Awards & Recognitions
2026
Head and Chair Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering|Cheong Ying Chan Professor of Energy Engineering and Environment|Director of HKUST Energy Institute|Director of Joint Laboratory for Hydrogen Energy
2026 UAiTED Innovation Competition — Silver Award
SmartCare Technology - CHENG Ngai Shing
School of Engineering
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
2025 ICPC Asia East Continent Final Silver Medal
HKUST1 - Taimas Korganbayev, Raiymbek Baishuak, Mukhammadarif Sakhmoldin
School of Engineering
Head and Chair Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering|Cheong Ying Chan Professor of Energy Engineering and Environment|Director of HKUST Energy Institute|Director of Joint Laboratory for Hydrogen Energy
Appointed as Associate Editor of the journal TESOL Quarterly
Acting Head and Professor, Division of Humanities|Academic Director of MA in International Language Education
Review of the book: Public Interest and State Legitimation: Early Modern England, Japan, and China in the Journal of Interdisciplinary History
Associate Professor, Division of Social Science
Associate Professor of Engineering Education|Senior Lecturer, Division of Integrative Systems and Design
ECOOP 2026 Distinguished Artifact Award
Dr. Lionel Parreaux and Mr. Luyu Cheng - Department of Computer Science and Engineering
School of Engineering
2026 Stanford/Elsevier World's Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists List in Social Sciences (Subfield: Demography)
Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Science (Research)|Professor, Division of Social Science, Division of Public Policy|Associate Director of Center for Aging Science|Associate Director of Leadership and Public Policy Executive Education