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AWARDS

Keynote Speaker of the Alumni Distinguished Lecturer Series, Tunghai University, 2012.

Medal Award of Contribution and Outstanding Achievement in Environmental Engineering and Technology from “International Advanced Oxidation Processes Conference", 29-30 March, Taichung, Taiwan, 2010.

Listed on the “Most Cited Scientist Ranking” in the field of ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY, Essential Science Indicators, The Thomson Corporation, 2008.

            (The world's top 1000 most highly cited scientists in the field of ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY for the period 1998 to 2008.)

Faculty Award for Excellent Performance/Achievement 2006/07 - Team award (Leader) in research and scholarly activities, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2007.

Young Scientist Paper Award (Dr. KH Chan and Dr. W Chu), 2^nd International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, American Academy of Science, 2006. 

Faculty Award for Excellent Performance/Achievement 2003/04 - Individual award in research and scholarly activities, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2004.

Civil Engineering Award of Purdue University, 1994

Phillips Petroleum Award for Outstanding Environmental Student, 1994

Maple Point Award, 1994

Professional Engineer Examination passed (Environmental Engineering/Taiwan), 1987

China Engineering Consultants Scholarships (National Taiwan University), 1986

Graduating with honor as the first place (Tunghai University), 1985

Anhui Scholarship, Taiwan, 1982

Honorable Student of the City (Tai-Chung, Taiwan), 1982, 1983, and 1984

Tunghai Academic Award (Tunghai University), 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1984

************ Awards from Supervised students

Chief Supervisor of Awardee Dr. Xu Lijie for “The Outstanding PhD Theses Award” for FCE Awards for Outstanding PhD Theses, HK PolyU, 2014/15.

Chief Supervisor of Awardee Dr. Xu Lijie for “The Best Oral Presentation” at the 3rd GIGCAS-HKPOLYU Joint Workshop on Environmental Science and Engineering held in Guangzhou, China on 28th-29th November, 2014.

Chief Supervisor of Awardee SHEN Yue for“Best Paper Award” in Environmental, Hydraulics and Hydrology discipline in the Papers Competition, Institution of Civil Engineers Hong Kong Association, 2010.

Chief Supervisor of Awardee Zhu Liying for “Dean’s Honours List” by Faculty of Construction and Land Use, the HKPolyU, 2007.

Chief Supervisor of Awardee Lou Ching Yee for “ASCE Best Master’s Thesis Award - Honorable Mention” by ASCE Hong Kong Section, 2006.

Chief Supervisor of Awardee Lau Tim Kwan for Best Presenter Award in the Area of Construction, Faculty Postgraduate Research Conference, 2006.

Chief Supervisor of Awardee Kwan C. Y. for Li Po Chun Charitable Trust Fund Scholarship, 2005.

Honorable Works

1.     Member of Innovation and Technology Fund Research Project Assessment Panel for Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF), Innovation and Technology Commission. 2017-2018.

2.     Technical Advisor, The Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering – Hong Kong Branch (CIPHE-HKB)

3.     Member of Innovation and Technology, Programme Assessment Panel for Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF), 2015-2016.

4.     Member of Editor Board of The Open Chemical Engineering Journal (OCE), Bentham Science Publishers.

5.     Member of Editor Board of Recent Patents on Engineering, Bentham Science Publishers.

6.     Member in the Referee Panel of Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of Environmental Engineering-ASCE, Water Research, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental,  Chemosphere, Water Environment Research, Ozone Science Engineering, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Waste Management, Separation and Purification Technology, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Advances in Environmental Research, Journal of Environmental Management, Environmental Technology, Environmental International, and Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science.

7.     Organizing Committee member and Chairman of AOP Section, 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Urbanization, Hong Kong, 7-9, Jan 2015.

8.     Chairman of Engineering Section, International Congress on Natural Sciences and Engineering, 2014 ICNSE, Kyoto, Japan, 7-8, May 2014.

9.     Chairman of Engineering Section, International Congress on Natural Sciences and Engineering, 2013 ICNSE, Bali, Indonesia, August 7-9, 2013. 

10.  Member of the Human Subjects Ethics Sub-committee (HSESC), a Sub-committee of the Research Committee, HKPolyU, 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2012. 

11.  Panel member of Environmental Paper Award, HKIE Environmental Division, 2008.

12.  Chairman of PhD thesis examination board for HK Polytechnic University (Dr. Luo Chun-Ling, Dr. Hua Feng-Lin, and Dr. He Dan)

13.  Examiner of Doctoral Academic Review Committee for DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) and PhD programs in University of South Australia.

14.  External Assessor of Research Project for Sultan Oaboos University, Sultanate of Oman.

15.  Chairman of MPhil thesis examination committee for HK Polytechnic University

16.  Invited External Examiner of PhD degree form HK University of Science and Technology (Dr. Xie Li, Dr. Hu Jing, Dr. Weihua Zhang, Dr. Tongzhou Liu, Dr. Chunli Ding, and Dr. Chao Wang) 

17.  Invited External Examiner of PhD degree form HK Chinese University (Dr. Juncai Jia) 

18.  Invited External Examiner of DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) degree form University of South Australia (Dr. Su-Ling WU).

19.  Assessor of Research Funding of Environment and Conservation Fund (ECF).

20.  Assessor of University of Macau Multi-Year Research Grant.

21.  Technical Committee Member of “International Conference on Waste Engineering Management (ICWEM), Shanghai, 2010, 13 – 15 October 2010.

22.  International Organizing Committee Member of “International Advanced Oxidation Processes Conference", Taichung, Taiwan, 29-30 March, 2010.

23.  Technical Committee Member of “International Conference of Waste Engineering and Management", Hong Kong, 28-30 May, 2008.

24.  Technical Committee Member and Section Chairman in International Conference "Wastewater Management & Technologies for Highly Urbanized Costal Cities", Hong Kong, 10-12 June, 2002.

25.  Organizing Committee Member and Section Chairman in International Conference "Advances in Ozone Science and Engineering: Environmental Processes and Technological Applications", Hong Kong, 15-16 April, 2002.

26.  Section Chairman, Asian Waterqual ’99, 7th IAWQ Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, Taiwan, Oct 18-20, 1999. 

27.  Organizing Committee Member and Section Chairman, International Conference on Urban Pollution Control Technology, Hong Kong, 13-15 October, 1999.