Academic Staff

Ph.D. (PolyU), B.Sc. (1^st class honours, PolyU)

MIEEE, MIET, AIAA, MRAeS, MRMetS, FHKMetS

Areas of specialisation

Air transportation engineering, air traffic and aviation management: Operations research; uncertainty modelling; data-driven optimisation; deep learning
Human factors and ergonomics in air traffic control and flight operations: Situational awareness; Neuroergonomics; Vigilance and resilience modelling; Intelligent automation of aviation system

Brief Biosketch

Dr Kam K.H. NG (Researcher ID: L-7278-2019; ORCID: 0000-0002-4959-0502) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering (AAE), at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HKSAR. Before joining AAE, he was a Research Fellow in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Design and Human Factors Laboratory, the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He received first-class honours, B.Sc. Degree (Hons) and Ph.D. Degree in Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China, in 2015 and 2019 respectively.

伍淦鴻博士 (Researcher ID: L-7278-2019; ORCID: 0000-0002-4959-0502) ，畢業於香港理工大學工業及系統工程系，於2015年、2019年分別獲一級榮獲學士學位及博士學位。畢業後作為研究員加入新加坡南洋理工大學機械及宇航工程學院-設計及人因工程實驗室的項目研究，該項目受新加坡國家研究基金會資助。其後，伍博士於2020年7月加入香港理工大學 航空及民航工程學系(前稱為航空工程跨領域學部)任助理教授，博士生導師。

伍博士的研究方向為航空交通管制、航空氣象學、飛行理論人為因素、運籌學、魯棒優化方法、算法優化方法及人因工程學等。伍博士的團隊在香港理工大學數年間已獲10項研究項目及總額超過一千五百萬港元的項目經費。現發表SCI收錄論文40余篇，其中包括Reliability Engineering & System Safety; Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice; Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review; Applied Soft Computing; Journal of Air Transport Management; Transport Policy; Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics; Advanced Engineering Informatics等。

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4959-0502

WOS: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/473924

Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57188646976

Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-TW&user=vZiFMAkAAAAJ

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kam_Kh_Ng

Teaching

• Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Green Aviation and Space Economy (undergraduate level – PolyU, AAE1002);
• Introduction to aviation industry (undergraduate level – PolyU, AAE1BN01);
• Introduction to aviation system and air transport regulation (undergraduate level – PolyU, AAE2004);
• Air traffic management and airport operations (undergraduate level – PolyU, AAE3012);
• Data science and data-driven optimisation in airline and airport operations (undergraduate level – PolyU, AAE4009);
• Capstone project (undergraduate level – HK PolyU, AAE4002/AAE4012).

Professional affiliations/committees

• Fellow (F’23 - ), The Hong Kong Meteorological Society (HKMetS)
• Corporate Member (M’22), The Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies (HKSTS)
• Chairman (22-23), Treasurer (21 – 22), Committee member (CMTE’ 17-19 & 20 - 21), Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Section (MIES), IET Hong Kong.
• Member (M’16 - ), The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
• Member (M’15 - ), The Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
• Member (M’ 21 - ), The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
• Member (M’ 21 - ), The Air Transport Research Society (ATRS).
• Member (M’ 23), The Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS).
• Member (M’23), The Royal Meteorological Society (FMeteS).

Research grants – RGC/NSFC (PI and PC only)

Spatio-temporal meteorological hazards avoidance through flight trajectory planning for safe and efficient air traffic management, Research grants council (RGC), General research fund (GRF), HK $1,132,781.00, 01/2024 – 12/2026.

Dynamic wake separation modelling in runway scheduling problem and optimisation methods in terminal manoeuvring areas, The young scientists fund, National natural science foundation of china (NSFC), HK $327,678.00, 01/2024 – 12/2026.

Towards solution robustness and network resilience of the terminal traffic flow and terminal airspace congestion control, Research grants council (RGC) Early career scheme (ECS) fund, HK $888,670.00, 01/2022 – 01/2025.

Research grants – external & competitive fund (PI and PC only)

Investigation of an online data-driven intelligent automation platform for drivers considering the psychological condition instability and behaviours for a sustainable and safe transportation system, Smart Traffic Fund, Transport Department, HK Government, HKSAR and Hong Kong Productivity Council, HK $5,544,608.47, 07/2022 – 06/2024.

Unlocking the potential of AI edge intelligence and cloud-edge computing for flexible robotic and facility control systems, Innovation and technology fund (ITF) – partnership research programme (PRP), HK $3,999,966.80, 07/2021 – 06/2023.

Research grants – internal (PC and PC only)

Using neuro-physiological data in realising the human-centred intelligence in the air transportation systems of single-pilot operation, Research centre on data sciences & artificial intelligence, $400,000.00, 06/2023 – 05/2025.

Data-driven and feedback-loop hyper-heuristics in an online flight trajectory prediction, PolyU, HK $50,000.00, 07/2021 – 11/2022.

The impacts of longitudinal separation, efficiency loss and cruise speed adjustment in robust terminal traffic flow problem under uncertainty, PolyU, HK $550,000.00, 10/2020 – 09/2024.

Effects of interaction factors in human-machine interface, human factors and ergonomic and cognitive modelling in air traffic control environment, PolyU, HK $500,000.00, 10/2020 – 09/2024.

Education and teaching grants (PC and PC only)

Aviation Professional Certificate Programme, PolyU education development centre (EDC) Massive open online course (MOOC) project, HK $425,000.00, 11/2023 – 10/2024.

Introduction to air transportation and aviation management, PolyU education development centre (EDC) Massive open online course (MOOC) project, HK $369,945.50, 06/2021 – 05/2023.

Live, historical, and pseudo weather enhancement module cum high fidelity flight emergency operational advisory aids for the existing A320 flight simulator, HK $990,000.00, 01/2022 – 06/2023.

Consultancy (PI only)

RFID-enabled tool tracking toolbox system for helicopter maintenance, Government flying services (GFS), HK $440,000.00, 09/2023 – 08/2025.

More details can be found in my homepage.