《Miss CHAN Chui Yee Received HKIE Best Individual Dissertation Award 2026》
Miss CHAN Chui Yee, a final-year student of the BSc (Hons) in Building Engineering and Management programme, was awarded the Best Individual Dissertation Award 2026 by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) (Building Division) in May.
Supervised by Prof. WEI His Hsien, Associate Professor of BRE, Chui Yee achieved outstanding success with her dissertation, ‘Exploratory Technology Acceptance Study: Analysing Drivers and Barriers for Shoulder Exoskeletons in Hong Kong Construction’. This study established the first context-specific Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) for shoulder exoskeletons in Hong Kong’s construction industry. Using a mixed-methods approach, it identified thermal burden and PPE incompatibility as major adoption barriers, while ease of use and usefulness equally drive intention. The findings proposed a three-level intervention framework addressing device-level thermal management and PPE integration, site-level peer familiarization and policy-level regulations.
During the HKIE Building Division Annual Dinner 2026, Prof. CHI Hung Lin, Acting Associate Head (Research) of BRE, accepted the Award on Chui Yee’s behalf, receiving warm congratulations from Ir Cedric SC CHAN, Chairman of HKIE (Building Division).
