Prof Chak Keung Chan, Chemical Engineering, Won First Prize in Natural Science Award of Ministry of Education in China
Prof Chak Keung Chan, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, has won First Prize in the Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education in China in 2007. Prof Chan’s project was a joint effort led by Tsinghua University, in collaboration with HKUST and Tongji University on "The characteristics of emission and complex pollution of particulate matter and its precursors".
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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.
