Major external appointments and awards of PolyU members
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From July to September 2023, the following PolyU members were either appointed significant duties to share their scholarly expertise to benefit the wider community or had their academic efforts duly recognised. (Listed in alphabetical order)
Dr Anthony Kong
Assistant Professor, School of Design
Appointment
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
Dr Lam On
Associate Director and Teaching Fellow, Chinese Language Centre
Appointment
Chief Examiner, Chinese Language Paper 2, Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination, Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority
Professor Kun-pyo Lee
Swire Chair Professor of Design
Alex Wong Siu Wah Gigi Wong Fook Chi Professor in Product Design Engineering
Dean, School of Design
Appointment
Co-chair, Jury Committee for Seoul Design Award 2023
Dr Liu Xintao
Associate Professor, Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
Appointment
Chair, Commission on Geospatial Analysis and Modeling of International Cartographic Association
Dr Justina Liu Yat-wa
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Award
The 2nd Smart Ageing Awards 2022 Social & Community Engagement Silver Award, Golden Age Foundation
Dr Ben Ma Tsang-wing
Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese History and Culture
Appointment
Young Researcher in Oriental Studies, The Research Institute for Oriental Cultures, Gakushuin University, Japan
Dr Sivaganesh Selvaraj
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Appointment
Task Group Member, Thin-Walled Structures in Structural Stability Research Council, c/o American Institute of Steel Construction
Award
Yoon Duk Kim - Young Researcher Award from Structural Stability Research Council, c/o American Institute of Steel Construction
Professor Daniel T. L. Shek
Associate Vice President (Undergraduate Programme)
Dean, Undergraduate Studies
Chair Professor, Department of Applied Social Sciences
Li & Fung Endowed Professorship in Service Leadership Education
Appointment
Chairman, Assessment Panel of the Public Policy Research Funding Scheme and Strategic Public Policy Research Funding Scheme, HKSAR Government
Dr Shih Yi-teng
Assistant Professor, School of Design
Award
Red Dot Design Award 2023
Professor Stephen Wang
Director, Research Centre of Future Caring Mobility
Professor, School of Design
Appointments
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
Professor William S. Y. Wang
Chair Professor of Language and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies
Award
Honorary Professorship, Macau University of Science and Technology
Dr Peggy Woh Pei-yee
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science and Nutrition
Award
US-ASEAN Science, Technology, and Innovation Cooperation Seed Grant 2023
Professor Frances Wong
Associate Dean and Chair Professor of Advanced Nursing Practice, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences
Appointment
Honorary Member, Clinical Ethics Committee, Hospital Authority
Dr Wu Maochun
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Award
Fellow, International Association of Advanced Materials
Dr Xu Yang
Associate Professor, Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
Award
2023 China Geographic Information Science and Technology Progress Award – 1st Class Award
Professor Yip Shea-ping
Head and Chair Professor of Diagnostic Science and Molecular Genetics, Department of Health Technology and Informatics
Associate Director, Research Centre for SHARP Vision
Appointment
Non-official Director, Board of Directors, Hong Kong Genome Institute Board, The Hong Kong Genome Institute
Non-official member, Research Fellowship Assessment Panel, Health and Medical Research Fund Research Fellowship Scheme, Research Council, Health Bureau, HKSAR Government
Dr David Yuen Chun-wah
Teaching Fellow,
Chinese Language Centre
Appointment
Technical Advisor of the Employees Retraining Boar