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Defu Wu is a seasoned geospatial expert with a strong track record of delivering innovative solutions in mapping and geomatics. As Principal Surveyor at the Singapore Land Authority, he has spearheaded the development of 3D underground master planning for Singapore, leveraging his expertise in BIM modelling and geospatial projects. With a background in research and development, Defu has published numerous technical papers and holds a Master's degree in Geographic Information Science and Cartography from Wuhan University. His proficiency in languages includes English and Mandarin.

Experience

    • Principal Surveyor
      • Sep 2019 - Present
      • Singapore

      Mainly focus on Geospatial and Geomatics relevant works, good experience on mapping digital underground in 3D environment as well...

    • Senior IT Applications Manager
      • Jul 2011 - Sep 2019
      • Singapore

      1. Lead a team to carry out BIM modelling for legacy buildings for supporting government’s 3D underground master planning for Singapore.2. In charge of the development of national-wide 3D Geological Models for Singapore3. Manage various geospatial projects, i.e, geological information sharing system; Involved in the Building GIS enhancement (BGIS), Infrastructure Works Dashborad (IWD) development, automation of data transferring among systems etc.4. Involved in various inter-agencies geospatial working committees, taskforce and workgroups.5. Involved in the internal and external collaboration on sharing of BCA data with government agencies and private sectors6. Call ITQ and managing contracts etc.7. Published 4 technical papers in different international conference during this period

    • Research Associate
      • Sep 2009 - Jul 2011

      1. In charge of the research and development of 3DGIS software (3D Rock, and Borehole Manager) for Underground Technology Rock Engineering (UTRE) Project, funded by DSTA. 2. In charge of the database and geological model research and development for Jurong Rock Cavern Project (JRC), funded by JTC. 3. Published 1 paper in the international conference

    • Technical Engineer
      • Sep 2006 - Aug 2009

      1. Taken the role as GIS Consultant, applied GIS knowledge and experience to provide solution/advice for various clients’ GIS system development which cross many industries (Transportation, Safety Emergency, Urban Planning, Water Conservation, Mapping, Landuse etc) based their requirements analysis2. Technical support the clients onsite or via phone/email/remote accessing etc on software usage; troubleshooting various system issues; conducted GIS training, installation, showcase and POC development etc.3. GIS Project Development, i.e, led a team to develop several GIS systems for different clients. Used Java, Flex, JSF, ActionScript, ArcGIS Server libraries, SQL, Oracle etc:

    • Software Engineer
      • Jun 2006 - Sep 2006

      Took over the development of the WebGIS moduel of “Digital Municipality in Guangzhou, Phase 2” project. Duties include requirement analysis, system programming using Java, JSP, JavaScript, SQL, ArcIMS libraries, docs written etc.

    • Master Student
      • Jun 2003 - Jun 2006

      1. Taken the lead to develop R&D prototype and published paper - The GIS Portal Prototype of Polar. Duties including research independently, design the prototype system; programming using Java and JSP etc., develop Portlet, WebService, UDDI which were integrated in the GIS Portal, to showcase the new concepts and the implementation approaches for GIS Portal; publishing the research result in paper. 2. Involved in the Army R&D project - Damage Assessment System of Missile Attack. Duties including comparing the satellite images to evaluate the damage, programming using Java and JSP etc. to develop the sub-system of publishing the assessment result cross web. 3. Involved in the R&D project and published paper - 863 Geospatial Information Sharing and Data Interoperation. Duties including research independently, re-manipulate the GIS data based on Geography Markup Language(GML), to reduce the filesize and improve the data transmission efficiency cross web, programming using Java and JSP etc.; develop the WMS and WFS based on GeoStar platform; to showcase the new customized-GML’s improvement. 4. Involved in the Digital Switzerland project. Duties including data acquisition from image and 3D modeling using VirtuoZo.

Education

  • 2003 - 2006
    Wuhan University
    Master's degree of Science, Geographic Information Science and Cartography
  • 1999 - 2003
    Wuhan University
    Bachelor's degree of engineering, Geodesy and Geomatics

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