Awards & Recognitions
2026
Research Professor, Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas
The Distinguished Lectureship Award, The Chemical Society of Japan
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
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
AUA Scholars Award Program 2026
Assistant Professor, Division of Arts and Machine Creativity
Hari Harilela Assistant Professor of Physics|Assistant Professor, Department of Physics|Director of Center for Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
IEEE Signal Processing Society Outstanding Editorial Board Member Award
Associate Professor, Division of Arts and Machine Creativity, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas|Director of HKUST Shenzhen Large Model AI Laboratory|PG Programs Coordinator (Arts and Machine Creativity)
ASTRI RD project: Half Body Emotional Avatar Video Generation
Assistant Professor, Division of Arts and Machine Creativity
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, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Assistant Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Engineering