We are proud to announce that PolyU celebrates another year of outstanding achievement in the U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Ranking 2024-2025 for Civil Engineering! PolyU has maintained its prestigious position as the 2nd best for Civil Engineering globally and has secured the top spot in Hong Kong in this discipline. This remarkable success showcases CEE’s unwavering commitment to excellence in research, teaching and innovat

26 Jul 2024

Congratulations to Dr Ling Jin, Assistant Professor of CEE, and his collaborative team for their paper titled “Ecology and Risks of the Global Plastisphere as a Newly Expanding Microbial Habitat” being recognized as the Most Popular (2020-2024) by The Innovation, a prestigious journal under Cell Press (Impact Factor = 33.2) that ranked third among multidisciplinary journal. Dr Changchao Li (second from the left in the photo), the first author of

25 Jul 2024

Dr Sung-hoon Jang delivered a seminar with the topic of “Travel Behavior Modeling to Understand Demand for Emerging Mobility Services” on 10 July 2024. It was co-organized with HKIE Civil Division. Find the full version of the webinar in the blow link: https://youtu.be/PDYbhgVc_Zk.  

24 Jul 2024

Evangel College  A group of 18 students from Evangel College visited CEE on 3 July 2024 (Wednesday). They jointly attended the programme talk with students from Stewards MKMCF Ma Ko Pan Memorial College.  Dr Barbara Siu, Scheme Leader of BEng (Hons) Scheme in Civil Engineering and Sustainable Development, introduced the admission information and the recent developments of the civil engineering industry to the students.  After the programme talk,

23 Jul 2024

Prior to joining PolyU as Associate Professor, Dr Jinxia Liu was an Associate Professor at McGill University, Canada, and the Director of Brace Water Center. Dr Liu leads a research program focused on reducing the environmental and health impacts of emerging organic pollutants, particularly poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Her work integrates fundamental and applied studies of PFAS environmental fate and behavior through laboratory exp

23 Jul 2024

PolyU Graduate School Outstanding Research Postgraduate Alumni Award aims to recognize the achievement of research postgraduate (RPg) alumni and promote the excellence of research postgraduate education at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). We are proud to announce that Prof. Jun Li, a distinguished graduate of CEE, is the recipient of Outstanding Research Postgraduate Young Alumni Award 2024. Prof. Li obtained his PhD degree from CEE

22 Jul 2024

4 CEE students were invited by National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) to participate in a 5 days summer school programme from 8-12 July 2024.  During this program, our students had the privilege of attending several lectures at NYCU focused on sustainability practices in civil engineering. Topics included the potential applications of AI, hands-on experience in developing a disaster warning system, and health monitoring and time signal

19 Jul 2024

Dr Tony Sze, Associate Professor of CEE, was invited by Channel News Asia (CNA) in Singapore to speak on a TV’s news programme – “Asia First” - on 12 July 2024 (Friday). Hong Kong lawmakers have now started the legislative process with regards to ride-hailing platforms. It will certainly change the game in the taxi landscape. The discussion address the issues including benefits of commuters in Hong Kong, competition for the local taxi industry,

18 Jul 2024

The University has launched the PolyU Patents Achievement Award this year in appreciation and honour of the remarkable achievements of departments and inventors that actively engaged in IP filing. Two awards were established for this purpose including the “Top Patents Filing Award 2023” which considers the IP filing activities over the past five years (2019-2023) and “Most Active Patents Filing Award” which focuses on the IP filing activities wit

17 Jul 2024

A group of 19 students from Lui Cheung Kwong Lutheran College visited CEE on 8 July 2024 (Monday). Dr Jacqueline Lo, Assistant Professor of CEE, introduced the admission information and the recent developments of the civil engineering industry to the students.   After the programme talk, students had the opportunity to visit our Transport and Highway Engineering Laboratory and Soil Mechanics Laboratory, where they knew more latest technology and

16 Jul 2024