Prof. Wang Zhe (left) and Prof. Yang Jiachuan (right), both from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, were awarded the prestigious Excellent Young Scientists Fund by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
Head and Chair Professor Zhang Limin (third right) and Associate Professor Lu Mengqian (third left), both from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, faculty members from Business School and HKUST (Guangzhou) as well as a government representative attended the Research Grants Council’s media briefing on funding results.
Prof. Zhang Limin (left) was presented with the Ralph B. Peck Award at the ASCE Geo-Congress in Los Angeles, California in March 2023. The award is among the top international accolades in the geotechnical engineering area.
Prof. Wang Zhe (second left) and PhD student Guo Mingyue (center) received three awards at the ceremony on Sept 23, 2022. Also pictured are Prof. Sun Dong, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry (second right), Mr. Eric Pang, Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services (first right), and Mr. Alex Lee of Tencent Cloud (first left).
The winning team of the Sino-HKUST One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition founded AutoSafe, an AI solution company leveraging smart technology to modernize and automate worksite safety monitoring while improving efficiency. In the photo: Issac LEUNG, co-founder (first left, back row), Prof. Jack CHENG (second right, back row), and Peter WONG, co-founder (first right, front row).
