Dr Poh has an avid interest in Built Environment education. For a 5-year period from 1992 to 1997, he was the Programme Co-ordinator and Instructor for a World Bank funded “China Construction Industry Development Programme” which took place in Singapore. He was then a Senior Lecturer in the School of Civil & Structural Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Dr Poh has authored and co-authored a number of journal and conference papers relating to Built Environment education.