The staff retreat of the Department took place on 15 Aug 2022 at Hotel ICON. The retreat kicked off with the Head Prof. Su Zhongqing’s welcoming remarks to the newly joined colleagues. We were thrilled to have the young and promising talents on board. They are Dr Cheng Song, Dr Ma Yuen, Dr Wu Maochun and Dr Zhang Xiao.
The agenda of the ME retreat included an overall review of the Department’s performances, strategies and challenges. Prof. Su started with the introduction of departmental KPI performance, budget and funding issues, review on staff appraisal criteria. Following that, the Associate Head (Research) Dr Tang led a discussion of the new research postgraduate allocation mechanism and formulated a plan for the next Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in 2026.
Taking the opportunity, the Department paid tribute to Chair Prof. Chen Guohua and Prof. Zhou Limin and Dr Zhang Peng. Prof. Su expressed the greatest gratitude for their dedication and contribution to the department. The morning session concluded with the heartfelt valedictory speech by Prof. Chen, Prof. Zhou and Dr Zhang.
In the afternoon, Prof. Cheng Li, Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering, shared his seasoned experience in preparing General Research Fund (GRF) proposals. Admission status updates and future plans were reported by programme leaders, namely Dr An Liang and Dr Ruan Haihui (BEng in Mechanical Engineering), Dr Randolph Leung and Dr Eunice Tam (BEng in Product Analysis and Engineering Design), Dr Jiao Zengbao and Dr Zhang Xiao (MSc in Mechanical Engineering). After that, the Associate Head (Teaching & Learning) Dr Yao Haimin led a discussion about teaching and learning, quality assurance, accreditation, scholarship and new scheme update. Besides, Dr Curtis Ng (Space Allocation Committee Secretary) bought up the space issue. Dr Tracy Choy (Publicity Committee Chairman) reported the local and non-local student recruitment publicity as well as the ME 85th Anniversary Alumni Homecoming Day and celebration activities. Dr Eunice Tam (International Exchange Officer) updated the current outbound and inbound student exchange participation, and elaborated the challenges in expanding global learning experiences.
At the end of the retreat, Prof. ZQ Su led an open forum. Over 30 staff members joined the retreat and found it being insightful and constructive for the year to come.
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