestressed transfer girder to underpin an LRT pier", Creative Construction
Conference, 2013, Hungary
TAN, T. H. et al
"Underpinning of an LRT pier to facilitate a cut and cover tunnel construction",
World Urban Transit Conference, Singapore, 2010
Tan, G. H., and Tan, T. H.
"Causes of False Alerts in Real Time Monitoring and Alert Systems in Deep Excavation
sites" Proceedings of Underground Singapore 2007, Singapore, pp 12-20
Tan, T. H. and Li, Z.
"Experimental Study on Triaxial Behaviour of Concrete after Exposure to High Temperature",
TG 4.3 fib workshop "Fire Design of Concrete Structures" Coimbra - Portugal 2007.
Chua, Grace, H. Y., Tan, T. H. and Au, S. K.
"Dynamic characteristics of Tanjong Rhu suspension footbridge, Singapore", Proceedings
of MDCMS, Hanoi Vietnam, Dec 2007, pp93-100.
Nguyen, N. B. and Tan, T. H.
"Deflection-curvature relationship of reinforced concrete (RC) columns bent in single
curvature", Proceedings of MDCMS, Hanoi Vietnam, Dec 2007, pp239-245.
Boon, C. W. and Tan, T. H.
"Structural Monitoring: Effects of EMI on Vibrating Wire Strain Gauge", Proceedings
of the URECA@NTU 2006-07.
Tan, T.H., Zhang Jiangou, 2006
Triaxial behaviour of cement mortar, 10th East Asia-Pacific Structural Engineering
and Construction Conference, Thailand, pp 761 - 766.
K C G Ong, C T Tam, Tan, T.H., 2006
Proceeding of the 31st conference on Our World in Concrete and Structures, Our World
in Concrete and Structures, Singapore. (Accepted for presentation.)
K C G Ong, C T Tam, Tan, T.H., 2005
Proceeding of the 30th conference on Our World in Concrete and Structures, , Our
World in Concrete and Structures, Singapore.
Tan, T.H., 2005
Effects of triaxial stress on concrete, 30th Conference on Our World in Concrete
& Structures, Singapore, pp 81 - 89.
Tan, T.H., Nguyen Ngoc Ba, 2004
Applicability of AS 3600:2001 and NZS 3101:1995 to circular high strength concrete
columns, 18th Australian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures & Material, Australia,
pp 887 - 892.
K C G Ong, C T Tam, Tan, T.H., 2004
Proceeding of the 29th conference on Our World in Concrete and Structures, Our World
in Concrete and Structures, Singapore.
Tan, T.H., Nyugen Ngoc Ba, 2004
Flexural Stress-strain curves of confined high-strength concrete, International
Symposium on Confined Concrete, China.
Tan, T.H., Sun Xin, 2004
Failure Criteria of concrete under triaxial compression, International Symposium
on Confined Concrete, China.
Tan, T.H., Ting, S.K., 2003
Behaviour of RC slabs under service and ultimate load , 9th East Asia-Pacific Structural
Engineering and Construction Conference, Indonesia, pp RCS-11.
Tan, T.H., Ting, S.K., 2003
Effects of steel corrosion on the serviceability and ultimate state of RC slabs
, 9th East Asia-Pacific Structural Engineering and Construction Conference, Indonesia,
pp RCS-12.
Nguyen Ngoc Ba, Tan, T.H., 2003
Analytical procedure for determining stress-strain relationship of concrete under
flexure tests, International Conference on Advances in Concrete and Structures,
China, pp 1450 - 1457.
Nguyen Ngoc Ba, Tan, T.H., 2003
Flexure Tests of Confined Normal and High-Strength Concrete Columns, International
conference on Advances in Concrete and Structures , China, pp 858 - 866.
Sun Xin, Tan, T.H., 2003
Moment-Rotation Relationships of Hybrid Connection under Monotonic and Cyclic Loading,
2nd International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction, Italy,
pp 1103 - 1108.
Sun Xin, Tan, T.H., 2003
Moment-Rotation Relationships of Single Plate Connections, 2nd International Conference
on Structural Engineering and Construction, Italy, pp 855 - 860.
K C G Ong, C T Tam, Tan, T.H., 2003
Proceeding of the 28th conference on Our World in Concrete and Structures, Our World
in Concrete and Structures, Singapore.
C T Tam, D W S Ho, P Paramasivam, Tan, T.H., 2002
Proceeding of the 27th conference on Our World in Concrete and Structures, Our World
in Concrete and Structures, Singapore.
Tan, T.H., Li Zhen, 2002
Residual Triaxial Behavior of Concrete after Exposure to High Temperatures, 17th
Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Australia,
pp 303 - 308.
Tan, T.H., Cheong, H.K., Hu Ouer, 2001
The Experimental Investigation of Triaxial Behaviour of Concrete under Cyclic Loading,
Eighth East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering & Construction, Singapore,
pp 1550.
Shi Xudong, Tan, T.H., Tan, K.H., Guo Zhenhai, 2001
Deformation Behaviors of Concrete under Different Stress-Temperature Paths, Eighth
East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering & Construction, Singapore,
pp 1188.
Tan, T.H., Yip, W.K., 2000
Load Transfer by Bond between Steel Section and Concrete, 4th Asia-Pacific Structural
Engineering & Construction Conference, APSEC-2000, Malaysia.
Yip, W.K., Tan, T.H., 2000
End Bearing Mechanism of Steel Section Embedded in Concrete, 6th International Conference
on Structural Failure, Durability and Retrofitting, ICSF-2000, Singapore.
Tan,T.H., 2000
Behaviour of concrete under high passive confinement, 4th Asia pacific Structural
Engineering & Construction Conference, Malaysia, pp 245 - 252.
Li, B., Tan, T.H., 2000
A comparative study of confinement models of high strength concrete, 4th Asia-Pacific
Structural Engineering and Construction Conference, Malaysia, pp 403 - 410.
Yip, W.K., Ting, S.K., Teng, S., Tan, K.H., Tan, T.H., 2000
Innovative Precast Concrete Technology, HDB International Housing Conference, Singapore,
pp 10.3-1 - 10.3-7.
Sun Xin, Tan, T.H., Irawan, P., 1999
Effect of Stress-Path on the Failure of Concrete under Triaxial Stress State, Proceedings
of the Seventh East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction,
Japan, pp 1437 - 1442.
Tan, T.H., Cheong, H.K., 1998
An apparatus for testing concrete under active and passive confining stress, Strength
Theory, Application, Development & Prospect for 21st Century, China, pp 557 - 567.
Tan, T.H., Kong, F.K., 1992
"Effects of External Confinement on Concrete Columns", Proceeding of the Int’l Conference
on the Concrete Future, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp 243 - 251.
Chan, K.S., Tan, T.H., 1992
Reinforced Concrete Structures With Epoxy-bonded Steel Plates., American Concrete
Institute Spring Convention, Washington, D.C., United States, pp P1/1 - P1/12.
Toh Guan Nge, Tan, T.H., Lai K. Y, Lim P. N., 1991
Transputer Implementation of Data Compression Technique for Remote Communication
Nodes, 2nd IES Information Technology Conference, Singapore.
Tan, T.H., 1990
"Analysis and Design of a Saddle Shell", Proceeding of Our World in Concrete & Structures,
Unknown, pp 343 - 350.
Tan, T.H., 1988
"Influence of Mix Proportion in Strength of Preplaced Aggregate Concrete", Proceeding
of Our World in Concrete & Structures , Singapore, pp 407 - 414.
Chan, K.S., Fan, S.C., Tan, T.H., 1988
Epoxy-bonded Steel Plates For Strengthening of Concrete Structures., Materials Technology
Symposium ‘88, Singapore, pp 1 - 10.
Chan, K.S., Tan, T.H., 1987
Water Movement And Durability Of Concrete Structures., Fourth International Conference
on Durability of Building materials and Components, Singapore, pp 404 - 411.