Two Civil Engineering PhD students awarded in 2021 Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference
From left: Zhao Yidong, Dr Choo Jinhyun and Fei Fan
Dr Choo Jinhyun and his two PhD students, Zhao Yidong and Fei Fan, won two student competitions at the 2021 Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) Conference – the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) premiere annual mechanics conference. Dr Choo and Zhao Yidong were awarded winner for the best student poster competition by ASCE EMI Poromechanics committee, for their paper entitled “Stabilized Material Point Methods for Large Deformation in Fluid-infiltrated Porous Materials.” Dr Choo and Fei Fan awarded runner up for the best student paper competition by the ASCE EMI Computational Mechanics, for their paper entitled “Phase-field Modeling of Shear Fracture in Geomaterials.” Dr Choo’s group was the only group winning multiple awards in the conference.
2021/22 HKU-SCF Scholarship in Financial Technology
A total of 11 HKU students with outstanding academic performance in Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Financial Technology, Master of Science in Financial Technology Data Analytics and Master of Science in Computer Science (Financial Computing Stream) have been awarded with scholarships from the HKU-SCF FinTech Academy. Undergraduate students will receive an entrance scholarship of HK$50,000, while postgraduate students will receive HK$60,000.
Scholarship recipients for the academic year 2021/22:
Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Financial Technology
Fong Hu Zi Zheng
Hui Jing Tung Bernice
Lee Chun Hang
Mok Tsz Him Solomon
Song Xiuxuan
Wu Hoi Ching
Master of Science in Financial Technology Data Analytics
Chu Li Yu
Leung Sze Nok
Wong Chi Yu Cherry
Xu Shiyao
Master of Science in Computer Science (Financial Computing Stream)
Tse Wai Tung Jonathan