31 IN FOCUS Chair Professor YANG Hai, Civil and Environmental Engineering, has received the Frank M. Masters Transportation Engineering Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers for his outstanding leadership in research and mentoring in the elds of transportation network modeling and transportation economics. The award recognizes innovative or noteworthy planning, design, or construction of transportation facilities. Prof. LUO Zhengtang, Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry for his research on the chemistry of graphene and two-dimensional ( D) materials, and applications of D materials in elds such as biomedical engineering, energy storage and conversion, electronics, and optoelectronics. Prof. TimWOO, Electronic and Computer Engineering, has been elected Chairman of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Hong Kong for . The Hong Kong branch has more than , members, one of the IET’s largest local networks. The institution has over , members in countries and regions. Prof. SHI Ling, Electronic and Computer Engineering, was named a World Economic Forum Young Scientist. He was among leading young researchers under years of age selected from countries and regions this year. The Young Scientists community was established in to involve rising research talents in the work of the World Economic Forum. He is the third School of Engineering academic to be accorded this accolade. Administrative Prof. QU Huamin Appointed Director of Interdisciplinary Programs O ce Professor, joint position in Computer Science & Engineering and Electronic & Computer Engineering Prof. Charles NG Appointed Acting Dean of HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School Associate Vice-President for Research and Development Chair Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Prof. Ricky LEE Appointed Executive Director of Shenzhen Platform Development O ce Chair Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Member Prof. ZHOU Yanguang Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering PhD – RWTH Aachen University New appointments HKUST School of Engineering faculty received all three top honors in the University’s Common Core Award. Prof. Marshal LIU (le ), Chemical and Biological Engineering, received the Common Core Teaching Excellence Award for his innovative “Introduction to Food Science and Technology” course. Prof. Kenneth LEUNG (center) and Prof. Raymond WONG (right), both Computer Science and Engineering, received Honorary Mentions for their courses, “Exploring Multimedia and Internet Computing” and “Exploring and Visualizing Data” respectively.
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