Dr Alan Wong, EngD, MSc, FHEA, MBCS, FRSA
Teaching Fellow (Joint Programme)
Email: alan.wong@qmul.ac.uk
Profile
Projects Supervisor for final-year students on the Joint Programme in China.
Alan holds a Doctorate in Transport Systems and Engineering from the University of Southampton, and a first degree in engineering from Imperial College London. He specialises in the fields of Intelligent Transport Systems and Sustainable Travel, particularly as they are applied to the development of 'liveable' cities and connected applications for active travel, public transport operations, traveller information and in-vehicle systems, and urban traffic/fleet management.
He has previously worked with Transport for London in developing innovative uses of data for their iBus (Automatic Vehicle Location) System, including how large-scale information can improve bus detection and giving vehicle priority at traffic signals, as well as the deployment of management information systems for fleet operations. He is currently working with the UK Department for Transport and several Local Authorities on the South Coast to improve the de-carbonisation of road transport and encouraging more sustainable modes of travel, particularly through innovative solutions and offering ‘smarter choices’ through the delivery of passenger information systems, 'mobility-as-a-service' apps and other value-added guidance services.
Previously, Alan was an Information Systems Director (and Senior Civil Servant) working in Central Government and the IT Director for a major international FTSE100 Company. He is also currently a research scientist at the University of Southampton, and has won several awards for science communication, impact acceleration, and multi-partner collaboration. He has been the joint lead investigator (Co-PI) for a major EU Project in developing child-friendly neighbourhoods and also for the development of Healthy Local Transport Hubs in the UK. He has also advised the UK Government on the development of an Intelligent Mobility Skills Strategy, and the UKRI on their 'Tomorrow's Engineering Research Challenges'. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts, and devotes his spare time to supporting and championing local community benefit projects.