Dr. CHUAH Kong Bieng (蔡康明)
BTech(Loughborough), Ph(CNAA), DMS(CNAA)
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Biography
Dr Chuah is a core faculty member of the Engineering Doctorate (EngD) and MSc Engineering Management programme in CityU. He specialises in project management and learning organization. He is a consultant in project management and organizational learning and is regularly invited to conduct a variety of courses and workshops by Hong Kong's industrial organizations. In addition, Dr Chuah is a mechanical engineer with particular expertise in engineering metrology and surface roughness characterisation. He advises on engineering measurement problems and calibration set-ups.
Qualifications/Experiences
| Bachelor of Technology (Mechanical Engineering) | Loughborough, U.K. |
| PhD | CNAA, U.K. |
| DMS | CNAA, U.K. |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| British Hydromechanics Research Association, UK | Research Assistant |
| Teesside Polytechnic, UK | Research Assistant (US Navy Research Project) |
| University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK | Research Associate (SERC Marine Technology Project) |
| Teesside Polytechnic, UK | Senior Research Coordinator in CIM |
| Teesside Polytechnic, UK | Lecturer |
| City University of Hong Kong | Associate Professor |
OTHER EXPERIENCES
| Fudan University, Shanghai, China | Visiting Scholar |
| Nanjing University of Science & Technology, China | Visiting Scholar |
| SAE Magnetics, Dongguan, China | Academic Advisor and Consultant |
Research Interests/Areas
- Engineering Metrology and Surface Roughness Characterisation
- System Analysis and Process Improvement
- Project Management
- Organizational Learning
CURRENT RESEARCH
- Project Management
- Conflict Management
- Organizational Learning, Individual & Team Learning
Teaching
CURRENT COURSES
| MEEM4024 | Project Management (UG) |
| MEEM6009 | Project Management (PG) |
| MEEM6025 | Research Methods in EM (EngD) (with Dr Y K Mok) |
| MEEM6042 | EM Residential Workshop II (MSEM) (with Dr K S Chin) |
| MEEM8001 | Comprehensive Studies |
| MEEM8002 | EngD Seminar |
| MEEM8003 | Doctoral Thesis |
| MEEM6018 | EM Dissertation |
CURRENT RESEARCH
- Project Management
- Conflict Management
- Organizational Learning, Individual & Team Learning
Activities
CONSULTANCY, INDUSTRIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
- Project Management, Conflict Management and OL Workshops, LO Development
- Course Examiner for SCOPE's CEC Project Management Foundation and HK IVE External Examiner since 2000
- Reviewer for IJPM, JMTM, JOM, JORS (Operations Research Society), MST (Inst of Physics), IJQRM
