TANG Wai Fong, Elsa 鄧慧芳 (Ir)

Senior Instructor

Area of Specialization: Computer aided design; Computer aided engineering; Product design and management; Basic scientific computing; Supply chain management

FG629
2766-5207
wftang@polyu.edu.hk

Biography

MSc (HKU); MSc (Liverpool); BEng (Liverpool); MHKIE, CEng, MIMechE

Short Description

Ir Tang received her BEng in Manufacturing Engineering & Industrial Management and Master Degree in Product Design and management from the University of Liverpool (UK) in 2001 and 2002 respectively. She was a project staff in the Product Design Unit in the Industrial Centre of PolyU in 2003. She also obtained her second master degree from the University of Hong Kong in 2007. Besides teaching and learning, she had industrial consultancy projects. One of her projects (Forged Document Detector) got Gold Medal in the 15th China Invention Expo, 2005 and PolyU Technology and Consultancy Company Limited (PTeC) International Award 2006. In 2008, she was promoted to Assistant Engineer in IC before joining the Department of Mechanical Engineering. During these few years, she explores the use of blended learning and knowledge transfer in her recently teaching and learning. Moreover, she got her professional qualification (Chartered Engineer) from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 2015. In 2016, she got corporate member in the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. In 2017, she was FSAE team advisor in the Formula Student Electric Car China competition.

Patent

Forged Document Detector, China Patent 200510092822.8. Inventors: KK Kwong, Dr David Chan, Patrick Ng, Eric Leung, Elsa Tang

Selected Industrial Consultancy Projects

Geometrical Tolerance and Weight Analyses of Mark Six Lottery Balls
Client: The Hong Kong Jockey Club (2013-2018)
The Development of a Embryo Culture System
Client: Dr Clement Leung (2012)
Gas Riser Inspection system
Client: Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (2009)
Ergonomic Design of Air Control Tower Centre
Client: Civil Aviation Department, Hong Kong SAR (2008)
Dunwell Flange facer machine Project
Client: Dunwell Enviro-Tech (Holdings) Ltd. (2006)
9 in 1 Multimedia Server
Client: Pixel Magic, Science Park (2005)
Forged Document Detector (FDD)
Client: Immigration Department, Hong Kong SAR (2005)
Automated Vehicle Clearance (e-channel)
Client: Immigration Department, Hong Kong SAR (2004)