The 108th Departmental Advisory Committee (DAC) meeting was held online on 18 March 2022, under the chairmanship of Ir Dr Angus HW Cheung, Chief Executive Officer of Aerovision Technology Limited. We were grateful to have new committee members joining us. They were:
- Dr Vanessa Au (Principal Environmental Protection Officer (Regional West), Environmental Protection Department, HKSAR
- Prof. Chen Guohua (Chair Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, PolyU)
- Miss Chan Hoi Yi (Full-time BEng Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, PolyU)
- Miss Jiang Qian (Full-time PhD Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, PolyU)
The DAC is comprised of 2 ex-officio members (i.e., the Faculty Dean and Department Head), 9 local and overseas members from the academia, industry and professionals as well as 3 internal members and 2 student representatives from the Department.
The meeting kicked off with the Head Prof. Su Zhongqing’s report on the latest updates of the Department. Following up on the 107th DAC meeting, various measures and actions have been taken. Responses to the last DAC advice were summarized in this meeting. Since the last DAC, the Department has organized a number of key events, received remarkable research achievements, surged in world rankings by ME subject. The growth and development in various aspects were shared in the meeting. On the other hand, we reviewed the student intake, graduate employment, budget and staffing.
It was a very fruitful meeting as members, with their wide range of expertise, had provided valuable advice and constructive suggestions to the Department for future development in teaching and learning, research and consultancy, and strategic plans.
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