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Yang Miang GohProfile page
Professor
The Built Environment
- ProfessorThe Built Environment
- 66012663 (Work)
- National University of Singapore, Singapore, Department of the Built Environment, 4 Architecture Drive, Singapore, Singapore, 117566, Singapore
BIO
Professor Goh is the Director of the Centre for Project and Facilities Management, NUS Department of the Built Environment (DBE), College of Design and Engineering (CDE), National University of Singapore (NUS). He concurrently leads the Safety and Resilience Research Unit (SaRRU) in the Centre. He is re-appointed as the Dean's Chair of CDE (2025-2028); his previous Dean's Chair appointment was in 2020-2023. Dr. Goh was the Assistant Dean at CDE and Deputy Head (Research) in DBE, NUS and an NUS Institution Review Board member. His expertise are in Workplace Safety and Health (WSH), project management, and risk management. He worked as a senior consultant in the oil and gas industry, Assistant Director (Investigations) at the Singapore Ministry of Manpower, and Senior Lecturer at Curtin University in Western Australia. He held numerous voluntary or honorary positions including Council Member of the Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES) (2015-2017), Chairman of the IES Health and Safety Engineering Technical Committee (2015-2018), Honorary Researcher of the Singapore Workplace Safety and Health Institute (2014-2017), Member of the 2nd and 3rd External Review Panel for SAF Safety (ERPSS) (2017-2023), and member of the Outdoor Adventure Education Council (2022-current). He participates actively in WSH standards committees and workgroups in Singapore and had consulted as an expert witness for WSH-related litigation processes. He had also provided advice on Myanmar’s WSH legislation through IALI and ILO.
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE APPOINTMENTS
- ProfessorCollege of Design and Engineering, The Built Environment, Singapore1 Jul 2026
- Assoc ProfessorCollege of Design and Engineering, The Built Environment, SINGAPORE1 Jan 2022 - 30 Jun 2026
- Assoc ProfessorSchool of Design & Environment, Building, SINGAPORE1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2021
- Assistant ProfessorSchool of Design and Environment, Building, SINGAPORE11 Apr 2012 - 31 Dec 2016
- Deputy Head (Research)School of Design and Environment, Building, SINGAPORE1 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2019
- IRB MemberUNIV ADMIN, DPR(R&T) OFF, SINGAPORE1 Aug 2019
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DEGREES
- Doctor of Philosophy, No ClassificationNational University of Singapore, Singapore1 Jan 2005
- Bachelor of Engineering (Civil), Engineering, Technology & Applied SciNational University of Singapore, Singapore1 Jan 2000
LANGUAGES
- EnglishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- Chinese (Mandarin)Can read, write, speak and understand