Congratulations to six exceptional CEE members who have been awarded the “Young Scientists Fund” from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). Each awarded project will be granted funding of RMB 300,000 to support basic research work for three years. NSFC aims to support basic research and stimulate free exploration, identify and foster scientific talents. The fund supports young researchers to freely choose their research topics

13 Sep 2024

Prof. Chi Sun Poon, Head of CEE, was recently invited by RTHK and featured in a radio programme “Infinite Future” on 20 July 2024 (Saturday). Waste management is an acute problem in Hong Kong for years and Prof. Poon has been leading his team in researching waste recycling solutions and green building materials for over 20 years. He pioneered the development of “Eco-Blocks” by utilizing the construction waste, demolition waste and recycled glass

11 Sep 2024

With the enthusiastic participation of around 50 staff members, CEE Departmental Retreat was held successfully on 27-28 August 2024. The retreat commenced with a warm welcome by Prof. Chi Sun Poon, Head of CEE, who greeted the newly joined colleagues and provided updates on the Department's performance. This was followed by the informative presentations by Prof. Songye Zhu, Associate Head (Research), Dr Andy Leung, Associate Head (Partnership), P

30 Aug 2024

Congratulations to Miss Yi-Fei WANG and Yan-Ran MENG, under the supervision of Prof. Tao YU, on receiving the “Best Presentation Award” and “Runner-up Award for Best Presentation” at the 5th International Symposium for Emerging Researchers in Composites for Infrastructure (ISERCI 2024).  The symposium was held from 20 to 22 August 2024 at the Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China. The award-winning presentations were tit

28 Aug 2024

We are proud to announce the successful conclusion of CEE Mini Concrete Canoe Competition - “New Methods and Materials in Smart Construction” conducted during 2 - 23 August 2024. 13 teams of enthusiastic secondary school students embarked on an exciting journey of civil engineering and creativity.   Co-organizing with Industrial Centre (IC) of PolyU, the competition was kicked off with insightful lectures on the science of concrete materials and

28 Aug 2024

Congratulations to two CEE PhD students, Dr Gu Yu, supervised by Prof. Anthony Chen, and Dr Jiang Yi, supervised by Prof. Chi Sun Poon, for receiving the FCE Awards for Outstanding PhD Theses 2023/24. The awardees were chosen for the significance and innovation of their research, presentation skills and responses to questions from the Working Group of the Faculty Research Committee, as well as their academic performance and publication track rec

22 Aug 2024

Dr Tony Sze, Associate Professor of CEE, was interviewed by the Hong Kong Economic Times (HKET) 經濟日報 for his insights on the introduction of self-driving vehicles. With the promising technological progress, the Hong Kong Government is testing out eight autonomous vehicles under a HK$127 million initiative to advance driverless technologies. Dr Sze’s perception on the challenges of self-driving vehicles in Hong Kong was publicized on the Executiv

21 Aug 2024

The CEE China (Nanjing & Suzhou) Study Tour, took place from 24 to 30 July 2024, was an incredible expedition that offered our students a multitude of enriching experiences in civil engineering, geological engineering and Chinese culture. During the tour, our students had the privilege of visiting Nanjing University and connecting with fellow students. They engaged in mixer events, where they shared the knowledge in civil & geological engineering

15 Aug 2024

CEE has long been maintaining strong alliances and partnerships with different renowned institutions to foster knowledge exchange and international collaboration. CEE welcomed 15 students from 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐣𝐢 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 for a departmental visit focused on “𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧” on 7 August 2024 (Wednesday). The students, eager to explore cutting-edge research in the field, were given a comprehensive overview of the departmen

13 Aug 2024

Congratulations to 𝐃𝐫 𝐀𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐠, Assistant Professor of CEE, whose paper titled “𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐇𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐢𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐱, 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤” has been published on 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 and reported by 𝘔𝘐𝘛 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴.  𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 is a newly launched online journal in 2024 from 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘪�

12 Aug 2024