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Fortified From Land to Sea
Land and resource limitations are becoming more prevalent as the global population expands. The school's Centre for Urban Solutions (CUS) seeks to address urban development challengs by integrating digitial technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) into urban planning and construction.
In land-scarce cities, space is being created upwards with high-rise buildings and downwards developments. With a spate of devastating sinkhole incidents that have occured worldwide during construction projects, Associate Professor Wu Wei has pioneered a digital solution with his team to manage the unpredictable underground as methods powered by AI to precisely map underground structures like cavities or boulders, employing machine learning to detect anomalies autonomously.
Similarly, Assistant Professor Shi Chao turned to transformative digital solutions for underground and coastal engineering. His research team uses algorithms and digital twins - virtual models that simulate subsurface conditions - to optimise the construction of underground infrastructure.
Professor Chu Jian, Chair of the School and Director of CUS, is leading two research projects under the Coastal Protection and Flood Resilience Institue Singapore to mitigate the imminent threat of rising sea levels for cities with low-lying coastlines.
