29 IN FOCUS Prof. Gary CHAN (le ), Computer Science and Engineering, and Prof. YEUNG King-Lun (right), Chemical & Biological Engineering and Environment & Sustainability, have received the Chief Executive’s Commendation for Community Service in Hong Kong’s Honours List for their outstanding contributions to the ght against COVID- . Prof. Chan was commended for his innovative geo-fencing technology used to implement Hong Kong’s compulsory home quarantine order. Prof. Yeung’s novel antimicrobial sanitizer has enabled large-scale disinfection of diverse premises in the city. Faculty Prof. CHEN Qing, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, was named a Excellent Young Scientist by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. The award is one of the most prestigious for young academics in China. He will receive RMB . million over three years to conduct pioneering research on the percolation dissolution mechanism and nanoporous metals for electrochemical energy storage. Prof. Francesco CIUCCI (le ), Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Chemical & Biological Engineering, and Prof. YANG Jinglei (right), Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, have been named Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry. The honor is conferred on individuals who have made major contributions to chemistry. Prof. Yang has also been elected a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to education, research, and service in aeronautics and related engineering sectors. External honors Prof. Tim CHENG Kwang-Ting (le ), Dean of Engineering and Chair Professor of both Electronic & Computer Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering, Prof. Khaled BEN LETAIEF (center), New Bright Professor of Engineering and Chair Professor of Electronic and Computer Engineering, and Prof. ZHANG Qian (right), Tencent Professor of Engineering and Chair Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, have been elected Fellows of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences. In addition, Prof. Cheng has been honored with a Pan Wen Yuan Foundation Award for Outstanding Research in recognition of his international contributions to very large scale integration (VLSI) testing and design veri cation, and related research areas. Prof. Ben Letaief has been elected an international member of the US National Academy of Engineering. He has also been named the Best Tunisian Researcher or Inventor Abroad, a prestigious national honor in Tunisia. Prof. Pascale FUNG, Electronic and Computer Engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the Association for Computational Linguistics for her signi cant contributions toward statistical natural language processing, comparable corpora, and building intelligent systems that can understand and empathize with humans.
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