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THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
FRIDAY, 4 NOVEMBER 1994
Excitement, anticipation, the flash of cameras, and the aroma of bouquets filled the Atrium as graduates, parents, family members, and friends gathered for HKUST's Second Congre-gation on 4 November 1994.
In this ceremony the University awarded bachelor's degrees to its very first class of undergraduates, the pioneers who had entered the University when it opened in 1991. Also awarded was HKUST's first PhD degree, as well as its second batch of master's degrees.
The Right Hon. Christopher PATTEN, Chancellor of the University and Governor of Hong Kong, conferred the degrees
upon the 576 undergraduates and 213 graduate students. Honorary degrees were presented to Prof. Yuan-Cheng FUNG, a world-renowned expert in bioengineering, and Sir David FORD, Commissioner for Hong Kong in London and former Chief Secretary of the Hong Kong Government.
Two new medals, the Michael G. Gale Medal for Distin-guished Teaching and the Stephen Cheong Kam-chuen Medal for Distinguished Service to the Student Body, were presented for the first time. Also awarded were Academic Achievement Medals to undergraduates who demonstrated outstanding aca-demic performance during their university career. 0
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Chancellor Patten, Chairman Chung, Colleagues, Distinguished Guests, and most importantly today, our Graduates and their Parents - ~{i R¥ '
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Let me begin by congratulating you, our graduates, who intel-ligently and boldly chose to join this new University shortly after its birth. Let me also congratulate the many academic and administrative staff who worked diligently for you, who dedi-cated themselves to providing you with an excellent environ-ment in which to learn. For three years we have travelled together through triumphs and adversity. Now you are ready to go out into the world. You will hold high with pride and confidence the pennant of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
In April 1988, at the inauguration of the University Council, I told a story set in the year 2001, about a young man who graduated from UST in the year 1996, and about his girlfriend, who was still studying at UST. At the end of the story, after an image of the couple walking hand-in-hand towards the end of the rainbow, I turned formal and said:
The profile of a HKUST graduate is that of a broadly educated professional: a cultured, social being endowed with specific talents infields that contribute to the region's economic well-being. In addition to an interdisciplinary knowledge base and its applications, this person will have a love for nature, a concern for the environment, a devo-tion to the common good, an appreciadevo-tion of the arts, and a penchant for participatory sports: an all-around person with hands on the present and eyes for the future.
Looking out on the congregation today, I dare say that for many of the young men and women sitting here in academic robes, a good part of that prediction has already come true.
But not all. We, not you, have fallen short.
Let us' apologize to you, our graduates, for three years of relative hardship. We recall vividly the many complaints that, while your classmates from secondary school who had chosen to go elsewhere could enjoy fun and fellowship, you, at UST, had to do homework and struggle with tests from the very first week of class. We know that your desk lamps had to stay on until after midnight, and that the busiest time on the University's computer network feB between 11 pm and 1 am. We realize that you were not given enough time to think on your own, to enjoy more cultural and athletic activities, or to playa more active role in student organizations. In our drive to turn you into experts in your chosen specialty and, at the same time, help you attain some degree of intellectual breadth, we pushed you too hard towards the acquisition of knowledge, thereby depriving you of a fuller life.
For that we are sorry but we have no regret. Under the rigid constraints of a three-year system, we could have focused merely on job training, but we did not. We delivered to you a more complete tertiary education. It is our hope that society will soon
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see that Hong Kong in the 21st Century will differ markedly from the Hong Kong of the 1980s and decide to invest more of her ample resources in the education of her people: in a better funded pre-tertiary system and a four-year university curricu-lum. Hong Kong must do more to prepare her residents for responsible self-governance and sustained prosperity.
Let us apologize to you for the deficiencies in campus facili-ties, During your first weeks here, we had to fit out classrooms and laboratories, causing you discomfort and inconvenience, We did not (and still do not) have enough amenities and sports facilities for those of you who could find the time to exercise your body as well as mind. We realize that many of you were somewhat dissatisfied with the food and housing services which a new institution could muster up, We lament that, just when some of the deficiencies were mended, many of you had to move out of residential halls to make room for newcomers: your younger "brothers and sisters" who needed to live on campus more than you did in order to overcome the pressures of an unfamiliar lifestyle.
For that we are sorry but we have no regret. You recall that while a spectacular and functional campus was being built by a thoroughly professional team under the project management of the Jockey Club, a misinformed public laid siege to the new university with talk of a "cost overrun", Facilities which were available on other university campuses to enhance student life, and facilities which were crucial to achieving our unique tech-nology transfer goals, could not be included in the scope of construction. Nevertheless, we overcame. We endured the pain together and accomplished our basic mission with flying colors. Now that the Jockey Club has completed the project with a huge surplus - at a total cost almost $300 million below the budget approved unanimously by LegCo - it is our hope that Govern-ment would see fit to let us use the surplus to correct the deficiencies.
Since this day of celebration belongs mainly to our graduates and their parents, I should not, as always, heap praises upon our faculty - a faculty whose ranks now swell with national academy fellows, distinguished scholars, and potential intellectual stars. A faculty of whose teaching performance I hear words of praise from students and little complaint. A faculty whose research
accomplishments win us far more grants through open com-petition than other universities. A faculty who take seriously
the University's mission of economic development and already provide significant R&D services to Government
and industry. A faculty who have already made UST's name
well known among major research universities overseas.
Look, I have managed to heap praises upon our faculty
after all! But, in congratulating our graduates, how can we
not take our hat off and pay tribute to the faculty on their day of pride and joy for a job well done?
Now as you, our graduates, depart to make your mark in society, I wish to offer a few parting words from the heart. For too long, Hongkongers have assumed what I refer to as a "fringe mental
-ity". Hong Kong has done well as an out-post for a great but distant economic
power - as a trading post, a gateway, a beachhead. This need not be said with
re-gret, for over the years
and in that role, Hong
Kong has acquired
stability, wealth, and
world prominence. But times are
changing. Come the
21st century, Hong
Kong must cease to be everyone's
gate-way. Hong Kong will become the most im-portant ci ty in the vast territory south of the Yangtze River basin
- a nerve center for
an area with a popu-lation ten times that of Great Britain, or France, or Italy, and twice that of the United States. You,
• The Stephell Cheol/g Kalll-ellllell Medal for Distillgllished Service to the Stlldent Body was presented by Mrs. Joal/ CHEONG to
Seal/ LIN, tile first president of tile Stlldellts' UI/ion,
wllose "energ1j, commitment, imaginatioll, and commoll sel/se IIad everytllil/g to do witll tile creatiol/ and formatioll of effective stlldent
govel'lllllent at HKUST."
our graduates, are well positioned to meet the
chal-lenge head-on and seize every opportunity that comes by. At UST, what we have prepared for you is but a foundation. Upon that foundation you must grow on
your own and become the master of Hong Kong's destiny under the "one country, two systems" dictum. We count on you to do it right.
On behalf of your alma mater, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, I'd like to conclude by offering you
another prediction:
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Ti,e Miellnel G. Gale Medal forDistil/gllislled Teachil/g was awarded to Dr. Yi-zhel/g Joseph LlAN (ECOI/Olllics), who "Ilns iI/spired
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What we have been able to do here in the last three years, as a team and against heavy odds, will be repeated again and again, as you thrust yourself into the real world. You will remain, always, loyal members of your University, as we soar together to build a !tfe of superior qualityfor the people of Hong Kong and her region .
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HONORARY DEGREES
Doctor of Science honoris causa
Professor Yuan-Cheng FUNG, BS, MS, PhD
Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Mechanics. University of California. San Diego.
1966-Prof. Fung is the only researcher to have been elected to the United States's National Acad-emy of Science. National Academy of Engineering
and Institute of Medi-cine, a distinction that
reflects his wide-ranging
accomplishments in
fields ranging from aeronautics to bioengineering.
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He traces his interest in biomedical engineering through a
series of, as he says, "casual opportunities," not the least being his study of medical literature, in an effort to understand and
help towards alleviating his mother's medical condition. His training in engineering afforded him insights into medical prob-lems which had eluded others, and his vision enabled him to apply his knowledge not only to the immediate issues, but also to their longer-term ramifications.
With creative foresight, he seeks in his research to anticipate problems and look for solutions to matters which others are not working on, or have not even discerned. Prof. Fung's approach to research is to take a long-term perspective, and it is this which has enabled him to remain a leading scientific researcher for so many years.
*Edilor's /lole: Prof. Fung is also a fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Academia Sinica.
Doctor of Letters honoris causa Sir David Robert FORD, KBE. L YO, lP
Chief Secretary. Hong Kong Government, 1987-93 Hong Kong Commissioner in London.
1993-Sir David's career reads like the story of post-war Hong Kong in micro-cosm. In his early years, his commando training toughened him physi-cally, honed his survival skills, and helped him develop a resilience to a wide variety of
condi-tions and circumstances and an ability to communicate with people from all walks of life. In later years, as a senior officer in government, he has been able not only to put these attributes to the test, but to use them to achieve distinction in his area of personal endeavour.
The period of the planning and establishment of our Univer-sity coincided with Sir David's Chief Secretaryship, and he made a major contribution to the University's development in its initial years. He took a personal interest in the successful progress of the foundation of this new institution - as he puts it, "I helped give it a fair wind through committee."
Currently, Sir David holds the post of Commissioner for Hong Kong in London, where he is responsible, inter alia, for promoting and advancing Hong Kong's interests and image, and enhancing the understanding of Hong Kong affairs - giving Hong Kong a fair wind, one might say.
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PUSHING DEEP INTO THE
ULTRAVIOLET REGIME
. At the forefront of modern-day science,
physi-cists at HKUST are working with specially grown
optical crystals that can double the frequency and halve the wavelength of a laser beam pass-ing through them. changpass-ing visible light into
deep ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Through this technique, compact tabletop UV lasers could become available in the near future.
In October 1994, Prof. George K. L. WONG (Physics) and Prof. CHEN Chuangtian of the
Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter succeeded in generating UV laser
radia-• Prof George K. L. WONG holds one of the new generation of nonlinear crystals from China.
Gram for gram, these artificially grown optical crystals are more expel1sive than diamol1ds.
system based on a tunable optical para-metric amplifier developed by Prof.
Wong's research group.
Short-wavelength UV laser radia-tion has important uses in fundamen-tal science, as well as medical and commercial applications. It is ideal for splicing molecules. performing delicate surgical procedures, produc-ing advanced data storage and
photonic devices for
telecommuni-cation systems, and fabricating
sub-micron-size semiconductor devices.
tion with a wavelength of 187.4 nm, breaking the former world record of 205 nm set in 1986. This achievement was made using
a new nonlinear crystal grown at Fujian and an advanced laser
"The shorter the wavelength, the greater the miniaturization possible,"
says Prof. Wong, who hopes to use the crystals frQm China to shorten the wavelength of UV laser radiation even further, making the development of practical and
MEASURING AIR QUALITY
OVER HONG KONG
Nearly every day last October and November, a small twin-engine turboprop airplane emblazoned with the HKUST logo left the Government Flying Services hangar for a four-hour cruise around the territory. Its mission: to measure air quality by recording the presence of pollutants in the air in relation to variables such as temperature, air pressure, humidity, and wind speed and direction.
When finished, this study - the first airborne survey over Hong Kong - will provide valuable baseline data for future research as well as directions for pollution control measures.
Entitled Airborne Instrumented Research - Characterization of Air Pollution, or AIRCAP, the study is a project ofHKUST's Institute for Environmental Studies undertaken in collaboration with Weather Information Technologies, Inc. (WIT!) of Boul-der, Colorado, and Hong Kong's Environmental Protection Department (EPD). It has been funded by a $2.4 million dona-tion to the EPD from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.
As the brainchild of Institute director Prof. Gary HEINKE, AIR CAP exemplifies a fundamental goal of environmental re-search: using one's resources to the fullest. When Prof. Heinke learned that an airplane would be brought under HKUST's control to gather data for the windshear warning system under development at Hong Kong's new airport, he saw an opportunity to augment the current ground station monitoring of air pollution with measurements at higher altitudes. He proposed - and ulti-mately managed - to keep the airplane here for another two months before returning it to WIT!' s parent organization, the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research.
AIRCAP's objective is to determine the inflow, outflow, and distribution of various air pollutants over the territory as an initial step toward identifying chemical transformations and tracing the dispersion of chemicals in Hong Kong's atmosphere. To accomplish this task, the airplane was heavily modified. Its sleek silver nose was replaced by a blunt, black "muzzle" with five small, carefully positioned holes to provide air pres-sure data for the calculation of wind speed and direction. Small fixtures mounted on the wing tips recorded air temperature and humidity, while large canisters .~uspended from the wings housed laser spectrometers
measuring the concentra-tion and size of aerial dust particles.
Inside, the passenger compartment bristled with delicate equipment, leav-ing only a narrow passage for the scientist who kept the equipment operating smoothly and the record-ers supplied with magnetic tape. A tangle of inlet
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hoses, like intravenous feeding tubes, carried a steady flow of air to each machine.
One of these measured nitrogen oxides, or pollutants from fossil fuel combustion. Other devices recorded levels of carbon monoxide, also a combustion product; sulphur dioxide, impli-cated in the formation of acid rain; and ozone. While the effects of ozone in the upper atmosphere are good, screening out ultra-violet radiation, its effects in the lower atmosphere can be harmful. It is classed as a respiratory irritant, and in high concen-trations it can even cause nausea.
The scientist carrying out this project is Dr. Greg KOK, from the National Center for Atmospheric Research. An analytical chemist by training, Dr. Kok is well versed in airborne studies. He has measured acid rain over Ohio, oil fire plumes over Kuwait, pollution concentrations over Zurich, and now, atmos-pheric conditions over Hong Kong.
"Eventually we'll produce a picture of all the pollutants on a three-dimensional map," he says. This, according to Prof. Heinke, will not only contribute to an air pollution model for Hong Kong but also offer general insights into the problem of air pollution over any difficult terrain where mountains and sea influence climate. He looks forward to further work with the Environmen-tal Protection Department on this critical topic.
In the meantime, Dr. Kok is reluctant to make any preliminary statements on the state of Hong Kong's air. "I've seen better, I've seen worse,"
he says, "but, certainly, I've never seen a bet-ter view." 0
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A heavily modified Super KingAir turboprop provided
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Lookil1g south toward HOl1g Kong islal1d witll tile HKUST campus below.
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BUILDING A UNIVERSITY
Division of Social Science
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hen the first photos of planet Earth taken from outer space were published about thirty years ago, they revealed a luminous globe suspended in the void - a striking image that conveyed not only the fragility of our world but the interdependence of all its parts. That image, glowing and irrefutable, marked the onset of a deep change in consciousness that has yet to run its course.Since that time, the health of the planet, or what we think of as the environment, has become a prominent concern of steadily increasing numbers of people around the world. One result of this widespread attention is that the lessons taught by the envi-ronment - namely, global change and interdependence - have now permeated contemporary thinking in almost every field. Whatever the context, we instinctively look at the interaction between the part and the whole, the individual entity and the system, to see how things work at any level.
At HKUST, students quickly grasp this principle. Here un-dergraduates are not only encouraged but required to enroll in courses outside their major, so that they can begin to under-stand how their chosen field of study relates to other lines of inquiry, and appreciate how people in other disciplines think. Moreover, of the courses that students take outside their major, a certain number - currently 12 credits - must be taken in the School of Humanities and Social Science, where they are intro-duced to the historical, cultural, and social dimensions of their endeavor.
The University's aim in all of this - which it adheres to despite the constraints of offering bachelor's degree programs in only three years - is to impart to its students more than merely technical expertise. It seeks to give them the ability and the tools to become broadly cultivated citizens mindful of the various dimensions of their lives and work. After all, the days have long since expired when scientists and engineers found it possible to overlook the social consequences of technology, and when managers and executives could afford to ignore the effects of their businesses on the environment.
As the primary vehicle for this type of instruction, the School of Humanities and Social Science plays a distinctive role in the University. Although it does not grant first degrees of its own, it nevertheless is charged with educating every undergraduate who passes through the University. In addition, it offers innova-tive graduate programs leading to advanced degrees at the master's and doctoral levels.
Between the Disciplines
The Division of Social Science offers courses in anthropol-ogy, demography, economics, geography, political science,
psychology, and sociology. However, it represents these dis-ciplines, and seeks to extend them, from its own standpoint as a division committed to interdisciplinary teaching and research.
"We don't want to recreate traditional disciplines," says Dr. Kimberly CHANG, who teaches courses in political psychology
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and cultural psychology. "Instead, we work at putting together new bodies of knowledge by focusing at the margins of two disciplines. That's where a lot of the really interesting and exciting work is going on."
Dr. Chang is herself a product of one of the few interdiscipli-nary graduate programs, having received a PhD in social science from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. Most of her colleagues, by contrast, received their training in traditional academic departments; yet they too welcome the opportunity to pursue social science research in a different way from how it has usually been done.
Dr. Julian GROVES, a sociologist, is interested in examining how social forces shape ethical decisions. The chance to col-laborate with Dr. Chang on a research project studying Filipina domestic workers in Hong Kong has, he says, "helped me think along the boundaries between sociology and psychology. Our work has taught me about gender theories of morality - how men and women have different ways of solving moral problems; and how eastern and western cultures resolve ethical dilemmas in different ways."
"What the Social Science Division is trying to do," says Dr. Chang, "is very pioneering. It's a huge step from a discipline-oriented program to one that's issues oriented. We encourage our students to focus on social issues and not to be constrained by disciplinary theories - in other words, not to start with the theory, or the method, as you would in a traditional, mainstream program. Instead, start with the problem."
Such an approach, while pioneering in an academic program, is not unprecedented at HKUST. Reseach institutes operate in a similar manner, cutting across disciplinary boundaries in order to focus the University's resources on critical areas such as biotechnology, telecommunications, and the environment. What is shared is the commitment to applied research, the attempt to apply the insights of several disciplines to real-world problems.
The Division of Social Science presently collaborates with the Division of Humanities in offering a master's degree in Chinese studies. It also offers interdisciplinary MA and MPhil degrees in social science, and currently is seeking approval for a PhD program to begin in the fall semester of 1995.
Prof. William T. LIU, Acting Head of the Division, says, "It's true that we have to look past the distractions of having different disciplinary backgrounds in order to capitalize on the interdisci-plinary nature of our program. But the faculty here does want to see a successful interdisciplinary doctoral program in social science, of which there are only a few."
Prof. Liu has identified three areas of faculty strength as general themes, or tracks, for students enrolled in the Division's programs: economic development and social change; compara
-tive politics and international relations; and science, technology, and society.
Economic Development and Social Change
One cluster of faculty members shares an interest in studying regional economic development from different perspectives. Some of the issues they focus on include the interplay between regional events and global economic forces; the transition from
a command to a market economy; the impact of economic restructuring; and changes in attitude and identity brought about by rapid economic development.
"Many of us here work on development-related issues and problems," says Dr. Irene ENG, an economic geographer who is
investigating the methods used by foreign investors to achieve success in China's economy. "The transformation of the Chinese economy - such a huge topic - is basically a question of development. I also have colleagues who study the social changes Taiwan has gone through over the last 20 to 30 years because of development. So the theme encompasses a lot, and seen in that light, it becomes clear that economic development cannot be separated from social and political change."
To confirm that point, Dr. Chang is involved in a three-year study of the impact of China's reform policies on the lives of women in three cities in China. The study will show not only how economic forces are changing women's lives, but also how women themselves are responding to those changes.
Comparative Politics and International Relations
Another group of faculty members seeks to address the abun-dant questions relating to political change in the region since the end of World War II and, more recently, the end of the Cold War.
In comparative politics, Dr. Shiu Hing Lo is study-ing the decolonization ex-periences of Hong Kong and Macau and their rela-tions to China. He is also engaged in a comparative study of the democratiza-tion movements of Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore,
and Hong Kong.
Dr. X. L. DING and Dr.
teaches a course on the social context of science, technology,
and business enterprise. "The first has to do with the impact of science and technology upon society - how, for example, intro-ducing a new technology changes social arrangements, the most obvious example being television. The second part looks in the other direction, at how science and technology are themselves shaped by society. Our students are quite interested to see how people's own views of the society they live in shape their scientific theories, as well as the instruments and tools used in science and technology."
Dr. Govindan PARAYIL, a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, has the distinction of holding the first PhD in science and technology studies to be granted in the world. "I was an engineer," he says, "but I decided to do graduate work in this field because I was interested in understanding the social conse-quences of technology.
"Lately I have been doing research on environmental issues,
and global warming in particular. What I find interesting from a cross-cultural standpoint is how a problem like global warming gets defined. The point raised by developing nations, you see, is that when the discourse is dominated by scientists and policy makers from industrialized nations, you have strict controls being proposed on things like methane emission from rice
pad-dies, even though methane is far less a con-tributor to global warming than carbon dioxide, which comes mostly from combustion engines." As Dr. Parayil's research suggests, a close look at real-world problems such as global
warming shows how their scientific, economic, political, and cultural dimensions are completely intertwined. For such issues, the interdisci-plinary approach of the Division of Social Science is not only creative; it could well be the only appropriate and relevant procedure.
Gaochao HE study Chinese politics, as does Prof. Hsi-Sheng CH'I, former division head and current Dean of the School. Two more po-litical scientists, Dr.
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Science, brollght scholars from six cOlllltries ill Asia to HKUST
to disCl/ss the new frameworks of cooperatioll emerging ill /lIe
regiollilpon the decay of Cold War aligllments.
With 24 faculty members this spring, the Di vision of Social Science carries a heavy teach-ing load while occupying a unique vantage point from which to study a region in change.
For most, it is an opportunity not to be missed, in a region with no end of questions to be asked.
Quansheng ZHAO and Dr. Jae Ho CHUNG, share interests in the foreign policies of China and Japan and how they reflect, as well as shape, political alignments within the region.
Other important aspects of international politics include envi-ronmental politics, studied by Dr. Mark A. MONTGOMERY, and ethnic politics, studied by Dr. Barry SAUTMAN. The latter subject was the topic of a recent conference, "Racial Identities in East Asia," co-sponsored by the Division of Social Science and the School of Oriental and African Studies (London).
Science, Technology, and Society
Along with widespread concern over a deteriorating environ-ment has come the development, in the last 25 years, of a new interdisciplinary field called Science and Technology Studies.
"What we look at has two aspects," says Dr. Groves, who
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HKUST IN ACTION
• A delegation from the U.S. Office of Science and
Technology Policy visited HKUST on 27 September 1994.
The delegation was led by Ms. Jane WALES (center), Special
Assistant to President Bill Clinton and the National Security Council's Senior Director for Science and Technology.
Astronaut Dr. Leroy CHIAO, one of seven •
crew members on the July 1994 voyage of the
Columbia space shuttle, showed slides and a video
of the two-week expedition to a captivated audience
on 10 October. The July voyage was the longest to
date, and it took place on the 25th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's historic walk on the moon.
"Zhu Qizhan 103 Retrospective", a show of nearly •
50 paintings by the Shanghai contemporary painter who recently reached 103 years of age, was exhibited at the University's Exposition Hall from 25 October to
22 November. Loaned to the University by Dr. Leo K.
K. WONG, the show was curated by Dr. Hui-shu LEE (Humanities) and co-sponsored by HKUST's Arts Endowment Committee and Office of Public Affairs .
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• A Distinguished Lecture in Science on"Theory and Experiment in Science" was presented on 7 November by Prof. Rudolph
A. MARCUS, the Arthur Amos Noyes
Professor of Chemistry at Cal tech and 1992 Nobel laureate in chemistry, honored for
his contributions to the theory of electron
reactions in chemical systems .
• International coverage of HKUST in the Chronicle of Higher
Education, Time, and the Yomiuri Shimbun has highlighted
faculty strength as one of the University's most impressive traits. Closer to home, a well-known educational columnist, working in collaboration with a group of academics, has rated HKUST's faculty quality, research, and equipment as "securely in
first place" among local institutions.
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PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY
Jerry Hsueh Ching WANG
(王學荊教授)
Hailing from Calgary, Canada, Prof. Jerry Hsueh Ching W ANG brings his knowledge of signal transduction to the Department of Biochemistry. Before moving to Hong Kong, he was professor of medical biochemistry at the University of Calgary's Alberta Her-itage Foundation for Medical Research Scientists. Simultaneously,
h巴 servedas director of the MRC Group in signal transduction.
執行 th a BSc in agricultural chemistry from National Taiwan University and a PhD in biochemistry from Iowa State University,
Prof. Wang specializes in biochernistry of c巴llularregulation. His primary research inc1udes the elucidations of the structure, func-tion, and regulation of proteins that play k巳yroles in cellular signal
transduction. He has co-authored 150 artic1es.
An elected member of th巴 RoyalSociety ofCanada, Prof. Wang has received an honorary doctorate from Kagawa Medical Univer-sity and an ASTech Award for leadership in Alb巴rta Sci巴nce. H巴
also was visiting professor at Nihon Univ巴rsity.
He is a member of the editorial board of the Archives of
Biochemistr}' and Biophysics and Cell Calcium. He also is a
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VISITING PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
Herbert EDELSBRUNNER
(何柏特教授)
On leave from t由h巴Univ 巴白rs剖it句y of Illinoi凶sa剖t Ur巾bana訟-Champa創19n ，
Prof. H巴r拘bert EDELSBRUNNERjoωined t伽h巴 Departmentof Com
put紀巴rSc叮i巴ncein August.執行 tha PhD in computer science from the Technical University of Graz, he devotes his research energy to topology, geomet旬， algorithms, modeling, and visualization.
Originally from Austria, Prof. Edelsbrunner was honored with the Alan T. Waterman award by the National Science Foundation for his work in computational geometry. This award honors one person in all of engineering and science each year.
In 1987, he published Algorithl1ls in COl1lbinatorial Geol1lefly.
He also has authored and co-authored a number of papers in algorithms and geometry. He plans to spend part of his time in Hong Kong to further develop ideas combining methods from
geometry, topology, and algorithms and apply them to problems in the study of proteins, drug design, and grid generation.
Prof. Edelsbrunner's wife Ping is from Nanjing, China. They have a one-year-old daughter named Xixi. 口
VISITING PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
PingSHENG
(沈平教授)
Prof. Ping SHENG received his BSc in physics from Caltech
and PhD in theoretical condensed-matter physics from Princeton.
H巴 has been on the technical staff of the RCA David Sarnoff
Res巴archCenter and at Exxon' s Corporate Research Laboratori巴s ， whereh巴 isa senior research associate. Prof. Shengjoins HKUST' s
Department of Physics on secondment from Exxon.
With interests rangi月 from liquid c勾心tals - where he pio-neered in the study of liquid crystal-substrate interaction 一一 to
granular metals and composites - where he contributed to the understanding of electrical transport and optical properties based on composite microstructures - Prof. Sheng holds eight U.S. patents. He also has contributed tò the development of the RCA Videodisk. His recent research focuses on wave and fluids trans-port behaviors in disordered or porous media.
He has published a monograph on wave scattering, localization and mesoscopic phenomena, and authored and co-authored more than 150 papers. He is also the editor or co-editor of four books. Prof. Sheng is a fellow of the American Physical Society and has been Regents' Lecturer at the University of California and Profes-sor Université at Université Pie汀eet Marie Curie, Paris. 口
VISITING PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT OF ORGANISA TIONS
Dean WiIliam TJOSVOLD
(謝堅教授)
Prof. Dean William TJOSVOLD is professor of business ad-ministration at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. After graduating from Princ巴ton Universi旬， he earned his master' s
degree in history and PhD in social psychology of organizations at the University of Minnesota, both in 1972. He has taught at Pennsylvania State University and has served as visiting scholar in Singapore and as visiting profcssor in the Netherlands. Teaching in the Netherlands off，巳redhim the opp。此unityto travel, and he gave
presentations in a number of European countries
In 1992, Simon Fraser University awarded Prof.可 osvold a
university professorship for his research contributions. He has published more than 100 artic1es on managing confli仗， coopera-tion and competicoopera-tion, and decision making, as well as books for health care professionals, and businesses.
Prof. Tjosvold consults on team organization, conflict
manage-me則， and related issues. Fortune, Business Week, Executive and other book c1ubs have selected his books for their members. 口
關
LECTURER IN CHEMISTRY
Ben Zhong TANG
唐本忠博士)
1988 PhD Kyoto University (Polymer Chemistry)
1994 Postdoctoral Position, University of Toronto
Research Interests: Polymerchemistry; materials science; synthetic chemistry; organometallic catalysts; stereo-chemistry; chiral separation; fluoropolymers; controlled drug deli very; photochemistry.
LECTURER IN MATHEMATICS
Bing-Yi JING
(荊炳義博士)
1993 PhD University of Sydney (Statistics)
1992-94 Research Associate, C巴nter for Mathematics
and Its Applications, Australian National Uni-vers1ty
Res巴 archInterests: Resampling methods; small sample
asympototics and their applications.
1991 PhD 1993-94 LECTURERIN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Jian YU (俞堅博士)
Univ 巴缸rs剖1t句yof British Columbia (Biochemical
Engi叮1Il巴巴 nn
Pos仗tdoc叭tora訓a叫1 Resea創rch Associate, University of WindsOl
Research Interests: Biodegradation and biotransformation 、 m1cro
organism immobilization; enzymatic cataly-sis; biopolymers; bioreactordesign; bioprocess control.
LECTURERIN
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Manhoi CHOY
(蔡文海博士 )
1994 PhD University ofCalifornia, Santa Barbara
(Com-puter S.cience)
1992-94 Research Assistant, University of California,
Santa 8arbara
Research lnt刮目的 Parallel and distributed systems; distributed
shared memory and geographical information
systems; high-performance distributed
com-putlllg.
WINTER 1994月5
SENIOR LECTURER IN
MATHEMATICS
K wing Lam CHAN
(陳炯林博士)
1974 PhD Princeton University (Physics)
1986-94 Senior Scientist, Applied Research Corp.
Research Interests: Geophysical fluid dynamics; large-scale com-putation; numerical analysis; astrophysics.
LECTURER IN PHYSICS
Xudong XIAO
(肖旭東博士)
1992 PhD University of California, Berkeley (Physics)
1992-94 Postdoctoral studies, Lawrence Berkeley
Labo-ratory
Research Interests: Surface studies with joint las巳r spectroscopy
and modern scanning probe microscopy tech-mques.
ASSOCIA TE PROFESSOR OF
COMPUTER SCIENCE
LEE Dik Lun
(李迪麟博士)
1985 PhD University of Toronto (Computer Science)
1985-94 Associate Professor, Ohio State University
Research Interests: Database and information retrieval.
SENIOR LECTURER IN
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC
ENGINEERING
Joseph M. SCH恥lITT
(史明褔博士)
1986 PhD Stanford University (Electrical Engineering)
1988-94 Senior Staff Fellow, National Institutes of
Health
Research Interests: Biomedical instrumentation; imaging and
spectroscopy of biological tissues; analog in-tegrated-circuit design.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
Howard C. LUONG (梁錦和博士)
1994 PhD University of California, Berkeley
(Supercon-ducting Analog-to-Digital Converter)
1990 Design Engineer, Harris Semiconductor Inc.
Research Interests: U1tra-high-speed and ultra-Iow-power analog
and digital integrated circuits
LECTURERIN
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Z. BoTANG (唐壯波博士)
1990 PhD University ofConnecticut (Systems
Engineer-ing)
1991-94 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard
Uni-versJty
Research Interests: Intelligent search algorithms for global opti
mization; real-time planning and scheduling;
decision analysis.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF INFORMA TION AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
Ramesh KINI
(傑華士博士)
VISITING ASSOCIA TE PROFESSOR OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Neville Ka Shek LEE
(李家碩博士)
1973 PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(Phys-ics)
1991-94 Senior Consultant Engineer and Technical
Pro-gram Manager, Digital Equipment Corp
Research Interests: Advanced manufacturing processes; precision
assembling; manufacturing technology man agement for Southeast Asia
LECTURERIN
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Huihe QIU
(邱惠和博士)
1994 PhD Erlangen-Nuremberg University (Two-Phase
Flow Prediction and Instrumentation)
1990-94 Scientist Researcher, Erlangen-Nuremberg
University
Research Interests: Extended phase-Doppler anemometry; spray
and bubbly flows; multiphase flow identifica-tlOn; pneumat1c transport.
VISITING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS
Gershon ALPEROVICH (顏培奕博士)
1994 PhD Carnegie M巴1I 0n University (Manufacturing 1973 PhD
and Operations Management)
University of Pennsylvania (Urban and Re-gional Economics)
Research Interests: Economics of design and conformance qual- 1994 Associate Professor of Economics, Bar Ilan
lty; operatlOns management; momentum
ac-counting; manufacturing and marketing
appli-cations of differential game theory.
VISITING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OFFINANCE
Murray Z. FRANK
(范明偉博士)
1986 PhD Queen's University (Economics)
1988-94 Associate Professor, University of British
Co-lumbia
Research Interests: Pricing in markets with queues; experimental
financial markets.
University,Israel
Research Interests: Urban structure; policentric urban areas;
hous-ing markets; city size distribution, urban
exter-nalities; urban transportation; car ownership. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF
MANAGEMENT OF ORGANISA-TIONS
James A. ROBINS (羅占士博士)
1989 PhD University of California, Los Angeles
(Man-agement)
1994 Lecturer, University of California, Irvine
Research Interests: Strategic manag巴ment;strategic and organiza
tional theory; inter-firm alliances; economic
ASSIST ANT PROFESSOR OF HUMANITIES
KAM Tak Sing (甘德星博士) ASSIST ANT PROFESSOR OF
MANAGEMENT OF ORGANISA
-TIONS
Douglas J. SEGO (施格拉博士)
Harvard U ni versity (East Asian Languages and Civilizations)
Instructor and Teaching Fellow, Harvard Uni -verslty
Ming-Ch'ing history, Inner Asian history,
Altaic philology. PhD
Research Interests 1994
1986-94
Michigan State University (Organizational
Behavior)
B巴 havioral Research Scientist, Human R
e-sources Directorate, United States Air Force Training evaluation and early job experiences;
decision making at both individual and team levels. PhD R巴search Interests: 1994 1993-94 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF HUMANITIES Ling Tun NGAI (危令敦博士) LECTURER IN HUMANITIES
Cecilia Lee-fang CHIEN
(錢立方博士)
University ofWisconsin, Madison (East Asian
Languag巳s and Literature; Comparative
Lit-erature)
Modern Chinese fiction; comparative
litera-tur巴;literature of Hong Kong and Macau.
PhD 1994
Harvard University (History)
Pre-modern Chinese state and economy; mo-nopoly and bureaucracy; citi巴sand urbaniza-tion; merchants. 1994 PhD Research Interests: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCE Kimberly A. CHANG Research Interests:
VISITING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCE Quansheng ZHAO ( 趙全勝博士) (張清明博士) AHnya kbd lia ce-VJV > P 、 usu' ， I PAU叫 aCI C--σb .1TI t-E 13t dm 心 m pcv' ， JC 」』 r 叫 Emo a 山 da 比 以 my 甘 itl c 、 r-ua yEUc h~de.u 釗泊 d.n fE .1: eob 仇川 flt 叫.， as -UVJrl hhum v 叭叩山恥 C-e u σ bFA COh 勾心 問叭 UM 叫 m vd ob 白t1( SO E HU PhD Research Interests 1993
University of California, Berkeley (Political Science)
Pacific Basin Research Fellow, Harvard Uni-versity; Adjunct Associate Professor, Tufts University; Associate Professor (tenured), Old Dominion University
International relations and comparative poli-tics focusing on China, Japan, and East Asia.
PhD Research Interests: 1987 1993-94 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
Govindan P ARA YIL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Ying-yi HONG
(康螢儀博士) (自立賢博士)
Virginia Tech (Science and Technology Stud-ies)
Rockefeller Foundation Fellow, Cornell Uni-verslty
Science, technology, and society; environmen-tal studies; global environmenenvironmen-tal change; anal y-sis oftechnological change; technology policy. PhD
Research Interests 1990
1993-94 Columbia University (Social Psychology)
Graduate Research Fellow, Columbia
Univer-Slty
How Hong Konge時， perceptions and
evalua-tions ofthe Chinese Mainland affect their iden-tities and relations with people from the main-land 1994 PhD 1989-94 Research Interests: 回 NF 可由〈亂。
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