President Prof Tony F Chan, was
elec ted a member of the US
National Academy of Engineering.
Prof Jianshu Li, Department of Mathematics, was
elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences,
becoming the first Hong Kong-based scholar to
enter the Academy’s Division of Mathematics
and Physics.
P rof J ean -Mar i e Taras con,
Department of Chemical and
Bi omo l ecular Enginee r ing,
became a Fellow of the Royal
Society of UK.
Prof Tongyi Zhang, Department
of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering, was elected a
Fellow of the International
Congress on Fracture: The
World Academy of Structural
Integrity.
Prof Joseph Kwan, Health,
Safety and Environment Office,
was elected a Distinguished
Fellow by the American Industrial
Hygiene Association.
Prof Jianan Qu, Department
of Electronic and Computer
Engineering, became a Fellow
of the International Society for
Optics and Photonics.
Prof Christopher Leung, Department
o f Ci v i l and Env i r onmen t a l
Engineering, was made a Fellow
of the Institution of Structural
Engineers, Institution of Civil
Engineer s and I nternational
Association for Fracture Mechanics
of Concrete and Concrete Structures.
Prof Ricky Lee, Department
of Mechanical and Aerospace
E n g i n e e r i n g , b e c a m e a
Fellow of the International
Microelectronics Assembly and
Packaging Society.
P rof Rav indra Goonetill eke,
D e p a r t m e n t o f I n d u s t r i a l
E n g i n e e r i n g a n d L o g i s t i c s
Management was el ec ted a
Fellow of the US Human Factors
and Ergonomics Society.
Prof Kevin Chen, Prof Howard Luong and Prof Philip
Mok, Department of Electronic and Computer
Engineering, were elected Fellows of the Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Prof Khaled Ben Letaief, Department of Electronic
and Computer Engineering, was elected Vice-
President for Technical Activities of the IEEE
Communications Society.
Fellows, board memberships
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