Professor Alan Kwan
BEng (Hons), PhD, CEng, FICE
Professor, Deputy Head of School
Overview
Dr Kwan is a Professor in Structural Mechanics and member of the BRE Institute of Sustainable Engineering in the School of Engineering.
Dr Kwan has >90 publications (>35 in refereed international journals), including a chapter in the SCI Steel Designers' Manual. His h-index is 10 (by Scopus) with >200 citations in these ten publications. Under Google-Scholar, the h-factor is 13, and these 13 publications have been cited 400 times. Altogether, he has been cited 300x (Scopus) and 550x (Google-Scholar).
Since 2010, Dr Kwan has been active in the field of “sustainability informatics”, e.g. 4 out of 6 recent journal papers (average journal impact factor of 4.38) are all in this field. All four of his current (2013) research grants (one starting Feb 2014, two as principal investigator with 1 co-applicant, and two more with 3 co-applicants) are in also in this field; these grants total £1.04M (£6.8M when including non-Cardiff share). His five grants previous to these (going back to 2009) totalled £572k (£384k of which was also in the field of sustainability informatics).
He has a total of 21 doctoral students (19 completed), and two MPhil student (completed). He has also been external examiner of higher degree on 7 occasions, and is currently (2015) External Examiner of taught degrees at both UK and overseas institutions.
One of the KTP projects where Dr Kwan was principal investigator has led to the development and subsequent commercialisation of a deployable lifting product for Reid Lifting Ltd. This product has led to the double award of the 'Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation 2013', and the 'Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade 2013'.
Dr Kwan is on the Editorial Board of three journals, and eleven international conferences. He has delivered two invited lectures at international conferences. He is a regular referee for about ten international journals, the UK research councils, and other journals.
He was elected to the Board of the Association of European Civil Engineering Faculty in 2003, and subsequently twice re-elected.
Dr Kwan obtained his BEng(Hons) from Sheffield (1987) and PhD from Cambridge (1991), working on deployable structures.
Experience
Sustainable Informatics - Telemetry, control systems, optimisation, predictive simulation, networks, web-based real-time decision support
systems
Sustainable Construction - Material Flow Analysis, masonry separation, enhanced soil block construction
Deployable Structure - Structural morphology, Force Method, foldable stuctures, pantographic structures, prestress analysis, displacement
control, mechanisms, kinematics
Geometric Nonlinearity - fabric structure, membrane structure, cable structure, cablenets
Structural Optimisation - Genetic Algorithms, layout optimisation, shape optimisation.
Biography
Dr Kwan has >90 publications (>35 in refereed international journals), including a chapter in the SCI Steel Designers' Manual. His h-index is 10 (by Scopus) with >200 citations in these ten publications. Under Google-Scholar, the h-factor is 13, and these 13 publications have been cited 400 times. Altogether, he has been cited 300x (Scopus) and 550x (Google-Scholar).
Since 2010, Dr Kwan has been active in the field of “sustainability informatics”, e.g. 4 out of 6 recent journal papers (average journal impact factor of 4.38) are all in this field. All four of his current (2013) research grants (one starting Feb 2014, two as principal investigator with 1 co-applicant, and two more with 3 co-applicants) are in also in this field; these grants total £1.04M (£6.8M when including non-Cardiff share). His five grants previous to these (going back to 2009) totalled £572k (£384k of which was also in the field of sustainability informatics).
He has a total of 21 doctoral students (19 completed), and two MPhil student (completed). He has also been external examiner of higher degree on 7 occasions, and is currently (2015) External Examiner of taught degrees at both UK and overseas institutions.
One of the KTP projects where Dr Kwan was principal investigator has led to the development and subsequent commercialisation of a deployable lifting product for Reid Lifting Ltd. This product has led to the double award of the 'Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation 2013', and the 'Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade 2013'.
Dr Kwan is on the Editorial Board of three journals, and eleven international conferences. He has delivered two invited lectures at international conferences. He is a regular referee for about ten international journals, the UK research councils, and other journals.
He was elected to the Board of the Association of European Civil Engineering Faculty in 2003, and subsequently twice re-elected.
Dr Kwan obtained his BEng(Hons) from Sheffield (1987) and PhD from Cambridge (1991), working on deployable structures.
Experience
Sustainable Informatics - Telemetry, control systems, optimisation, predictive simulation, networks, web-based real-time decision support
systems
Sustainable Construction - Material Flow Analysis, masonry separation, enhanced soil block construction
Deployable Structure - Structural morphology, Force Method, foldable stuctures, pantographic structures, prestress analysis, displacement
control, mechanisms, kinematics
Geometric Nonlinearity - fabric structure, membrane structure, cable structure, cablenets
Structural Optimisation - Genetic Algorithms, layout optimisation, shape optimisation.
Professional memberships
CEng FICE
Committees and reviewing
Scientific Committee Member, IASS20/21 Int Conf on Spatial Structures 2020 (Surrey7)
Publications
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Sustainable Informatics - Telemetry, control systems, optimisation, predictive simulation, networks, web-based real-time decision support systems
Sustainable Construction - Material Flow Analysis, masonry separation, enhanced soil block construction
Deployable Structure - Structural morphology, Force Method, foldable stuctures, pantographic structures, prestress analysis, displacement control, mechanisms, kinematics
Geometric Nonlinearity - fabric structure, membrane structure, cable structure, cablenets
Structural Optimisation - Genetic Algorithms, layout optimisation, shape optimisation
Research Theme: Energy and Environment
Contracts
| Title | People | Sponsor | Value | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurturing sustainability practices in construction through a user-centred multi-disciplinary knowledge platform: a feasibility study | Rezgui Y, Miles JC, Kwan ASK | National Assembly for Wales (A4B) | 19973 | 20/04/2009 - 19/07/2009 |
| Field Testing and Numerical Modelling of a Tidal Turbine | Stoesser T, Kwan A | Repetitive Energy Company Ltd | 38800 | 01/10/2013 - 30/09/2016 |
| Mechanical loading and drop testing of mounting brackets and T-Davit structures for lifting devices | Pullin R, Eaton M, Holford K, Kwan A | REID LIFTING LTD | 2522 | 14/08/2012 - 13/11/2012 |
| KTP - To develop Voltcom capability in designing and product development of rapidly deployable structures for the protection of under-power line amenities including roads, tracks, buildings, pathways when replacing or constructing o/h power lines | Pullin R, Mahdi T, Kwan A | KTP for Voltcom Construction Ltd | 164223 | 01/04/2015 - 30/06/2017 |
| SCriPT: Sustainable Construction Service Platform | Rezgui Y, Miles JC, Kwan ASK, Hopfe C, Li H | Welsh Assembly Government (A4B) | 339295 | 01/01/2010 - 30/06/2013 |
| Knowledge based energy management for public buildings through holistic information modeling and 3D visualisation KNOWHOIEM | Rezgui Y, H Li, Kwan A | European Commission (FP7) | 286252 | 01/09/2011 - 31/08/2014 |
| WISDOM Water analytics and intelligent sensing for demand optimised management | Rezgui Y, Kwan A, Li H, Mourshed M, Beach T | European Commission (FP7) | 352687 | 01/02/2014 - 31/01/2017 |
| Developing a real time abstraction & Discharge permitting process for catchment regulation and optimised water management (Wanda) | Rezgui Y, Li H, Kwan A | TSB via Cambrensis | 224959 | 01/08/2013 - 31/07/2016 |
| Vertical axis drag marine turbine R&D - design and input only | Kwan A, Rezgui Y | Repetitive Energy Company Ltd | 4967 | 01/05/2013 - 31/07/2013 |
| Proair advanced indoor climate control system (PAICCS) | Kwan A, Rezgui Y | DECC Via Proair Installations Ltd | 119986 | 01/04/2013 - 30/03/2015 |
| To Develop Company Expertise and Procedures for Design that can Accelerate its Product Development to Maintain its Growth Rate and Profitability | Kwan ASK, Pullin R | Momenta/Reid Lifting | 161106 | 15/02/2010 - 14/02/2012 |
| KESS - Knowledge economy skills scholarship | Kwan ASK, Falconer RA, | CORUS STRIP PRODUCTS LTD, WELSH EUROPEAN FUNDING OFFICE | 99803 | 01/02/2010 - 31/01/2013 |
| To develop an innovative, industry leading design and optimisation methodology and tool for the design and development of new trailer upper structure products | Clarkea, Eaton M, Kwan ASK | Loadlok (KTP) | 127289 | 01/06/2016 - 31/05/2018 |
Supervised Students
| Title | Student | Status | Degree |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Integrated User-Centric Platform To Promote Sustainable Behaviour | ALSULAIMAN Abdulaziz Abdullah Hamad | Graduate | PhD |
| Integrated Security Control Under City Information Moduling - Using Intelligent Control Systems for Providing Full Vision to Decision-Makers in the City Management | ALTAMEEMI Abdulhakeem Salem Ali | Current | PhD |
| Investigating the Influence of Information Systems Applications on Quality of Electronic Service in Municipal Sector: A sudy of acceptance of e-municipality services | ALSULIMAN Abdulrahman Abdullah Hamad | Graduate | PhD |
| VIBRATION OF CABLE-BASED STRUCTURES | LEE Bor-Ming | Graduate | PhD |
| DISTRIBUTED CLOUD-BASED SEMANTIC ENERGY MANAGEMENT AT DISTRICT LEVEL. | KUSTER Corentin | Current | PhD |
| Time-Dependent Deformation of High Strength Concrete | KANDARI Fahad | Graduate | MPhil |
| Conceptual Design and Mechanisms for Foldable Pyramidal Plated Structures | KHAYYAT Hassan | Graduate | PhD |
| ADVANCED EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS. | CHEN Hui | Thesis Submitted | PhD |
| A More Realistic Genetic Algorithm | CHEN Hui | Graduate | MPhil |
| TOPOLOGY OPTIMISATION OF SKELETAL STRUCTURES | HAJI ABDUL AZID Ishak | Graduate | PhD |
| Physical and Numerical Modelling of Marine Renewable Energy Technologies, with {Articular Focus on Tidal Stream And Tidal Range Devices | BRAMMER James | Graduate | PhD |
| An Environmental and Material Flow Analysis of the UK Steel Construction Sector | LEY James David | Graduate | EngD |
| REAL-TIME AND SEMANTIC ENERGY MANAGEMENT ACROSS BUILDINGS IN A DISTRICT CONFIGURATION. | REYNOLDS Jonathan William | Current | PhD |
| An Application Of A Generative And Evolutionary Algorithms To Determining A Topology Using Bridge Aesthetics | WANG Kai | Graduate | PhD |
| Effects Of Grading Of Fine Aggregate On The Strength And Permeability Of Concrete | THAMER Khalefa | Graduate | PhD |
| EMBEDDED CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION OF BUILDINGS | WENG Kui | Current | PhD |
| TESTING THE EFFICIENCY OF A TIDAL TURBINE IN AN UNBLOCKED, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. | PRIEGUE Luis Molinos | Current | PhD |
| BIM BASED COST OPTIMISATION OF GREEN BUILDINGS. | MOHSIN Marwah | Current | PhD |
| Domestic Sustainable and Low Energy Design in Hot Climatic Regions | ALDOSSARY Naief Ali Rasheed | Graduate | PhD |
| Enhanced material flow analysis framework: beyond accounting and toward strategy. Specialisation - construction engineering. | ALBELWI Naif | Current | PhD |
| Prestress and deformation control in flexible structures | SAEED Najmadeen Mohammed | Graduate | PhD |
| DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF SHELLS | EL KAABAZI Nihal Husein Fouad | Graduate | PhD |
| Use of Waste and Low Energy Materials for Construction | YALLEY Peter Paa-Kofi | Graduate | PhD |
| Separation of Brick and Mortar Using Pressure Waves | GREGORY Richard | Graduate | PhD |
| An Investigation Into The Applicability Of The Passivhaus Standard For The UK Context | MCLEOD Robert Scot | Graduate | PhD |
| THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE BUILDING ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR SAUDI ARABIA BUILT ENVIRONMENT | ALYAMI Saleh | Graduate | PhD |
| Research on BIM based robotics. | GOW Simeon | Current | MPhil |
| Physical Testing And Numerical Modelling Of A Novel Vertical Tidal Stream Turbine | HARRIES Tom | Graduate | PhD |
| Comparing The Effectiveness of Face To Face And Computer Mediated Collaboration In Design | HATEM Wadhah Amer | Graduate | PhD |
| Comparing The Effectiveness of Face To Face And Computer Mediated Collaboration In Design | HATEM Wadhah Amer | Graduate | PhD |
| Topological Reasoning Using a Generative Representation And A Genetic Algorithm | ZHANG Yu | Graduate | PhD |