A jury representing the HVAC societies in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland has awarded John Rydberg’s Gold Medal to Professor Y.G. Li, Head of Mechanical Engineering, HKU for his extensive and engaged work on building-related fluid dynamics. The Gold Medal was awarded at the 13th ROOMVENT Conference in Brazil on October 22, 2014.
Over the years, Professor Li has made ground-breaking research in areas like computer-simulated air distribution, minimization of the risk of airborne cross infection inside buildings and in urban areas, natural ventilation of buildings, ventilation of cities as well as urban heat islands. These are all areas where research is based on creativity and efficient use of fluid mechanical theory. These activities are in good agreement with the Swedish professor John Rydberg’s own work in the last century.
John Rydberg’s Gold Medal was founded by SCANVAC, which is an association of HVAC societies in the Nordic countries.