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BRE academic appointed Honorary
Faculty Fellow of Brighton University
Prof. Francis Wong of the Department of Building and
Real Estate has been appointed Honorary Faculty
Fellow of the Faculty of Science and Engineering at
Brighton University, previously known as the Brighton
Polytechnic, where he received his BSc (Hons)
in Building in 1980. After working for a few
years, he went back to school for his master’s
degree and eventually completed a PhD at
South Bank University in England in 2000.
With over 30 years of academic and practical
experience, Prof. Wong is well qualified for this
honor, which is for life. Congratulations to Prof.
Wong on his international recognition.
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Research publication rewarded by BRE
Four academics from the Department of Building and Real
Estate were honored by the department’s Research Publication
Awards 2011-12, which are given to staff at different levels, i.e.
at the level of Chair Professor/ Professor, Associate Professor,
Assistant Professor, and Senior Lecturer/ Lecturer/ Teaching
Fellow/ Instructor/ Tutor respectively. Based on their research
publication in selected journals, the awards were presented
to Prof. Albert Chan, Dr Daniel Chan, Dr Ni Meng, and Dr Tan
Yongtao at the Faculty Congregation Ceremony on 14 November
2012. This is the second consecutive year that all four have
received this award since it began in 2011. Congratulations to
them all.
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BSE academics awarded silver medal
at international exhibition
A novel inline hydropower system for
power generation from water pipelines
was recognized with a silver medal
at the 40th International Exhibition of
Inventions in Geneva held from 18-
22 April 2012. Developed by Prof. Yang
Hong-xing, Dr Lu Lin and Mr Chen
Jian of the Department of Building
Services Engineering, the system is
made up of an eye-shape inlet nozzle
and a vertical-axis spherical hollow
impeller with multi-blades that can
convert superfluous water head in
water pipes into electrical power. This
nifty device can be installed in tight
spaces and is especially handy in
remote areas without any utility grids to
generate electricity. It has been adopted by the Water Supplies
Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government to monitor the
quality of its water supply and reliability of its underground pipe
network. Congratulations to them all.
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