Prof. POON Chi Kin, Lawrence 潘志健
Adjunct Professor
Area of Specialization: New Energy Vehicles (EV, HEV, Fuel Cell Vehicles and EV Charging Systems); Autonomous Technologies; Smart Mobility and V2X; Smart City Solutions (5G-IoT); A.I. and Robotics; Computational Solid Mechanics / Crash Analysis for Automobile; Smart Materials and Structures
Biography
PhD, MEng, BEng (1st Class Honor), MSAE
Head of Emerging Technology – Global Innovation
MTR Corporation Limited
Area of Specialization
New Energy Vehicles (EV, HEV, Fuel Cell Vehicles and EV Charging Systems); Autonomous Technologies; Smart Mobility and V2X; Smart City Solutions (5G-IoT); A.I. and Robotics; Computational Solid Mechanics / Crash Analysis for Automobile; Smart Materials and Structures
Short Description
As a leader of innovative technology and advisor of CEO on the applied R&D in ASTRI, Prof. Poon took lead of the overall planning and development of ASTRI’s new initiatives in Smart City, Smart Mobility and PropTech R&D. Before joining ASTRI in Feb 2023, Prof. Poon had served HKPC and APAS R&D Centre for 17+yrs and managed to growth the R&D team from 9 staff to 140+ scientists and researchers over the past 10 years, and took lead of the overall planning and development of HKPC‘s two new divisions - Smart City Division and APAS to steer the applied research activities and commercialization of R&D results in Hong Kong and GBA markets with focus on A.I, Robotics, Smart mobility, EV, Autonomous driving, GeronTech and Metaverse.
Prof. Poon is the winner of many international award over the years in the areas of A.IoT, Electric Vehicles, Autonomous Driving etc. He is the owner of 10+ patents covering wide range of smart city applications.
