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
The 51st Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions - Gold Medal
Professor, Division of Integrative Systems and Design, Department of Ocean Science, Department of Computer Science and Engineering|PG Programs Coordinator (Integrative Systems and Design)
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee Research Award for Young Scientist 2025
Associate Professor, Division of Environment and Sustainability
Associate Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering|Associate Director of Center for Display Research
Associate Head and Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering|Director of BIM Lab|Director of Center for Digital Twin on the Built Environment|Associate Director of GREAT Smart Cities Institute
Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Saint Francis Prize in Techno-Humanities (AI Humanities Commendation Award) from Saint Francis University
Dean of Humanities and Social Science|Chair Professor, Division of Social Science
The 51st Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions - Silver Medal
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Division of Arts and Machine Creativity|Acting Director of Center for Artificial Intelligence Research
2026 ACM SIGGRAPH Academy
Acting Head and Professor, Division of Arts and Machine Creativity|Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas|Program Director of MA in Arts and Machine Creativity