Congratulations to the Awardees of the School Awards for Outstanding Achievement 2025

The School Awards for Outstanding Achievement, organised by the University, recognise dedicated staff members for their exceptional contributions in teaching, research and scholarly activities, and knowledge transfer.

The Awards were presented during the School’s Lunar New Year Lunch Gathering by the Dean of the School of Design, Prof. Kun‑pyo Lee. We are pleased to congratulate the following faculty members on being selected as recipients of the 2025 awards.

Award Categories and Awardees

Teaching

• Teaching (Individual): Mr Roberto Vilchis Echeverri

Research and Scholarly Activities

• Research and Scholarly Activities (Individual): Prof. Tina Yan Luximon
• Early Career Young Researcher: Prof. Zhibin Zhou
• Research Student Supervision: Ir Prof. Kin Wai Michael Siu

Knowledge Transfer

• Knowledge Transfer: Society (Team):

  Prof. Yi-teng Shih (Team Leader),

  Mr Man To Yiu,

  Prof. Jeffrey Chun Fai Ho,

  Mr Kam Fai Chan,

  Dr Clifford Sze Tsan Choy,

  Mr Benny Ding Leong, and

  Mr Roberto Vilchis Echeverri

The nominations were reviewed by the School Assessment Panel, chaired by the Associate Vice President (Undergraduate Programme) on behalf of the Chairman of the School Board. The Panel devoted significant effort to reviewing all nominations and conducting in‑depth deliberations on selection of the awardees.

The School expresses its sincere appreciation to the Panel for its dedication and valuable contribution to this important annual exercise.

Teaching (Individual): Mr Roberto Vilchis Echeverri

Research and Scholarly Activities (Individual): Prof. Tina Yan Luximon

Early Career Young Researcher: Prof. Zhibin Zhou

Research Student Supervision: Ir Prof. Kin Wai Michael Siu

Knowledge Transfer: Society (Team): Prof. Yi-teng Shih (Team Leader), Mr Man To Yiu, Prof. Jeffrey Chun Fai Ho, Mr Kam Fai Chan,  Dr Clifford Sze Tsan Choy, Mr Benny Ding Leong, and Mr Roberto Vilchis Echeverri