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HKUST 2015-2016 Annual Report
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The following faculty members were granted the
title of Professor Emeritus and Associate Professor
Emeritus on their retirement or departure from
University service:
PROF CHI MING CHAN,
Division of Environment, and Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering
PROF KIM CHONG CHONG,
Division of Humanities
PROF MOUNIR HAMDI,
Computer Science and Engineering
PROF MICHAEL MING TAK LOY,
Physics
PROF LIONEL MING SHUAN NI,
Computer Science and Engineering
PROF KUO CHIANG WEI,
Finance
PROF ANGELINA CHUN CHU YEE,
Division of Humanities
PROF MING FAI YUEN,
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and
Division of Biomedical Engineering
To facilitate settling in, the Faculty Host Arrangement
provided new faculty members with collegial
support and facilitated the building of ties and
team membership.
ACADEMIC HIGH FLYERS
Faculty members were awarded numerous national
honors over the year. Prof Bing Yi Jing (Mathematics)
and Prof Christopher Leung (Civil and Environmental
Engineering) received State Natural Science Awards
(Second Class). The State Natural Science Award
is the highest accolade in natural science in China.
Prof Charles Ng (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
received a State Scientific and Technological Progress
Award (Second Class). In the Ministry of Education
honors list, Prof Jing and School of Engineering
colleague Prof Xiangtong Qi (Industrial Engineering
and Logistics Management) each received Higher
Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output
Awards (Second Class) in the Natural Science category.
Prof Patrick Yue (Electronic and Computer
Engineering) was presented with the Eleventh
Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology
Award, a biennial honor given by the Chinese
Academy of Engineering in recognition of Chinese
engineers and scientists who make outstanding
contributions to the field. Prof Yilong Han (Physics)
was announced as the recipient of the Chinese
Young Scientist Award, which celebrates outstanding
young achievers.
In Hong Kong, the sterling work of Prof Gyu Boong
Jo (Physics) was acknowledged with a prestigious
Croucher Innovation Award.
On the international front, President Prof Tony Chan and
Prof Bing Zeng (Electronic and Computer Engineering)
were elected Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE), bringing the total number
at HKUST to 39. Prof Nancy Ip, Dean of Science and The
Morningside Professor of Life Science, was elected a
Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of
Arts and Sciences, and also named among Nature’s Top
10 Science Stars of China. Prof Guohua Chen, Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering, was elected a Fellow of
the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Prof Jiatao
Li (Management) became a Fellow of the Academy
of International Business, and three academics Prof
Benzhong Tang (Chemistry), Dr Jacky Lam (Chemistry)
and Prof Tianshou Zhao (Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering), were named in Thomson Reuters’ list of
the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds 2015.
OUTSTANDING LEADERS
The third inauguration of named professorships
at HKUST saw eight eminent faculty members and
their donors honored. The appointed professors serve
in diverse disciplines across the University and will lead
by example in their research and teaching to advance
HKUST as a world-class research university.
The University gained external recognition of the top
teaching capabilities at work at HKUST when Prof
Tim Woo (Electronic and Computer Engineering) was
honored with the 2015 University Grants Committee
Teaching Award. Prof Woo also received HKUST’s
Michael G Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching, a
University-wide recognition that is awarded annually
to the academic member of staff who serves as an
exemplary role model as an educator. The HKUST
Common Core Course Excellence Award went to
“Developing the Leader in You” taught by Prof Roger
Levermore and Dr Cubie Lau (Management). The
course motivates first-year undergraduates to see
themselves as leaders, using a variety of teaching
approaches including self-reflection and team projects,
guest lectures and case studies from over 60 leaders in
different fields.
