Issue 4 May 2010 - LTA Academy

Urban Transportation Planning for a Vibrant and Distinctive Singapore
Michael Quah joined the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Energy
Studies Institute (ESI) as Principal Fellow and Chief Scientist, Energy Systems
and Technology in October, 2009. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Institute
of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), and Executive Advisor at NUS Enterprise.
He has worked for the DuPont Company for about 20 years, and also served as
Adjunct Professor, Chemical Engineering, at North Carolina State University,
USA. He was also an independent consultant and served in the US Army
Research, Development, and Engineering Command, Communications and
Electronics Directorate. Dr. Quah holds the following degrees from Yale University: Ph.D. (1980), M.
Phil. (1978), M.Sc. (1975), Chemical Engineering and has a B.A. [magna cum laude] (1974), Chemistry
and Physics, from Harvard University, USA.
Dickson Yeo has a BA in Mass Communications from the Oklahoma City
University and is attending the graduate programme in South East Asian
Studies in National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore. He has cowritten
and edited a number of energy related works on energy security,
regional politics and administration. These include “A Regional Review of the
Economics of Climate Change in Southeast Asia (RRECCS) – Country Report
for Singapore” in December 2008.
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