News & Stories

2024

Dedicated to enhancing equity in transportation resources, Prof. Jian Sisi believes such equity is crucial for ensuring access to essential areas such as healthcare, education and business activities.
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Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Women in Engineering, Transportation
Moving People Forward Through Transportation Engineering
Becoming a leading-edge early career faculty member in smart mobility has proved transformative professionally and personally for Prof. JIAN Sisi, a journey she is now encouraging others to try.

2023

For former NASA researcher Prof. Su Hui, Civil and Environmental Engineering, a major goal of atmospheric scientists is to improve predictive accuracy and reduce uncertainty in weather and climate forecasting to enable wider society to better plan for climate change. Satellite data can be highly valuable in this endeavor.
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Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hydraulics, Climate Change, Women in Engineering
A Fresh Look at Fathoming Global Warming
With the help of HKUST’s exciting satellite remote sensing technology and data advances, School of Engineering faculty are seeking more accurate weather forecasts and greater understanding of climate change to enable more effective planning and decision-making by policymakers, companies and individuals.

2021

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Women / Gender, Women in Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Careers, Robotics
Prof. Pascale Fung: Woman Engineer Defies All Odds
The notable woman engineer reveals how she developed an interest in engineering as a kid, and what drove her to become an engineer in a male-denominated field.

2020

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Women in Engineering, Women / Gender, Hackathon, Integrative Systems and Design, Student Innovation
For Women, By Women
Mashiat Lamisa (third right) and her teammates Ilana Zimmerman (second right) and Dama Correch (third left) received the Empower Women Through Technology Prize at the cmd-f all-female* hackathon held at the University of British Columbia.

2019

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Women in Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Student Development and Bonding, Postgraduate
Leveraging Computer Science to Turn Imagination into Reality
Video game enthusiast Wei Lili has turned her childhood interest into cutting-edge research that sets to produce reliable high-quality software for mobile phone users.
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Alumni, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Women in Engineering, Women / Gender
Women in Engineering
Two female engineers, who are alumni of the School of Engineering, tell us their fulfilling careers in geotechnical engineering and structural engineering.
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Aircraft and Aeronautical Engineering, Transportation, Women in Engineering
2025 Ambition might not Fly for China
Prof. Rhea Liem, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering The "Made in China 2025" initiative - first announced in 2015 to close the gap between the Chinese and Western technological prowess - was not mentioned at the opening session of the National People's Congress this month. Critics say the omission was to appease Washington amid turbulent Sino-US trade negotiations. Politics aside, as the 2025 timeframe is about halfway through, are the goals - with one key focus being making its jetliners to take up to 20 percent of the global market - still achievable? A few months back, the C919 of Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, or Comac, landed safely in Shanghai, showcasing China's upgraded aircraft-manufacturing capabilities. Expected to commercially operate in 2021, C919 is a narrow-body twinjet airliner that is the equivalent of the Airbus 320 and the Boeing 737.