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Kong Sih Ying is a Senior Lecturer in the Malaysia School of Engineering at Monash University. He serves as Deputy Theme Leader for Theme I: Transforming Construction in the Monash Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Research Hub. His research interests are in prestressed concrete structures, GFRP composite structures, concrete technology, fiber-reinforced concrete, steel connections, and application of phase change materials in buildings. Kong Sih Ying's research is funded by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia and industry partners. He accepts PhD students and contributes to teaching, including the unit Advanced Structural Analysis (CIV4234).

Kong Sih Ying has been Primary Chief Investigator on projects such as 'Influences of oil palm wood core on bending and flexural creep behaviors of GFRP sandwich panels' (2023–2026), 'Optimisation of GFRP framing systems for building applications' (2021–2025), and Chief Investigator on 'Analysis of Waste Alkali Stream Silicates as Sustainable Activators in Geopolymer Technology: Rheological and Characterisation Study' (2023–2026), 'Influence of a fast-locked inter-module connection on the lateral behaviour of multi-storey modular building' (2021–2024), and 'Development of Shared Autonomous Vehicle Model with Public Transport for First and Last Mile Connectivity' (2019–2023). His recent publications include 'A parameterless approach for long-term creep prediction in concrete using hybrid CNN-transformer model' (2025), 'Design of flexural buckling resistance of lightweight concrete-filled cold-formed built-up box section (CFBBS) columns under axial compression' (2025), 'Field based analysis of vegetation and climate impacts on the hydrological properties of urban vegetated slope' (2025), 'Exploring vegetation-driven microclimatic effects on soil temperature dynamics in tropical climates through machine learning and explainable AI' (2025), and 'Optimizing environmentally efficient mortar properties through synergistic integration of cellulose microfibers and calcined palm oil fuel ash: A response surface methodology technique' (2025). Other contributions cover thermal properties of concrete incorporated with shape-stable phase change material (2018) and bio-cementation in construction materials: a review (2021).