Professor Ronaldo Borja*

Theoretical and computational solid mechanics; geomechanics and geosciences

Professor Cary Y. Yang*

Nanoelectronic devices and materials; nanocarbon on-chip interconnects; flexible sensors; electronic and thermal properties of materials interfaces

Professor Yu Bai

Composite structures, Modular construction, Robotic and automated construction, Human–robot collaboration for structural assembly

Professor Liangcai Cao*

Holography, Optical computing, Holographic display, Optical storage, Photopolymer, Holographic imaging

Professor Calvin Chun-kit Chan

Optical fiber communication systems, optical access systems, optical network planning, optical performance monitoring, optical signal processing, advanced digital modulation processing

Professor Mansun Chan

Electronics - integrated circuits; microelectronics; quantum engineering

Professor Nelson Sze-chun Chan

Photonics - Semiconductor lasers, nonlinear dynamics, optical chaos, and microwave photonics

Professor Chunyang Chen*

Software engineering and AI, LLM‑assisted software development and testing, Mobile app engineering, UI design, usability, and accessibility, Deep learning robustness and software security

Professor Kai Chen

Data center networks, AI-centric networking, Machine learning systems, Cloud computing

Professor Li Chen

Recommender systems and personalized AI; Conversational and explainable AI; Human–computer interaction and user modeling; Data‑driven personalization for digital media, e‑commerce, education, and well‑being

Professor Xiaodong Chen*

Mechanomaterials science and engineering, flexible electronics, sense digitalization, cyber-human interfaces and systems, and carbon-negative technology

Professor Xiqun Chen*

Transportation - Transportation management, Intelligent transportation systems, Shared mobility, Transportation big data analytics

Professor Benny C.F. Cheung

Precision Engineering, Ultra-precision Machining Technology, Modelling and Simulation of Ultra-precision Machining Processes, Precision Metrology, Surface Characterization, Ultra-precision Freeform Surface Measurement

Professor William Kwok-wai Cheung

Data mining, Machine learning, Big data analytics, Social media analytics, Intelligent information systems

Professor Francis Y. L. Chin

Algorithms, Deep learning, Bioinformatics

Professor Byron Koon-kau Choi

Data - visual graph query processing, Time series analysis, Database security

Professor Chi Shing Albert Chung

Computer vision and image processing, Medical image analysis and medical imaging, Artificial intelligence for healthcare, Image segmentation and image registration

Professor Rongxin Cui*

Control of nonlinear systems, Cooperative path planning and control for multiple robots control, Navigation for underwater vehicles

Professor Lin Dai

Wireless communications, communication theory, next-generation communication networks, networking theory, internet of things

Professor Bin Ding*

Textile – functional textiles, Electrospun fibrous materials,

Materials – nanofibrous materials

Professor Lixin Dong

Nano-robotics, nano-biomedical devices, nano-electromechanical systems, nano-photonic systems

Professor Dongping Fang*

Safety, resilience and management in the area of building, construction and urban development

Professor Junbin Gao*

Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Numerical Optimisation, Manifold-Valued Data Analysis

Professor Shichang Gao

Antennas and propagation, Millimeter‑wave (mmWave) antenna systems, Terahertz (THz) antennas, Satellite and space antennas, Phased arrays and beamforming, Reconfigurable and wearable antennas

Professor Nikolaos Geroliminis*

Urban transportation systems, traffic flow theory and control, public transportation and logistics, optimization and large scale networks

Professor Song Guo

Distributed systems and cloud computing, Edge and mobile computing, Big data systems and analytics, Internet of Things (IoT), Networked and data‑intensive systems

Professor Hong Hao*

Structural Dynamics, Earthquake Engineering, Blast and Impact Engineering, Structural Health Monitoring, Protection of Structures against Natural and Manmade Dynamic Loads

Professor Tsung-Yi Ho

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Engineering, Intelligent Systems Integration & Design, VLSI Computer-Aided Design, Computer Theory, Optimization, Quantum Computing

Professor Grace Hsuan*

Geosynthetics, plastic pipes, nanocomposite materials, and recycled materials

Professor Bo Huang

Geotechnical – spatiotemporal data analytics, Satellite image fusion, Environmental monitoring, Integrated spatial planning

Professor Lixi Huang

Acoustics, Fluid mechanics, Biomechanics (respiratory biomechanics), Aerospace engineering, Energy and environmental mechanics, Electromagnetic forces in mechanics, Broadband noise control, Flow‑ and thermal‑induced instability control

Professor Erik Jenelius*

Public transport systems and operations, Transport system resilience and reliability, Data‑driven analysis of travel behavior and mobility

Professor Wei Jin

Photonic sensing and instrumentation, fiber-enhanced laser spectroscopy, fibre-optic components and sensing systems, gas detection

Professor Kazuhiro Kosuge

Robotics and sutomation, Production and manufacturing, Robotic systems, Handling and manipulation, Human-robot interaction, Sensing and control

Professor Lyesse Laloui*

Environmental Geomechanics, Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering, Mechanics of Multiphase Porous Materials

Professor Kwok Yan Karch Lam*

Cybersecurity and digital trust, Distributed systems, blockchain, and IoT security, Federated learning, privacy‑preserving AI, and AI safety, Cyber‑physical systems and homeland security

Professor Jimmy Ho Man Lee

Constraint programming (CP), Constraint satisfaction and optimization, Combinatorial search and satisfiability, Scheduling and resource allocation, Algorithmic decision‑making systems

Professor Michael Kwok-hi Leung

Energy and environment, solar photocatalysis, fuel cell electrochemistry, hydrogen production

Professor Heng Li

Construction Management

Professor Xiao-yan Li*

Development of wastewater and sludge treatment technologies

Professor Mingsheng Liao*

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), InSAR (Interferometric SAR), PolSAR (Polarimetric SAR), Time‑series InSAR, Radar remote sensing, Ground deformation monitoring, Disaster and infrastructure monitoring

Professor Wei-hsin Liao

Robotics & Automation – Smart Materials and Adaptive Structures, Energy Harvesting and Vibration Control, 3D/4D Printing, Mechatronics, Exoskeleton and Prosthesis

Professor John Zhang Lin

Advanced room air distribution (ventilation), associated thermal comfort, indoor air quality (IAQ) and energy efficiency, outdoor thermal comfort, stress and tolerance

Professor Honghai Liu*

Robotics & Automation – Intelligent Sensing and Understanding, Machine Learning, Intelligent Robotics

Professor Ning Lu*

Geotechnical engineering; engineering mechanics; geomechanics; landslides

Professor Wei Pan

Building & Construction, Modular Integrated Construction, Life Cycle Assessment, Sustainable Construction

Professor Jeongwon Park*

Electronic materials; nano-technology

Professor Chi Sun Poon

Sustainable construction materials, Waste recycling and waste management, Recycling of construction waste, waste glass, and incineration ashes, Concrete technology and low‑carbon construction

Professor Timon Rabczuk*

Constitutive Modeling, Material Instabilities, Fracture, Strain Localization, Numerical Methods (Extended Finite Element and Mesfhree Methods), Isogeometric Analysis, Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction, Biomechanical Engineering

Professor Andrei Savkine*

Robotics – deployment and navigation of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles, control of mobile robots

Professor Chii Shang

Environmental, chemistry and photochemistry in engineered and natural water systems, water purification and green hydrogen production

Professor Ling Shi

Robotics - cyber-physical systems; automatic control; game theory

Professor Chester Ching-tat Shu

Photonics – optical signal processing, non-linear fiber, optical fiber sensors

Professor Hwa-yaw Tam

Photonics

Professor Ping Tan

Computer vision, Computer graphics, Robotics

Professor Dan Wang

Computing for sustainability and sustainable computing, AI for weather and climate systems, Edge AI and federated analytics, Energy‑efficient systems and smart buildings

Professor Shun Wang*

AI‑based analysis of geological hazards, Geotechnical engineering and constitutive modeling, Large‑deformation numerical simulation of landslides

Professor Tao Wang

Atmospheric chemistry, land-sea-air exchange, air quality, lab, field and model studies

Professor Yu Wang

Geotechnical, soil structure interaction, seismic risk assessment

Professor Qihao Weng

Remote Sensing, Geographical Information Science, Surveying, Urban Sustainability, Geospatial AI/Data Science, Urban Climate & Environment

Professor Hei Wong

Electronic materials, nanoelectronics, device reliability

Professor Feng Xia*

Artificial intelligence, graph learning, brain science, digital health, robotics and systems engineering

Professor Min Xie

Systems engineering, industrial statistics, quality and reliability, and engineering management

Professor Zhao Xu

Smart grids, renewable energy and power system optimization and analysis, power electronics-energy storage system design, electronic converter design, electric vehicle

Professor Mo Yang

Nanomaterials-based biosensing, bioimaging and therapeutics, Microfluidics for biomedical applications

Professor Shuhuai Yao

Heat and mass transport, Microfluidics and nanofluidics, Lab-on-a-chip, Phase change heat transfer

Professor Bei Yu

Machine learning and deep learning for systems, VLSI computer‑aided design (CAD), Computer architecture and intelligent system integration, Combinatorial algorithms, Computer vision

Professor Pong-Chi Yuen

Computer vision, Pattern recognition, Biometrics (face recognition, gait recognition), Image and video analysis, Machine learning for visual computing

Professor Dan Zhang

Robotic systems

Professor Fumin Zhang

Control and Robotic Systems (CRS)

Professor Qingfu Zhang

Artificial intelligence, Evolutionary Computation, Multiobjective Optimization, Computational Intelligence, Optimization, Modern Heuristics, Machine Learning

Professor Linjie Zhou*

Integrated photonics, optical devices, silicon photonics, microwave photonics

Ms Edith CHOI

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