Professor Lam Khee Poh

Professor Lam is an educator, researcher, architect and consultant who specializes in life-cycle building information modeling and computational design support systems for total building performance analysis and building diagnostics. He teaches architectural design (with a focus on systems integration), building energy modeling, building controls and diagnostics as well as acoustics and lighting.

He has completed many major funded research projects in Singapore and the USA, and findings are widely published. He serves as a member of the Editorial Boards of Building Simulation: An International Journal (Springer and Tsinghua University Press), and Buildings (MDPI AG, Switzerland).

He is appointed as a member of the Singapore Future Economy Council Built Environment Cluster Sub Committee. He currently serves as an Advisory Board member of the Singapore Centre for Liveable Cities (MND & MEWR), and the City Developments Limited Singapore Sustainability Academy, as well as Management Board member of the Institute of Real Estate and Urban Studies at NUS. He is also an Advisory Board member of Delos, USA, which established the world's first building standard focused exclusively on human health and wellness, and a member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Energy Technologies. He is a building performance consultant for several major award-winning projects and certified green buildings in the private and public sectors in Singapore, China and USA. He was awarded the 2013 Alexander Schwarzkopf Prize for Technological Innovation from the US National Science Foundation "for exemplary research contribution to technology innovation and positive impact on technology, industry and the society as a whole". He also received an IBM Faculty Award in 2010.

Professor Lam graduated from the University of Nottingham, UK with a B Arch (Hons) Degree and holds a PhD (Architecture) from Carnegie Mellon University, USA. He is a UK licensed architect, and elected Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) for his significant contribution to architecture, the profession and the community. He is an Emeritus Professor of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University and is currently appointed as Provost's Chair Professor of Architecture and Building, and Dean of the School of Design and Environment at the National University of Singapore.