Associate Professor (Structural Engineering)   Ir Dr. Hoat Joen PAM   Ir, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung, Indonesia ME, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand PhD, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand MIEAust, CPEng, MIPENZ, MHKIE, FHKISC   Office:      HW 6-11 Phone:     +852 28591980 Fax:         +852 25595337 E-mail:     pamhoatjoen@hku.hk

 

Teaching Activities

• CIVL 2001 Engineering Design and Communication
• CIVL 2007 Theory and Design of Structures II
• CIVL 3023 Inter-disciplinary Design Project
• CIVL 3026 Engineering Practice in Mainland China
• CIVL 6003 Advanced Reinforced Concrete Structure Design
• CIVL 6076 Earthquake Engineering Design

 

Research Interests

• Design and detailing of earthquake resistant structures
• Strength and ductility of structural members
• High-strength reinforced concrete columns
• Beam-column joints
• Coupling beams

 

Representative Research / Consultancy Projects

• Design and detailing of high-strength reinforced concrete columns
• Effects of diagonal steel bars on performance of interior beam-column joints.
• Plate-reinforced composite coupling beams – experimental and numerical studies
• Strength and ductility of prestressed concrete piles
• Strength and ductility of pile and pile-cap connections

 

Representative Publications

1. Pam, H.J., and Park, R. (1990). "Flexural strength and ductility analysis of spirally reinforced prestressed concrete piles." PCI (Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute) Journal, 35(4), 64-83. (Awarded the 1991 Martin P. Korn Award of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, U.S.A., for its merit for contribution in design and research to the advancement of precast and prestressed concrete; and the 1992 T.Y. Lin Award of the American Society of Civil Engineers.)
2. Pam, H.J., Tanaka, H., and Park, R. (1998). "Effects of increasing concrete strength on the dimension of beams." ACI (American Concrete Institute) Special Publication SP-176, High-Strength Concrete in Seismic Regions, 197-211.
3. Pam, H.J., and Ho, J.C.M. (2001). "Flexural strength enhancement of confined reinforced concrete columns." Structures and Buildings, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 146(4), 363-370.
4. Pam, H.J., Kwan A.K.H., and Islam M.S. (2001). "Flexural strength and ductility of reinforced normal- and high-strength concrete beams." Structures and Buildings, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 146(4), 381-389.
5. Pam, H.J., Kwan, A.K.H., and Ho, J.C.M. (2001). "Post-peak behavior and flexural ductility of doubly reinforced normal- and high-strength concrete beams." Structural Engineering and Mechanics, 12(5), 459-474.
6. Ho, J.C.M., Kwan, A.K.H.. and Pam, H.J. (2002). "Effects of using high-strength concrete on flexural ductility of reinforced concrete beams." Transactions of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, 9(1), 14-21. (Awarded the Civil Engineering Paper of the Year - 2001 of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) for Special Award in Research Project.)
7. Ho, J.C.M., and Pam, H.J. (2003). "Influence of transverse steel configuration on post-elastic behaviour of high-strength reinforced concrete columns." Transactions of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, 10(2), 1-9. (Awarded the HKIE Transactions Prize 2004 (Young Engineers).)
8. Ho, J.C.M., and Pam, H.J. (2004). "Extent of critical region and limited ductility design of high-strength reinforced concrete columns for Hong Kong practice." HKIE (Hong Kong Institution of Engineers) Transactions, 11(3), 17-28. (Awarded the HKIE Transactions Prize 2005.)
9. Lam, W.Y., Su, R.K.L., and Pam, H.J. (2005). "Experimental study on embedded steel plate composite coupling beams." Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 131(8), 1294-1302.
10. Su, R.K.L., Pam H.J., and Lam, W.Y. (2006). "Effects of shear connectors on plate-reinforced composite coupling beams of short and medium-length spans." Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 62(1-2), 178-188.