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Distinguished Chair Professor of LSGI Elected to UK Academy of Social Sciences
Prof. Mei Po Kwan, Distinguished Chair Professor of the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI) and Professor of Geography and Geographic Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been elected a Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences, the national academy of academics and practitioners in the social sciences in the United Kingdom.
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Research Activities/ Achievements |
| ECF Funding for International Conference
Dr Daniel Tsang of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) has received funding approval from the Environment and Conservation Fund (ECF) in support of the 3rd International Conference on Bioresources, Energy, Environment, and Materials Technology 2019. |
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| Funding for Large Equipment Purchase
The PolyU Areas of Excellence Committee (AoEC) has agreed to support Dr George Liu’s equipment proposal for the purchase of two Water Vapor Sensing System (WVSS-II) Sensors and two Microwave Radiometer (MWR) Sensors. |
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IFMA Educator Award for BSE Academic Dr Joseph Lai of the Department of Building Services Engineering (BSE), received the IFMA Educator Award in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the US on 5 October 2018. |
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Events Reports |
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Lui Che Woo Prize Laureate Public Lecture On 4 October 2018, about 300 people attended a public lecture by the laureate of the Lui Che Woo Prize for World Civilisation, Prof. Petteri Taalas, who is the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the organization that won the 2018 Welfare Betterment Prize. |
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Malaysian Delegation Visits FCE A delegation of 4 teachers from Tsun Jin High School in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, visited the Faculty of Construction and Environment (FCE) on 5 October 2018 to learn more about its undergraduate programmes. |
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Meeting with RICS
2 representatives of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) met with the Acting Head of the Department of Building and Real Estate (BRE), Prof. Eddie Hui, as well as 9 programme leaders of the Faculty of Construction and Environment (FCE) and 1 from the School of Professional Education and Executive Development (SPEED) on 26 October 2018 to learn about its new accreditation standard. |
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LSGI Delegation to Wuhan From 13 to 17 October 2018, 7 students and 10 staff from the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI) participated in the Remote Sensing Week at Wuhan University, where two major conferences on the monitoring of national geographical conditions and its applications as well as on advanced remote sensing were being held. |
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Invitation for Programme Admission 2019/20 |
Applications from both local and international students are now invited for the following programmes:
Undergraduate Programmes
BSc(Hons) in Building Engineering and Management 建築工程及管理學(榮譽)理學士學位
BSc(Hons) in Property Management 物業管理學(榮譽)理學士學位
BSc(Hons) in Surveying 地產及建設測量學(榮譽)理學士學位
BEng(Hons) in Building Services Engineering 屋宇設備工程學(榮譽)工學士學位
BEng(Hons) in Civil Engineering 土木工程學(榮譽)工學士學位
BEng(Hons) in Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Development 環境工程與可持續發展學(榮譽)工學士學位
BSc(Hons) in Environmental and Occupational Safety and Health 環境及職業安全與健康(榮譽)理學士學位 (Top-up Degree Programme)
BEng(Hons) in Sustainable Structural and Fire Engineering 可持續結構及消防工程學(榮譽)工學士學位 [new, subject to approval]
BSc(Hons) in Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics 土地測量及地理資訊學(榮譽)理學士學位
Master of Science (MSc)/ Postgraduate Diploma (PgD)
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
Project Management 項目管理
Sustainable Urban Development 可持續城市發展學
For details, please visit:
Undergraduate programmes- https://www.polyu.edu.hk/fce/study-at-fce/undergraduate-programmes
MSc/ PgD programmes and 2019/20 Entry Scholarships- https://www.polyu.edu.hk/fce/study-at-fce/taught-postgraduate-programmes
For PolyU’s e-Prospectus, please visit https://www.polyu.edu.hk/study
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Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme |
Under the auspices of the Hong Kong Research Grants Council, the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme provides a monthly stipend of HK$25,100 (~US$3,217) plus a travel allowance of HK$12,600 (~US$1,615) per year for attending conferences and research-related events for a maximum period of 3 years. On top of that, PolyU will extend the same provisions to those Fellowship awardees with a four-year normal study period*, in addition to a full waiver of tuition fees for the entire normal study period for all awardees of the HK PhD Fellowship. The deadline for application is 1 December 2018. Details are at https://www.polyu.edu.hk/ro/hkphd-fellowship/
* required for full-time PhD students admitted on the basis of a Master’s degree without a significant research component or on a Bachelor's degree alone
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