35 IN FOCUS Administrative Prof Wei Shyy Appointed President of HKUST (e ective Sept , ) Acting President Chair Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Prof I-Ming Hsing Appointed Head of Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering Prof Dit-Yan Yeung Appointed Acting Head of Department of Computer Science and Engineering Professor, Computer Science and Engineering Prof Jingshen Wu Appointed Acting Head of Division of Integrative Systems and Design Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Prof Gary Chan Appointed Director of Entrepreneurship Center Professor, Computer Science and Engineering Prof Chih-Chen Chang Appointed Director of Center for Education Innovation Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Prof Robin Lok Wang Ma Appointed Director of Center for Industry Engagement and Internship Assistant Professor of Engineering Education, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Members Prof Anthony Kwan Leung Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering PhD – The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Ms Luisa Mok Lecturer, Integrative Systems and Design PhD – Aalto University (expected in ) Prof Hongyu Yu Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering PhD – University of Southern California Research Faculty Prof Bo Sun Research Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering PhD – Harbin Institute of Technology Adjunct Faculty Prof Aviva Chow Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering PhD – The Chinese University of Hong Kong Prof Fugee Tsung, Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics, has been elected a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. The Association is the world’s largest community of statisticians, with members in over countries, and only one-third of % of its membership gain a fellowship. Prof Tsung is globally known for his contributions to quality and data analytics research and education. CLP Holdings Professor of Sustainability and Chair Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Prof Charles W W Ng, Prof Clarence Choi from the same department, and two di erent teams of PhD students and government collaborators have been honored with two Best Paper Awards from leading international geotechnical journals. They were the rst teams comprising all Hong Kong members to receive these awards. One team’s paper on “Large-Scale Successive Boulder Impacts on a Rigid Barrier Shielded by Gabions” received the Prix R M Quigley Award (Honorable Mention) from the Canadian Geotechnical Society. The second team’s paper titled “Coarse Granular Flow Interaction with Slit Structures” received the Telford Premium Award from the Institution of Civil Engineers, UK. New appointments
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