The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is a public research university in Hung Hom,Kowloon,Hong Kong. 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.
Henry Tzu-Yow Yang is a Chinese American mechanical 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,coined by Dean Mahyar A. Amouzegar in 2012,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 2024 U.S. News &World Report's "America's Best Colleges" edition,the College of Engineering is ranked 9th overall 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.
Ping Li is currently Sin Wai Kin Professor in Humanities and Technology,Chair Professor of Neurolinguistics and Bilingual Studies,and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). Prior to joining PolyU,he was a Professor of Psychology,Linguistics,and Information Sciences and Technology,and Associate Director of the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences at Pennsylvania State University. His research interests are in language acquisition,bilingualism,and reading comprehension in both children and adults. He uses digital technologies and cognitive neuroscience methods to study neuroplasticity and individual differences in learning,so as to understand the relationships among languages,cultures,technology,and the brain. Li received a B.A. in Chinese linguistics from Peking University in 1983,an M.A. in theoretical linguistics from Peking University,a Ph.D. in psycholinguistics from Leiden University and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in 1990,and completed post-doctoral fellowships at the Center for Research in Language at the University of California,San Diego and the McDonnell-Pew Center for Research in Cognitive Neuroscience in 1992. Li has been employed at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (1992–1996),the University of Richmond (1996–2006),and Pennsylvania State University (2008–2019),and he has also served as Program Director for the Perception,Action,and Cognition Program and the Cognitive Neuroscience Program at the National Science Foundation (2007–2009). Li was also President of the Society for Computation in Psychology and is currently Editor of Brain and Language,Elsevier and Senior Editor of Cognitive Science,Wiley. He is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Marjorie Yang Mun-tak GBS is Chairwoman of Esquel Group,a Hong Kong–based textile and apparel manufacturer with operations throughout the world,producing over 110 million cotton shirts every year for well-acclaimed brands and retailers such as Ralph Lauren,Tommy Hilfiger,Hugo Boss,Nike,and Marks and Spencer.
Hong Kong Community College (HKCC) is an affiliated and financially self-supporting college of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University,a public research university in Hong Kong. Initially located on the PolyU campus,HKCC now has two campuses separated from the university.
Hong Kong CyberU was a virtual school developed by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and PCCW in 2000. It later became the online arm of PolyU. HKCyberU adopts a ‘blended mode’of study to combine the flexibility of web-based learning with personal guidance through face-to-face tutorials. It provides web-based programmes leading to academic awards offered by PolyU and other institutions in the Mainland and overseas.
The City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) is a public research university located in Kowloon Tong,Kowloon,Hong Kong. It was founded in 1984 as the City Polytechnic of Hong Kong and became a fully accredited university in 1994.
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).
Otto Lin is a researcher,academic,executive in the high-technology sector,and entrepreneurship advocate.
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 a Hong Kong engineer and academic. 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. He has been named as “2023 年度傑出人物”and “2024 年度全球傑出華人領袖”. Currently,he has been appointed as 中氫聚力首席技術官,莞港創科合作顧問委員會成員and 力嘉（上海）新能源有限公司首席顧. Dr. Lau also established two academician workstations (院士工作站) with Basalt Fibre Composites Development Company Limited and Hebei University of Technology supported by Sichuan’s and Tianjin’s provincial Governments,respectively to support the conversion of new technologies,like basalt fibre reinforced polymer composites and 3D printed concrete bridges to the industry.
Qingyan (Yan) Chen (陳清焰) 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 engineer and educator,currently serving as the president of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University since 1 July 2019. Previously he served as the vice-president of Southern University of Science and Technology.
The PolyU Faculty of Construction and Environment is one of the faculty at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The faculty consists of the Department of Building and Real Estate,Department of Building Services Engineering,Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,and Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics. In 2021,the faculty has around 115 full-time academic staff.
Tod A. Laursen is an American academic and engineer,currently Chancellor of American University of Sharjah. Prior to his current role,he was a faculty member and researcher as well as having leadership positions of various institutions including Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi,and State University of New York (SUNY) Polytechnic Institute in New York. During his time in State University of New York (SUNY) systems,he also was the Chief Academic Officer (Provost).
