Silky Wong
regional representative
Silky Wong
Silky Wong is the ICE representative for the USA Gulf Coast Region, covering Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas.
Silky Wong, Ph.D., S.E., P.E., CEng MICE, F.SEI, is the Civil, Structural, and Buildings Modularisation Technical Solutions team leader of Dow Inc., one of the world’s leading materials science companies and Top 100 Global Innovators™. She has more than 18 years of professional experience in civil and structural engineering, with an emphasis on the design and constructability of structures in the non-building industry. At Dow Inc., she provides consultations on structural designs and modularization subject matters to support Dow projects globally, including those facilities located in the UK areas.
Silky is the ICE Americas representative in the Gulf Coast region and the Texas USA representative for the Institution. She is a licensed Structural Engineer in Illinois, a registered Professional Civil Engineer in Texas and California, and a Chartered Engineer (CEng) with ICE.
Silky is a Fellow of the Structural Engineering Institute (F.SEI), and the chair of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Energy Division Executive Committee for 2023-24. She is a voting member of the following ASCE committees: Committee on Technical Advancement, Task Committee on Onshore Heavy Industrial Modularization, and Sustainability Technical Committee.
In these professional committees, Silky helps in the development and application of structural engineering technology and sustainability considerations for the construction and maintenance of industrial and energy facilities. Besides performing structural engineering practical application studies, Silky’s research interests lie at the intersection of engineering expertise development, leadership, generational issues, and mentorship.
She has been a conference paper author, a recurring speaker, and a session moderator of the ASCE/SEI Structures Congress since 2011.
