Outstanding Teachers Recognized
Two faculty members were honored in the School of Engineering Teaching Excellence Appreciation Award 2014-15. Established 20 years ago, the award recognizes faculty members who demonstrate continuous excellence in undergraduate teaching, foster students’ interest in the subject, promote students’ learning, and more.
Prof Marshal Liu
Prof Marshal Liu, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, received the Distinguished Teaching Award. He is a talented teacher whose course evaluation scores are always record-breaking in the department. Students find his lectures engaging, precise, inspiring and well-organized. He is also a versatile teacher who not only can teach highly technical subjects, but also non-technical ones. He keeps on looking for ways to improve his teaching which shows his passion in teaching innovation. He also sees the good in every student and offers opportunities for them to develop their potential.
Prof Francesco Ciucci
Prof Francesco Ciucci, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, received the Teaching Award. He has been actively involved in undergraduate teaching since joining the School. He designed the University Common Core course MECH1902, which attracts overwhelming class enrolment and receives positive feedbacks from students. He also devotes wholeheartedly in mentoring students, helping them to develop life-time learning skills.
About The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (www.ust.hk) is a world-class research university that focuses on science, technology and business as well as humanities and social science. HKUST offers an international campus, and a holistic and interdisciplinary pedagogy to nurture well-rounded graduates with global vision, a strong entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinking. HKUST attained the highest proportion of internationally excellent research work in the Research Assessment Exercise 2014 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee, and is ranked as the world’s best young university in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2019. Its graduates were ranked 16th worldwide and top in Greater China in Global University Employability Survey 2018.
