Celebrating Faculty Excellence at HKUST Faculty Recognition Ceremony 2025
The HKUST Faculty Recognition Ceremony 2025 was held on December 1 to acknowledge and applaud the remarkable accomplishments of the University’s faculty members in the 2024-25 academic year. Among the 29 honorees, 14 of them are from the School of Engineering (SENG) or have a joint position in the School. All of them were recipients of significant external accolades or major research funding in the past year, demonstrating their impactful contributions to the fields and unwavering commitment to excellence.
The SENG honorees are (in alphabetical order of last names):
Prof. Khaled BEN LETAIEF
New Bright Professor of Engineering
Chair Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
- IEEE James Evans Avant Garde Award 2024
Prof. Tim CHENG
Chair Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Chair Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- 2024 Overseas Outstanding Contribution Award from the China Computer Federation
Prof. FU Lin
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics
- 2024 Excellent Young Scientist by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
- The 19th Youth Science and Technology Award from the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Prof. GUO Song
Chair Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Chair Professor, Division of Integrative Systems and Design
- 2024 Edward J. McCluskey Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Computer Society
Prof. GUO Yike
Chair Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Chair Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
- Leader of the Year 2024 in the Education/Professional/Technology and Innovation category by Sing Tao News Corporation
Prof. Ricky LEE Shi-Wei
Visiting Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- 2026 IEEE Rao R. Tummala Electronics Packaging Award
Prof. Charles NG Wang-Wai
CLP Holdings Professor of Sustainability
Chair Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- 2025 Telford Gold Medal – first overall from the Institution of Civil Engineers
- Donald Stanley Award from the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
Prof. QI Jin
Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics
- 2024 Excellent Young Scientist by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
Prof. Jianwei SUN
Chair Professor, Department of Chemistry
Chair Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- 2025 Croucher Senior Research Fellowship
Prof. Fugee TSUNG
Chair Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics
- 2025 Shewhart Medal from the American Society for Quality
- George L. Smith International Award for Excellence in Promotion of Industrial Engineering 2025 from the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers
Prof. TU Fengbin
Assistant Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
- 2024 Excellent Young Scientist by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
Prof. Angela WU Ruohao
Associate Professor, Division of Life Science
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- 2024 Excellent Young Scientist by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
- 2025 Schmidt Polymath
Prof. XIE Yuan
Fang Professor of Engineering
Chair Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Chair Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- Major funding from the RGC Strategic Topics Grant 2025/26
Prof. ZHANG Xiangru
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Major funding from the RGC Theme-based Research Scheme 2025/26
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