ENHANCING TEACHING PERFORMANCE
Broader criteria for faculty performance have been
introduced in recognition of the different roles in
education, research and knowledge transfer that
academics need to play in a leading research university.
To boost faculty members’ understanding of the world
of patents and intellectual property (IP) and encourage
knowledge generation and transfer, two campus-
wide seminars were organized during the year to equip
faculty, students and staff with more IP management
knowledge and skills. In total, over 200 participants
attended the seminars.
At the Center for Enhanced Learning and Teaching,
which partners departments, faculty and other teaching
staff in advancing professional development and active
learning pedagogies, a series of seminars by Center
staff and outside speakers continued to inform faculty
on the latest developments.
The Center for Engineering Education Innovation
(E
2
I) established a talk series to provide an informal
forum for engineering faculty to exchange views on
topics related to engineering learning and teaching. In
addition, representatives from E
2
I attended the global
NACADA Academic Advising Summer Institute 2014 in
the United States.
As one of Asia’s first universities to launch MOOCs,
HKUST saw the potential of this new teaching method
and explores strategy, effectiveness and quality of
programs, with its multimedia team and designated
studios producing online course materials.
ACADEMIC ACCOLADES
In 2013 -14, facult y member s continued to be
recognized for their research endeavors and impact on
academia and society by some of the highest national
and international honors.
Nationally, Prof Jianshu Li (Mathematics) was elected to
the Chinese Academy of Sciences, for his world-class
studies on Lie Group Representations and Automorphic
Forms. He is the first Hong Kong-based scholar to join
the Academy’s Division of Mathematics and Physics
and HKUST’s sixth Academy member.
Two of the University’s faculty and their research teams
received 2013 State Natural Science Award (Second
Class) for their pioneering work. Prof Tianshou Zhao
(Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) was awarded
for his breakthroughs on Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells
(DAFC). This was the second year in a row that Prof
Zhao received this award, one of the most prestigious
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