Two PhD Students Received Fulbright-RGC Hong Kong Research Scholar Awards
Two School of Engineering (SENG) PhD students were among the eight recipients to receive the prestigious Fulbright-RGC Hong Kong Research Scholar Awards in 2014-2015. The Fulbright awards program is the US Government’s flagship international educational exchange program. It supports PhD students in Hong Kong to conduct research on their dissertation at major American universities and research institutes for a period of six to ten months. The awards are funded by the Research Grants Council (RGC) in partnership with private donors.
The two SENG recipients are:
Cheng Long, PhD student of Computer Science and Engineering. His research topic is on querying processing and mining spatial and social data. He will be hosted by University of Michigan for six months starting from September 2014.
Chi Yan Tso, PhD student of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. His research interest lie in the engineering of thermal fluid, particularly, in the fields of sustainable environment, heat transfer, adsorption technology, nanofluids and energy related issues using numerical simulations as well as advanced experimental techniques. He will be hosted by University of California, Berkeley for six months starting from November 2014.
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.
