POON Chi Kin, Lawrence 潘志健 (Dr)

Adjunct Professor; Head of Innovative Technology & CEO Advisor of Applied R&D Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI)

Area of Specialization: New Energy Vehicles (EV, HEV, Fuel Cell Vehicles and EV Charging Systems); Autonomous Technologies; Smart Mobility and V2X; Smart City Solutions (5G-IoT); A.I. and Robotics; Computational Solid Mechanics / Crash Analysis for Automobile; Smart Materials and Structures

Biography

PhD, MEng, BEng (1st Class Honor), MSAE
Head of Innovative Technology & CEO Advisor of Applied R&D Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI)

Area of Specialization

New Energy Vehicles (EV, HEV, Fuel Cell Vehicles and EV Charging Systems); Autonomous Technologies; Smart Mobility and V2X; Smart City Solutions (5G-IoT); A.I. and Robotics; Computational Solid Mechanics / Crash Analysis for Automobile; Smart Materials and Structures

Short Description

As a leader of innovative technology and advisor of CEO on the applied R&D in ASTRI, Dr Poon took lead of the overall planning and development of ASTRI’s new initiatives in Smart City, Smart Mobility and PropTech R&D. Before joining ASTRI in Feb 2023, Dr Poon had served HKPC and APAS R&D Centre for 17+yrs and managed to growth the R&D team from 9 staff to 140+ scientists and researchers over the past 10 years, and took lead of the overall planning and development of HKPC‘s two new divisions - Smart City Division and APAS to steer the applied research activities and commercialization of R&D results in Hong Kong and GBA markets with focus on A.I, Robotics, Smart mobility, EV, Autonomous driving, GeronTech and Metaverse.

Dr Poon is the winner of many international award over the years in the areas of A.IoT, Electric Vehicles, Autonomous Driving etc. He is the owner of 10+ patents covering wide range of smart city applications.