Founders
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- Dr. Za-Chieh Moh, Former Chairman and Co-Founder
- Dr. Za-Chieh Moh co-founded MAA in 1975 to improve civil engineering capabilities in Asian countries, developing local talent into professional international caliber engineers. With a Sc.D. in civil engineering from MIT, and teaching experience at Yale University and as a former Vice President and Provost at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok, Dr. Moh decided to facilitate knowledge of foreign engineering technologies and methods into the Asia and Southeast Asian regions. Dr. Moh is also an esteemed APEC Engineer, and IPEA Engineer, with an honorary Doctorate of Technology from Asian Institute of Technology bestowed in 1999.
As an academician, a professional, and an entrepreneur, Dr. Moh is and has been an influential engineer, pioneering the use of many geotechnical technologies throughout East and Southeast Asia. As a fellow in Civil and Geological societies in U.S., Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and London, Dr. Moh has been actively engaging in many international conferences, leading to his renowned reputation in geotechnical engineering. Dr. Moh has held and currently holds many notable positions, including; Founding President for the Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society (1967-1972), Chairman for APEC Engineer Coordinating Committee (2011-2013), first Chairman of Chinese Taipei APEC Engineer Monitoring Committee (2005-Present),first Chairman for Chinese Taipei International Professional Engineers Monitoring Committee (2009-2013), co-founder of the Chinese Association of Engineering Consultants (1988), co-founder of the Taipei Federation of Engineering Consultants (2001), first President of Chinese Union of Professional Civil Engineers Association (1992-1995) and holds leading positions in various other integral international committees. Notable honors received by Dr. Moh include the “Gold Medal Award for Academic Achievement” from CICHE in Taiwan (1983), Honorary Member of the Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australia (2000), Honorary Member of the Japanese Geotechnical Society (2003), the first Engineer of the Year Award from the Federation of Engineering Institutions in Asia and Pacific (2008), and Engineering Medal from the Chinese Institute of Engineers (2012), Marquis Who’s Who Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2018), Iowa State University Awards Anson Marston Medal (2021), and National Taiwan University' s College of Engineering Outstanding Entrepreneur Award (2022). Dr. Moh is a registered Professional Engineer in many countries, including USA, UK, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. To date, Dr. Moh has authored and coauthored over 160 technical publications.
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- Dr. Za-Lee Moh, Co-Founder
- Dr. Za-Lee Moh is the co-founder of MAA. A graduate from the National Taiwan University and from Purdue University, Dr. Moh performed structural engineering consulting work for numerous steel, reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete bridges such as the bridge over the Ohio River and the Aiea Interchange of the Hawaii Expressway in the United States. His building structure design work includes many high-rise apartments, office buildings and hotel complexes in Honolulu, Taipei and Hong Kong. Dr. Moh provided structural consultation for the special Air-raid Control Centers for Hawaii Telephone Company, for the West Virginia Broadcast Station, for Sing Hong Kee Building, a 50-storey building and the award winning St. John's Building in Hong Kong. During the past twenty-six years at MAA, Dr. Moh has provided design guidance and consultation for all major structural work designed by engineers and staff at all MAA offices. Dr. Moh was awarded as 1995 Distinguished Engineering alumni by his alma mater Purdue University and was awared the Hon. Degree of Doctor of Engineering by Purdue University on May 2011.