Invited Speakers
Prof. Luigi COPPOLA
University of Bergamo, Italy
Biography:
Luigi Coppola , Civil Engineer, Associate Professor
at University of Bergamo (Italy) – Department of
Engineering and Applied Sciences and President of
American Concrete Institute - Italy Chapter . He has
authored more than 300 original papers and 21 books
on admixtures for concrete, alternative low-carbon
binders, waste management in concrete production,
deterioration, durability and repair of concrete
structures, mix-design, deterioration and
restoration of historical buildings, corrosion and
protection of rebars in reinforced concrete
structures.
In June 2000 Luigi Coppola was conferred an award
for the “ Outstanding and sustained contributions to
enhance the Durability of Concrete ” by the American
Concrete Institute (ACI) and the Canadian Institute
of Materials, Energy and Transportation (CANMET).
Editor and member of many international Journals, he
is the chairperson of Thirteenth International
Conference on Superplasticizers and other Chemical
Admixtures in Concrete – Milan, Italy,
October-November 2021 and Fifteenth International
Conference on Recent Advances in Concrete Technology
and Sustainability Issues – Milan, Italy ,
October-November 2021.
Assoc. Prof. Chian Siau Chen, Darren
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Biography: Dr. Darren Chian Siau Chen
obtained his PhD from Cambridge University in 2012.
His core expertise is on earthquake engineering and
land reclamation.
Dr. Chian’s contribution in earthquake
engineering lies in the field of damage
vulnerability of underground structures in
earthquake induced soil liquefaction. He was funded
by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
Council (EPSRC) to carry out reconnaissance missions
at the 2009 Padang, 2011 Tohoku and 2016 Muisne
earthquakes.
Dr. Chian is an enthusiast of recycling waste
material to good use. He is actively involved in
collaborative research projects with local
government agencies to recycle unwanted and
contaminated soils from underground construction
projects and sea dredging as land reclamation fill
materials.
Dr. Chian is a nominated member of three
International Technical Councils under the
International Society for Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). Dr. Chian also
sits in the technical committee of SPRING Singapore
to oversee and provide advice on geotechnical
engineering practices in Singapore. He is presently
the youngest elected Vice President of the
Geotechnical Society of Singapore (GeoSS).
Dr. Chian was interviewed by the media from
Singapore (Channel NewsAsia and Straits Times), USA
(Northwestern News and The Edge), UK (BBC) and
Denmark (Danish Broadcasting). Recently, Dr. Chian’s
research work on catastrophe modelling at NUS led to
his award of the prestigious Top 10 Innovators Under
35 in Asia by the MIT Technology Review in 2016.
Other achievements include a 1st Prize in a National
Technical Paper Competition and the Best Young
Researcher Award at the 8th International Conference
on Urban Earthquake Engineering in 2013 and 2011
respectively.