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CEE Taught Postgraduate Programmes Online Info Seminar 2024 - 25

CEE Taught Postgraduate Programmes Online Info Seminar 2024-25 was successfully held on 2 March 2024 (Saturday). Prof. Tak-Ming Chan, Dr Chao Zhou (Programme Leader and Deputy Programme Leader of MSc in Civil Engineering) and Dr Yi Jiang (Programme Leader of MSc in Environmental Management and Engineering) delivered a programme talk to introduce the admission information and programme details of the two CEE TPg programmes. The participants were able to engage with our programme leaders during Q&A session. Application Deadline: 30 April 2024. For more details, please visit https://www.polyu.edu.hk/en/cee/prospective-students/taught-postgraduate-programmes/  Online Info Seminar Playback: https://youtu.be/I8cO6LePoOI 

CNERC-Rail Team being Awarded Third Prize in the 3rd International Competition for Structural Health Monitoring (IC-SHM 2022)

Congratulations to Dr E Deng, Dr Yang Zhang (Postdoctoral Fellows of CEE), Mr Yan-Ke Tan, Mr Xin Ye (PhD Students of CEE) and Mr Yu-Ling Wang (Research Assistant of CEE), from the Hong Kong Branch of the National Rail Transit Electrification and Automation Engineering Technology Research Center (CNERC-Rail) supervised by Prof. Yi-Qing Ni (Director of CNERC-Rail and Chair Professor of CEE), whose project titled “Bridge Vibration Reconstruction and Damage Detection Based on Echo State Network with Multi-dimensional and Multi-scale Convolution”, won the Third Prize in the 3rd International Competition for Structural Health Monitoring (IC-SHM 2022). The team participated in Project 3: Lost Data Reconstruction and Damage Identification, and stood out among the 45 submissions received from 9 regions. The competition is organized by the Asia-Pacific Network of Centers for Research in Smart Structures Technology (ANCRiSST), Tongji University, Harbin Institute of Technology, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The aim of the competition is to explore more effective data analysis methods and provide new ideas for students and young researchers in different fields to develop structural health monitoring technology. Photo from left to right: Mr Yu-Ling WANG, Mr Yan-Ke TAN, Dr E DENG, Dr Yang ZHANG, and Mr Xin YE   

PolyU CEE Webinar Series: Transitioning to a Sustainable Transportation System in a Metropolitan Context

Dr An Wang delivered a seminar with the topic of “Transitioning to a Sustainable Transportation System in a Metropolitan Context” on 21 February 2024. It was co-organized with HKIE Civil Division. Click the link below to view the full version of the webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfE6e27yBw0   

Prof. Hai Guo’s Article Being Published on The Innovation

Congratulations to Prof. Hai Guo, Professor of CEE, whose team’s paper titled  “Urban Heat Mitigation by Green and Blue Infrastructure: Drivers, Effectiveness, and Future Needs” has been published on The Innovation with impact factor of 32.1. The Innovation is an interdisciplinary journal that aims to promote scientific application by publishing cutting-edge research and high-quality reviews across all scientific disciplines. For original article, please refer to https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100588.  

New joiner - Dr Siqi DING

Dr Siqi Ding obtained his B.S. Degree (2013) from Dalian Jiaotong University, M.S. degree (2016) from Dalian University of Technology, and Ph.D. degree (2021) from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Prior to joining PolyU as a Research Assistant Professor, Dr Ding worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen. Dr Ding's current research interests include smart materials and structures, nano-engineered cementitious composites and metamaterials for noise absorption.  Dr Ding has joined us on 19 February 2024.

CEE/CSE 50th Anniversary Symposium – Inaugural J.M. Ko Award Ceremony & International Symposium on Advances in Structural Engineering

The inaugural J.M. Ko Award Ceremony & International Symposium on Advances in Structural Engineering was successfully held at Li Ka Shing Tower, PolyU, on 19 January 2024. This event, organized by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at PolyU and supported by various industry and academic partners, focused on the outstanding contributions and latest advancements in structural engineering. The Inaugural J.M. Ko Award Ceremony honours two exceptional young researchers, Prof. E. Chatzi from ETH Zürich and Prof. X.Z. Lu from Tsinghua University, for their outstanding contributions to the science and technology of Structural Engineering. The event started with a welcome speech by Prof. Jin-Guang Teng, President of PolyU and an opening speech by Ms Lillian Cheong, Under Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry of the Hong Kong SAR Government, followed by the Award ceremony and technical lectures/presentations by the two awardees (i.e., J.M. Ko distinguished lectures) and six esteemed scholars in the structural engineering field from China, Japan, the United States and Australia. Attracting over 140 participants, the symposium fostered a vibrant exchange of ideas and set a new benchmark for future structural engineering symposia.  

Dr Tony Sze Appointed as a Member of the Committee on Taxi Service Quality

Dr Tony Sze, Associate Professor of CEE, was appointed as a Member of the Committee on Taxi Service Quality (的士服務質素委員會) of HKSAR Government for a period of three years from February 2024 to January 2027, given his profound experience and professional knowledge on transportation and safety. The Committee aims to advise the Government on strategies to enhance taxi service quality including updating standards and guidelines for taxi driver, and improving taxi services through the use of technology. More information can be found at https://www.ctsq.org.hk/chi/index.html.   

International Symposium on Reclamations Using Local Dredged Sediments

International Symposium on Reclamations Using Local Dredged Sediments has been successfully organized at Chiang Chen Studio Theatre at PolyU on 26 January 2024, with the great effort of the Co-Organizers, the Geotechnical Division of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of PolyU. The symposium was also supported by ASCE Greater China Section, Hong Kong Geotechnical Society, Institution of Civil Engineering Hong Kong, RILS and RISUD of PolyU.  Three opening speeches, six keynote talks and six invited talks were delivered by the distinguished guests from government, universities and industries across Chinese Mainland, Singapore, Japan, Macau and Hong Kong. The symposium attracted more than 150 local participants and 90 participants outside of Hong Kong. The presentations and discussions have effectively demonstrated how the use of local dredged sediments can offer a practical and eco-friendly solution to land scarcity issues in various regions.   

CEE Departmental Visit – Hohai University (25 Jan)

CEE has long been maintaining strong alliances and partnerships with different renowned institutions. To further introduce the achievement of the Department and to share recent research progress of the Hydraulic Engineering Unit, Dr Huan-Feng Duan, Associate Professor, Dr Jing-Hua Wang, Assistant Professor, and Dr Tong-Chuan Che, Research Assistant Professor, hosted a Departmental visit for Hohai University, Mainland China on 25 January 2024. A group of 25 undergraduate students joined the visit and participated in the briefing and exchange session. During the visit, the students had the opportunity to explore the University’s Pao Yue-kong Library and the Hydraulics Laboratory in CEE, they were able to witness demonstrations of the latest equipment and experiments by CEE PhD. students, Shimeng Liu and Yuanheng Zhang. The students actively engaged in discussions and found the visit enjoyable and informative.   

CEE Departmental Visit - Aberdeen Baptist Lui Ming Choi College (18 Jan)

A group of 27 students from Aberdeen Baptist Lui Ming Choi College joined PolyU school tour and visited CEE department on 18 January 2024 (Thursday). The recent developments of the civil engineering industry, together with the admission information of BEng(Hons) Scheme in Civil Engineering and Sustainable Development were introduced to students.  The students also had the opportunity to visit our Water and Waste Teaching Laboratory, the latest technology and typical water treatment process was explained to them. The students found the visit fruitful and interesting.