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Distinguished Knowledge Transfer
Excellence Awards 2012
The Faculty of Construction and Environment is pleased that
four of its leading academics have been recognized by PTeC’s
Distinguished Knowledge Transfer Excellence Awards, which
were presented on the afternoon of 14 June 2012 at Hotel
ICON. The Grand Award in the Technology & Industry category
was picked up by Prof. Ni Yiqing of the Department of Civil and
Structural Engineering, who has been a leading advocate of the
Mega-structure Diagnostic and Prognostic System even before
it won the Gold Award and Grand Prize at the 37th International
Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva as well as the Golden Prize at
the 11th China International Industry Fair in Shanghai, both in
2009.
His colleague from the same department, Prof. Onyx Wai,
received a Merit Award in the Community category for his study
to improve runoff water quality and mitigate peak runoffs with
the use of green roofs, whose benefits will be explored and
verified in future studies. Currently established green roofs
would also be studied to learn from their experience.
Two other Merit Awards in the Technology & Industry category
went to Prof. Li Heng of the Department of Building and
Real Estate and Prof. Wang Shengwei of the Department of
Building Services Engineering respectively. The former won
with his construction virtual prototyping technology that was
recognized by the National Ministry of Education with a 1st
Prize for technology innovation and the latter was honoured
for his development of intelligent building life-cycle diagnosis
and optimization technology, which also received an Innovation
Award at the China International Industrial Fair in 2010.
Besides recognizing inspiring knowledge transfer initiatives, the
PTeC awards’ ceremony coincided with the annual Outstanding
Professional Services Award 2010-11 as one of the celebration
events marking PolyU’s 75th Anniversary. For his exemplary
services, Prof. Eddie Hui of the Department of Building and Real
Estate won the Highest Growth Consultant Award.
Congratulations to Prof. Hui and all the winners of the
Distinguished Knowledge Transfer Excellence Awards, which
were selected from 45 nominations by a 5-member panel
of judges, including Mr Nick Yang, Executive Vice President
of PolyU; Dr Raymond Leung, Chairman & CEO, TDK China
Co. Ltd.; Mr Frederick Lai, Service Head of Caritas Youth and
Community Service; Prof. Ko Jan-ming, Professor Emeritus of
the Faculty of Construction and Environment; and Prof. Peter
Yuen, Dean of the College of Professional and Continuing
Education and Professor in the Department of Management and
Marketing at PolyU.
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