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27th Congregation of FCE

Congratulations to all our graduates of academic year 2020/21! On 16 and 17 November 2021, the Faculty of Construction and Environment (FCE) held its 27th Congregation in five sessions at the Jockey Club Auditorium on the PolyU campus as well as online. More than 1,400 graduates from its four departments were honoured for completing their studies at higher diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Research Activities/ Achievements
CEE Scholars Amongst World’s Highly Cited Researchers

Three scholars from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) have been named by the Clarivate Analytics in the "2021 Highly Cited Researchers" as the most influential in the world. They are Prof. Kwok Wing Chau in the field of Engineering, Prof. Shuncheng Lee in a Cross-Field, and Prof. Daniel Tsang in the fields of Engineering as well as Environment and Ecology.

Smart Traffic Fund for Network-wide Traffic Speed-Flow Estimator

Prof. William Lam of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) has been awarded $2,195,000 from the local government’s Smart Traffic Fund (STF) for a project entitled “Network-wide Traffic Speed-Flow Estimator.” The project aims to develop a network-wide traffic speed-flow estimator for provision of real-time traffic speeds and flows simultaneously for the entire study network by time of day based on limited traffic data from different sources.

Global STEM Scholar Elected to Academia Europaea

Prof. Qihao WENG, Chair Professor and Global STEM Scholar of the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI), has been elected a foreign member of Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe) in its 2021 class. He is also a fellow of IEEE, AAAS, ASPRS and AAIA, and has worked as the director of the Center for Urban and Environmental Change, a professor of geography at Indiana State University from 2001 to 2021, and a senior fellow at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the US from 2008 to 2009.

Hong Kong Green Innovations Award 2020 for Turning Local Waste into High-Performance Concrete

The research team of Prof. C.S. Poon, Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), has received a Silver Award in the Hong Kong Green Innovations Awards 2020 at a ceremony of the Hong Kong Awards for Environmental Excellence (HKAEE) and Hong Kong Organisation Certification (HKGOC). Their winning project is entitled “Sustainable Development of High–performance Permeable Concrete Using Local Waste Materials.”

PolyU Maker Fund Supports Development of Smart Building Emergency System

An MPhil student in the Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering (BEEE) has been granted $600,000 from the PolyU Maker Fund Programme to develop a smart building emergency system for 2 years. Under the supervision of Dr Xinyan Huang, Mr Wong Ho Yin and his team will apply artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to a smart signage network that can guide residents towards the shortest and safest evacuation paths in a fire event.

Event
Online Lecture Series on Outer Space Targets Secondary Students

On 23 October 2021, Prof. Bo Wu of the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI) gave an online lecture on maps for space exploration to over 150 people. The lecture was part of a series of 13 talks coordinated by PolyU to introduce space sciences and technologies to secondary students and their teachers.

Alumni News
BRE PhD Graduates Thrive in Academic Careers
Staff News
New Academic Staff
Invitation for Programme Admission 2022/23

Applications are invited for the following programmes:

Undergraduate Programmes

Department
學系
Name of Scheme
組合課程
Programme Title
課程
Secondary Major Available
可選修之副主修
Building Environment and Energy Engineering (BEEE)
建築環境及能源工程
BEng(Hons) Scheme
in Building Sciences and Engineering
建築科學及工程學(榮譽)
工學士組合課程
BEng(Hons) in Building Sciences and Engineering
(with a specialism of Building Services Engineering)
建築科學及工程學(榮譽)工學士
(設有屋宇設備工程學專業)

[Retitled from BEng(Hons) in Building Services Engineering
原名屋宇設備工程學(榮譽)工學士]

AI and Data Analytics
人工智能及數據分析

Innovation and Entrepreneurship
創新及創業

Building and Real Estate (BRE)
建築及房地產
BSc(Hons) Scheme
in Building and Real Estate
建築及房地產(榮譽)
理學士組合課程
BSc(Hons) in Building Engineering and Management
建築工程及管理學(榮譽)理學士
AI and Data Analytics
人工智能及數據分析
BSc(Hons) in Property Management
物業管理學(榮譽)理學士
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
創新及創業
BSc(Hons) in Surveying
地產及建設測量學(榮譽)理學士
NIL
不設副主修
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
土木及環境工程
BEng(Hons) Scheme
in Civil Engineering and
Sustainable Development
土木工程及可持續發展學
(榮譽)工學士組合課程
BEng(Hons) in Civil Engineering
土木工程學(榮譽)工學士
NIL
不設副主修
BEng(Hons) in Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Development
環境工程及可持續發展學(榮譽)工學士
NIL
不設副主修
BEng(Hons) in Civil Engineering (Structural and Fire Safety Engineering)
土木工程學(榮譽)工學士
(結構及消防安全工程)

[Retitled from BEng(Hons) in Structural and Fire Safety Engineering
原名結構及消防安全工程學(榮譽)工學士]
NIL
不設副主修
BEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering (Smart Mobility)
土木工程學 (智能運輸) (榮譽)工學士

(Only offered in conjunction with secondary major)
(必須同時修讀相關副主修)
AI and Data Analytics
人工智能及數據分析
N/A
(2-year full-time articulation degree)
(兩年全日制銜接課程)
BSc(Hons) in Environmental and Occupational Safety and Health
環境及職業安全與健康(榮譽)理學士
NIL
不設副主修
Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI)
土地測量及地理資訊
BSc(Hons) Scheme
in Spatial Data Science and Smart Cities
空間數據科學及智慧城市
(榮譽)理學士組合課程
BSc(Hons) in Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
土地測量及地理資訊學(榮譽)理學士
AI and Data Analytics
人工智能及數據分析

Master of Science (MSc)
Building Services Engineering 屋宇設備工程學
Civil Engineering 土木工程學
Construction and Real Estate 建築及房地產學
Construction Law and Dispute Resolution 建築法及爭議解決學
Environmental Management and Engineering 環境管理及工程學
Facility Management 設施管理
Fire and Safety Engineering 消防及安全工程學
Geomatics (Geographic Information Systems) 測繪及地理資訊學(地理資訊)
Geomatics (Surveying) 測繪及地理資訊學(測量)
High Performance Buildings 高效能建築
International Real Estate 國際房地產 (Part-time mode, offered at the PolyU Zhejiang outpost)
Project Management 項目管理
Sustainable Urban Development 可持續城市發展學
Urban Informatics and Smart Cities城市信息學及智慧城市

Master of Engineering (MEng)
Building Services Engineering 屋宇設備工程學 (Mixed mode)

For details, please visit:
Undergraduate programmes- https://www.polyu.edu.hk/fce/study/undergraduate-programmes/
MSc programmes and 2022/23 Entry Scholarships- https://www.polyu.edu.hk/fce/study/taught-postgraduate-programmes/
For PolyU’s e-Prospectus, please visit https://www.polyu.edu.hk/study

Doctoral Programme at PolyU and its Outpost in Hangzhou
Doctor of International Real Estate and Construction 國際房地產及建築博士
For details, see http://www51.polyu.edu.hk/eprospectus/tpg

Forthcoming Events
HKIS BIM Conference 2021
Date: 2 December 2021 (Thursday)
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:45 pm
Venue: Webinar
Details: https://www.hkis.org.hk/en/professional_cpd2.html?id=5326
PolyU Info Day for Taught Postgraduate Programmes
Date: 8 January 2022 (Saturday)
Time: 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- General Admission Seminar (1:00 pm - 2:00 pm)
- Individual Programme Info Seminars (2:00 pm – 6:00 pm) (Details to be confirmed)
Channel: Zoom
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