Awards and Achievements (Research)

OSH Best Project Scholarships for BRE Research Students

What wonderful news! Our research students, Mr. Gong Yue and Mrs. Ford jour Genevieve Ataa were selected as one of the OSH Best Project Scholarship winners and one of the MERIT winners of the Occupational Safety and Health Council, respectively. Inspired by their respective supervisors, Dr JoonOh Seo and Prof. Albert Chan, they put forward new ideas and explored health factors for enhancing construction workers’ well-being. Yue’s project on‘Wearable System for Workers’ Productivity, Safety and Health Monitoring’ and Genevieve Ataa’s  project  on‘Investigating  the  Causes  and  Effects  of  Indicators of  Occupational Psychological Health Conditions among Employees’ reflected their hard work and passions.   Amid great applause, Prof. Chan, Yue and Genevieve Ataa were honoured to receive the awards and heartiest congratulations in the OSH Best Project Scholarship Prize Presentation Ceremony on 15 January 2020.    

Applause for BRE Graduate’s Achievements

Dr.Hao ran XU, under the supervision of Prof. Meng NI, was recently awarded the Best Presentation  Award  at  The  First  International  Conference  on  Energy  and  AI(http://www.energy-ai.org/, 9-11 January 2020 in Tianjin,China). He reported their recent progress in the conference of the hybrid numerical simulation method on solid oxide fuel cells(SOFCs), entitled“Combined multi physics simulation and artificial neural network model for fast and accurate online optimization in SOFC operation”.   In addition, Dr. XU has been awarded the Doctoral Prize Fellowship (10 awardees from over 400   applicants, https://www.lboro.ac.uk/join-us/doctoral-prize-fellowships/)   of Lough borough University UK, and is shortlisted for the HKIS Young Scientist Award 2019 (2shortlisted candidates for the 1 award in Engineering Science,http://www.science.org.hk/),which will be finalized in the end of February 2020.   Dr. XU received his Bachelor’s degree from Zhe jiang University in 2014. Then he came to BRE of HK POLYU for his PhD in September 2014 (under the supervision of Prof. Meng NI). He received his PhD in October 2018. His research focuses on the development of solid oxide fuel cells, a promising electrochemical device for energy conversion among electricity, fuel and heat. Up to now, Dr. XU has published more than 40 papers (15 as first author), with 600+citations.     

PolyU Ranked 20th in Asia by Times Higher Education 2019

Ranked 20th in the subject ‘Architecture / Built Environment’ by QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019

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Ranked 3rd in the ‘Architecture’, 13th in the 'Civil Engineering', 21st in the ‘Urban Planning’ and 85th in the 'Environmental Engineering' by the University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) 2018-19

Dr Sun Yi Securing PICO Public Policy Research Grant

BRE Award for Outstanding Research Performance 2018/19

BRE Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research Funding 2018/19

Join us in congratulating on Prof. Zayed Tarek’s success in securing the Innovation and Technology Fund!

The winning research project ‘Smart Noise Logger‐based Leak Diagnosis System’ will explore a new approach to interpret noise logger outputs and pin point the leak location without the need for other   technologies,such as correlators or acoustic.   It  is a key step in improving the Hong Kong Water Distribution Network and contributing  to a better understanding of pipe performance. The main users of the proposed research will be academics, contractors,municipal personnel,and other interested stakeholders.   Hong Kong (HK) has 8,605 km of potable and salt water pipes with average age of more than 30years, which need high cost of maintenance. A considerable number of pipe bursts/breaks (148)and detected leakage (9,585) cases was reported in 2016. These statistics show the critical situation of Water Distribution Network (WDN) in HK. The socio‐economic consequences of water pipe breaks/bursts are high and cause considerable damage to society, businesses, and the environment.Although much effort was exerted, such efforts are still not enough to significantly reduce WDN vulnerabilities and negative economic impacts. There is an urgent need, therefore, for smart,reliable and consistent leak diagnosis system. Noise loggers are used in HK for long time with less accuracy due to the drawback of the existing interpretation techniques.     

Waleed’s Efforts Rewarded with ‘The FCE Awards for Outstanding PhD Theses 2018/19’

Always, it is a great delight to empower our students to fulfill their potential and see their achievements!   “My project aimed to counter the occupational hazards, i.e. health and safety of construction workers, by using contemporary safety informatics to identify the risk factors and explore their mitigation strategies. It also explored rebar tying as an example which is one of the most strenuous demand in the construction trade,” says Dr Waleed Umer,    our    PhD    graduate.    Under  Prof.  Li  Heng’s supervision, Dr Umer’s project has substantiated the effectiveness of  safety  informatics  in  enhancing  the  understanding  of  various aspects   of   occupational   hazards. It could help derive better solutions and technologies to ensure a sustainable workforce.   It is no wonder that Dr Umer’s project tilted ‘Biomechanical Evaluation & Mitigation of Occupational Safety Hazards related to Manual  Rebar  Tying’  was  selected  in  ‘The  FCE  Awards  for Outstanding PhD Theses 2018/19’ as a mark of appreciation for its excellence and his exceptional presentation in early September.   In his current capacity as a part-time research associate, Dr Umer furthers his research interest and efforts in Prof. Li’s team.