A spokesperson from The Walt Disney Company Hong Kong said that the company was “incredibly impressed by the level of creativity and hard work that the young engineer teams have put into their projects”. Prof Tim Kwang Ting Cheng, Dean of Engineering, said he was highly appreciative of the Disney grant, which helped to diversify students’ learning and enabled them to contribute to society. The total grant was US$ , (HK$ , ). Avalanche of Funding Support for Landslide Mitigation Research major School of Engineering landslide mitigation project that won support from the Hong Kong Research Grants Council’s Theme-based Research Scheme in has had another boost, receiving additional funding from the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment under the Chinese Academy of Sciences and two private donors. The Institute has provided matching funds of RMB million and Mr Ringo Yu, Managing Director of Fraser Construction Company and former Geotechnical Division Chairman of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, has given matching funds of HK$ million. Ir Ting Kam Cheung, Projects Director of Geotech Engineering Limited, has pledged HK$ . million over ve years. The cutting-edge research to mitigate risks and damage of landslides in Hong Kong is led by principal investigator Prof Charles W W Ng, Associate Vice-President (Research and Graduate Studies) and Chair Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The multidisciplinary team of researchers from a number of universities and institutions will develop a world-leading in-situ testing facility to investigate the interaction mechanisms between debris and multiple barriers, to simulate debris flows using HKUST’s state-of-the-art geotechnical centrifuge, and novel multi-scale multi-physics numerical and reliability-based debris flow vulnerability models to develop a multi-hazard framework for establishing reliability-based world-class design guidelines for multiple flexible barrier systems. It is expected the research will enhance cost-e ectiveness and make slope maintenance and remediation more eco-friendly, impacting both local and international practice. The new funding will be used to build a -meter debris multiple-barrier interaction testing facility for the project. A Creativity on Behalf of the Community IN FOCUS 15
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