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New joiner - Dr Shen Peiliang

Dr Shen Peiliang obtained his B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Wuhan University of technology (2010), and got his Ph.D. degree (2018) in Mechanics and Engineering from Wuhan University of technology. Before joining PolyU as a Research Assistant Professor, Dr Shen worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at PolyU from 2019 to 2022. Dr Shen’s main research interests include development and characterization of sustainable building materials, ultra-high performance concrete and its structural application, CO2 capture and sequestration and waste recycling and management. Dr Shen has joined us on 4 February 2022.

Modular Rail Particle Damper Technology Won 3rd Prize in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition

A team from the National Rail Transit Electrification and Automation Engineering Technology Research Center (CNERC-Rail) Hong Kong Branch developed a modular rail particle damper (MRPD) for rail corrugation control and broadband vibration and noise mitigation in railways.   The MRPD won the 3rd prize in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition of National Innovation Center of High Speed Train and was implemented in Shenzhen Metro Lines.   For more details, please refer to https://polyu.hk/THuNI.

Chinese New Year Greetings from CEE, PolyU

We wish you a resilient, stronger and prosperous New Year of the Tiger! The animated version is available here: https://www.polyu.edu.hk/cee/docdrive/CNY2022/CNY2022.html

PolyU CEE Webinar Series: Effective use of high strength S690 steels in buildings and bridges

Prof. K.F. Chung delivered a seminar with the topic of “Effective use of high strength S690 steels in buildings and bridges” on 19 January 2022. It was co-organized with HKIE Civil Division (CVD).   The next seminar will be held on 17 February 2022, Dr Tan Daoyuan will bring up the topic “Application of optical fiber sensing technology in geotechnical health monitoring”, please stay tuned!

International Symposium of Soft Ground and Smart Geotechnology on 7 Jan 2022

International Symposium of Soft Ground and Smart Geotechnology, organized by CEE and the Research Institute of Land and Space (RILS) of PolyU, was successfully held online on 7 January 2022. Prof. Jian-Hua Yin and Dr Zhen-Yu Yin were the Chairs of the symposium. 11 well-known world-leading scholars were invited to give online keynote speeches on the topic of soft ground and smart geotechnology. Over 500 logins (one login may have more than one participant) joined the symposium online and 60 participants joined it physically.

PolyU Info Day for Taught Postgraduate Programmes

The online PolyU Info Day for Taught Postgraduate Programmes was successfully held on 8 Jan 2022 (Sat).   The Programme Leaders, Prof. Anthony Chen and Prof. Daniel Tsang, introduced the programme details and admission information of MSc in Civil Engineering and MSc in Environmental Management and Engineering respectively.   Participants were also able to ask questions during the Q&A session.

New joiner - Dr Ling Leng

Dr Ling Leng obtained his B.S. in Water Science and Engineering from Chongqing University (2012), M.S. (with Distinction, 2013) and Ph.D. (2018) in Environmental Engineering from PolyU. Before joining PolyU as Research Assistant Professor, Dr Leng was a Postdoctoral Researcher and JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Hawaii, US (2018) and National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan (2018-2021) respectively. Dr Leng’s research focuses on microbial process and technology for the degradation of recalcitrant environmental contaminants and synthesis of biorenewable products from waste streams. His specialties include applying molecular biology, bioinformatics and machine learning tools to discover complex microbial processes in both environmental and engineered ecosystems and further improve our biotechnology for achieving environmental sustainability. Dr Leng has joined us on 10 Jan 2022.

Prof. Yin Jian-hua Hosted a Clay Reclamation Model Test Demonstration during DAC Meeting

Prof. Yin Jian-hua, Chair Professor of Soil Mechanics, hosted a demonstration of clay reclamation model test in Hydraulic Laboratory during the Departmental Advisory Committee (DAC) meeting on 5 Jan 2022.

Prof. GUO Hai’s Project Awarded Funding in Second Round One-off CRF COVID-19 and NIR Research Exercises

In the second round one-off CRF COVID-19 and Novel Infectious Diseases (NIR) Research Exercises, the RGC received a total of 115 applications. Out of the 34 full proposals received, 20 were selected for interview.  Finally, 16 proposals were supported by the RGC with a total amount of $92.3 million (exclusive on-costs), including 3 proposals supported for one-year seed money and exploratory funding amounting to $6.7 million in total.   PolyU submitted 22 preliminary proposals, 7 full proposals and 5 full proposals were shortlisted for interview in early December 2021.  Finally, 3 proposals are supported by the RGC with a total funding of $14,120,540, of which one of the Project Coordinators is Prof. GUO Hai from CEE.  The details are as follows:   Ref. No. Name of PC Proposal Title RGC Amount Awarded C5024-21G Prof. GUO Hai Is the usual social distance sufficient to avoid airborne infection of expiratory droplets in indoor environments? $4,703,090

New joiner - Dr Peichen Wu

Dr Peichen Wu obtained his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology and PhD degree in Geotechnical Engineering from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.   His research interests include physical and numerical modelling of marine deposits, ground improvement techniques on soft soils, geosynthetics, as well as monitoring of trees and geotechnical structures under wind loads.   Dr Wu has joined us on 1 January 2022.