Teaching at ASE
I currently teach a wide range of courses at the Asian School of the Environment, covering topics of environment, society, technology, geology, and tectonics:
ES0001 The Physical Environments of Singapore (EESS core course)
ES2802 GIS and the Earth System, co-taught with Asst. Prof. Judith Hubbard (EESS core course)
ES3005 Advanced Methods in Field Geology (EESS/Geoscience core course)
ES3102 Global Tectonics (EESS/Geoscience upper level elective course)
About EESS
The Environmental Earth System Science (EESS) program at ASE is an excellent degree path for all students who are broadly interested in the Earth's environments. Graduates from all three of our specializations (Ecology, Geoscience, and Society and Environment) move on to a wide variety of jobs, working for consulting firms, corporate sustainability, academia, educational institutions, NGOs, and Sinagpore government ministries.
If you are a student who is interested in applying to EESS, please feel free to contact me directly with any questions you may have!
Classes I teach at ASE
ES0001
The Physical Environments of Singapore
This course covers the geological, ecological, and societal factors that have created Singapore's modern environments. Weekly mapping-based field trips reinforce in-class learning.
ES2802
GIS and the Earth System
GIS is part of the ASE core curriculum because geospatial thinking is a critical skill for modern scientists and modern citizens.
ES3005
Advanced Field Methods in Geology
This course is a 5-week camp (or digital equivalent in the COVID era...) that focuses on building critical thinking skills in a challenging field setting.
ES3102
Global Tectonics
This advanced geoscience course uses my program tectoplot as the basis for exploratory learning about global tectonics. Students adopt a tectonic region for the course.
Field safety and accessibility
As the Undergraduate Field Program Coordinator for ASE, I help ensure that our field trips are safe and that their environment is conducive to learning. Safety and accessibility are just as critical for a local field trip to a public park in Singapore, as for a remote excursion through rough terrain in a foreign country. Instructors also need to be mindful of the possibly subtle factors that can turn a fun trip into an uncomfortable experience for a student. Faculty and staff at ASE have developed a field safety Standard Operating Procedure that includes pre-trip, during-trip, and post-trip actions. We conduct risk assessments and pre-trip safety briefings for all trips, collect and carry confidential medical and emergency contact information for all participants, and ensure that students are covered by appropriate insurance. We have a clear liability form that must be signed by all student participants.
Like many of our instructors and field staff at ASE, I maintain an active Wilderness First Aid / Wilderness First Responder certification (I re-certified in March 2021).
Supervision of student research
Are you an NTU student who is interested in working with me on a problem in geology or Earth science? I have a lot of ideas and am willing to take on enthusiastic students from across NTU. A background in geology or Earth science is helpful, but is not required. My URECA and FYP slots for 2021-2022 are currently full, but please contact me if you are interested in a potential project in the future! If you have your own research idea, I am happy to discuss it as well.
Sunda trench seismic stratigraphy
Tan Li Ching (ASE)
ASE Final Year Project co-supervised with Asst. Prof Judith Hubbard (ASE)
Uncertainty of pixel correlation displacements
Du Nairong (ASE/CNY)
C.N. Yang freshman research project (student coauthor in Bradley et al., 2019, Nature Geoscience) (2018-2019)
UAV mapping of dynamic rocky coastlines
Shannon Ng Yan Yun (ASE)
Ongoing ASE Final Year Project (2020-2021)
Remote sensing mapping of landslides in Pakistan
Wee Khai Zher (ASE)
Ongoing URECA project (2021-2022)
Remote sensing mapping of uplifted marine terraces, Sumatra
Rei Ong (RE)
Ongoing URECA project (2021-2022)
Developing a GUI/web interface for tectoplot
Omkar Ingale (SCSE)
Ongoing URECA project (2021-2022)
Student feedback on teaching
Anonymous feedback from students is a critical part of the teaching process. I use this feedback to better understand the diverse needs of by students and improve my teaching approach and the structure and content of my courses. Here are all of my student feedback on teaching forms from my time here at ASE. Many thanks go out to the many students who took the time to fill out their feedback forms!