SENG Teaching Excellence Appreciation Award 2024-25

Three faculty members were honored in the School of Engineering (SENG) Teaching Excellence Appreciation Award 2024-25. The award recognizes faculty members who demonstrate continuous excellence in undergraduate teaching, foster students’ interest in the subject, promote students’ learning, develop innovative and effective teaching methodologies, and more.

Recipients (in alphabetical order of last names):

• Dr. Cecia CHAN Ki, Lecturer I, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
• Prof. QIU Xuan, Assistant Professor of Engineering Education, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
• Prof. SO Pui-San, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Cecia Chan Ki consistently received high teaching evaluations in her courses, including COMP1021 Introduction to Computer Science, COMP2011 Programming with C++, COMP2012 Object-Oriented Programming and Data Structures, COMP2211 Exploring Artificial Intelligence, and COMP4331 Data Mining. She developed two innovative courses for gifted learners beyond university education: “Python: Beyond the Basics” and “Introduction to Game Development with Godot”. She also actively supervised final year projects (FYP), which went on to receive multiple best FYP awards in the department.

Prof. Qiu Xuan taught 12 undergraduate courses in the past six semesters, with most teaching ratings above the departmental average. An advocate of innovative pedagogy, she utilized a scalable game-based experiential learning approach, incorporating LEGO games into several courses. She also integrated ChatGPT into traditional teaching and learning practices, funded by the University’s Education and Generative AI Fund. She is the recipient of MSc in Engineering Enterprise Management’s Outstanding Teaching Award for six consecutive years since 2018.

Prof. So Pui-San’s CIVL 3740 Geotechnical Analysis and Design is consistently ranked the top 5 in course evaluation scores since its first offering. He supervised and guided students in research projects and local/international competitions, and was awarded “Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury” at the International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva and “Gold Medal” in the HKUST-SINO One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition. He is a voluntary advisor to the Civil and Environmental Engineering Students’ Society and promoted science education to the younger generation in collaboration with UNESCO.