Ir. Samantha KONG Wing-Man (2014 BEng in Chemical and Environmental Engineering) has been named the inaugural Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Hong Kong Young Woman Engineer of the Year in the open category (pictured left). The IET accolade is the first locally presented award to honor outstanding young women engineers who have made valuable contributions to society. Samantha is a senior engineer at Arup, now leading an infrastructure sustainability team delivering green building projects and sustainability design in Asia and the Middle East. Melody WONG Yee-Ting (2018 MSc in Intelligent Building Technology and Management), also working at Arup, received a merit award.

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• IET news (Dec 16, 2020): IET Hong Kong hosts first ever Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards