Associate Professor Dr Daniel Looi Ting Wee

Associate Professor Dr Daniel Looi Ting Wee

  • Head of School
  • Associate Professor
  • School of Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
SDGs Focus

Biography

Daniel Looi is Associate Professor and a structural engineer with working experience in Malaysia and Hong Kong. He has a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Malaya and a PhD in Structural Engineering from the University of Hong Kong. Daniel is a Chartered Professional Engineer (structural) of Engineers Australia. He volunteered to develop the Malaysian national code for EC8-1 (Seismic actions for buildings), EC1-1-6 (Actions during execution), and he chaired the Working Group for the Malaysian EC2-4 (Design of fastenings for use in concrete). He served as an Associate Editor (Civil) for HKIE Transactions, Editorial Board Member (Civil) for Scientific Reports (Springer Nature), Earthquake Engineering and Resilience (Wiley) and Academic Editor for Shock and Vibration (Wiley). More about his research on seismic structural engineering can be found at www.quakeadvice.org.

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • PhD, Structural Engineering, The University of Hong Kong (2017)
  • BEng (Hons), Civil Engineering, University of Malaya (2006)
  • MIEAust CPEng (Structural Engineering)

Research Interests

  • Seismic engineering
  • Modular and precast structures
  • Fastening technology
  • Bamboo structures

Teaching Areas

  • Structural engineering

Courses Taught

  • Structural mechanics
  • Concrete structure design
  • Structural dynamics
  • Earthquake engineering

Notable Publications

  1. S.R. Kho; A.L.Y. Ng*; D.T.W. Looi; H.H. Lau; E. Gad and K. Roy (2025). “Nonlinear response of high-strength cold-formed steel built-up members subject to cyclic compression”, Thin-walled Structures.
  2. Gu, Z.; Li, M.; Zhang, M.; Looi, D.T.W. and Liu, S.* (2025). “Experimental study on tensile and compressive properties of neosinocalamus affinis-based bamboo scrimber”, Construction and Building Materials.
  3. Ren, C.; Wang, J.*; Looi, D.T.W. and Hong, M. (2025). “Optimal Design and Performance Evaluation of a Soil-structure Interaction System with a TID subject to Seismic Ground Motion Excitation”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 194,
  4. San, B.; Xu, S.Z.; Shan, Z.*; Chen, W.; Looi, D.T.W. (2025). “Investigation on probability model of bending moment-rotation relationship for bolt-ball joints”, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 226,
  5. Wang, J*; Zhang, Y.; Geng, Z and Looi, D.T.W. (2025). “Application of Perturbation Method to Analytical H2 Optimization for a Damped Structure with Inerter-based Control”, International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, 25(15).
  6. Shan, Z.W.; Su, R.K.L.*; Looi, D.T.W.; Chen, L.J. (2023). “A review of direct fastening steel jacket for strengthening reinforced concrete columns”, Advanced Steel Construction, 19(4), 383-388.
  7. Looi, D.T.W.; Su, R.K.L. and Gad, E. (2023). A State-of-the-art Guide for Post-installed Reinforcements. Ƶ University Press, Malaysia, ISBN 978-967-5492-74-7 (Hardback) 978-967-5492-75-4 (E-Book)  /press/books/state-of-art-guide-post-installed-reinforcement
  8. Lim, R.Z.C.; Looi, D.T.W.*; M.T. Chen; H.H. Tsang and Wilson, J.L. (2023). A Component-based Macro-mechanical Model for Inter-module Connections in Steel Volumetric Buildings. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 207. 
  9. Wang, J.; Xiang, Y.; Li, Z.Y and Looi, D.T.W.* (2022). Lateral dynamics of a monopile partially embedded in layered saturated soil with radial disturbance. Ocean Engineering, 266(3). 
  10. Lim, R.Z.C.; Looi, D.T.W.*; H.H. Tsang and Wilson, J.L. (2022). A Preliminary Design Tool for Volumetric Buildings. The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, 31(13).  
  11. Mehair, Y.*; Looi, D.T.W.; Lam, N.T.K. and Wilson, J.L. (2022). Seismic Response Modification Factors for buildings featuring a gravity transfer system by Incremental Dynamic Analyses. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 26(14). 
  12. Looi, D.T.W.*; H.H. Tsang and Lam, N.T.K. (2021). Developing Earthquake Resistant Structural Design Standard for Malaysia Based on Eurocode 8: Challenges and Recommendations. Standards, 2(1), 134-153. 
  13. Liu, Q.F.; Looi, D.T.W.; Chen, H.H.N.; Tang, C. and Su, R.K.L.* (2020). Framework to optimise two-dimensional measurements with DIC for concrete structures at different scales. Structures, 28, 93-105. 
  14. Shan, Z.W.; Looi, D.T.W. and Su, R.K.L.* (2020). A novel seismic strengthening method of RC columns confined by direct fastening steel plates. Engineering Structures, 218. 
  15. Shan, Z.W.; Looi, D.T.W.; Cheng, B and Su, R.K.L.* (2020). Simplified seismic axial collapse capacity prediction model for moderately compressed RC shear walls adjacent to transfer structure in tall buildings. The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, 29(12). 
  16. Shan, S.; Looi, D.T.W.; Cai, Y.; Ma, P.; Chen, M.T.; Su, R.K.L.; Young, B. and Pan, W.* (2019). “Offsite modular construction for high-rise building: a case study in Hong Kong”, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering. 1-32.  
  17. Looi, D.T.W.; Tsang, H.H.*; Hee, M.C. and Lam, N.T.K. (2018). “Seismic Hazard and Response Spectrum Modelling for Malaysia and Singapore”, Earthquakes and Structures, 15(1), pp. 67-79.
  18. Looi, D.T.W.; Su, R.K.L.*; Cheng, B. and Tsang, H.H. (2017). “Effects of axial load on seismic performance of RC walls with short shear span”, Engineering Structures, 115, pp. 312-326.
  19. Su, R.K.L* and Looi, D.T.W. (2016). “Revisiting the Unreinforced Strut Efficiency Factor”, ACI Structural Journal, 113(2), pp. 301-312.

Achievements & Accolades

  1. Invited panel for Living Delight, 8 Sept, 8TV Malaysia - “Segamat swarm of earthquakes”, watch at
  2. Invited panel for Podcast, 2 Sept, BFM 89.9 radio (online) - “Rethinking Malaysia's Earthquake Readiness”, listen at
  3. Invited panel for Talk of The Town, 25 Aug, Singapore MediaCorp Channel 8 (online) -  “Exploring earthquake resistance in Malaysian buildings?”, watch at
  4. Co-Investigator for Environment and Conservation 2025 Fund, Hong Kong - “Developing Modular Engineered Bamboo Hoarding Structures for Carbon-neutral Construction”
  5. Principal investigator for Ƶ University 2024-2027 New Annex Building for School of Engineering and Technology: Net Zero Building Project - “Work Package 6: Life-cycle embodied carbon assessment of an Industrialised Building System (IBS) reinforced concrete building: A case study of the New Annex Building for SET”
  6. Lead Co-chair and Technical Chair - 11th International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures (ICASS'2023), www.icass2023.org
  7. Principal investigator for 2021-2023 FRGS grant - “Artificial Intelligence Prediction Model for Smart Module Planning in Modular Construction for temporary COVID-19 Pandemic Quarantine Hospital and permanent Residential Building”
  8. Principal investigator for 2020-2022 Public Works Department JKR Sarawak grant - “Rationalization of the Conformity and Identity Testing under Section D in JKR's Standard Specifications for Building Works 2014”
  9. Principal investigator for 2019-2020 Industrial grant by Hilti Malaysia – “State-of-the-art Guide for Post-installed Rebar”
  10. The HKIE Outstanding Paper Award for Young Researcher/Engineer 2015 - “A unified shear stress limit for reinforced concrete beam design” 

Professional Associations

  1. Chairman - Working Group for MS EN 1992-4: Design of fastenings for use in concrete, Department of Standards Malaysia
  2. Committee member 2022-2026 - Civil and Structural Engineering Technical Committee, Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM)
  3. International sub-committee member from Malaysia for ISO/TC 71/SC 9:  Steel-concrete composite and hybrid structures
  4. Associate Editor (Civil) - HKIE Transactions (HKIE)
  5. Academic Editor – Shock and Vibration (Wiley)     
  6. Editorial Board Member (Civil) - Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio / Springer Nature)   
  7. Early Career Editor - Earthquake Engineering and Resilience (Wiley and Sons)
  8. Special Issue Guest Editor for “Seismic and Durability Evaluation of Concrete Structures” - Buildings (MDPI) 
      
  9. Guest Editor for the 2nd International Conference on Recent Trends in Construction Materials and Structures ICON2021 in the journal entitled Materials Today: Proceedings, 25-26 Nov 2021, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Tamil Nādu, India - Materials Today: Proceedings (Elsevier)  

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