WHO ’ S WHO IN ENGINEERING MALAYSIA
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1999-Current Co-Founder / Senior Director G & P Professionals Sdn . Bhd .
1994-1999 Engineer up to Associate SSP Geotechnics Sdn . Bhd .
TAN YEAN CHIN , Ir . Dr .
Born February , 1968
CIVIL ENGINEER yctan @ gnpgroup . com . my
CURRENT DESIGNATION
• Founder / Senior Director , G & P Professionals Sdn . Bhd . and G & P Geotechnics Sdn . Bhd .
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
• BEng . in Civil Engineering , Universiti Teknologi Malaysia ( UTM )
• MEng . in Civil Engineering , Asian Institute of Technology , Thailand
• Engineering Doctorate , UTM
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate , BEM
• Honorary Fellow , The Institution of Engineers Malaysia ( IEM )
• Accredited Checker ( Geotechnical ), BEM
• ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer ( ACPE )
• ASEAN Engineer
• APEC Engineer
• International Professional Engineers
• Chartered Engineer , Engineers Australia
• Registered Foreign Professional Engineer ( RFPE ), Myanmar Engineering Council
• Registered Foreign Professional Engineer ( RFPE ), Board of Engineers Cambodia
Other Professional Involvement / Affiliation
• Past Board Member , BEM
• Past President , IEM
• Member , Accredited Checkers Committee , BEM
• 2016-2018 : Board of Governors , ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations ( AFEO ) ª 2008-Current : Secretary General of Federation of Engineering Institutes of Asia and the Pacific ( FEIAP )
• 2007-2010 : Secretary General of ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations ( AFEO )
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Geotechnical engineering
• Underground structures and tunnels
• Ground treatment , embankment for railways and highways
• Reclamation design
• Foundation design
• Slope design and stabilisation
• Failure investigation
Projects
• Johor Bahru – Singapore Rapid Transit System
• Klang Valley MRT Lines 1 and 2
• Geotechnical consultancy services for underground stations
• Detailed geotechnical design for double track from Taiping to Alor Setar
• Project coordinator and lead geotechnical specialist for flood mitigation projects , Lower Klang River Basin
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION & AWARDS
• Honorary Fellow , ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations ( AFEO )
• Fellow , ASEAN Academy of Engineering & Technology ( AAET )
• Fellow , Academy of Engineering and Technology of the Developing World ( AETDEW )
• Fellow , Institution of Civil Engineers ( ICE ), UK
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