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HKUST continues to garner global accolades for outstanding achievements in cutting-edge research that directly impacts people’s lives.
Clever Solution to Water Infrastructure Issues
An interdisciplinary team co-led by Prof. Mohamed Salah GHIDAOUI, Chinese Estates Professor of Engineering and Chair Professor of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at HKUST, has won the Creativity Prize at the 12th Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW).
HKUST’s global standing has been elevated further by recent accolades bestowed on two distinguished faculty members for their relentless pursuit of knowledge, innovation, and societal impact.
Excellence in Geotechnical Engineering and Disaster Mitigation
Prof. ZHANG Limin, Head and Chair Professor of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was recently awarded a Certificate of Merit at the Fourth National Award for Excellence in Innovation.
When news broke that Prof. Luk Kam Biu had been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS), his reaction was understated.
“Knowing the high caliber of the NAS members, I was humbled by the news and am excited to join the club,” says Prof. Luk, who has been at the forefront of particle physics for decades.
But behind this quiet, unassuming nature lies a career defined by bold questions, meticulous experimentation, and discoveries that have reshaped our understanding of the subatomic world.
The news that he had won the 2026 Croucher Tak Wah Mak Innovation Award was “almost hard to believe,” says Prof. WANG Jue from HKUST’s Department of Physics.
Prof. Wang says the award “carries a special meaning” and seems “almost like an angel investment” because it presents him with greater freedom “to build new experimental platforms and explore ambitious directions.”
This research drive is directed at exploring how light can be used to create and control quantum states in ultra-thin materials for future electronic and information technologies.
United by a drive to innovate, all 62 teams from HKUST and HKUST (Guangzhou) won awards at the 51st International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva between March 11 and 15.
Between them, the 36 teams from HKUST and 26 teams from HKUST (GZ) brought home 13 Gold Medals with Congratulations of the Jury, 20 Gold Medals, 20 Silver Medals, and nine Bronze Medals.
This outstanding achievement by the HKUST entrants represented the highest number of awards among all higher education institutions in Hong Kong.