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RISUD Member receives funding from Research Grants Council for project on intelligent tropical-storm-resilient system

14 Jul 2023

Funding & Donations

The project “INTACT: Intelligent Tropical-storm-resilient System for Coastal Cities” led by Prof. NI Yiqing, Member of the Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development (RISUD), Yim, Mak, Kwok & Chung Professor in Smart Structures, Chair Professor of Smart Structures and Rail Transit in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Director of National Rail Transit Electrification and Automation Engineering Technology Research Center (Hong Kong Branch), was awarded a funding of HK$48.293 million from the Research Grants Council’s Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS) 2023/24.

 

The project aims to mitigate the risk of tropical storms and enhance the resilience of high-rise building clusters in coastal cities by developing a real-time early-warning and management system, which will be made accessible to the public for guiding effective emergency responses. The project will also lead to new methodologies and design codes/standards for high-rise buildings that are more resistant to tropical storms, thus benefitting the construction industries, developers, public and city planners in the medium and long run.

 

Press release:

https://polyu.me/3rrBRsF

 

Online coverage:

Ming Pao Daily News - https://polyu.me/3pNARP2

Hong Kong Economic Times - https://polyu.me/3NUj4Ol

Oriental Daily News - https://polyu.me/44rSgMg

Sky Post - https://polyu.me/46Kg2EJ

Ta Kung Pao - https://polyu.me/44AlHeO

HK01 - https://polyu.me/3OcrxNX

Line Today - https://polyu.me/3pFswNr


Research Units Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development

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