Dr Wang Meng obtained her Ph.D. degree (2020) in Environmental Science from the Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Before joining PolyU as a Research Assistant Professor, Dr Wang worked as Postdoctoral Research Fellow at PolyU from 2021 to 2022. Dr Wang’s current research interest focuses on 1. Signatures and spatiotemporal variation of organic tracers in urban and rural areas; 2. Characterization and source apportionmen

19 Sep 2022

The CEEAA Scholarship 2021 cum CEE/CSE 50th Anniversary Logo Design Competition Award Presentation Ceremony was held on 14 Sep 2022 (Wed). Ir Edmond Wong, President of CEEAA, and Ir Prof. Chi Sun Poon, Head of Department, were invited to deliver a speech to kick off the ceremony. The CEEAA Scholarship recognizes students with outstanding achievements and active participation in extra-curricular activities. Apart from the CEEAA Scholarship, the a

19 Sep 2022

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony between The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) was successfully held on 7 Sep 2022.   Prof. Christopher Chao, Vice President (Research and Innovation), represented PolyU and Mr Kan Jun, Chairman, represented CRBC completed the MOU signing formalities. The partnership strengthens the collaboration between CEE and CRBC by leveraging their respect

13 Sep 2022

Dr Pin ZHANG, PhD student supervised by Prof. Zhenyu Yin, defensed on July 2022 and was recently awarded the Newton International Fellowship. He will go to the University of Cambridge and the Alan Turing Institute to continue his research work.   The Newton International Fellowship Scheme was established in 2008 to select the very best early career researchers from all over the world across natural sciences (approximate 25 annually) and humanitie

8 Sep 2022

The Fourth Inauguration of Endowed Professorships cum the First Inauguration of Endowed Young Scholars was held on 31 Aug 2022 to pay tribute to distinguished scholars for their outstanding academic and research achievements, and to demonstrate the support and recognition from the community to PolyU for its research excellence.   Under the Endowed Professorship Scheme, Ir Prof. C.S. Poon, Head of Department and Chair Professor of Sustainable Co

5 Sep 2022

Dr Zhang Ning obtained his B.Eng. degree from Southeast University in 2013 and Ph.D degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2019. Before joining PolyU as a Research Assistant Professor, Dr Zhang worked as a Postdoctoral research fellow in Shantou University from 2019 to 2022. Dr Zhang has been focusing on the inter-disciplinary research fields between artificial intelligence and geotechnical engineering. His ongoing research includes deep le

2 Sep 2022

Dr Li Yinglei obtained his bachelor degree (2011) in Civil Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, master degree (2014) in Structural Engineering from Tongji University and PhD degree (2019) in Structural Engineering from Monash University. Before joining PolyU as a Research Assistant Professor, Dr Li worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) from 2019 to 2022. Dr Li has been working activ

2 Sep 2022

Air pollution is the greatest environmental health risk factor for premature deaths worldwide. Among all air pollutants, fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is one of the deadliest. Since PM2.5 is a cocktail of components from a mix of sources and not all components or sources are equally toxic, research on the toxic components and their associated sources responsible for PM2.5 health effects plays a key part in air quality management.   The project,

1 Sep 2022

Dr Wai Kei (Vincent) Ao graduated from the National Taiwan University (NTU) with MSc and undergraduate qualifications in Civil and Structural Engineering and Civil Engineering. His MSc studied "Analytical and experimental studies on seismic behaviour of structures with building using passive mass dampers". After the MSc course, he worked for one and a half years in BAHH Engineering Consultants Ltd, Macau. During that time, he did some works, incl

31 Aug 2022

Dr Xiang Yu received his B.Eng. degree in 2010 and Ph.D. degree in 2017, both from Hunan University, China. After graduation, he joined PolyU and successively worked as a Research Associate, Postdoctoral Fellow and then Research Fellow from 2017 to 2022. Dr Xiang’s research interests include high-performance structures enabled by the use of fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites and ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC), numerical modelling o

31 Aug 2022