15 IN FOCUS Named Professorships Recognize Leading Minds Four of the School of Engineering’s leading academics have been included in HKUST’s landmark Named Professorship Program launched to honor eminent faculty and recognize donor supporters of the University. A total of 13 professorships were conferred at an inauguration ceremony in February, with five more established to recruit further top caliber academics from around the world. The partnership for excellence covers an array of areas including engineering, nanotechnology, aerospace, science, business, social science, and others. Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies Prof Joseph H W Lee, Civil and Environmental Engineering, has received the 2013 Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for his paper “Mixing of a Rosette Jet Group in a Crossflow”. The award recognizes his distinguished work on environmental water resources and the problem of flowing water. This was the first time that the prize went to Hong Kong-produced research since it was instituted in 1939. The paper was co-authored by Prof Lee’s former PhD student Adrian C H Lai and postdoctoral fellow Dr Daeyoung Yu. Prof Xiangtong Qi, Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management, received an Award for Research Excellence in Social Sciences (Second Class) from the Ministry of Education for his paper on “Price Competition, Cost and Demand Disruptions and Coordination of a Supply Chain with One Manufacturer and Two Competing Retailers”. The paper was co-written with Prof Tiaojun Xiao, Nanjing University, and published in Omega, The International Journal of Management Science, Issue 5, 2008. Associate Dean of Engineering (Undergraduate Studies) Prof Hong K Lo, Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been elected Convener of the International Scientific Committee of the Conference on Advanced Systems for Public Transport (CASPT). CASPT is the most prestigious conference series in public transportation, with a history of close to 40 years. Prof Lo successfully brought the conference series to Hong Kong in 2009, the first time it had been held in Asia. Faculty Honors, Awards & Achievements 15 IN F Members of the community have been enthusiastic in their response to the program, providing generous support for the setting up of endowments for the named professorships. The School’s honorees for recently established professorships are Prof Chung Yee Lee, Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management, who was named Cheong Ying Chan Professor of Engineering, Prof Tongyi Zhang, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, appointed as Fang Professor of Engineering, and Prof Matthew McKay who became the Hari Harilela Associate Professor of Electronic and Computer Engineering. In addition, Prof Hoi Sing Kwok, Electronic and Computer Engineering, is the Dr William M W Mong Professor of Nanotechnology, one of the existing named professorships. The University has received donations for five more named professorships to strengthen and expand different areas, including the New Bright Professorship in Engineering and the Swire Professorship in Aerospace Engineering. Four
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