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INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
Irs now Lwo-Lhirds into Year 2009. and our studenLs have already claimed championship and runner-up LiLies in Lhree major compeLitions. The honors they have earned are indeed well-deserved and everyone at IELM is extremely proud of them.
On March 21. 2009. a Learn of five IELM students competed wiLh eight teams from other tertiary institutions in l'long Kong in Lhe CILTHK Student Day 2009. The event was joinLly organized by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transpol't in Hong Kong and IELM. The nine teams formulated solutions for recent logistics and transport issues and defended Lheir proposals againsL cl'iticisms from fellow competiLors. Our team impressed the panel of judges wiLh Lheir insightful discussion on 'CooperaLion I'ather Lhan CompeLiLion among Ports in the Pearl River Delta Region' and was awarded the championship in the competition.
Meanwhile. two Learns from the IELM Department won the championship ancl first runner-up titles in the 2009 HKSQ Company-Based SLudent Project Competition on April 1 B, 2009. Nine other Learns from local universiLies also competed buL their performance was eclipsed by the inspiring, in-depth discussions of our winning teams. In their projecL Litled "SLI'ategies for ImplemenLing the New ISO 9001: Quality Management System Requirements". Lhe champion team
painstaking compared ISO 9001:2000 wiLh Lhe new version ISO 9001 :2008. highlight the advantages of Lhe new version while suggesLing ways
to
cope with the challenges iL poses.Then on June 18. 2009. an IELM sLudenL presented his business plan at the YCD Entrepreneurs Challenge (E-Challenge) 2009 Business Plan CompeLition. His innovaLion GPS Robotic Water Analyzer impressed the judges with iLS cost effectiveness and earned him the championship title. Some 900 SLudents from various tertiary insLiLutions in Hong Kong took part in Lhis competition organized by Lhe Young EnLrepreneurs Development Council.
We congratulate our winners. once again, on their oULstanding achievements and excellenL Leamwork, and are confident Lhat our students will go on to earn even more honors in the coming year and Lhe many
MESSAGE FROM
THE DEPARTMENT HEAD
H
ow t
im
e
fl
i
es!
Our departmen
t
ha
s
been
estab
li
s
h
e
d
fo
r
15
yea
r
s.
an
d
to
ce
leb
rate o
ur fir
s
t 15th
anniversa
r
y.
we
launch
e
d
a series o
f
activ
i
ties
t
o share
our
s
ucc
ess
w
i
th
th
e
public.
Th
e ce
l
ebrat
i
o
n
sta
rt
e
d
with the
[ELM
15t
h
Anniversary A[umni
Hom
eco
ming
Dinn
e
r in
Pebruary. which
was
fo
ll
owed
b
y the
CILTHK
Student
Da
y
2009 i
n
March
and
th
e 2
009
[NFORMS
[
nt
e
rna
tiona
l
Conference
on Service
Scie
n
ce
in
A
u
gust.
I
a
m
g
lad
that
o
ur
department
ha
s
continued to receive
diff
e
rent
kinds
o
f
awa
rd
s a
n
d
h
o
n
o
r
s. s
u
c
h
as
[[E Tr
ansact
i
o
n
s
B
est
Pap
e
r
Awa
r
d and
c
h
a
mpi
o
n
s
hip
s of
th
e C
[LTHK
S
tud
ent
Da
y
2009. the
2009
HKSQ Co
mpan
y-Base
d
Stu
d
e
nt
P
roject
Competi
t
i
on
a
nd
t
h
e
YD
C E
n
t
r
e
p
re
n
e
ur
s' C
hall
e
ng
e (E-C
hall
e
ng
e) 2009
Bu
si
n
ess
P
lan
Co
mp
e
lili
on.
As
educators.
we
are
a
l
ways
eage
r
t
o
s
h
are our
l
a
tes
t
research
finding
s
wit
h
t
h
e
publi
c.
We
r
ece
ntl
y organized
t
h
e
first
2009
[NP
ORMS
I
nt
e
rnational
Con
f
e
r
ence o
n
Service
Science. and wit
h
the
s
upp
o
r
t
from univer
s
i
t
i
es.
co
mpani
es a
nd indu
s
try
organi
z
ati
o
n
s
ac
r
oss t
h
e
g
l
obe.
we were
able
to
sha
r
e
OUI'i
n
s
i
g
ht
s
on
va
ri
o
u
s serv
i
ce sc
i
e
n
ce
r
e
lated
top
i
cs inc
ludin
g e
du
ca
ti
on
.
syste
m
s
imulation. finan
ce
and
marketing among oth
e
r
s
.
In th
e
fu
t
ur
e. we will
st
r
ive
t
o
offer an
eve
n
m
o
r
e st
im
ulati
n
g
resea
r
c
h
and
[
ea
rnin
g
e
n
v
ironm
e
nt
to o
u
r
fa
c
ult
y
m
e
mb
ers
and
s
tuden
ts.
a
n
d
ta
ke t
h
e
de
p
artm
e
nt t
o
n
ew
h
eig
ht
s
.
Professor Fugee Tsung Professor and AcUng Head ISDM Department
New Faculty
Professor flo Yin MAK
Assistant Professor
Educatio
n
:
Ph.D .. industrial Engineering. University of California, Berkeley.
US.A. (2009)
M.S., Industrial Engineering. University of California, Berkeley. US.A (2006)
B.S .. {ndustrial Engineering. NorllnvesLern University. U.S.A
(2005)
Researc
h
I
n
terests:
•
s
upp
ly
chain d
esi
g
n
. o
p
e
r
a
lion
s a
nd
c
oordina
t
ion
•
applied
op
t
imi
zation
•
transportation and
l
ogis
ti
cs
mana
ge
ment
Professor Jiheng ZHANG
AssiSlant Professor
Educat
i
on:
Ph.D., Operations Research. Georgia IflslilUleofTechnology. U.S.A (2009) M.S .. Operations Research, Georgia Institute of Technology. U.S.A. (2005)
M.S .. Mathematics. Ohio State Univcrsily. U.S.A (2003)
B.S .. Malhematics. Nanjing Unilrersity. China (2002)
R
esearc
h In
teres
t
s:
•
serv
i
ce
operation
s
m
anageme
nt
•
queueing
system
•
applied probability
•
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.. IINSIGHTS ON INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Professor Pugee Tsung. Professor and Acting Head of the IELM Department and Regional Vice President (Asia) of liE. attended the annual dinner of The Institute of Industrial Engineers (liE) (Hong Kong) as Distinguished Speaker in April. Professor Tsung shared his insights on "Recent Development of Industrial Engineering in Greater China-. Professor Tsung discussed the convergence of technology and events in China that has allowed the region to become an
important part of the global supply chain for services and manufacturing. Meanwhile. the industrial engineering profession has made considerable progress in the Greater China region in recent years. The professor's presentation gave an overview of recent developments of industrial
engineering in Greater China covering China. Hong Kong. Taiwan. and Singapore.
2009 INFORMS
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON SERVICE SCIENCE
The 2009
I
N
PORMS
Int
er
nati
o
nal
ConFerence on
S
e
r
v
i
ce
Science.
organ
i
zed
by
I
ELM Department. was held on
August
6-8.
2009. The
event,
which was a
hu
ge success.
was
attended
by
scholars
From world renowned academic
ins
tituti
ons as
well as
prof
ess
ionals
and executives
f
rom
companies
and orga
ni
zations across the globe. We were
honored to have disti
n
guished experts and professors
share
their
insights
on
recent developments in
se
r
vice sc
i
e
n
ce.
Day
I of the
con
F
ere
n
ce
began
w
i
th
a
Welcome Speech
by
ProFessor Pug
ee
Tsung,
Pro
Fessor and Acting
Head:A!',... ......of
the
I
ELM
Depal'tment.
Thi
s
was
Followed
by
keynote speeches
by Professor
Way Kuo,
President
of C
i
ty Un
i
ve
r
s
it
y
of
Hon
g
Kong
and Professor Ca
n
dace Yano. Professor
of
the Univel'sity of CaliFornia.
Berkeley
.
(U.S.A.).
A panel
discuss
ion
on
"Research and Practice
of
Servioe Sc
i
ence"
was
schedu
l
ed on
Day 2
of
the
conference.
All
distinguished
speakers,
in
cluding Dr. Gra
ce
Lin.
INPORMS Pellow
and
Distinguished
Engineer of
IBM
(U
.S.A.).
had
li
v
ely int
e
ra
ctio
n
s
and
s
ha
red th
e
ir views
and
expe
r
ience
on the
s
ubje
ct.
Mea
nw
hile,
th
e
IBM B
es
t Student
P
aper
Aw
a
r
d
was
pr
ese
n
t
e
d at
t
he
co
nf
ere
nce. Ou
r
PhD
st
ud
e
nt
, YanFen
Sha
ng. clai
m
ed
Pirst Pr
i
ze
in
th
e
compe
titi
o
n. H
ao
Cao
of T
ongji University (China), was
award
ed
th
e
Seco
nd
Priz
e
while
Jun
Shan
of the
IELM
Departm
e
nt,
HKU
ST. and Che
nb
o Zhu
of Pudan Univel'
s
it
y
(C
hina
).
won
th
e
Honorabl
e
M
entions
.
Th
e event
provided
a successf
ul
p
l
atForm
F
or
exc
hang
e
between
ed
ucato
r
s.
manuFacturing
s
pe
cia
l
ists,
b
u
s
ine
ss
r
eprese
nt
a
ti
ves.
pr
o
f
essi
onal
associations.
go
ve
rnment
offiCia
l
s
economists.
AWARDSTO
HONORED PROFESSORS AND STUDENTS
Professor Jeff Hong awarded lIE Transactions Best Paper Award
Professor Jeff Hong. Associate Professor of the IELM Department. was awarded the liE Transactions
Best Paper Award
-Operations 2009 for his
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Selecting the Best Sysrem when Systems (Jre Reveitled SequentfiJ/1y
paper "Selecting the best system when systems are revealed sequentially". coauthored with Professor Barry L. Nelson of Northwestern University. The Institute of Industrial Engineers (lIE) is the world's largest professional society dedicated solely to the support of the industrial engineering
profession as well as individuals involved in improving quality and pl'oductivity.
IELM Students win Championship of CILHIK Student Day
2009
Congratulations
to
our team of five students - Kwok Pui Sum. Wong Chiu Pai. Tsang Tsz Hang.
Choi Wing Yee and
Ip Hei Yan - on
being the champion of the CILTHK Student Day 2009'
The CILTHK Student Day 2009 was co-organized by The Chartered
Institute of Logistics and Transpoi'L in Hong Kong and the Department of Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology on March 21. 2009. Besides our university. other 8 teniary institutions also participated in the event. and they included HKU School of
Professional and Continuing Education. Hong Kong College of Technology. Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Tsing Vi). Hong Kong Shue Yan University. Lingnan University. The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Macau University of Science and Technology.
The event mainly focused on honing the problem solving and presentation skills of the participating students. Each team of students was required to formulate solutions for recent logistics
and transport issues within a specific time period and then defend their proposals against criticisms from the teams from other institutions.
Our team discussed "Cooperation rather than Competition among ports in the Pearl River Delta region to establishing the world-class logistics hub". and making use of the Strength Weakness
Opportunity Threat (SIVOT) analysis. they analyzed different ports in the Pearl River DelLa region and pointed out possible ways for cooperation. The team's presentation was highly appreciated by the panel of judges. who found them outperforming the other eight
teams and worthy of the championship award.
IELM Students named Champions and 1 st Runners-up of 2009 HKSQ Company-Based Student Project Competition
On April 18. 2009. two teams from the IELM Department beat nine other teams from local universities
to
become the champion and first runner-up teams in the 2009 HKSQ Company-Based Student Project Competition. organized by the Hong Kong Society for Quality. This is the fourth time. since 2006. that our students have won the competition.During the competition. our student teams. along with their competitors. studied real-world problems and presented their findings and proposed solutions for improvement on the status quo. The champion team looked into "Strategies for Implementing the New ISO 9001: Quality Management System Requirements". Since the current quality standard
ISO 9001 :2000 will expire by the end of 2009 and be replaced by the updated version ISO 9001 :2008. certifications of the original ISO 9001 will expire by November 2011. Companies and organizations thus have to study the new standard thoroughly. digest the details and update requirements. as well as revise existing quality control practices in order to comply with the new quality standard and renew their certificates.
The winning project was sponsored by Surface Mount Technology (Holdings) Limited. The students meticulously compared the old and new versions of ISO 9001 to identify critical changes in the new version. and they also discussed positive and negative impacts of the new IS09001 on the company. The findings of their project shed light on ways to make use of the advantages of the new IS09001 and cope with the challenges it poses.
YDC ENTREPRENEURS
'
CHALLENGE
(
E-CHALLENGE
)
2009
BUSINESS
PLAN
COMPETITION
A team from IELM. ECE and ECON of HKUST outperform 240 teams consisting 900 students from other terLiary
instiLUtions in l'long Kong to become the champion team of the YDC Entrepreneurs' Challenge (E-Challenge) 2009 Business Plan Competition on June 18. 2009. The
competition was organized by the Young Entrepreneurs Development Council (YDC).
Our Year 3 stuclcnt, Zhou Daijun, formed a team with other
HKUST students called Tech4Enviro. At the competition. the team unveiled theil' innovation. CPS Robotic Watel' Analyzer.
which is an unmanned robotic miniature boat platform with
chemical sensors. The analyzer is capable of monitoring and analyzing water quality at a fraction of current prices.
"YDC is an excellent channel for engineering students to
incubate their business sense and know the gap between
technology and real-life practices. The most important factor
for our victory was the excellent engineering training provided by UST. added to that our own viSion. We have thoroughly enjoyed overcoming difficulties and frustration. and also the brainstorming. discussion and presentation." said Zhou Daijun.
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Young Entrepreneurs Development Council
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