Member of the US National Academy of Engineering (2010). Prof Whittle is an international expert in geotechnical engineering and recipient of several prestigious awards including the Casagrande Award (1994), the Croes Medal (1994), and Huber Research Award (1998) of the American Society of Civil Engineers. In 2008 Whittle established the Center for Environmental Sensing and Modeling (CENSAM), an interdisciplinary research program through the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART). Through this program he has led research efforts to develop wireless sensor networks for monitoring water distribution systems and is currently the Chief Scientific Advisor for an associated start‐up company, Visenti Pte. Ltd.