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Dean’s Awards for Outstanding
Achievements 2012
The Dean’s Awards have been recognizing outstanding
achievements of staff since 2008. This year, achievements in
publication and academic programme development have been
rewarded individually in the first instance and collectively in the
second. For his highly cited paper published in Oct. 2006 and
entitled “Particle Swarm Optimization Training Algorithm for
ANNs in Stage Prediction of Shing Mun River,” Prof. Chau Kwok
Wing of the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering was
honoured with the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Publication
Achievement. In 2009, Prof. Chau also won this award for his
overall performance in citation in the previous decade. His
scholarship is indubitably a force to be reckoned with.
The Team Award for Outstanding Academic Programme
Development went to 7 staff in the Department of Land
Surveying and Geo-Informatics for their work in getting the BSc
(Hons) degree in Geomatics (Geo-Information Technology) fully
accredited by the Information Technology division of the Hong
Kong Institute of Engineers (HKIE). Led by Dr Lilian Pun, the
team has revised the existing programme’s curriculum to meet
HKIE’s requirements by re-engineering the entire curriculum
with more computing elements. As early as 2008, the team has
promoted outcome-based approaches in student learning to
align with HKIE’s outcome-based criteria. Its preparation for
accreditation has been consistent with the transition to a 4-year
programme beginning in 2012. Thanks to the joint efforts of the
whole team, which included Prof. Xiaoli Ding, Prof. Esmond Mok,
Dr Geoffrey Shea, Dr Eric Guilbert, Dr Conrad Tang, and Miss
Vaness Yu, the BSc (Hons) in Geomatics will be more competitive
than ever.
Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Research Funding were
announced earlier this year in March. Congratulations to all the
winners of the Dean’s Awards, which come with a cash prize
of HK$15,000 and an award certificate that were presented at
the Faculty Congregation and Prize Presentation Ceremony in
November.
2012
Prof. Chau Kwok Wing (left) receiving his award from the Dean
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The LSGI team receiving
its award for outstanding
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development