Associate Professor K.K. Ang is a Faculty member in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore. He received his B.Eng from the University of Singapore, M.Eng from the National University of Singapore and Ph.D from the University of New South Wales, Australia. He has assumed various senior management positions at the Faculty of Engineering, including Vice-Dean of Outreach and Vice-Dean of Student Life. His research interests include Computational Mechanics, Dynamics of High-Speed Rails and Design of Very Large Floating Structures. He has published about 180 technical papers in these areas. Presently, he is the Principal Investigator of a research project on Multi-Purpose Floating Structures funded by the Land and Liveability National Innovation Challenge (L2 NIC) Directorate and JTC Corporation. Professor Ang is a Singapore registered professional engineer since 1991 and has been active in providing consultancy services for the local industries.