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Prof. Chung Tse Ming (BSE)
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Biography: Prof. T.M. Chung joined the Hong Kong
Polytechnic in September 1981 as a Lecturer. He was
Assistant Professor upon the establishment of the Hong
Kong Polytechnic University. He was promoted to Associate
Professor in April 2003. He obtained his PhD from
Loughborough University in 1998 under a staff development
programme. His current teaching and research subjects are
on lighting engineering. He obtained five GRF funded projects
in the last 10 years. He has published more than 30 papers
in peer-reviewed journals and over 70 papers in conference
proceedings. He is active in professional activities and is the
Hong Kong representative in 3 Divisions of the International
Committee on Illumination. He was Chairman of the Hong
Kong branch of CIBSE in 2010-11. He is a member of the
HKSAR Government Task Forces on the development of the
mandatory Building Energy Code and on regulating External
Lighting.
Future Plans: Prof. T.M. Chung plans to expand his current
research strengths by developing new lighting research
projects with an aim to contribute to sustainable urban
environment. He will increase research activities related to
lighting in response to changes in the industry and society,
for example, work on light pollution in the urban environment.
He would like to increase the size of the lighting research
group in the Department of Building Services Engineering by
recruiting more research students and seeking more funding.
On the teaching side, he plans to develop and teach some
new subjects, including one that fulfils general university
requirements for the 4-year undergraduate programme,
and those for the new MSc programme in High Performance
Buildings. He will continue quality teaching in lighting
subjects for both undergraduates and postgraduates.
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Prof. Patrick Y. Du (BSE)
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Biography: Prof. Du graduated with the Bachelor of
Science in Electrical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong
University, and received his PhD degree from the University
of Southern California in the US. He joined the Hong Kong
Polytechnic University in 1995 as an Assistant Professor,
and is now a Professor in the Department of Building
Services Engineering. His research interests include
building electromagnetic environments, electromagnetic
compatibility, and lightning protection for electrical
distribution systems, railway systems, and communication
systems. He serves as a consultant for local industry in
the areas of electromagnetic compatibility and lightning
protection. Currently he is a member of the Steering
Committee of the Asia-Pacific International Conference on
Lightning. He is a member of IET and a chartered engineer
of the UK.
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Future Plans: Prof. Du leads a research group on lighting
detection and protection. The research group is currently
developing a virtual lightning simulation laboratory,
which provides a platform or tool for analyzing lightninggenerated
phenomena. This includes modelling and
simulation of lightning discharge in air and in grounded
structures. A couple of research projects have been funded