Ryan Yi Wei Tan

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Graduate Student at Technische Universiteit Delft

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Contact

Academic Email: RyanTanYiWei@student.tudelft.nl
Personal Email: ryantanyiwei@gmail.com
Circulum Vitae: Apr 2024

Education

M.Sc Engineering and Policy Analysis; Delft University of Technology
  | Sep 22 - Present
B.Eng Mechanical Engineering; National University of Singapore
  | Aug 18 - Jun 22

Bio

With great power comes great responsibility; models possess the potential to improve our lives, yet their utilization demands careful consideration.

Research Assistantships

Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
  | Dec 22 - Present
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
  | Jan 21 - Aug 22
Residential College 4, National University of Singapore (NUS)
  | Nov 19 - Aug 22
(in collaboration with) Space Syntax (UCL)
  | Aug 21 - Feb 22
Centre for Liveable Cities, Ministry of National Development (MND)
  | Jul 20 - Jan 21
Institute of Water Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP)
  | May 20 - Nov 20

Papers, Presentations and Articles

182nd Dies Natalis 2024
  | Mapping the system underlying inertia in the (storm)water transition in cities in the Netherlands - through a financing perspective
  | _ abstract _ slides
International System Dynamics Conference 2023
  | Integration of Resilience Markers framework into Socio-Ecological System: Case Study of Agriculture in Dadeldhura, Nepal
  | _ abstract
International System Dynamics Conference 2022
  | Integrating resilience into Monitoring and Evaluation of climate and development practices in Hindu-Kush Himalaya
  | _ paper _ slides _ supp-materials
International System Dynamics Conference 2021
  | System dynamics across three scales in the Brahmaputra River Basin- Exploring a Himalayan social-hydrological system
  | _ abstract _ slides _ video _ lkyspp
Opinion Piece on Water Consumption in Non-Domestic Sectors
  | Making the most out of every drop of Singapore’s water
  | _ op-ed
Evidence-based Design Presentation
  | Spatial Networks in Building Complexes
  | _ slides
Evidence-based Design Presentation
  | Street Network Analysis for Planning and Policies
  | _ slides

Selected Coursework - Reports, Essays and Analyses

Quantitative Work - Simulation, Data Analysis

Decision Support for Managing Flood Risks in Gelderland’s Ijssel river
  | Exploratory Modelling Approach within a broader political context
  | _ academic report _ repository
Analysis of the student housing market in Amsterdam
  | System dynamics modelling of the student housing market
  | _ academic report _ repository
Actor and strategy analysis of the global semiconductor industry
  | Network analysis and game theory in the global supply chain
  | _ policy report
Simulation of the Omo-Gibe River Basin
  | Proposal for a Multi-Objective Opimization Model
  | _ academic report


Accessibility study of The Hague
  | Spatial data analysis involving clustering
  | _ notebook

Quantitative Work - Ethics, Governance, Systems Mapping

Ethics of Ethiopia’s Gibe III Dam Development on the Omo-Gibe Basin
  | Ethical analysis of trade-offs and stakeholder involvement processes
  | _ academic essay
Ethics of the NORI’s Environmental Impact Assessments for deep sea mining
  | Ethical Analysis of the content and processes of an EIA
  | _ academic essay
Interview Article on Coastal Governance in Singapore
  | Assessment of the Singaporean multi-agency governance system
  | _ interview article
Review of the Singapore-KL High Speed Rail
  | Essay on political decision making and negotiation
  | _ academic essay
Multi-actor analysis of a nursing shortage
  | Qualitative techniques for a multi-actor system
  | _ academic report

Past Teaching Content

Evidence-based Design; Spatial Analysis in Among Us
  | Data Resources: _ vga _ spatial-networks
  | Student Sample: _ sample-1 _ sample-2 _ sample-3
  | _ SP2022-SL _ SP2021-DT _ NP22/21-Intro
Socio-spatial interactions; Hawker Centres and Popular Times
  | _ app _ code
Visualizing movements; Topological relationships of spaces
  | _ app _ code

Community Involvement

System Dynamics Society
  | Chapters: Student, ASEAN, Benelux
  | Paper and Review Contribution: 2021-2024
TU Delft’s Engineering and Policy Analysis Student Chapter
  | Contribution: Led the organization of a Business Tour to Berlin
European Young Engineers (EYE) Conference 2023
  | Contribution: Facilitator for Workshop/Serious Game

Technical Skills

System Dynamics
  | Vensim
Networks
  | SNA, igraph, Gephi
Spatial Analysis
  | QGIS, DepthmapX
Programming Languages
  | Python, R, C, Bash
Packages/Frameworks
  | geopandas, pandas, mesa, numpy, sklearn, pytorch, networkx, ggplot2, dplyr, rvest, selenium, quanteda, stm, igraph, rdepthmap, sp, rgdal, shiny, opencv, ROS, git

Other Things that Excite Me

Moral Philosophy, Calligraphy (Italics), Pen Spinning, Dota2