The RISUD was established to develop innovative solutions for sustainable high-density cities by capitalizing on the living laboratory of Hong Kong's urban environment and the multidisciplinary expertise of PolyU
Our Vision
To be a world leader in the development and dissemination of technologies and systems for sustainable high-density urban development
Our Mission
To create sustainable solutions to problems generated by high-density urban development through multi-disciplinary, cutting-edge research Our Mission
To engage in knowledge transfer activities through specialist consultancy and continuing professional training Our Mission
To create significant positive impact on government policies and societal culture for sustainable urban development through services to professional and government organizations 
News
| Immediate Past Director of RISUD Appointed Next President of PolyU 11 Apr, 2019 Immediate Past Director of Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development (RISUD) Appointed Next President of PolyU |
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3rd RISUD TOAF Distinguished Lecture 9 Apr, 2019 Comprehensive Strategies for Eco-environment Remediation on the Chinese Loess Plateau Speaker: Prof. Zhi-sheng AN, Chair, Academic Committee of Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Member of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS); Foreign Associate of National Academy of Sciences (NAS) |
| RISUD Research Salon 3 Apr, 2019 Studies, Applications and Design Codes of Concrete Members with FRP Reinforcements Speaker: Prof. Wei-chen XUE, Professor, Department of Structural Engineering, Tongji University; Distinguished Professor of Cheung Kong Scholar |
| RISUD Distinguished Lecture 8 Mar, 2019 Water For All: Observations, Impediments and Solutions Speaker: Prof. David SEDLAK, Plato Malozemoff Professor; Co-Director of Berkeley Water Center; Deputy Director NSF Engineering Research Center for Reinventing the Nation's Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWlt), University of California, Berkeley |
| RISUD Research Salon Series on Strategic Focus Areas 20 Feb, 2019 Offshore Wind Power Generation Speaker: Prof. Hongxing YANG (BSE) |
| RISUD Research Salon Series on Strategic Focus Areas 20 Feb, 2019 Urban Air Pollution and Health Speaker: Prof. Hai GUO (CEE) |
| RISUD Research Salon 18 Feb, 2019 Service Efficiency and Risk in Railway Capacity Utilization Speaker: Prof. Yung-Cheng LAI, Professor, Railway Technology Research Center, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University |
| RISUD Research Salon 29 Jan, 2019 Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) Achievements in Tongji University Speaker: Prof. Rui LIN, Professor, School of Automotive Studies, Tongji University |
| RISUD Research Salon 23 Jan, 2019 RISUD Research Salon on Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnostics of Wind Turbines Speaker: Prof. Fu-lei CHU, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University |
| RISUD TOAF Distinguished Lecture 15 Jan, 2019 MIT Innovations and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Speaker: Prof. Gang CHEN, Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| RISUD Research Salon 15 Jan, 2019 Innovations in Thermal Materials and Systems at the Energy and Water Nexus Speaker: Prof. Gang CHEN, Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| RISUD Public Lecture 13 Nov, 2018 Safety and Longevity of Marine Structures Speaker: Prof. Dan M. FRANGOPOL, The Fazlur Rahman Khan Endowed Chair of Structural Engineering and Architecture, Professor of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University, USA |
| RISUD Advanced Seminar 29 Oct - 2 Nov, 2018 Sustainable Urban Development in HK |
| RISUD Research Salon 16 Aug, 2018 Upgrade Earthquake Resilience via Earthquake Early Warning & Structural Health Monitoring Speaker: Dr HSU Ting-Yu, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology |
| RISUD Research Salon 16 Jul, 2018 Experiences, Lessons, and Perspectives of Rural Soil Remediation for Sustainable Environmental Quality and Food Safety Speaker: Prof. Zeng-Yei HSEU, Professor, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University |
| RAIS 2018 29-30 Jun, 2018 RISUD Annual International Symposium on Inter-disciplinary Research for Societal Impact |
| RISUD Research Salon 13 Jun, 2018 Cements in the 21st Century Speaker: Prof. Florence Sanchez, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Vanderbilt University, USA |
| RISUD Research Salon 7 Jun, 2018 Speaker: Ir Dr Martin WONG, Senior Engineering Manager, Industrial Centre, PolyU; Mr Magnum CHAU, Freelance 3D Artist |
| Annual Progress Research Salon 11 May, 2018 Smart Energy Efficient and Grid-Responsive Buildings Speaker: Prof. Shengwei WANG (BSE) |
| Annual Progress Research Salon 10 May, 2018 Urban Water Management Speaker: Prof. Xiangdong LI (CEE) |
| UGIC Annual Forum 28 Apr, 2018 Second Annual Forum of the University-Government-Industry Consortium for Sustainable Urban Development – Collaborative Research for Societal Impact |
| RISUD Research Salon 21 Mar, 2018 Pursuit of Research Excellence: Some Personal Views Speaker: Prof. Zhi-lin LI, Associate Head (Research) and Chair Professor of Geo-Informatics, Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, PolyU |
| RISUD Workshop 16 March, 2018 Air Pollution and Health Workshop in Hong Kong |
| RISUD Public Lecture 22 Feb, 2018 乾式連接裝配式複合牆板農居體系應用研究 Speaker: Prof. Feng XIONG, Dean of College of Architecture and Environment; Professor of Civil Engineering, Sichuan University |
| RISUD Research Salon 9 Feb, 2018 建築結構群易損性分析 Speaker: Prof. Feng XIONG, Dean of College of Architecture and Environment and Professor of Civil Engineering, Sichuan University |
| RISUD Public Lecture 29 Jan, 2018 RISUD Public Lecture on Research Progress on Modern Stone Structures Speaker: Prof. GUO Zi-Xiong, Professor and Dean, College of Civil Engineering, Huaqiao University |
| RISUD Research Salon 26 Jan, 2018 New Idea on Coal-Water Coordinate Mining: Distributed Underground Reservoirs Construction Technology in Mined Out Area Speaker: Dr Xiaoli LIU, Associate Professor, Tsinghua University |
| RISUD Public Lecture 22 Jan, 2018 RISUD Public Lecture on Recent Development in High/Ultra-High Strength Steel Speaker: Prof. ZHAO Xiao-Ling, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University |
| RISUD Public Lecture 17 Jan, 2018 RISUD Public Lecture on Rock Failure Process: Modeling and Monitoring Speaker: Prof. Chunan Tang, Chair Professor, Director of the Center for Rock Instability and Seismisity Research (CRISR), Dalian University of Technology |
| RISUD Research Salon Series - Strategic Focus Areas Projects (Part 5) 10 Jan, 2018 Urban Trees Speaker: Dr. WONG Man Sing, Charles (LSGI) |
| RISUD/LSGI Distinguished Lecture 11 Dec, 2017 RISUD/LSGI Distinguished Lecture on Introduction to BeiDou Satellite Navigation System Speaker: Prof. Yang Yuanxi, Professor of Geodesy and Navigation, Xian Research Institute of Surveying and Mapping, and China National Administration of GNSS and Application (CNAGA) |
| PolyU-HIT Workshop 18 Nov, 2017 The Fifth Workshop of HKPolyU‐HIT Joint Research Centre for Sustainable Urban Water Environment |
| RISUD Public Lecture 17 Nov, 2017 RISUD Public Lecture on Engineering Applications of Data Science: Spatial Rainfall Characterization & Environmental Forensics Speaker: Dr. Chin Man Bill Mok, Vice President & Principal Engineer, GSI Environmental Inc., California |
| RISUD Distinguished Lecture 7 Nov, 2017 Multi-Hazard Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Structures in a Life-Cycle Cost Perspective Speaker: Prof. Dan M. FRANGOPOL, The Fazlur Rahman Khan Endowed Chair of Structural Engineering and Architecture; Professor of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University |
| RISUD Research Salon 10 Oct, 2017 RISUD Research Salon Series on Strategic Focus Areas |
| RISUD Fellowship 19 Sep, 2017 RISUD Visiting Fellowship Scheme – Summer 2017 |
| RAIS 2017 24-25 Aug, 2017 RISUD Annual International Symposium on New Frontiers in Urban Development |
| ICPT 2017 8-10 Aug, 2017 10th International Conference on Road and Airfield Pavement Technology |
| RISUD Seminar 9 Jun, 2017 Behavior of Hybrid Composite and Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders under Over-height Vehicles |
| RISUD Research Salon 19 May, 2017 Urban Simulation – Part II |
| RISUD Research Salon 15 May, 2017 Urban Simulation – Part I |
| RISUD Research Salon 27 Apr, 2017 Chernobyl’s New Sarcophagus |
| RISUD Research Salon 19 Apr, 2017 The Thinking of Circular Economy |
| UGIC Annual Forum 4 Mar, 2017 First Annual Forum of the University-Government-Industry Consortium for Sustainable Urban Development |
| RISUD Research Salon 17 Feb, 2017 Introduction of the University of Applied Sciences Burgenland (Austria) and Their Research Interests in Smart City |
| RISUD Public Lecture 25 Jan, 2017 Some Recent Innovative Structures in Spain |
| CICE 2016 14 Dec - 16 Dec, 2016 The 8th International Conference on Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Civil Engineering |
| RAIS 2016 23 Aug - 24 Aug, 2016 RISUD Annual International Symposium 2016 - Smart Cities (RAIS 2016) |
| RITSS 2016 18 Aug - 26 Aug, 2016 RISUD TOAF Summer School 2016 - Smart Cities |
| RISUD Research Achievement 29 June, 2016 A Study of Plot Ratio/Building Height Restrictions for Kai Tak Development Using 3D Spatial Analysis Technology The findings of the cross-discipline and cross-department research project, partially funded by RISUD, has been widely reported by several newspapers. |
| RISUD Research Salon 12 May, 2016 The Occurrence and the Phototransformation of Pharmaceuticals in the Aqueous Environments Speaker: Prof. Angela Yu-Chen LIN, Professor, Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University |
| RISUD Distinguished Lecture 12 May, 2016 A New Approach for Design and Testing of Composite Materials Speaker: Prof. Stephen W. Tsai, Professor Research Emeritus, Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Stanford University |
| RISUD TOAF Distinguished Lecture 9 Mar, 2016 Shanghai, Today and Tomorrow Speaker: Prof. Shiling ZHENG, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Director of the Academic Commission of Tongji University |
| RISUD Public Lecture 3 Feb, 2016 Progress in FRP Composites Application for Structures in Civil Engineering in China (Medium: Putonghua) Speaker: Prof. Peng FENG, Tsinghua University |
| RISUD Research Salon 26 Jan, 2016 3D Printing for Construction Speaker: Prof. Peng FENG, Tsinghua University |
RISUD Seminar 20 Jan, 2016 Modelling Strategies for FRP Anchors in FRP-Concrete Bonded Interfaces Speaker: Prof. Scott SMITH, Southern Cross University |
RISUD Seminar 4 Jan, 2016 Composite and Concrete Research at University of Southern Queensland Speaker: Prof. Hao WANG, University of Southern Queensland |
Visitors
| Prof. Weichen XUE Tongji University Specialism: Precast/Prestressed Concrete Structures Visiting Period: 18 Mar 2019 - 17 Apr 2019 |
| Prof. Yung-Cheng LAI National Taiwan University Specialism: Sustainable Transportation Systems Visiting Period: 21 Jan 2019 – 20 Feb 2019 |
| Prof. Fulei CHU Tsinghua University Specialism: Wind Power Generation Visiting Period: 3 Jan 2019 – 2 Feb 2019 |
| Prof. Rui LIN Tongji University Specialism: Fuel Cells Visiting Period: 2 Jan 2019 – 1 Feb 2019 |
| Prof. Yung-Cheng LAI National Taiwan University Specialism: Sustainable Transportation Systems Visiting Period: 21 Jan 2019 – 20 Feb 2019 |
| Prof. Fulei CHU Tsinghua University Specialism: Wind Power Generation Visiting Period: 3 Jan 2019 – 2 Feb 2019 |
| Prof. Rui LIN Tongji University Specialism: Fuel Cells Visiting Period: 3 Jan 2019 – 2 Feb 2019 |
| Prof. Chun Chung CHAN National Taiwan University Specialism: Biomineralization, solid-state NMR spectroscopy Visiting Period: 24 Aug 2018 – 6 Sep 2018 19 Oct 2017 – 1 Nov 2017 |
| Dr Xingyi ZHU Tongji University Specialism: Computational method in engineering materials Visiting Period: 20 Aug 2018 – 27 Aug 2018 8 Aug 2017 – 7 Sep 2017 |
| Dr Ting-Yu TSU National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Specialism: Civil Engineering Visiting Period: 20 Jul 2018 – 19 Aug 2018 |
| Prof. Zeng-Yei HSEU National Taiwan University Specialism: Environmental Chemistry, Pollution Assessment and Remediation Visiting Period: 2 Jul 2018 – 1 Aug 2018 |
| Prof. Feng XIONG Sichuan University Specialism: Construction Engineering and Management Visiting Period: 1 Feb 2018 – 22 Feb 2018 |
| Dr Xiaoli LIU Tsinghua University Specialism: Urban Geo-Hazards Visiting Period: 2 Jan 2018 – 1 Feb 2018 |
| Dr Xiangdong XU Tongji University Specialism: Sustainable Transportation Systems Visiting Period: 1 Sep 2017 – 30 Sep 2017 |
| Dr Fulin WANG Tsinghua University Specialism: Building Automation System; Intelligent Building and Home; Indoor Environment Control and Optimization; Building Commissionin Visiting Period: 15 Aug 2017 – 14 Oct 2017 |
| Prof. Hongrui ZHAO Tsinghua University Specialism: Spatial data Visiting Period: 10 Aug 2017 – 9 Oct 2017 |
| Prof. Zhishan SU Sichuan University Specialism: Theoretical investigations on the mechanism of asymmetric reactions and design of catalysts Visiting Period: 7 Aug 2017 – 6 Sep 2017 |
| Prof. Yueting ZHOU Tongji University Specialism: Advanced Composites and Technology Visiting Period: 8 Jun 2017 – 7 Jul 2017 |
| Prof. Hwong-Wen MA National Taiwan University Specialism: Environmental Systems Analysis, Industrial Ecology, Risk Assessment Visiting Period: 11 Apr 2017 – 10 May 2017 |
| Prof. Shien-Kuei LIAW National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Specialism: Optical fiber communication, optic sensing, LED measurement and application, Intelligent property rights Visiting Period: 16 Aug - 15 Sep 2016 |
| Prof. Angela LIN National Taiwan University Specialism: Emerging Contaminants, Pharmaceuticals, Reclaimed Water, Photochemistry Visiting Period: 6 Jun - 20 Jun 2016 15 Feb - 22 Feb 2016 |
| Prof. Peng FENG Tsinghua University Specialism: Emerging Structural Materials and Systems Visiting Period: 10 May - 20 May 2016 22 Jan - 4 Feb 2016 Public Lecture: 3 Feb 2016 (Link) Research Salon: 26 Jan 2016 |
| Prof. Shang-Hsien HSIEH National Taiwan University Specialism: Construction Management Visiting Period: 26 Mar - 8 Apr 2016 |
| Prof. Zhiwei WANG Tongji University Specialism: Wastewater Treatment; Wastewater Reclamation; Membrane Technology; Membrane Bioreactor Visiting Period: 21 Mar - 20 Apr 2016 |
| Prof. Jui-Sheng CHOU National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Specialism: Construction Management; Big Data Analysis Visiting Period: 15 Dec 2015 - 14 Jan 2016 Research Salon: 29 Dec 2015 |
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