Prof. Charles Ng Wang-Wai (second left) and his team received the Telford Gold Medal (picture on right) by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) in London. With over 180 years of history, this prestigious award recognizes the most outstanding civil engineering publication of the past year.
For Pioneering Contributions to Geotechnical Engineering
A group photo at the plaque presentation ceremony with John Lee, HKSAR Chief Executive (first row, middle), Yin Hejun, Minister of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (first row, fourth left), Zhou Ji, Director of the LOCPG (first row, fourth right), Sun Dong, Secretary for HK Innovation, Technology and Industry (first row, third right), alongside directors of the 15 State Key Laboratories and the presidents of representative universities, including those from HKUST: President Prof. Nancy Ip (second row, fifth right), Prof. Charles Ng Wang-Wai, Vice-President for Institutional Advancement, Director of SKLCRCC and CLP Holdings Professor of Sustainability (third row, third right), Prof. Kristiaan Neyts, Director of SKLDOE and Professor of Electronic and Computer Engineering (third row, second right), and Prof. Fan Zhiyong, Co-Director of SKLDOE and Chair Professor of Electronic and Computer Engineering (third row, first right).
HKUST Thanks MOST for Vote of Confidence with Granting of Three State Key Labs
Prof. Su Hui (right) was conferred the Fellow honor of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) by Prof. Takehiko Satoh (left), President of AOGS, at the society’s Annual General Meeting 2025, which took place in Singapore on July 28, 2025.
Prof. Fu Lin (first left) received the 19th Youth Science and Technology Award of the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics on July 19, 2025, during the Chinese Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 2025 in Changsha, China. He is one of the 10 recipients across China for this award and the only one from a Hong Kong institution.
The Gold Award team from the Division of Integrative Systems and Design and their supervisors Prof. Tsui Chi-Ying (second right) and Prof. Jac Leung (first right)
