Collaborative Research Projects Steering Committee
| Committee Member | Title/Institution |
|---|---|
| Chairman | |
| Professor Paul K L Yu* | Provost of Revelle College, William S C Chang Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego, U.S.A. Interests in optoelectronic materials, devices and engineering, modern communication, microwave photonics (e.g. transmission of high frequency optical signals and signal processing). |
| Members | |
| Professor Ronaldo Borja* | Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, U.S.A. Interests in developing strain localization and failure models for soils and rocks, modeling coupled solid deformation/ fluid flow phenomena in porous materials, and finite element modeling of faulting, cracking, and fracturing in quasi-brittle materials. |
| Professor Wesley Cantwell* | Director, Aerospace Research and Innovation Centre and Associate Dean for Research, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Khalifa University of Science Technology and Research, U.A.E. Interests in composite materials, impact, lightweight aerospace structures, advanced manufacturing techniques, environmentally-friendly composites, polymers, fracture mechanics, dynamic properties of materials and smart structures. |
| Professor Wing-kam Liu* | Walter P. Murphy Professor of Mechanical and Civil and Environmental Engineering,, Northwestern University, U.S.A. Interests in nonlinear finite elements, multiscale methods for materials design and engineering simulation, linear and nonlinear fluid structure interactions, seismic analysis and vulnerability of structures, computational nanotechnology, multiscale computational materials design, microfluidics and electrokinetics of manipulation and assembly of nano/bio molecules, modeling of MEMS/NEMS and energy harvesting devices, microfluidic electrokinetic assembly of nano- and bio-molecules, nano-diamond based device for engineered medicine delivery. |
| Professor Gigi Luk* | Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Canada Interests in bilingualism, cognitive development, lifespan development and neuroimaging. |
| Professor Pedro Alvarez* | George R. Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, U.S.A. Interests in environmental implications and applications of nanotechnology, bioremediation, fate and transport of toxic chemicals, water footprint of biofuels, water treatment and reuse, and antibiotic resistance control. |
| Professor Nancy Y Wong* | Professor, Consumer Science, School of Human Ecology and Faculty Director, Kohl's Center for Retailing Excellence, University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S.A. Interests in culture, materialism and emotion, cross-cultural research methods, consumer decision making and public policy. |
| Professor Hongtao Yu* | Chair Professor and Dean of School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, P.R.C. Interests in combining cell biological, biochemical, and biophysical methods; to understand cellular mechanisms governing genomic stability at the molecular and atomic levels. |
* Members outside Hong Kong