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Future Plans: Having had the privilege to work with two Nobel
Laureates in Economics (Prof. Ronald Coase and Prof. Douglass
North) during his visits to the US, Dr Choy would like to actualize
their aspirations to intensify the applications of new institutional
economics to research questions in the Far East. In particular,
he will focus on empirical studies of urbanization and public
policy research related to sustainability.
Dr Meng Ni (BRE)
Biography: Dr Meng Ni received his PhD in Mechanical
Engineering from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 2007.
He worked as a Research Staff at HKU before joining The
Hong Kong Polytechnic University as an Assistant Professor
in July 2009. Dr Ni is an active scholar in sustainable energy
technologies (particularly fuel cells) and has been invited to
deliver keynote lectures at 8 regional/international conferences.
He has published 55 papers in prestigious scientific journals with
SCI citations (excluding self-citations) of more than 1550 times.
His current H-index is 18. He serves on the Editorial Board of 8
scientific journals, and as a reviewer for 37 international journals
in the field of sustainable energy technologies. He received the
Young Scientist Award from the Hong Kong Institution of Science
in 2007 and was awarded a diploma for his excellent scientific
activity in hydrogen energy by the International Association for
Hydrogen Energy in the same year. In May 2011, he received a
Top Reviewer Award from a top-notch journal, Applied Energy,
for his exceptional reviews of its papers. Dr Ni was promoted to
an Associate Professor in July 2012.
Future Plans: He will continue to focus on the multiscale
multi-physics modeling of fuel cells to optimize the
cell microstructures for performance improvement and
to understand the degradation mechanisms for durability
enhancement. Recently, he proposed a novel structure for
improving the fuel cell performance and is in the process of
collaborating with overseas scientists to fabricate and test it. He
is also expanding his research from fuel cells to rechargeable
batteries for electric vehicles/energy storage.
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Dr Meng Ni
2011
Dr Joseph H.K. Lai (BSE)
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Biography: Dr Joseph Lai possesses a first-class honours
degree in building services engineering, a master's degree in
environmental management and a PhD in facilities management.
After practicing for over a decade in property development
and management, he began his career in academe. With his
dedication to education, Dr Lai was awarded the Departmental
Teaching Excellence Award 2010/11 and the Faculty Teaching
Excellence Award 2011/12. Given his scholarly reputation, Dr Lai
has served as, inter alia, co-editor of the international journal
Facilities, an External Examiner, and Accreditation Chairman of
various facility/property management programmes.
2010/11
2011/12
Facilities
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Dr Joseph H.K. Lai
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