Recipients of Outstanding Alumni Awards of PolyU Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Outstanding Alumni Award in Professional Achievement of PolyU Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Ir YAU Siu Lun, Sheldon
MSc in Electronic Engineering, 1996
Ir YAU Siu Lun, Sheldon has been at the forefront of mobile technology advancements in Hong Kong for over three decades. Starting in the early 1990s, he drove the development of new network features like IUO and pioneered innovations like the first subway coverage and microcell deployment. This allowed him to enhance GSM coverage and capacity in the Hong Kong market. As mobile networks evolved from traditional voice to data services in the late 1990s, he designed multi-band antenna technologies to handle the new requirements, including dual frequencies like 900MHz and 1800MHz.
In the 2000s, he deployed one of Hong Kong's first 3G mobile networks, navigating the transition from TDMA to CDMA technology. His Master's degree from PolyU helped him excel in this era. During the 4G era in the 2010s, he resolved the challenges of increasing frequency bands, carrier aggregation demands, and applied various fixed technologies like GPON and CWDM to mobile network operations. After that, he led the project to consolidate the PCCW and CSL networks, and enabled HKT to deploy Hong Kong's first 5G network in 2020.
Now, he is spearheading the development of 5G-Advanced, Artificial Intelligence and Low Altitude Airspace Economy related technologies, cementing HKT's leadership through continuous innovation. His wish is to continue his contribution to the progress of the mobile communication industry in Hong Kong and globally.
Outstanding Young Alumni Award in Professional Achievement of PolyU Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Dr MAI Weijie
Doctor of Philosophy, 2017
Dr. MAI Weijie received his Bachelor of Engineering Degree (with First Class Honors) from The University of New South Wales in Australia and Doctor of Philosophy Degree from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Awardee of Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme), both in electrical engineering, in 2012 and 2017, respectively. He was also recognized as the Overseas High-Caliber Personnel (Shenzhen Peacock Plan) in 2020.
Dr. MAI currently serves as the Vice-President at Shenzhen Auto Electric Power Plant Co., Ltd., a listed and state-recognized high-tech enterprise that established in 1993 and focuses on designing, developing, manufacturing and operation of high-power industrial charging equipment. In his role, he assumes responsibility for the daily operational management of the Department of New Energy, overseeing various divisions such as R&D, Business, Sales, Investment, Construction, After-Sales, and Charging Station Operation. His primary objective is to ensure smooth and efficient operations across all divisions while driving the company's strategic initiatives in the field of new energy.
Deeply involved in the new energy industry, Dr. MAI and his team have had a profound impact on the profession and industry, by contributing to the development of the world's fastest groundbreaking technology (Mega-Watt Adaptive Charging Power Pool) and the establishment of EV Ultra-Fast Public Charging Network with an impressive capacity of 235MW across the whole China, which exemplifies Dr. MAI’s commitment to building safer, greener, and more efficient charging solutions while significantly minimizes the utilization of valuable public resources (e.g. land and power utilities), marking a notable step towards sustainable EV charging infrastructure.
Outstanding Alumni Award in Professional Achievement of PolyU Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Dr LEE Kang Kuen
MSc in Electrical Engineering, 1994Engineering Doctorate, 2006
Dr Lee has been working in the railway industry for 40+ years covering rolling stock and infrastructure maintenance, design and construction of new railway lines and major asset upgrading/replacement projects, operations, business development, and consultancy services both in Hong Kong, Mainland China and overseas including Sweden, India, Middle East, Philippine, Singapore, and Australia. From 2013 to 2020 Dr Lee has been working on the first driverless metro line in Australia - Sydney Metro project and overseeing the successful commencement of first passenger service of the Northwest section in mid-2019, and the award in 2020 of a major contract to Hong Kong MTR for the City and Southwest section of the project. Since 2016 Dr Lee has also been serving as consultant to Singapore LTA on metro asset condition assessment, and SMRT as a member of the Technical Advisory Panel and Technical Mentor.
Dr Lee has been doing research work for the continuous condition monitoring of mission critical components of the railway using Fibre Bragg Grating sensors since 2012 and the deployment of AI to develop Smart Railway Linear Infrastructure and Smart Trains.
Dr Lee is a Chartered Engineer(UK), Member of IET (UK) and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers.
Outstanding Young Alumni Award in Professional Achievement of PolyU Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Mr NG Ka Wai, Mike
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, 2012
Mr. Ng has been working in CLP Power (Hong Kong) Limited since 2009 where he currently serves as Principal Manager – Smartgrid Development in Power Systems Business Group. Throughout his career, Mr. Ng has led and contributed to a number of notable projects, including the commissioning of the first two Transmission Intelligent Substations in CLP Power in 2012 and 2014 respectively. These substations have played a vital role in enabling CLP Power to deliver energy in a more efficient and reliable way, while also supporting the development of smartgrid.
Outside of his professional career, Mr. Ng is committed to community service. During the fifth wave of the epidemic, he led the construction team in the North Region of CLP Power and worked closely with various Government departments to connect power to thousands of new community isolation and treatment facilities in the New Territories in order to meet an urgent need for Hong Kong SAR Government to build thousands of new community isolation facilities in the shortest period of time under the fifth wave of the epidemic.
Outstanding Young Alumni Award in Professional Achievement of PolyU Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Ir Dr MOK Kwan-tat, Barry
Master of Philosophy, 2013
Ir Dr Mok Kwan Tat received his Bachelor’s and Master of Philosophy degrees from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2009 and 2013 respectively, and his Doctor of Philosophy degree from The University of Hong Kong in 2016. He currently serves as the Assistant General Manager at the Arc Health Technology Limited, a state-recognized high-tech enterprise that focuses on designing, developing, and manufacturing medical devices. In his role, he oversees the company's operations at the research and development center in Hong Kong and the production plant in Shenzhen. Dr Mok has also authored over 20 journal and conference publications with 600 citations and holds six patents.
Dr Mok has played a significant role in the development of various medical devices, including non-invasive surgical robotics, AI-assisted colonoscopes, FDA Class II-certified physiologic monitoring systems, and military-used electrocardiogram wearable sensors. He has also served as a Co-opt Committee Member of the Biomedical Engineering Division at The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, steering the development and promotion of the biomedical engineering industry within the community.
Outstanding Young Alumni Award in Entrepreneurial Achievement of PolyU Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Dr TAN Fengze
Doctor of Philosophy 2020
Dr Tan Fengze is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of the Shenzhen Metalenx Technology Co., Ltd. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He co-founded the Shenzhen Metalenx Technology Co., Ltd. in 2020. It is a high-tech enterprise focused on the design, manufacturing and application system development of metalens. With its own IPRs in metalens, and mature metalens design theories and manufacturing technologies, several metalens product series have been developed successfully for the market. Dr Tan pushed forward the mass production of metalens products and the commercialization of metalens. Dr Tan is also recognized as the Overseas High-Caliber Personnel in Shenzhen and the “X·36Under36” S-class Young Entrepreneur.
Outstanding Alumni Award in Professional Achievement of PolyU Department of Electronic and Information Engineering</span>
Mr LAM Wing-chap, Peter
Higher Diploma in Electronic Engineering, 1982
Mr Lam, currently Principal Consultant at Huawei, launched his career in 1973 at the Hong Kong Telephone Company. Throughout his 48 years of service with the company, he had held various senior positions in engineering, sales, marketing and wholesale business. Before his retirement in May 2021, he was the Managing Director, Engineering at HKT Limited, responsible for planning and operation of the fixed and wireless networks, supporting a wide range of quadruple-play telecommunication services including voice, data, broadband, interactive multimedia, mobile and ICT projects in Hong Kong and overseas.
Mr Lam graduated with a Higher Diploma in Electronic Engineering in 1982 from the Hong Kong Polytechnic, earned a Diploma in Management for Executive Development in 1991 from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and took the Cable & Wireless International Executive Development Program at INSEAD, France in 1997.
Enthusiastic about serving his professional community, Mr Lam was the Chairman of the Joint Utilities Policy Group (JUPG) and Vice Chairman of Communications Association of Hong Kong. He also supported his alma mater by being a Departmental Advisory Committee Member of PolyU’s Department of Computing, and Chairman of the Departmental Advisory Committee of the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering.
Outstanding Alumni Award in Professional Achievement of PolyU Department of Electronic and Information Engineering
Dr MUNG Wai-yin, Steve
Higher Diploma in Electronic and Information Engineering, 2003
After receiving a higher diploma from PolyU’s Department of Electronic and Information Engineering (EIE), Dr Mung obtained a BSc in Applied Physics at the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) with First Class Honours and went on to earn his PhD degree from CityU in 2012. With over 15 years of experience in designing and manufacturing electronic products, Dr Mung is currently the Test and Operations Director of Sana Semiconductors Limited.
Dr Mung’s research endeavours are well recognised, raising around HKD 20 million of R&D funding since 2019. His China/US patents, journal and conference papers add up to over 100, focusing mainly on wireless, speech and audio technologies. He is simultaneously a Reviewer for several IEEE journals and a member of several organisations, namely the committee of IEEE Consumer Technology Society (CTSoc), the Audio/Video Systems and Signal Processing Technical Committee (AVS TC), as well as the Instrument Science and Technology Group Committee of Institute of Physics (IOP). He also serves as a Member on the reviewing board of the MTT-Sat Challenge.
Keen to pass on knowledge to the next generations, Dr Mung is an Adjunct Associate Professor of EIE, the Co-founder and Company Representative of the PolyU-Innovation Technology (HK) Audio and Speech Signal Processing Joint Laboratory.
Outstanding Alumni Award in Professional Achievement of PolyU Department of Electrical Engineering
Ir WONG Ka-wo, Kelvin
Bachelor of Engineering degree (Honours) in Electrical Engineering, 1995
Higher Certificate in Electrical Engineering with Distinction, 1992
Ir Wong is currently the General Manager, Technical Services Systems at the Airport Authority Hong Kong, overseeing the engineering and maintenance operation of airport systems. Upon graduation from PolyU in 1995, he started his career at the authority and contributed to the design and construction of Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) at Chek Lap Kok.
Ir Wong has accelerated HKIA’s digital transformation into a smart airport city by spearheading the adoption of innovative technologies. He advocated the creation of a digital twin of HKIA using 3D modelling for a virtual digital replica that simulates the design, construction, management and operation of airport facilities.
Ir Wong is passionate about serving the professional community. He has sat on the Advisory Committee of PolyU’s Department of Electrical Engineering, Committee on Building Information Modelling of the Construction Industry Council, Appeal and Disciplinary Board of CIC’s Certification of BIM Personnel and Accreditation of BIM Course Schemes, Admissions, Budgets and Allocations Committee of the Community Chest, and CLP’s Local Customer Advisory Committee.
Outstanding Alumni Award in Professional Achievement of PolyU Department of Electronic and Information Engineering
Dr YIU Hing-leung
Doctor of Business Administration (2011)
Master of Science in Electronic Engineering (1996)
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Electronic Engineering (1990)
Dr Yiu, Head of Re-industrialisation at the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP), spearheads the key infrastructures and initiatives to drive re-industrialisation, rebranding “Made in Hong Kong” as an internationally recognised seal of quality and a source of local pride. By providing state-of-the-art and purpose-designed facilities, Dr Yiu fosters advanced industries and smart production in various industrial parks.
Prior to his appointment at HKSTP, Dr Yiu had assumed senior executive duties in both start-ups and multinational corporations. Spending 15 years at Motorola Semiconductor, he soared to the position of General Manager Asia, Networking and Computing Group before resignation. A proud owner of eight patents and one of the masterminds behind the legendary DragonBall microprocessor, Dr Yiu not only contributed to the ubiquity of smartphones and mobile computing today, but also proved himself a visionary and an innovator.
Graduating from PolyU with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Electronic Engineering, as well as a Doctor of Business Administration, Dr Yiu continued to pursue his Executive MBA, Master of Science in Finance, and Juris Doctor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is currently a Fellow of The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, and an Executive Committee Member of Hong Kong Automation Technology Council and Hong Kong Electronics Industry Council of the FHKI.
Outstanding Young Alumni Award in Entrepreneurial Achievement of PolyU Department of Electrical Engineering
Dr LI Siyang
Doctor of Philosophy, 2019
Dr Li is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Goal Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited.
Goal Tech is a nationally recognised high technology enterprise with certification from the Innovation Center under the Ministry of Science and Technology, China.
Based in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, the company hires an R&D team of 50 members with 60% of them holds either master’s or doctoral degrees. Goal Tech focuses on the R&D of key components in the field of advanced semiconductor packaging and testing, owning 73 invention patents and having published more than 100 papers of international calibre. Its original invention, linear rotary motor, is the world’s first high-precision motor that realises both linear and two-dimensional rotary motions within a single shaft, with linear accuracy of 1um, rotational accuracy of 0.01 degree, and force control up to 0.01N.
For his entrepreneurial acumen, Dr Li has won many awards, including 30 Under 30 Elite List by Forbes, the C-category Talent of Shenzhen Entrepreneur Program, and the U30 Entrepreneurial Elite by Shenzhen Association for Science and Technology in 2021.
Outstanding Young Alumni Award in Professional Achievement of PolyU Department of Electronic and Information Engineering
Dr CHU Kai-fung
Master of Science in Electronic and Information Engineering, 2016
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Electronic and Information Engineering, 2013
Higher Diploma in Electronic and Information Engineering, 2011
After earning his BEng (First Class Honours) and MSc in Electronic and Information Engineering from PolyU in 2013 and 2016 respectively, Dr Chu obtained his PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from The University of Hong Kong in 2020.
Being a Research Fellow at the School of Aerospace of Cranfield University, he has published over ten papers in top-tier journals and conferences and they have been cited over 130 times. His academic pursuits have won him several awards and scholarships, including champion in IEEE (HK) Computational Intelligence Chapter Graduate Student Paper Competition, second runner-up in HKUEAA Enginnovate, EIE Scholarships for Postgraduate Scheme in Engineering, EIE Alumni Scholarship, Chiap Hua Cheng’s Foundation Scholarship, Dean’s Honours List, and several Best GPA Awards.
As a practising senior research engineer and project engineer, Dr Chu co-founded a tech start-up with funding from HKSTP Ideation and PolyU Micro Fund. His research interests include artificial intelligence, intelligent transportation systems, autonomous vehicles and adversarial machine learning.
Outstanding Young Alumni Award in Community Service Achievement of PolyU Department of Electronic and Information Engineering
Mr TSE Siu-kei, Dominic
Master of Science in Technology Management, 2016
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Electronic and Information Engineering, 2010
Mr Tse earned his bachelor’s degree in Electronic and Information Engineering and master’s degree in Technology Management from PolyU in 2010 and 2016 respectively. Well-accomplished in information technology, he has worked in various well-known traditional and virtual banks in Hong Kong, currently holding the position of Assistant Vice President in Hong Kong Technology and Operation at United Overseas Bank.
Mr Tse deeply cares for his alma mater and Hong Kong Community College, which is founded under the auspices of PolyU. After serving as Director of the Federation of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Alumni Associations (FHKPUAA) for over ten years, he was elected the first Vice President of FHKPUAA in 2021. He is also the Chairman of PolyU’s Alumni Association of Electronic and Information Engineering (AAEIE), and Honourable Advisor of the Hong Kong Community College Alumni Association (HKCCAA).
Outstanding Young Alumni Award in Scholarly Achievement of PolyU Department of Electronic and Information Engineering
Dr WAN Shibiao
Doctor of Philosophy, 2014
Dr Wan is currently a Bioinformatics Research Scientist at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, one of the top paediatric cancer hospitals in the U.S. Dr Wan obtained his PhD degree from PolyU in 2014. Before joining St. Jude, he received his postdoctoral training from the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University from 2016 to 2019.
With more than ten years of experience in machine learning, bioinformatics and computational biology, Dr Wan has published more than 40 articles in prestigious journals like Genome Research, Nature Communications, Science Advances, Circulation Research, Briefings in Bioinformatics, and Bioinformatics. He is an Academic Editor for BioMed Research International and a Guest Associate Editor for a series of high-impact journals including Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, Biology, and Frontiers in Genetics. Dr Wan is also a TPC member for more than 20 machine learning-related international conferences including IEEE ICTAI, IEEE IAICT, IEEE IoTaIS, and IEEE SOFTT.
Besides serving as a reviewer for around 50 prestigious journals including IEEE TNNLS, Genomic Medicine and Briefings in Bioinformatics, he is a recipient of the Global Peer Review Awards (top 1%) in the “Cross-Field” and “Biology and Biochemistry” categories.
