Prof Marshal Liu Received Honorary Mention of Common Core Teaching Excellence Award 2017
Prof Marshal Liu, Chemical and Biological Engineering, received the Honorary Mention of the HKUST Common Core Teaching Excellence Award 2017 for the CENG 1800 Introduction to Food Science and Technology course.
In developing the new course, which was launched in Summer 2017, Prof Liu included compelling experiential learning components and interactive classroom methods to arouse students’ interest and help them get a sound grasp of food science and technology with hands-on experience of the food production process from an engineering perspective.
The course’s practicum and team-based activities in real-life context spark student’s curiosity and passion for learning, and stimulate their creativity. To many of them, the laboratory experiments are their first encounter with making food such as bread, cookies or beer and, interestingly, all in a chemical engineering laboratory.
These experiments and group projects help students put theories they have learned in the classroom into practice, while enjoying the close interaction and effective teamwork with their peers, or the group work on a creative project topic of their own choice.
Prof Liu also introduced talks delivered by industry professionals, class debates, lab demonstrations, industrial visits and other inspiring experiences, making classroom teaching engaging and active.
He finds every student’s strength and provides them a chance to shine in class by contributing with expertise based on their own major. To nurture students’ critical thinking, he often challenges them and encourages them to raise questions. Students praise him for pushing them to become objective and independent thinkers and boosting their curiosity to learn more about the secrets behind the food we eat every day.
Prof Liu has a strong passion for food science and technology and is enthusiastic in sharing it with his students. He is much admired for his friendly, approachable and caring character, and is passionate and versatile in his teaching.
Note: CENG (in the first paragraph) refers to Chemical and Biological Engineering.
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