For producing outstanding results from their collaborative scientific research on a unified hardening constitutive theory for soils, Prof. Jianhua Yin of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and his 4-member team of researchers from Beihang University and Shanghai University have scored a 2016 Natural Science Award (first-class) from the Ministry of Education.

A team of researchers from the Department of Building and Real Estate (BRE) has won a Scientific Advancement Award (first-class) from the Architectural Society of China for their joint research with Southeast University in Nanjing.

A new book in Chinese co-authored by Prof. Hongxing Yang from the Department of Building Services Engineering (BSE) was recently published by China Railway Publishing House as part of China’s 12th Five-Year Key Publication Plan (2011-2015).

To cultivate a supportive research culture and provide a platform for each of its departments to develop its focused research areas, the Faculty of Construction and Environment (FCE) initiated a research salon series early this year and recently held two such salons in April.

On 24 April 2017, Prof. Timothy W. Tong, President of PolyU, hosted an appreciation lunch in honour of Mr Yau Kwok-fai, Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Vantage International (Holdings) Limited, who had recently donated the Yim, Mak, Kwok & Chung Endowed Professorship in Smart Structures.

On 19 April 2017, the President of PolyU, Prof. Timothy W. Tong, and the Deputy President and Provost, Prof. Philip Chan, visited the Department of Building and Real Estate (BRE) for an update on the department’s recent developments and achievements in the areas of teaching, research and partnership in support of the PolyU’s strategic plan.

In celebration of PolyU’s 80th Anniversary, Zhejiang University’s 120th Anniversary and the 20th Anniversary of the Zhejiang University-PolyU Joint Centre, Ir Prof. You-Lin Xu, Dean of the Faculty of Construction and Environment (FCE) and Prof. Albert Chan, Head of the Department of Building and Real Estate (BRE), together with a programme team of BRE’s MSc in International Real Estate-Zhejiang (IRE), were invited to the International Summit on Belt and Road Innovation and Entrepreneurship cum Dinner Gathering in Hangzhou on 22 April 2017.

On 12 April 2017, 4 engineering practitioners from the Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) of the Hong Kong government visited the Faculty of Construction and Environment (FCE) to explore possible collaboration in research on underground space development.

On 10 April 2017, a few academics from the Beijing University of Technology (BUT) visited the Faculty of Construction and Environment (FCE).

Around 70 high school principals and school counsellors from around the world recently came to PolyU to learn more about the university and its programmes for undergraduates.