Civil Engineering Alumnus and Student Recognized by HKIE Geotechnical Division
A Civil Engineering alumnus and an undergraduate student, who were both supervised by Prof Charles Ng in their final year projects, were awarded a student prize and a scholarship respectively by the Geotechnical Division of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers.
Chun Ho Cheng, 2016 BEng in Civil Engineering, received the AECOM Prize for Best Student of the Year, which is presented to students attaining outstanding performance in geotechnical subjects in local universities. Chun Ho designed an environmentally-friendly landfill cover with construction and demolition wastes in his final year project, providing a practical solution to a problem that society urgently needs to address. He expressed his gratitude to Prof Ng as well as other HKUST professors in equipping him to the best of his potential. He is currently a graduate engineer at AECOM.
Year 4 undergraduate student Annie Yan Yan Wong was awarded the LPM Contractors Scholarship, which aims to provide financial assistance and encouragement to undergraduate students to pursue studies in geotechnical engineering. Inspired by Prof Ng, she is going to further her studies with an MPhil in Civil Engineering to conduct geotechnical research upon graduation. She is determined to take the path to become a geotechnical engineer in the future.
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.
