The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is a public research university located in Hung Hom,Hong Kong near Hung Hom station. The University is one of the eight government-funded degree-granting tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. Founded in 1937 as the first Government Trade School,it is the first institution to provide technical education in Hong Kong. In 1994,the Legislative Council of Hong Kong passed a bill which granted the former Hong Kong Polytechnic official university status.
The New York University Tandon School of Engineering is the engineering and applied sciences school of New York University. Tandon is the second oldest private engineering and technology school in the United States. The school dates back to 1854 when its predecessor institutions,the University of the City of New York School of Civil Engineering and Architecture and the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute,were founded. The school was renamed in 2015 in honor of NYU Trustees Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon following their donation of $100 million to the school.
California Polytechnic State University,San Luis Obispo is a public university in San Luis Obispo County,adjacent to the city of San Luis Obispo. It is the oldest of three polytechnics in the California State University system.
California State Polytechnic University,Pomona is a public polytechnic university in Pomona,California. It is one of three polytechnic universities in the California State University system.
Henry Tzu-Yow Yang is a Chinese American engineer,university administrator,and the fifth and current chancellor of the University of California,Santa Barbara,a post he has held since 1994.
The Cal Poly Pomona College of Engineering is the engineering college at California State Polytechnic University,Pomona located in Pomona,California,United States. Known for its "learn by doing" philosophy,the college's motto is:"Learn by Doing:Making Imagination Real". Cal Poly has one of the "most recognized engineering programs in the country" and,with nearly 6,000 students,it is also the largest engineering college in Southern California,the second largest college of engineering in the California State University system,and the seventeenth largest engineering college in the United States. In the 2022 U.S. News &World Report's "America's Best Colleges" edition,the College of Engineering is ranked 10th out of 210 public and private undergraduate engineering schools in the U.S. where doctorates are not offered.
Milorad Bojic was a doctor of technical sciences and a full professor at the Faculty of Engineering Sciences at the University of Kragujevac,a distinguished scientific worker,and since 2015 a corresponding member of the SANU Department of Technical Sciences .[1]
Lam Tai-fai,SBS,BBS,JP is a Hong Kong politician. He serves as Chairman of the Council of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Chairman of the Hong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI). He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the Industrial Functional Constituency from 2008 to 2016. In 2008 he began service as a committee member on the 11th,12th and 13th National Committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference,and as a standing member of the 11th and in 2009 joined 12th Henan Provincial Committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Tony Fan-Cheong Chan is a Chinese American mathematician who has been serving as President of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) since 2018. Prior that,he was President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from 2009 to 2018.
The City University of Hong Kong (CityU) is a public research university located in Kowloon Tong,Hong Kong. It was founded in 1984 as City Polytechnic of Hong Kong and became a fully accredited university in 1994. Currently,CityU is one of the top 100 universities in the world.
Van C. Mow is a Chinese-born-American bioengineer,known as one of the earliest researchers in the field of biomechanics.
The School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) is one of the schools at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). It was established in 1979 as the Department of Institutional Management and Catering Studies,then renamed as Department of Hotel and Tourism Management in 1992. The department was designated a school in October 2001,which became an independent autonomous academic unit within the university structure in July 2004.
Albert Sun-Chi Chan is a Hong Kong chemist. He is a professor of chemistry and traditional Chinese medicine. He has served as a vice-president of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and the president of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU).
Mung Chiang is a Chinese-American engineering researcher,educator,technology entrepreneur,foreign policy official,and 13th President of Purdue University.
Otto Lin was born Chui Chau Lin (林垂宙) in Shantou,Guangdong,China,in 1938. He came to Hong Kong as a refugee and went to Taiwan in 1953 where education at K-12 level was free. He attended National Taiwan University and received a BS in chemical engineering in 1960. After serving in ROTC,he was admitted to University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana for post-graduate studies. Later he transferred to Columbia University in the City of New York,received the Ph.D. degree in 1967 in chemistry. His doctoral research was on the relationship of macromolecular conformation and hydrodynamic properties of DNA.
Cheng Chung-tai is a Hong Kong academic,social activist,and politician. After winning a seat in the New Territories West constituency in the 2016 legislative election,he took over from Wong Yeung-tat as chairman of Civic Passion until the dissolution in 2021.
Alan Kin-tak Lau is an engineer and academic based in Hong Kong SAR. He is the President and Chair Professor of Product Innovation at Technological and Higher Education Institute (Thei) of Hong Kong. Prior to this appointment,he was Pro Vice-Chancellor at Swinburne University of Technology. He is also the Independent Non-Executive Director of King’s Flair International (Holdings) Limited,the International Vice President and Trustee Board member of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (2014-2019) and an Academic Advisor at Asia University. He was also appointed the Chair of professional accreditation panel for APEC/IPEA for Korea. From 2014 to 2016,he was the Alex Wong/Gigi Wong Endowed Professor in Product Engineering Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HPKU). Currently,he is a Fellow of European Academy of Sciences and Arts,the European Academy of Sciences. Lau has conducted research in the field of Mechanical Engineering,Aerospace Engineering and Materials Engineering. His work has been focused on aerospace composites,Unmanned aerial vehicle,product design and engineering and bio-composites. Lau is recognized as Australian National Research Leader in Composite Materials 2019,published by The Australian Post. Within the period 2020-2022,he was Director of Oceania Cybersecurity Centre Limited and Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory Company.
Qingyan (Yan) Chen is the Director of the PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research (PAIR) and Chair Professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,active in the field of building science. He is Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University in the United States. He is the editor-in-chief of the academic journal Building and Environment.
Philip C. H. Chan was the Deputy President and Provost of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPU),who is currently Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Teng Jin-guang is a Chinese scientist and educator,currently serving as the president of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University since July 1,2019. Previously he served as the vice-president of Southern University of Science and Technology.
