Latest research led by Prof. Lu Mengqian (left) and Dr. Cheng Tat-Fan (right) from HKUST’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering reveals that as the climate warms, the increase in fast-propagating MJO events will heighten the risk of “subseasonal precipitation whiplashes,” – sudden swings between extremely dry and wet weather – as early as 2028.
Prof. Shao Minhua’s fast-rising career in academia and industry has advanced high-performance, cost-effective hydrogen fuel cells and solid-state lithium batteries, driving green transportation.
The HKUST delegation, including Prof. Jimmy Fung, Associate Provost (Teaching & Learning) (third right); Dr. Alison Lloyd, Associate Provost (Institutional Data and Research) (fifth right); Prof. Hong Lo, Dean of Engineering (fourth right), Prof. Alexis Lau, Head of Division of Environment and Sustainability (ENVR) (middle); Prof. Chen Fei, Associate Head of ENVR (sixth left), Dr. Kenneth Leung, Director of Sustainability/Net-Zero (sixth right); and Dr. Eunice Cheng, Director of Public Affairs and Communications (first right), celebrates the University’s remarkable achievement in THE’s latest Impact Rankings at GSDC in Istanbul, Turkey.
HKUST Ranks Among World’s Top 20 and Hong Kong #1 in THE Impact Rankings
(Top row, from left) Prof. Dan Tsang, Prof. Yang Qiang, Prof. Wei Shyy, Prof. Zhao Tianshou and Prof. Ding Cunsheng; (middle row, from left) Prof. Charles Ng, Prof. Khaled B. Letaief, Prof. Jia Jiaya, Prof. Xie Yuan, Prof. Zhang Limin and Prof. Yang Hai; (bottom row, from left) Prof. Kwok Hoi-Sing, Prof. Lionel Ni, Prof. Yu Tongxi, Prof. Tim Cheng and Prof. Chen Lei
Prof. Fugee Tsung (second right) was conferred the prestigious George L. Smith International Award for Excellence in Promotion of Industrial Engineering by the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) on June 2, 2025, at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo, held in Atlanta, Georgia.
Commended for Sustained International Leadership in Industrial Engineering
