Emeritus Prof. Bernard HON Kwok-keung
Emeritus Professor of Manufacturing Systems, School of Engineering, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Higher Diploma in Production Engineering (1971)
Outstanding PolyU Alumni Award (2007)
Prof. Bernard Hon Kwok-keung has devoted himself to the teaching and research of manufacturing systems, holding a number of prestigious appointments at top universities in the UK. When he was Chair in Manufacturing Systems and Head of the Department of Industrial Studies at the University of Liverpool, he guided the department to increase its research rating of the UK government’s Research Assessment Exercise from only two stars to the top rating of five stars within just eight years. A prolific researcher publishing over 135 research papers, he was commissioned by the Department of International Trade in 2021 to produce a report on China-UK Green Manufacturing jointly with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in China. Besides, Prof. Hon has served as an international advisor to the Universiti Sains Malaysia, as well as supporting engineering colleges in Jaipur and Allahabad in India under the auspices of the British Council. [More]
