BEEE is going to receive two high quality PhD graduates from leading Chinese Mainland universities under Hong Kong Scholars Program

The Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering (BEEE) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is pleased to report that Prof Linda XIAO and Prof YANG Hongxing are going to receive two high quality PhD graduates from leading Chinese Mainland universities under Hong Kong Scholars Program.

Jide NIU who will be under the supervision of Prof YANG received his BSc at North China Electric Power University and MSc and PhD at Tianjin University.  He is currently working as the Assistant Researcher at Tianjin University.  His research interests include robust optimization design method of building energy system under uncertainties, hierarchical dispatch and control optimization of building energy system based on model prediction and demand response.

Dr LI Yanxue who will be under the supervision of Prof XIAO received his BSc at Qingdao University of Technology, MSc at Tianjin University and PhD at the University of Kitakyushu. He is currently working as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tongji University (Group) Co., Ltd. His research interests include building energy flexibility, demand response, zero-energy building and building carbon emission reduction.

Prof XIAO’s and Prof YANG’s research projects are Development of Smart Building Management Technologies Towards Carbon Neutrality and Development of hybrid renewable energy systems with energy storage in buildings towards carbon neutrality respectively.

The “Hong Kong Scholars Program” is jointly launched by the Society of Hong Kong Scholars and the China National Postdoctoral Council under the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. It aims at effectively pooling talent and research resources of Hong Kong and the Mainland to train outstanding postdoctoral fellows. Selected “Hong Kong Scholars” (i.e. the postdoctoral fellows) will come to Hong Kong to commence postdoctoral research work under professors at various universities in Hong Kong. This Program will help professors of Hong Kong solicit high quality PhD graduates from leading universities on the Mainland, thus promoting academic and scientific exchanges and collaboration between the two places.