Dr Llewellyn C M Tang BSc(Hons), PhD, MSEYSA, MHKSTAMQual

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Dr Llewellyn C M Tang is Research Associate in the Department of Civil and Engineering at Loughborough University working for the project ‘Grand Challenge’ - Immortal Information and Through-life Knowledge Management. He has researched in the decision science field since he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree with First Class Honors in Construction Engineering and Management from the City University of Hong Kong in 2002. He has done one-year MPhil in Construction Economics and Finance and transferred the degree to another two-year PhD in Knowledge and Innovation Management in construction. In particular it is about the support and evaluation of financial information to the construction firms by an integrated decision support system. In this period, he was Research Assistant in a number of research projects and Lecturer in Building Management courses (mainly in financial process modelling and decision management). His research interests are artificial intelligence, cash flow forecasting, computational decision support, operational research and information processing. He has submitted 11 journal and conference papers of which 8 have been published in his 3-year research study. He has obtained a number of scholarships and fellowships in 2001-2005 from the City University of Hong Kong, The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB HK and UK), The Australian Institute of Building (AIB), The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE Structural Division/IStructE HK Division) and Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund Council (SEYMFC). He has a closed linkage with the industry as a Committee Member and the Student Representative in the Building Division Committee of Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) in 2000-2004. He is a member of the Sir Edward Youde Scholar Association where he has got fellowships since 2003-2005. He is also a member of the Hong Kong Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (HKSTAM).

Dissertations

  • Tang, C.M., An Impartial Financial Decision Support System (e-FDSS) for Construction SMEs in Hong Kong , PhD Thesis, City University of Hong Kong, (2005).
  • Tang, C.M., Multi-project Cash Flow Optimization: How to Determine the Rating and Weighting of the Coefficients in the Objective Function of a Financial Model, BSc(Hons) Thesis, City University of Hong Kong, (2002). (Grade A+ awarded and AIB Chapter Medal awarded)

Papers

  • Leung, A.Y.T. and Tang, C.M., An impartial financial decision support system (e-FDSS) for construction firms in Hong Kong, CIB W89 – International Conference on Building, Education and Research, Bear 2006 – Construction Sustainability and Innovation, 10-12 April 2006, The Hong Kong Polytechnic U niversity, HK, (2006). (Fully accepted paper)
  • Wong, C.W.Y. and Tang, C.M., Air pollution assessment index for the construction industry in Hong Kong, The 12th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference 2006, 6-8 April 2006, The Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Hong Kong, (2006).(Abstract accepted)
  • Tang, C.M. and Leung, A.Y.T., Analysing and discounting construction cash flow by an impartial decision model , Construction Management and Economics, (2006), ISSN 0144-6193 . (Under review)
  • Tang, C.M., Leung, A.Y.T. and Lam, K.C., An entropy application to improve construction finance decisions, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, (2006), ISSN 0733-9364. (Tentatively accepted)
  • Tang, C.M., Wong, Christy W.Y., Leung, A.Y.T. and Lam, K.C., Selection of funding schemes by a borrowing decision model: a Hong Kong case study , Construction Management and Economics, (2006), ISSN 0144-6193. (Fully accepted paper)
  • Tang, C.M., Wong, Christy W.Y., Leung, A.Y.T. and Lam, K.C., A GA-based borrowing strategy for construction SMEs in Hong Kong, The 21 st ARCOM Annual Conference 2005, 7-9 September 2005, University of Salford, UK, (2005), ISBN 0-9028969-38.
  • Tang, C.M. and Leung, A.Y.T., An impartial decision model for financial risk and decision analysis in construction projects, The 21 st ARCOM Annual Conference 2005, 7-9 September 2005, University of Salford, UK, (2005), ISBN 0-9028969-38.
  • Lam, K.C., Tang, C.M. and Lee, W.C., Application of the entropy technique and genetic algorithms to construction site layout planning of medium-size projects, Construction Management and Economics, Vol 2 3 No 2, (2005), p p. 127 - 75 , ISSN 0144-6193.
  • Tang, C.M., Lee, S.W. and Long, N.D., A knowledge-based implementation of web and internet technology by constructi on design firms in Hong Kon g, Journal of Building and Construction Management , Vol 9 No 1, (2004), pp. 73-84, ISSN 1024-9540.
  • Van, L.T., Charoenngam, C.C., Long, N.D. and Tang, C.M., Construction lost-time injuries in Vietnam: an exploratory study, Journal of Building and Construction Management , Vol 9 No 1, (2004), pp. 85-9 0, ISSN 1024-9540.
  • Lam, K.C., Cheung, S.O., Tang, C.M. and Ng, T.S., The capital budgeting evaluation practices of building contractors in Hong Kong, Australian Journal of Construction Economics and Building, Vol 2 No 1, (2002), pp. 81-93, ISSN 1445-2634.