Prof. Charles NG Received R.M. Quigley Award of Canadian Geotechnical Society

Prof. Charles Ng (center) received the R.M. Quigley Award at the Canadian Geotechnical Conference, which was held on September 15-18, 2024, in Montreal, Quebec. [Download Photo]

CLP Holdings Professor of Sustainability Prof. Charles NG, Chair Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Dean of HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School, received the prestigious R.M. Quigley Award presented by the Canadian Geotechnical Society. The award is given annually to the best paper published in Canadian Geotechnical Journal (CGJ) in the previous year. Prof. Ng’s paper, titled “Investigation of Boulder Impact Force and Energy Transfer for Steel Baffle with Footing”, emerged as a standout among 143 papers published in 2023 in CGJ.

The award was named in honor of Bob Quigley, one of the leading geotechnical engineers in Canada and one of the founders of the discipline of geoenvironmental engineering.

Civil and Environmental Engineering