Congratulations to Prof. Asif Usmani for the Promotion to Chair Professorship

Prof. Asif Usmani of the Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering (BEEE) has been promoted to Chair Professor of Building Sciences and Fire Safety Engineering. Before joining PolyU in August 2016, he led civil engineering research and teaching in the UK, spending most of his career at the University of Edinburgh. His main research is simulating thermo-mechanical behaviour of structures in fire and developing methodologies for performance-based fire safety engineering. At PolyU, he has expanded into AI and other emerging technologies for smart firefighting in dense urban environments. He currently leads an HK$33.333 million research project in this area funded by the RGC Theme-based Research Scheme.