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Bentley Institute 2021 Student BIM Challenge – Hong Kong

The Bentley Institute 2021 Student BIM Challenge (Hong Kong) recognizes innovative and technically advanced projects using BIM technology in infrastructure design and management. Two of LSGI students, Christine Wun Ki SUEN and Ann Ka Wing TAI, received the First Runner Up award in Innovation in data capturing for BIM. Their project integrates the modern artworks with the leading-edge technology, which showcases a unique perspective of Art Tech. Their project can be found in the youtube link. Congratulations to the awardees!

LSGI Scholar Introduces Contact Tracing Mobile App on RTHK

On behalf of Prof. Wu Chen, Sr. Prof. Charles Wong Man-sing at the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI) introduced a new contact tracing mobile app developed by LSGI in an RTHK radio 1 programme on 9 Sept 2021. The mobile app is powered with a contact tracing feature that targets inbound travellers when borders reopen. By utilising GPS and Bluetooth, the app can record where the users have visited within the last 14 days.

LSGI Researchers Develop Effective Way for Controlling the Spread of COVID-19 when Borders Reopen

As some countries in the world begin to consider adjusting their pandemic control strategy from “zero COVID” to “living with COVID”, a research study by the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has found that contact tracing is as vital as social distancing measures and vaccination in controlling the spread of COVID-19 when borders reopen. The research team has also developed a mobile app with a contact tracing feature, designed for use by inbound travellers, that would help fight the pandemic in this respect.

LSGI Chair Professor received the Global STEM Professorship

We are very pleased to share with you that Prof. Qihao WENG, Chair Professor of Geomatics and Artificial Intelligence at LSGI, has been awarded the prestigious “Global STEM Professorship” by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. 

LSGI Transferred the Smart Tree Management Technology to the HK Government

The Jockey Club Smart City Tree Management Project has finally come to the end after three years of implementation, resulting in a smart monitoring system of over 8,000 trees in Hong Kong. In the recent closing ceremony on 23 August 2021, the technology was officially transferred to the Tree Management Office of the Development Bureau.

LSGI Scholars won 2021 Smart 50 Awards

In late August, Prof. Charles Wong and Prof. John Shi from the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-informatics (LSGI) were honoured with the 2021 Smart 50 Awards for their smart city projects. It is the first time that LSGI research team has seized the prestigious awards. The Smart 50 Awards recognize 50 of the most innovative and influential smart cities’ projects around the world, in partnership with Smart Cities Connect, Smart Cities Connect Foundation and US Ignite. The award presentation ceremony will be held in the Untied States in late 2021. 

LSGI Scholar Gives Technical Webinar for HKIE on Underground Utility Surveys

On 16 Aug 2021, Ir Dr Wallace Lai, Associate Professor and Associate Head of LSGI, was invited by Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) to give a CPD webinar on “Technical seminar on underground utility surveys based on non-destructive testing, survey and imaging” at HKIE Office.

Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors Scholarship 2021 & 2020 Dissertation Awards Presentation Ceremony

The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS) Scholarship 2021 aims to acknowledge the outstanding academic performance of undergraduate students. In this year, eight students from LSGI were selected as the awardees due to their excellent and exemplary academic results. The Outstanding Final Year Dissertation Awards 2020 were also presented to two of our LSGI students, Mr. Vincent C.M. Chong and Ms. Cherry C.Y. Chue. They were awarded with the Top Award and the Second Award respectively in the Land Surveying Division because of their research with exceptional quality.

The First Training Centre for Diagnosing Underground Pipe Leakage Designed by LSGI Scholar

On 26 July, Water Supplies Department (WSD) of HKSARG and LSGI host an opening ceremony of Q-Leak Training Centre. The Opening Ceremony was jointly hosted by WSD Director Lo Kwok-Wah Kelvin, Deputy Director Chau Sai-Wai, PolyU Deputy President and Provost Prof. Wong Wing-Tak, and Ming Hing Waterworks CEO Johnson Yuen. The ceremony was witnessed by Prof. Li Xiangdong, Dean of FCE and Prof. Chen Wu, HoD of LSGI and about 50 Advisory Committee on Water Supplies (ACWS) members.

PolyU's Contributions to National Space Missions

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is honoured to be invited to the Centennial Exhibition showcasing Chinese scientists and a lunar soil sample, which starts from 27 Jun to 9 Jul at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.