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AWARDS

Listed on the “Most Cited Scientist Ranking” in the field of ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY, Essential Science Indicators, The Thomson Corporation, 2008.

Faculty Award for Excellent Performance/Achievement 2006/07 - Team award (Leader) in research and scholarly activities, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2007.

Young Scientist Paper Award (Dr. KH Chan and Dr. W Chu), 2nd International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, American Academy of Science, 2006. 

Faculty Award for Excellent Performance/Achievement 2003/04 - Individual award in research and scholarly activities, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2004.

Civil Engineering Award of Purdue University, 1994

Phillips Petroleum Award for Outstanding Environmental Student, 1994

Maple Point Award, 1994

Professional Engineer Examination passed (Environmental Engineering/Taiwan), 1987

China Engineering Consultants Scholarships (National Taiwan University), 1986

Graduating with honor as the first place (Tunghai University), 1985

Anhui Scholarship, Taiwan, 1982

Honorable Student of the City (Tai-Chung, Taiwan), 1982, 1983, and 1984

Tunghai Academic Award (Tunghai University), 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1984

 

************ Awards from Supervised students

Chief Supervisor of Awardee Zhu Liying for “Dean’s Honours List” by Faculty of Construction and Land Use, the HKPolyU, 2007.

Chief Supervisor of Awardee Lou Ching Yee for “ASCE Best Master’s Thesis Award - Honorable Mention” by ASCE Hong Kong Section, 2006.

Chief Supervisor of Awardee Lau Tim Kwan for Best Presenter Award in the Area of Construction, Faculty Postgraduate Research Conference, 2006.

Chief Supervisor of Awardee Kwan C. Y. for Li Po Chun Charitable Trust Fund Scholarship, 2005.

 

 

Honorable Works

 

1.     Editor of The Open Chemical Engineering Journal (OCE), Bentham Science Publishers.

2.     Editor of Recent Patents on Engineering, Bentham Science Publishers.

3.     Member in the Referee Panel of Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of Environmental Engineering-ASCE, Water Research, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental,  Chemosphere, Water Environment Research, Ozone Science Engineering, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Waste Management, Separation and Purification Technology, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Advances in Environmental Research, Journal of Environmental Management, Environmental Technology, Environmental International, and Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science.

4.     Chairman of PhD thesis examination board for HK Polytechnic University (Dr. Luo Chun-Ling, and Dr. Hua Feng-Lin)

5.     Examiner of Doctoral Academic Review Committee for DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) and PhD programs in University of South Australia.

6.     Chairman of MPhil thesis examination committee for HK Polytechnic University

7.     Invited External Examiner of PhD degree form HK University of Science and Technology (Dr. Xie Li, Dr. Hu Jing, and Dr. Weihua Zhang)

8.     Invited External Examiner of DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) degree form University of South Australia (Dr. Su-Ling WU).

9.     Assessor of Research Funding of Environment and Conservation Fund (ECF).

10.  Technical Committee Member of “International Conference of Waste Engineering and Management", Hong Kong, 28-30 May, 2008.

11.  Technical Committee Member and Section Chairman in International Conference "Wastewater Management & Technologies for Highly Urbanized Costal Cities", Hong Kong, 10-12 June, 2002.

12.  Organizing Committee Member and Section Chairman in International Conference "Advances in Ozone Science and Engineering: Environmental Processes and Technological Applications", Hong Kong, 15-16 April, 2002.

13.  Section Chairman, Asian Waterqual ’99, 7th IAWQ Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, Taiwan, Oct 18-20, 1999.

14.  Organizing Committee Member and Section Chairman, International Conference on Urban Pollution Control Technology, Hong Kong, 13-15 October, 1999.