CIVL Alumna Jenny Yeung Received Young Engineer of the Year Award 2006
In recognition of her significant contribution and outstanding achievement to the engineering profession, Ms. Jenny Yeung, 1995 BEng (Civil & Structural), received the Young Engineer of the Year Award 2006 from the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers on March 14.
After graduating from HKUST, Ms. Yeung received an MPhil from the Cambridge University. Currently a Geotechnical Engineer at the Geotechnical Engineering Office of the HKSAR Civil Engineering and Development Department, Ms Yeung contributes incessantly to the Hong Kong community through her expertise in slope safety and other geotechnical issues.
During the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers 31st Annual Dinner, three awards were presented. Besides the Young Engineer of the Year Award, the HKIE Gold Medal Award was presented to Prof Charles K Kao, known as the "Father of Fibre Optics", and the President's Award went to Prof Jan-ming Ko, the Vice President for Research Development of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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.
