Staff Profile

Biography

Dr. Adeline L.Y. Ng is currently a Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean (Academic Practice) for the Faculty of Engineering, Computing, and Science at the Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus, Malaysia. She is a Professional Engineer with a Practicing Certificate (PEPC) with the Board of Engineers, Malaysia, and a member of the Malaysian Cold-Formed Steel Institute (MyCSI).

She obtained her Bachelor and Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, in 2001 and 2002, respectively, and her Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering in 2008 at the Oxford Brookes University, UK.

In her earlier career, Adeline has practiced as a Design Engineer in the industry and was also a Product and Development Engineer in a company that specialized in steel structures.

Research Interests

• Cold-Formed Steel Structures
• Steel and Composite Structures
• Materials
• Connections

Professional Memberships

• Professional Engineer with Practicing Certificate, Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM), Malaysia
• Corporate Member, Institute of Engineers Malaysia (IEM)

Awards

• 2018 Best Paper Award. Ng, A.L.Y. and Law Z.Y., “Experimental Study of Cold-formed Steel Moment Connections with Screw Fasteners”, 7th International Conference on Material Science and Engineering Technology, ICMSET 2018, Beijing, China.
• 2014 Best Conference Paper Award. Ng, A.L.Y. and Mei, C.C., “Experimental Investigation of Cold-formed Steel Screw Connection”, The 2nd International Conference on Advances in Civil and Structural Engineering, (CSE), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2014).
• 2011 Best Conference Paper Award. Ng, A.L.Y., “An Investigation on the Application of Thin Cold-formed Steel Angles in Light Weight Roof Structures”, The First International Conference & Exhibition of Women Engineer (ICEWE) 2011, Pahang, Malaysia.

Research Grants

• Structural Behaviour of Cold-formed Steel Built-Up Sections. Sponsored by ASTEEL Sdn. Bhd., Awarded Amount RM 46,500 (1 year); 2022 – Present – Principal Investigator
• Structural Behaviour of Cold-formed Steel Built-up Sections under Axial Cyclic Loading; Sponsored by Swinburne Strategic Research Grant (SSRG), Awarded Amount MYR 20,000 (2 years); 2021 – Present – Principal Investigator
• Experimental Study and Analysis of Simple Cold-formed Steel Wall Plate System; Sponsored by Swinburne Sarawak Research Grant (SSRG), Awarded Amount MYR 20,000 (1 year); 2012 – Completed – Principal Investigator

PhD/Master by Research Opportunities

Publications

• Journal Paper: Ng, A.L.Y., Liew, H.C. and Wong Y.C., “Strength of Concrete with Recycled Manganese Slag”, Materials Science Forum, ISSN: 1662-9752, (2021) p.88-93.
• Journal Paper: Ng, A.L.Y., and Law Z.Y., “Experimental Study of Cold-formed Steel Moment Connections with Screw Fasteners”, Materials Science Forum, ISSN: 1662-9752, (2019) p.85-89.
• Journal Paper: Ng, A.L.Y., and Hii, W.H., “Effects of Connecting Plates on Cold-formed Steel Wall Plate System”, Applied Mechanics and Materials, ISSN: 1662-7482, 38-43, (2016).
• Journal Paper: Ng, A.L.Y., and Mei, C.C., “Experimental Investigation of Cold-formed Steel Screw Connection”, International Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering, ISSN: 2372-3971, 2(2015) p.175-179.
• Journal Paper: Ng, A.L.Y., Beale, R. and Godley, M., “Methods of Restraining Progressive Collapse in Rack Structures”, Journal of Engineering Structures, ISSN: 0141-0296, 31(2009) p.1460-1468.
• Conference Paper: Ng, A.L.Y., Yang, I., “Academics and Learners’ Perceptions on Blended Learning as a Strategic Initiative to Improve Student Learning Experience”, MATEC Web of Conferences 87, p.1-5, 2016.