Prof. SONG Shenghui Awarded Michael G Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching
Prof. SONG Shenghui, Associate Professor of Engineering Education in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering (ECE), has won the prestigious Michael G Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching in 2018. The honor was established by the University Council of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 1994 and is awarded to the faculty member who best exemplifies the continued pursuit of excellence, devotion to teaching and the ability to inspire and motivate others. It is presented annually to one outstanding faculty member from across all Schools at HKUST.
Prof. Song joined HKUST in 2009 after receiving his PhD. His research is primarily in the areas of statistical signal processing and wireless communications systems with a current focus on robotics, machine learning, and cloud computing.
When he took up a teaching career at HKUST, he was determined to engage his thousands of students from engineering and non-engineering disciplines using innovative teaching approaches. He believed that a university is a platform to stimulate students’ innate drive to learn. In all of his teaching, he has demonstrated a remarkable level of teaching excellence, with teaching evaluations consistently among the best in both the School of Engineering and the University. His commitment and passion for teaching have been recognized by numerous teaching awards including the School of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award in 2012-13 and he is a three-time recipient of the Best Ten Lecturers. He also supervised numerous students in their final year projects and Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, and some have won multiple awards, recently including the prestigious Gold Award of the President’s Cup 2018.
He has made broad contribution to the development of teaching and learning at the University. He put efforts into developing new teaching initiatives including Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), experiential learning courses and blended learning courses. He consolidated his teaching experience through research on innovative teaching and assessment methods and has published his findings in research papers. Highly engaged in engineering education research, he currently serves as an associate editor for the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Transactions on Education. He is also very generous in sharing with colleagues his insights into teaching.
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