HKUST staff will teach the majority of courses. Several prestigious industry practitioners are also involved in the teaching. The integration of both HKUST faculty and industry practitioners is to ensure that both fundamental and practical elements can be delivered in this program.

From HKUST

Professor Christopher Chao
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
PhD University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests: Transport phenomena of expiratory droplets in indoor air; indoor air quality and energy; renewable energy; combustion science.

Professor C T Hsu
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
PhD Stanford
Research Interests: Flow, heat and mass transfer in porous media; environmental fluid mechanics; ocean wave dynamics, statistical fluid mechanics and heat transfers; magnetic nano-fluids; energy efficient product testing and development.

Professor S C Kot
Senior Lecturer Emeritus
Department of Mechanical Engineering
PhD Cornell
Research Interests: Computational fluid dynamics; environmental fluid dynamics; atmospheric dispersion; wind-tunnel modeling; airport wind shear.

Professor David Lam
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
PhD University of California, Santa Barbara
Research Interests: Development of new materials and processes for use in wireless and sensing applications; development of smart drug delivery system.

Professor Ricky Lee
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
PhD Purdue
Research Interests: Electronics packaging and surface mount technology; smart materials and mechanics of sensors and actuators; composite materials and structures.

Professor Yi-Kuen Lee
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
PhD University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests: Bio-MEMS: biosensor chip, micro electroporation cell chip, micro/nano electrophoresis chip; micro thermal injector; micro chaotic mixer; DNA fluorescence microscopy.

Professor Zhigang Li
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
PhD Delaware
Research Interests: Transport phenomena (micro/nano-scale); nonlinear dynamics/chaos; complex fluids; numerical simulations (MD, MC, DPD).

Professor Moses Ng
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
PhD University of Illinois at Chicago
Research Interests: Energy conversion technologies, hydrogen and fuel cells, fuel cells power plant, solar thermoelectric, BiPV, small wind power generation, batteries and electrical vehicles, heat transfer in non-Newtonian fluids.

Professor Huihe Qiu
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
PhD Erlangen-Nurembery
Research Interests: Optical diagnostics; micro sensors and actuators; transport phenomena in micro- and nano- scale multiphase flows; bio- and micro fluidics; microcasting and spray.

Professor Tongxi Yu
Chair Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
PhD, ScD Cambridge
Research Interests: Impact dynamics; engineering plasticity; structural crashworthiness; mechanics of sheet material forming; energy absorbing materials and devices; cellular materials; textile composites; mechanics of nano composites.

Professor Tianshou Zhao
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
PhD Hawaii
Research Interests: Energy conversion; fuel cells; micro/nano scale heat/mass transfer; Lattice Boltzmann method; electronic cooling; heat pipes; advanced air conditioning and refrigeration systems.

Dr Samuel Chan
Senior Manager
Building Services & Security Section – Operations & Maintenance
Facilities Management Office
EngD Warwick

Dr Joseph Kwan
Director
Health, Safety and Environment Office
DEnv University of California, Los Angeles

Dr Samuel Yu
Associate Director
Health, Safety and Environment Office
DEnv University of California, Los Angeles

From Industry (Tentative)

Dr Alex Chan
President (2003-2004)
Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Director
Applied Technology Integration Ltd.
PhD University of Hong Kong

Dr H F Chan
Chairman, Environmental Division (2000-2001)
Representative, Environmental Engineering Discipline (2002-2005)
Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Honorary Advisor (2005- ), Energy Institute (Hong Kong Branch)
Managing Director
Cinotech Consultants Limited
PhD University of Hong Kong

Dr Vincent Simon Ho
Safety Specialty Group
Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
PhD University of California, Los Angeles

Dr Y F Kwok
Building Services Engineer, Energy Efficiency Office, EMSD
Disciplinary Tribunal Panel, Electricity Ordinance (1996-1999)
PhD Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Dr Gabriel Lam
Chairman (Environmental Engineering Discipline 2000 - 2003)
Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Managing Director
Nature and Technologies (HK) Ltd.
PhD University of Queensland

Dr Herman Tsui
Chairman (2002 - 2003)
Energy Institute (Hong Kong Branch)
Technical Director
Advanced Informatics Limited
PhD UMIST