PolyU held The Fourth Inauguration of Endowed Professorships cum The First Inauguration of Endowed Young Scholars earlier on to honour distinguished scholars for their achievements. The ceremony also served as an occasion for the University to express its appreciation to its philanthropic partners for supporting its research endeavours.

 

The event marked the inauguration of 10 new Endowed Professorships, while an Endowed Fellowship was also converted into an Endowed Professorship. Six successive Endowed Professorships, two successive Named Professorships and four new Endowed Young Scholar positions were also conferred.

 

PolyU hopes the ceremony will show like-minded philanthropists the impact endowed schemes can have on advanced research and scholarly activities in a discipline of their choice, encouraging them to collaborate with the University.

 

The Endowed Professorship Scheme was established in 2012 to honour distinguished scholars at PolyU for their outstanding academic and research achievements. The additional resources allocated through the scheme enable Endowed Professors to step up their work in a given field. In 2021, PolyU introduced the Endowed Young Scholars Scheme to support promising early-career academics. To date, PolyU has established a total of 37 Endowed Professorships, two Named Professorships and six Endowed Young Scholar positions.

 

The endowed positions conferred at the ceremony were (Listed in alphabetical order of discipline):

Endowed Professorships

Donors

Appointees

Hong Kong Sustaintech Foundation Endowed Professorship in Accounting and Finance

Hong Kong Sustaintech Foundation

Professor Lu Haitian
Mainland Development Office

Michael Anson Endowed Professorship in Civil Engineering

Able Engineering Company Limited

Ir Professor C. S. Poon
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Able Endowed Professorship in Construction Health and Safety

Able Engineering Holdings Limited

Ir Professor Albert Chan
Department of Building and Real Estate

Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Endowed Professorship in Data Science

Otto Poon Charitable Foundation

Professor Cao Jiannong
Department of Computing

Yeung Tsang Wing Yee and Tsang Wing Hing Endowed Professorship in Neuropsychology

Dr Eddie Yeung and the Estate of Tsang Wing Hing

Professor David Shum
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences

Peter Hung Endowed Professorship in Pain Management

H H Hung Charitable Foundation

Professor Amy Fu
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences

Sir Sze-yuen Chung Endowed Professorship in Precision Engineering

The Sze-yuen Chung Fund

Ir Professor Yung Kai-leung
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Shun Hing Education and Charity Fund Endowed Professorship in Rehabilitation Sciences (converted from an Endowed Fellowship)

Shun Hing Education and Charity Fund

Professor Margaret Mak
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences

Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Endowed Professorship in Smart Building

Otto Poon Charitable Foundation

Ir Professor Wang Shengwei
Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering

Fiona Cheung Endowed Professorship in Spatial Science

Ms Fiona Cheung Sum-yu

Professor Wu Bo
Department of Land Surveying and Geo-informatics

Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Endowed Professorship in Urban Informatics

Otto Poon Charitable Foundation

Professor John Shi Wen-zhong
Department of Land Surveying and Geo-informatics

 

(Front row, from left) Donors of Endowed Professorships and PolyU’s senior management: Miss Pat Poon, Mr Tsang Kai-yuen, Dr Eddie Yeung Shiu-kin, Mr Adrian Wang, Prof. Wing-tak Wong, Prof. Jin-Guang Teng, Dr Lam Tai-fai, Dr Miranda Lou, Ms Fiona Cheung Sum-yu, Mr Daniel Lau Chi-fai, Mr Ngai Chun-hung, Mr Dennis Cheung Ho-yuen, and Mr Peter Hung; (Back row, from left) Newly appointed Endowed Professors: Prof. Margaret Mak, Ir Prof. C. S. Poon, Prof. Wu Bo, Ir Prof. Wang Shengwei, Prof. Cao Jiannong, Prof. John Shi Wenzhong, Ir Prof. Yung Kai-leung, Prof. Amy Fu, Prof. David Shum, Ir Prof. Albert Chan, and Prof. Lu Haitian.

(Front row, from left) Donors of Endowed Professorships and PolyU’s senior management: Miss Pat Poon, Mr Tsang Kai-yuen, Dr Eddie Yeung Shiu-kin, Mr Adrian Wang, Prof. Wing-tak Wong, Prof. Jin-Guang Teng, Dr Lam Tai-fai, Dr Miranda Lou, Ms Fiona Cheung Sum-yu, Mr Daniel Lau Chi-fai, Mr Ngai Chun-hung, Mr Dennis Cheung Ho-yuen, and Mr Peter Hung; (Back row, from left) Newly appointed Endowed Professors: Prof. Margaret Mak, Ir Prof. C. S. Poon, Prof. Wu Bo, Ir Prof. Wang Shengwei, Prof. Cao Jiannong, Prof. John Shi Wenzhong, Ir Prof. Yung Kai-leung, Prof. Amy Fu, Prof. David Shum, Ir Prof. Albert Chan, and Prof. Lu Haitian.

 

Successive Endowed Professorships

Donors

Appointees

Clarea Au Endowed Professorship in Energy

Ms Clarea Au

Professor Raymond Wong Wai-yeung
Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology

Yeung Kin Man Endowed Professorship in Information Technology Innovation and Management

Dr Yeung Kin Man

Professor Lim Kai H.
Department of Management and Marketing

Alex Wong Siu Wah Gigi Wong Fook Chi Endowed Professorship in Product Design Engineering

King's Flair Development Limited

Professor Lee Kun-pyo
School of Design

Cally Kwong Mei Wan Endowed Professorship in Psychosocial Health

Miss Cally Kwong Mei-wan

Professor Hector Tsang Wing-hong
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences

Yim, Mak, Kwok & Chung Endowed Professorship in Smart Structures

Ir Yau Kwok-fai

Ir Professor Ni Yiqing
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Ko Jan Ming Endowed Professorship in Sustainable Urban Development

Vantage Charity Foundation Limited

Professor Li Xiangdong
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

 

Successive Named Professorships

Donors

Appointees

Swire Professorship in Design

Swire Group

Professor Lee Kun-pyo
School of Design

Cheng Yick-chi Chair in Manufacturing Engineering

The late Dr Cheng Yick-chi

Ir Professor H. C. Man
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

 

Endowed Young Scholars

Donors

Appointees

Limin Endowed Young Scholar in Aerospace Navigation

PolyU Technology and Consultancy Company Limited

Dr Hsu Li-ta
Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering

Tsui Tack Kong Endowed Young Scholar in Civil Engineering

Ir Tsui Tack-kong

IDr Zhou Chao
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Limin Endowed Young Scholar in Medical Laboratory Science

PolyU Technology and Consultancy Company Limited

Dr Gilman Siu Kit-hang
Department of Health Technology and Informatics

Thetos Foundation Endowed Young Scholar in Social Services

Thetos Foundation

(to be announced)