MPhil Student Kelvin Leung Placing First in the 2021 AIAA Region VII/International Student Conference Masters Category
Mr. Kelvin LEUNG Kai Lok, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering MPhil student of Prof. Stephane REDONNET, BEng in Aerospace Engineering (2020, First Class Honor) , presented a paper entitled "Computational Investigation of the Airfoil Self-Noise in a Low Reynolds Number Flow" at the 2021 AIAA Region VII/International Student Conference online from 29- 30 November 2021 and won the AIAA Region VII Regional Student Conference – 1st Place in the Master's Category. Kelvin has been invited to present his paper at the 2022 AIAA International Student Conference, taking place in conjunction with the annual AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, which will be held from 3 - 7 January 2022 in San Diego, USA.
The AIAA Region VII/International Student Conference is a technical and oral paper competition for undergraduate and Master by Research students in aerospace, aviation or related students. The institution offers monetary prizes for the best three papers and an excellent opportunity for students to present their academic work.
About AIAA
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the world’s largest aerospace technical society. With nearly 30,000 individual members from 85 countries, and 95 corporate members, AIAA brings together industry, academia, and government to advance engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense.
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.
