Newcastle University in Singapore

Staff Profile

Dr Kew Hong Chew

Assistant Professor

Background

Qualifications:

PhD  in Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

MSc in Safety Engineering, Risk and Reliability Management (with Distinction), Aberdeen University

BE of Chemical Engineering (Hons), University of Malaya

Memberships:

Professional Engineer with Practicing Certificate, Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM)

Chartered Engineer, The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA)

Summary of work experiences:

More than 5 years of teaching experience in Institutions of higher learning.

25 years of process, project, operations and safety engineering experiences in oil & gas and chemical industries.

Research

Research Profile

  • Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL)
  • Total site heat integration to improve energy efficiency
  • Production optimisation


Areas for PhD Supervision/Potential PhD Projects

  • Environmental sustainability in shipping practices

Teaching

Undergraduate

  • CHE3023 Solids Handling
  • CHE2032 Chemical Process Optimisation
  • CHE2031: Integrated Work Study Programme (IWSP)
  • CHE3031: Final Year Plant Design Project


Postgraduate

  • NUS8015 Safety, Health and Risk Management in Process, Petroleum and Offshore Engineering
  • NUS8106 Hazard Identification and Quantitative Risk Assessment
  • NUS8109 Project Dissertation

Publications