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A professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has earned global recognition in the field of water engineering and environmental fluid mechanics. Prof Mohamed S Ghidaoui of the HKUST's Department of Civil Engineering has been selected the winner of 2007 Arthur Thomas Ippen Award by the International Association of Hydraulic Engineering & Research (IAHR). The award will be presented next month at the IAHR Congress in Venice, where Prof Ghidaoui will also deliver the Ippen Award Lecture. The lecture will then be published in the Journal of Hydraulic Research of IAHR. The award is the most prestigious prize that the association bestows on a member of the water engineering and science community. This is also only the second time the award has been won by an Asia-based researcher since the prize was established in 1977.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) today (Thursday) confers Honorary Fellowship on four distinguished community leaders in recognition of their contributions to the University and the community. The four are: Dr Chan Man-Hung, Mr Lester G Huang, Mr Humphrey Leung Kwong-Wai, and Dr Lawrence Tsi-Kong Wong. HKUST Pro-Chancellor Dr the Honorable Sir Sze-Yuen Chung, Council Chairman Dr John Chan, and President Paul Chu officiated at the presentation ceremony.

A cross-institutional research project led by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has received $27.5 million sustained funding support from the University Grants Committee (UGC), reaffirming the project's world-class excellence. The funding was granted under the "Area of Excellence" (AoE) scheme, which was established in 1998 to support UGC-funded institutes to develop their existing strengths into internationally-recognized areas of excellence. Prof Nancy Ip, Program Director of the project, as well as the Chair Professor of Biochemistry and Director of the Biotechnology Research Institute at HKUST, said the sustained AoE would bring significant benefits to Hong Kong's emerging biotechnology industry.

As a leading institution of higher education, the University of Science and Technology has dedicated itself to nurturing young talents in research in a wide range of disciplines. To arouse Physics students' research interest during their undergraduate studies, Prof Paul Chu, President of HKUST and his wife Mrs May Chu have made a donation of HK$ 1 million to honor Physics students with outstanding research potential. President Paul Chu and his wife Mrs May Chu made a donation of HK$ 1 million to honor two winning Physics students, Miss Ho Cheuk Ting, Cherry and Mr Hong Xiaoping. Their project advisors, Prof Chan Che Ting (first from left) and Prof Michael Loy (first from right) also present at the ceremony to share the happiness.

Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have made another major discovery that paves the way for finding an effective treatment and prevention of schizophrenia, which affects about one in 100 of the general population. This is the first time in the scientific world that positive selection has been observed for any schizophrenia related gene. In population genetics, positive selection occurs when natural selection favors a form of gene and therefore frequency of the selected form of gene continuously increases.

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Prof Irene Man-Chi Lo of the HKUST’s Department of Civil Engineering has just been honored with a prestigious international award in the environmental field. This is the first time a Hong Kong Chinese scientist has helped find a solution to underground pollution on Danish soil, and she is one of only three Chinese recipients ever to have received this honour since the award was established in 1968. Prof Lo, Associate Professor of HKUST’s Civil Engineering Department, along with her former PhD student and her research partners in Denmark has been selected by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for the 2007 Samuel Arnold Greeley Award. This prestigious award is presented by the Society to recognize Prof Lo and her research group on their outstanding paper “Field Monitoring of a Permeable Reactive Barrier for Removal of Chlorinated Organics,” in the February 2006 issue of the Journal of Environmental Engineering. The award was presented on 15 May 2007.