New Faculty and Administrative Appointments
Our warmest welcome to faculty members newly on board and congratulations to colleagues for their new administrative appointments.
Administrative
Prof. George YUAN Jie
Appointed Associate Dean of Engineering (Research and Graduate Studies) (w.e.f. July 2024)
Professor, Electronic and Computer Engineering
Prof. ZHANG Fumin
Appointed Acting Head of Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (w.e.f. August 2024)
Chair Professor, joint position in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Electronic & Computer Engineering
Prof. LI Bo
Appointed Director of HKUST Big Data Institute (w.e.f. May 2024)
Chair Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Faculty
(July – August 2024)
Prof. Alicia Kyoungjin AN
Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Prof. FENG Yiding
Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics
Prof. GAO Zhenyu
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Dr. GUAN Yani
Lecturer II, Electronic and Computer Engineering
Prof. JIA Jiaya
Chair Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Prof. OUYANG Xiaomin
Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Prof. SI Nian
Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics
Prof. YANG Bo
Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics
About The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (https://hkust.edu.hk/) is a world-class research intensive 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. Over 80% of our research work were rated “Internationally excellent” or “world leading” in the Research Assessment Exercise 2020 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee. We were ranked 3rd in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2022, and our graduates were ranked 23rd worldwide and among the best from universities from Asia in Global Employability University Ranking and Survey 2021.
