| My Bio/Updates |
| Fast Facts about myself: Basic Info Full First Name: Yew Kong Mark People call me: Mark Last Name: Wan Born in: Singapore Birthday: Aug 22, 1979 Sex: Male Marital Status: Single Currently Living In: Singapore Currently Working as: Civil Engineer, DSTA (AM/DCD) Education Primary: Anglo Chinese Primary School, Singapore Secondary: Anglo Chinese Secondary (Independent), Singapore Junior College: National Junior College, Singapore B.S. (Highest Honors) Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA M.S. Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of California, Berkeley, USA National Service BMT: BMTC1 (Tekong) Foxtrot Coy Platoon 24 SMM: 127th Combat Medic Course Unit: Company Medic, 3SIR SP Coy Current Status: Reservist (Deferred) Personal interests My favorite sport: Skiing (currently black diamond, working on small jumps) Other favorite sports: Basketball (out of practice lately), Hiking, Soccer, Concrete Canoe Sports that I follow but don't play: American Football (Go Bears!), Formula One Favorite card games (in order): Spades, Hearts, Floating Bridge (Singapore version), Big 2 (aka Dai Dee) Recent Vacation Destinations: Canadian Rockies, Philadelphia, Boston, Lake Tahoe CA, Monterey CA Research Interests Blast Resistant Structural Design, Progressive Collapse, Steel Shear Connections Recent Awards/Appointments: April 2003: Mid-Pacific Regional Concrete Canoe Competition (Fresno, CA) Overall: 1st Paper: 1st Presentation: 1st Paddling: 1st Final Product: 2nd May 2003: Tau Beta Pi Graduate Fellowship May 2003: William H Popert Graduate Fellowship May 2003: UC Berkeley Department Citation (Civil Engineering) June 2003: National Concrete Canoe Competition (Philadelphia, PA) Overall: 3rd Paper: 1st Presentation: 2nd Final Product: 13th Endurance Races: 5th Sprint Races: top 10 Special Award: Tony Chrest Innovation Award August 2003: Appointed as Graduate Student Instructor for Graduate Course in Advanced Steel and Composite Design (CE247) |
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