The 109th Departmental Advisory Committee (DAC) meeting was held face to face on 30 August 2023, under the chairmanship of Ir Dr Angus Cheung, Chief Executive Officer of Aerovision Technology Limited. We were grateful to have new committee members joining us. They were:
- Ir Kevin Lau, Senior Director – Generation, CLP Power Hong Kong Limited
- Mr Lingang Zhu, Director, Structure and Stress Division, Commercial Aircraft of China Ltd.
- Prof Massimo Ruzzene, Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation and Dean of the Institutes, University of Colorado Boulder
- Dr Bruce Wang, Founder and CEO, EcoFlow Inc.
- Dr Hui Tang, Associate Head & Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, PolyU
- Dr Henry Chu, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, PolyU
- Dr Xiao Zhang, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, PolyU
- Mr Farrukh Rasheed, Full-time BEng Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, PolyU
- Mr Yeung Wai Kin, 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), 10 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. Zhongqing Su’s report on the latest updates of the Department. Following up on the 108th DAC meeting, various measures and actions have been taken. Responses to the advice from the last DAC meeting were summarized in this meeting. Since the last DAC, the Department has organized a number of key events, received remarkable research achievements, and surged in world rankings by ME subject. The growth and development in various aspects, including the student achievements/activities, the academic programme developments, and relationship with alumni, were shared in the meeting. On the other hand, the meeting reviewed the student intake, graduate employment, comments from Departmental Academic Advisor (DAA), and staffing, resources and budget.
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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