Daniel Looi

Background

About Daniel Looi

Daniel has a PhD in structural engineering, with a focus on seismic engineering from The University of Hong Kong (HKU). He is Associate Professor for the inaugural civil engineering programme at Sunway University, Malaysia. Also, he leads as the Head of School of Engineering at Sunway University. He is a chartered professional engineer (structural) of Engineers Australia and a working group (WG) member for the Malaysian national code development in EC1-1-6 and EC8-1. He chaired the WG for the Malaysian EC2-4: Design of fastenings for use in concrete. He is the 2022-2026 Civil and Structural Technical Division committee member at The Institution of Engineers Malaysia.He is the Associate Editor (Civil) of HKIE Transactions, Academic Editor of Shock and Vibration (Wiley), Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports (Springer Nature) and an Early Career Editorial Board Member for a new international journal - Earthquake Engineering and Resilience (Wiley). He also served as a Guest Editor for Materials Today: Proceedings by Elsevier and Special Issue in Buildings by MDPI. He is one of the pioneers to develop the website with the aim to educate and assist structural engineers working in low-to-moderate seismicity regions in seismic analysis and design. He was the recipient of the HKIE Outstanding Paper Award for Young Researcher/Engineer in 2015. In his earlier career, Daniel worked as a structural application engineer in a multinational company, specialised in structural analysis and design computation for buildings and plants.