HKUST Annual Report 2018-19

52 ANNUAL REPORT 2018-19 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS FACULTY 1. Prof. TANG Ching-Wan (right) , IAS Bank of East Asia Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Department of Chemistry, and Department of Physics, was awarded the 2018 C&C Prize by the NEC C&C Foundation and 2019 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology by the Inamori Foundation. 2. Prof. Nancy IP , The Morningside Professor of Life Science and Chair Professor, Division of Life Science, was awarded the 2018 Outstanding Achievement Award by the Professional Validation Council of Hong Kong Industries. 3. Prof. SHENG Ping , Dr. William M W Mong Professor of Nanoscience, Department of Physics, received the 2018 Rolf Landauer Medal from the International Association for the Science of Electrical, Transport, and Optical Properties of Inhomogeneous Media. 4. Prof. KWOK Hoi-Sing , Dr. William MW Mong Professor of Nanotechnology, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, was awarded the 2019 Jan Rajchman Prize by the Society for Information Display. 5. Prof. Ricky LEE Shi-Wei , Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, received the 2019 Outstanding Sustained Technical Contribution Award from the IEEE Electronics Packaging Society. 6. Prof. LIU Ming , Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering and Department of Computer Science and Engineering, received the IROS Toshio Fukuda Young Professional Award at the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 7. Dr. Jason CHAN (left) , Department of Chemistry, received the 2018UniversityGrants Committee Teaching Award for Early Career Faculty Members. 8. Prof. James Z. LEE , Yan Ai Foundation Professor of Social Science, Divisions of Humanities and Social Science, received third prize in the 2018 Outstanding Achievement in Philosophy and Social Science awards from Jiangsu Academy of Social Science. Faculty members and students have received numerous honors and accolades over the year. The following list is not exhaustive. 9. Prof. Simon CHAN (left) , Department of Chemistry and Division of Environment and Sustainability, received the 2018 Chemical Research in Toxicology Young Investigator Award. FELLOWS & BOARD MEMBERSHIPS 10. Prof. DAI Xi , Department of Physics, was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society. 11. Prof. DU Shengwang , Department of Physics, was elected a Fellow of the Optical Society. 12. Prof. LING Shiqing , Department of Mathematics, was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics Statistics. 13. Prof. FAN Zhiyong , Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. 14. Prof. Kei May LAU (right) , Fang Professor of Engineering, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, was elected a Fellow of the Optical Society. 15. Prof. TANG Chi-Keung , Department of Computer Science and Engineering, was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 16. Prof. Ravindra GOONETILLEKE , Division of Integrative Systems and Design and Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics, was elected a Fellow of the International Ergonomics Association. 17. Prof. Fugee TSUNG (left) , Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics, was elected a Fellow of the Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers. 18. Prof. Julian GROVES , Division of Social Science, was elected President of the Hong Kong Sociological Association. 19. Prof. Billy SO Kee-Long (left) and Prof. Carine YIU Yuk- Man (right) , Division of Humanities, were selected as Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholars for 2018-19.