Dr Heriberto Saldivar Massimi

Managing Director, Brinc Accelerator, Spain

From a manufacturing engineer in Latin America to rocket scientists and inventor in Asia to investor all around the world. Now I help startups from first concepts through research, funding, design, development and manufacturing to sales. As the Managing Director of Brinc Accelerator and member of the Investment Committee, I am responsible for our programs' operations and strategies globally as well as the technical due diligence process of our investments. Prior to Brinc, I worked on several projects including the development of a biped robot and an automated rover; I led a team that participated in a NASA-sponsored competition where the teams had to design and build a miniature space drone system, I also worked at Procter & Gamble as project manager and team leader for the development of a new product and the upgrade of its production line. I was awarded the prestigious Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme and joined the PolyU High-speed Thermo-fluid and Manned/Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Laboratory where I developed a software, which I hope, will help to design the next generation of space vehicles, drones, and planes.

Dr AHMAD Shakeel

Postdoctoral Fellow, City University of Hong Kong

When I started my PhD study in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2015, I set my goal to develop a career that combined research and teaching. I was particularly fascinated by the multiphase flow and phase-change phenomena in fluids, and I was excited when PolyU offered me the opportunity to work in this area. Under the inspiring guidance of my PhD supervisor, Dr TANG Hui, I polished my skills and obtained promising results in good time.  My research results were acclaimed and published in internationally recognized top journals.  Soon after completing the PhD, I was able to secure a postdoctoral position on an industrial project and won another research grant in the postdoc. In addition to research activities, I was also assigned teaching assistant duties in PolyU.  Through mentoring undergraduate students, I got valuable teaching experience which has brought me one step closer to my long-term post-PhD teaching goal.  All in all, I feel joyous and thankful to PolyU for giving me a solid start for a career that I want.

Dr LI Wenting

Research Scientist, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology

The research skills and robust knowledge that I have learnt from PolyU trains me up to solve practical problems in the industry from a sound scientific perspective.  In addition, receiving mentorship from my PhD supervisor Prof. FU Ming Wang geared me up in terms of smart-working and devotion with great confidence, and these are core elements of my career development.  After graduation, my career goal is to solve technical problems in the industry  through the knowledge and methods that I have learned from college, and without the platform SIMTech provided where the objective would not be achieved.  I can foresee that more and more precisive and advanced industrial prototypes created by us will be utilized in various industries in the near future.

Dr YANG Haopeng

Postdoctoral Researcher, Hong Kong Productivity Council

I conducted my research in advanced manufacturing technology including superplastic deformation, semisolid forming and microforming, which equipped me with the adequate knowledge and know-how for my postdoctoral research.  Having the research practical experience in the smart manufacturing field, I hope to further pursue in the area of Industry 4.0 in the future.  I believe it is another breakthrough for the manufacturing industry, especially for upgrading the traditional manufacturing industries.  I plan to be an expert in smart manufacturing technology and hope to make a contribution to the development.