Awards and Achievements (Research)

Contribute to Industry by Licensing technology of Anti-heat Stress Clothing

Prof. Albert Chan says, ‘To benefit the construction industry, PolyU  is  very happy to grant the Construction Industry Council the license to manufacture the anti-heat stress clothing at a nominal charge of HK$1.’   Meanwhile,in December2016,PolyU   will   be   joining   the   Business   of Intellectual Property Asia Forum(BIP Asia)which is jointly organized by the Government of the HKSAR, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and the  Hong  Kong  Design  Centre.In  the  forum,  this  award-winning  research project‘Anti-heat  Stress  Clothing for  Construction  Workers  in  Hot  and Humid   Weather’ will   be   shared as   a successful   case study with IP professionals and business leaders from all over the world.   The above knowledge transfer is one of the shining examples of realizing the University’s motto ‘To learn and to apply, for the benefit of mankind’.   News Coverage Headline Daily (p.43) on 29 Sept 2016 : https://hd.stheadline.com/news/columns/495/20160929/497976/%E5%B0%88%E6%AC%84-%E5%95%86%E8%B2%BF%E5%85%88%E9%8B%92-%E7%90%86%E5%A4%A7%E6%8A%97%E7%86%B1%E6%9C%8D%E6%83%A0%E5%8F%8A%E5%BB%BA%E9%80%A0%E6%A5%AD More about Prof. Albert Chan : Ir Prof Albert PC CHAN

Media Coverage of ‘Optimized Version of PolyU’s Anti-heat Stress Outfit’

  Media Coverage of ‘Optimized Version of PolyU’s Anti-heat Stress Outfit’   Video Gallery : Media Coverage of Optimized Version of PolyUs Antiheat Stress Outfit It must be good news to the construction workers! Tailored by the coolmax fabric and nanotechnology, the optimized version of PolyU’s anti-heat stress outfit was launched in the construction industry, bringing a more effective impact of anti-heat. The Construction Industry Council highly recommended this upgraded version to the government’s all construction projects. It is believed that the anti-heat stress outfit is also very welcome by other outdoor practitioners.   More media coverage on 8 Sept 2016: Oriental Daily http://www.bre.polyu.edu.hk/video/anti-heat-b.html http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20160908/00176_053.html Headline http://hd.stheadline.com/news/columns/0/20160908/491084/ Wen Wei Po http://paper.wenweipo.com/2016/09/08/HK1609080033.htm Ta Kung Pao http://www.takungpao.com.hk/hongkong/text/2016/0908/22688.html http://www.takungpao.com.hk/hongkong/text/2016/0907/22667.html     More about #BRE : http://www.bre.polyu.edu.hk/ #OpeningMinds #ShapingTheFuture #啓迪思維 #成就未來

PolyU’s cooling vest was reported on the news report of Cable TV

Video Gallery : PolyUs cooling vest was reported on the news report of Cable TV PolyU’s cooling vest was reported on the news report of Cable TV on 27 August 2016. The cooling vest aims to further make construction workers feel cool and protect them against heat-related illnesses. Following the successful launch of the anti-heat stress outfit, the cooling vest will be a breakthrough to the construction industry.

BRE awardees for research awards (2015/16)

BRE Research Publication Awards (2015/16) Prof. Eddie Hui (Professor category) Prof. Ni Meng (Associate Professor category) Dr Ivy Wong (Assistant Professor/Research Assistant Professor category) Dr M.J. Wadu (Teaching staff category) BRE Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Research Funding (2015/16) Prof. Heng Li Dr Michael Yam  The award presentation ceremony will be held at the upcoming Congregation on 1 November 2016. 

Albert & Francis Receiving CIOB International Innovation and Research Awards

Congratulations!  Prof.  Albert  Chan  and  Prof.  Francis  Wong  were  awarded' The  CIOB  International  Innovation  and  Research  Awards'  at  the  CIOB Welcome  Reception in  recognition  of  their  exceptional  project  'Anti-heat Stress Clothing for Construction Workers in Hot and Humid Weather'.   More about Prof. Albert Chan: Ir Prof Albert PC CHAN  

Geoffrey & Xue Winning Prizes in ‘Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2016’

Let's have a round of applause for Prof. Geoffrey Shen and Dr Fan Xue.   Prof.Shen, our Chair Professor and Dr Fan, our former Postdoctoral Fellow got the 1st Prize in both sessions ‘No Training Track’ and ‘Short Training Track’ of the Combinatorial Black Box Optimization Competition (CBBOC) in the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2016 which was held in the USA.   As you may remember, they did very well and got the prize last year as well.   More about Prof.  Geoffrey Shen: Prof Geoffrey QP SHEN

Patrick’s Insightful Sharing at ‘7th Principles for Responsible Management Education Asia Forum’

Dr. Patrick Fong, our Associate Professor and Associate Head (Partnership) was invited by Faculty of Business, PolyUto share his refreshing views at the ‘7th Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) Asia Forum’ with the main theme of ‘Stakeholder Engagement for Responsible Management Education in Contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’on 6 and 7 July. Dr. Fong gave a presentation in the session, ‘Beyond business schools: Involving other faculties in contributing to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’followed by a panel discussion. Sustainability is a topic important not just for business schools but for other faculties as well. In fact, different fields should work together, each contributing in their ways, to help achieve sustainability for the future. Dr. Fong had shed light on how the construction and environment disciplines have contributed to SDGs and presented the latest development/thinking in providing a better and more sustainable physical built environment as well as protecting our planet in a responsible and resourceful manner.Interesting questions were raised to the panel members from the floor following their presentations.  

Prof. Ni Meng awarded Prestigious Humboldt Research Fellowship

Prof. Meng Ni, our Associate Head (Research)was honourably awarded the prestigious ‘Humboldt  Research  Fellowship’.    This fellowship  will  support Prof.  Nito  conduct there search  on  high  temperature  polymer  electrolyte fuel  cells at  one  of  the  leading  institutes in  Europe-Forschungs zentrum Jülich.   The   Humboldt   Research   Fellowship by   the   Alexander  von  Humboldt Foundation aims  to  encourage  young  yet  highly-qualified  scientists  and scholars from abroad to carry out research in Germany.    Prof.  Ni  received  his  Bachelor  and  Master  degrees  from  North western Polytechnical University, Xi’an China.In  2003,  he  joined the  University  of Hong Kong (HKU) as are search student and received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from HKU in 2007.  Prof. Ni joined our big family as an Assistant Professor in July 2009.After years of great endeavours,he was promoted to Associate Professor and Professor in2012 and2016, respectively.   With  his  brilliant  research  achievements,  Prof.  Ni surely deserved this prestigious‘ Humboldt  Research  Fellowship’.Heis  very  thankful  for  this award which gave him every confidence to take on new challenges a head.   More about Prof. Ni Meng : Prof Meng NI

Robert Winning ‘Best Presentation/Paper Award’ & ‘Best Presenter Award’

In  the  recent‘ 15th Academic  Conference  for Postgraduate  Students in Construction Management and Real Estate’, our research student, Mr.Robert Osei Kyei  gave  averywonderful presentation on ‘Developing  a  ProjectSuccess   Index   (PSI)   for   Public-Private   Partnership   (PPP)   projects   inDeveloping   Countries:   A   Fuzzy  Synthetic  Evaluation  Approach’. No wonder Robert was awarded the two prizes ‘The  Best  Presentation/PaperAward’ and ‘The Best PresenterAward(Voted by Audience)’.   Organized by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University CIB Student Chapter, the Conference  aimed  to provide  an  ideal  platform  for  research  students  of different universities to share their studies in the area of Construction, Civil Engineering   and   Real   Estate. Robert’s comprehensive presentation received a  round  of very appreciative  applause from the judges  and the audience.   Under  the  supervision of Prof. Albert Chan, Robert’s paper is to develop  a pragmatic  model  for  quantifying  the  success  of  public-private  partnership projects  in  developing  countries  using  fuzzy  set  theory.The  model consists  of  three  critical  success  criteria  groupings  for  PPP  projects  in developing   countries.These   include   local   development   and   disputes reduction,profit,cost   and technical   specifications.Practitioners   in developing  countries  can  use  the  success  index  equation  to  determine  the success  levels  of  their  projects  in  a  more  practical  and  objective  manner.In addition, the success of two or more PPP projects can be compared on the same basis for bench marking purposes.    

Study of Plot Ratio and Building Height Restrictions for Kai Tak Development by 3D Spatial Analysis Technology

Prof. Geoffrey Shen and his research team shared the findings in the recent press  conference  that a  minor  relaxation  of  plot  ratio  and building  height restrictions for Kai Tak Development had hardly any influence on the urban skyline, visual impact, wind ventilation, shadow and solar exposure as well as air temperature.Also, the highlight of their sharing was that in terms of domestic and  non-domesticuses,  the  additional  gross  floor  areaswere156,200 sq. meter and 119,900 sq. meter, respectively when compared with the Town Planning Board’s approved proposal.   In  2015,  the  Town  Planning  Board  approved  a  minor  relaxation  of  plotratio/building height restrictions for 21sities in 3 research areas of Kai Tak Development.Under Prof. Shen’s leadership, the research team made good use  of 3D spatial  analysis  technology to provide scientific  evidence on there laxation’s impact  and  possible   further   relaxations.This   3D  spatial analysis   technology   could   effectively   give   new   methodological   and theoretical  insights  for  facilitating  rational  discussions and  debates on changing land development density in the hyper-dense cities.   It  was  our great pleasure  that Mr.  Simon  Siu,  Chairman  of  the  Building Healthy  Kowloon  City  Association,Mr.  Franco  Kwok,  JP,  District  Officer  of Kowloon City Home Affairs Department and Mr. Ho Hin Ming, MH, Chairman of  the  Housing  and  Infrastructure Committee  of  Kowloon City  District Councilfully  supported  the  press  conference.According  to  Mr.  Siu,  the findings would be served as reference for the Development Bureau’s future development of Kai Tak District.   Media Coverage : Oriental Daily:http://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20160627/bkn-20160627150724096-0627_00822_001.html Ming Pao :http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160627/s00001/1467011668464   Research Team :    Research Team Members 1. Prof. Geoffrey SHEN (Principal Investigator) Chair Professor of Construction Management in the Building and Real Estate Department (BRE) of PolyU 2. Dr Stanley YEUNG(Co-Investigator) Associate Professor in BRE Town Planner (Social Science) 3. Dr Ivy WONG(Co-Investigator) Research Assistant Professor in BRE GP Surveyor 4. Dr Charles WONG(Co-Investigator) Assistant Professor in the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI) of PolyU Heat Island Effect 5. Dr Orianna GUO(Co-Investigator) Scientific Officer in BRE PhD Graduate from LSGI GIS packages 6. DrJerry QIN PhD Graduate from LSGI GIS packages 7. Miss Merissa SUN PhD Candidate in BRE Land Use, GIS packages 8. Mr. Yuanzhen SONG Bachelor and Master Major in Architect Postgraduate student in BRE 9. Miss Karena PANG BSc from LSGI 10. Miss Vivian WONG BSc from LSGI