Coastal Engineering and Technology

Responding to sea-level rise and intensifying storm surges, this direction advances adaptive floating structures, sustainable land reclamation, and anti-corrosion materials. It aims to establish climate-adaptive coastal protection systems that enable sustainable spatial expansion of coastal cities under climate change.

Floating Offshore Structures
Sustainable Land Reclamation
Multifunctional Anti-corrosion Materials

Direction Leader

Prof. Xiao-Lin ZHAO

Associate Director of Research Institute for Land and Space and Chair Professor of Civil Infrastructure

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Prof. Quanke SU

Professor of Practice

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)

Member

Prof. Songye ZHU

Associate Director of State Key Laboratory of Climate Resilience for Coastal Cities, Head & Professor of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Interim Director of Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Steel Construction (Hong Kong Branch) and Associate Director of Otto Poon Research Institute for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Prof. Tao YU

Associate Dean (Research) of Faculty of Construction and Environment, Director of Hong Kong Polytechnic University Wenzhou Technology and Innovation Research Institute, Associate Director of Research Centre for Deep Space Explorations, Associate Director of Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development and Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Prof. Jinghua WANG

Assistant Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Prof. Kaiming BI

Associate Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University