News & Stories

2023

Geotechnical expert Prof. Zhang Limin: the profound personal impact of work related to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan led to his pioneering role in the emerging science of multi-risk emergency management
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Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Research
Digitalizing Disasters to Counter Climate Change
In the face of increasing extreme rainfall events that often trigger further dangers, School of Engineering civil engineers are setting out to develop a pioneering city-scale slope digital twin to boost forecasting, prevention, and mitigation of Hong Kong’s number one natural hazard: landslides.

2020

News
Recognition, Geotechnical Engineering, Scientific Computation, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering
Geotechnical and Mobile Computing Innovators Elected as Fellows of Royal Academy of Engineering
Prof. Charles NG Wang-Wai (left) and Prof. HUI Pan (right) were elected as the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Fellow and International Fellow respectively.

2019

News
Geotechnical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Research
HKUST to lead Hong Kong’s Largest Research Project on Extreme Weather Prediction and Landslide Early Warning System by Using Artificial Intelligence
An international and multidisciplinary research team led by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) was recently granted a research fund of HK$91.85 million by the University Grants Committee (UGC). Under the leadership of Prof. Charles NG Wang-Wai (HKUST Associate Vice-President for Research and Development and CLP Holdings Professor of Sustainability), this project will deliver a comprehensive extreme weather and landslide warning system. This novel system will increase the forecast lead time of heavy rainfall from three to six hours, thereby giving the general public and responders more time to prepare for potential disasters.