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Recognition to engineering scholars for excellence in research and teaching

Apr 30, 2021

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(From left): Professor S.M. Yiu, Dr Kwok Ka Wai, Dr Chen Yue, Professor Zhang Tong, Professor Christopher Chao, Dr Lam King Hang and Professor Tang Chuyang

Congratulations to Professor Zhang Tong, Professor S.M. Yiu, Professor Tang Chuyang, Dr Lam King Hang, Dr Lui King Shan, Professor Tang Chuyang, Dr Kwok Ka Wai, Dr Chen Yue and for their outstanding achievements in research and teaching!

The HKU Excellence Awards Presentation Ceremony 2020 was held on March 31, at Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU Dean of Engineering Professor Christopher Chao, awardee's families, and colleagues had joined the ceremony to share their joy.

This year the University has established two new awards: HKU Innovator Award and HKU Young Innovator Award. Congratulations to Professor Tang Chuyang of Department of Civil Engineering for HKU Innovator Award and Dr Kwok Ka-Wai of Department of Mechanical Engineering for HKU Young Innovator Award. The new awards are to recognise outstanding Faculty members whose innovations demonstrate exceptionally high potential impact (legacy or projected legacy) with transformative results to foster development.

Below are the full awardees list of Faculty of Engineering:

Outstanding Researcher Award
Professor Zhang Tong, Department of Civil Engineering

Teaching Innovation Award (Team)
Professor S.M. Yiu of Department of Computer Science had joined team with Professor Douglas W. Arner (Leader) of Faculty of Law, Mr. David L. Bishop of Faculty of Business and Economics, Mr. David S. Lee of Faculty of Business and Economics, and Ms. Ellen Seto of Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative for HKU edX Professional Certificate Programme in FinTech

Dr Lam King Hang (Leader), Dr Lui King Shan of Department of Electrical and Electronical Engineering, and Dr. Leon C.U. Lei of Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative for Remote Learning under First Principles of Instruction Framework Applied in the course Integrated Design Project

HKU Innovator Award
Professor Tang Chuyang, Department of Civil Engineering

Outstanding Young Researcher Award
Dr Chen Yue, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dr Kwok Ka Wai, Department of Mechanical Engineering

HKU Young Innovator Award
Dr Kwok Ka Wai, Department of Mechanical Engineering


Congratulation to all of the awardees for their outstanding achievements!

To see the highlights, please visit: https://www4.hku.hk/award/ceremony/