Awards & Recognitions
2026
ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee Research Award for Young Scientist 2025
Associate Professor, Division of Environment and Sustainability
Lecturer I, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Third Round of the RAISe+ Scheme
Chair Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Ocean Science, Division of Environment and Sustainability|Co-Director of Space Science and Technology Institute|Associate Director of Center for AI in Economic, Social and Environmental Research
Head and Chair Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering|Wilson H. Tang Professor of Engineering|Director of Digital Cities and Smart Hazard Mitigation Laboratory|Associate Director of Center for Digital Twin on the Built Environment|Associate Director of GREAT Smart Cities Institute
Elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of the United States
IAS Paul C W Chu Professor|Chair Professor, Department of Physics|Director of IAS Center for Fundamental Physics
Chair Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics|Associate Director of HKUST-HKPC Joint Research Lab for Industrial AI and Robotics
The 51st Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions - Gold Medal
Assistant Professor, Division of Integrative Systems and Design|Director of Laboratory of Zero Carbon Architecture and Future City
Croucher Tak Wah Mak Innovation Award 2026
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
Associate Professor of Engineering Education|Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
The 51st Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions - Gold Medal
Department of Mathematics