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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management School of Engineering

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symposium on Recent Advances in Logistics and Supply Chain v"lnagement, organized by HKUST Logistics & Supply Chain Management Institute was held on 20 Decembel', 2004. With the support from the Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering lvlanagement, the symposium was organized with great success. There were around 200 participants, mainly professionals and executives from different companies and organizations both in Hong Kong and Overseas. We are honored to have distinguished experts and professors gave their insight on recent advances in Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Professor Hau Lee, Thoma Professol' of Operations, Information and Technology, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University and Adjunct Professor of Department of IEEM, HKUST, gave his keynote speech on "The Hyper-Performing Supply Chain". Prof. Lee is widely I'ecognized as a wOl'ld leader in supply chain management. We were delighted to have him as the keynote ( aker.

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Establishment of the Zhejiang Advanced Manufacturing Institute 2

China High Tech Fair in Shenzhen 3

2004 SCAN China Exhibition in Shanghai 3

Departmental Achievement 4

Faculty News 4

MTM Open Eyes for Professionals 5

Scholarships to Outstanding IEEM Students 6

IEEM Students and Faculty Members Eliminate the Barrier 6

Innovative and Creative IE Students - Winners of the 7 Hang Seng Innovation Design Competition

Fantastic Job Offer to IEEM Students 7

What Our Young IEEM Graduates Say 8

At the same time, Professor Jan C. Pransoo, Research Directol' of the European Supply Chain Porum at Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, shared his extensive experience in Europe; and ProFessor Andrew Lim, Director of the Logistics and Supply Chain Porum at HKUST. gave a presentation of the research HKUST is undertaking in advancing best practices in logistics ancl supply chain management in the region.

Professor Andrew Lim Pl'Ofessor [-[au Lee gave IJis keynote speech

Professor Jan C. Fl'ansoo

Message from the Department Head

The year of 2004 has been a

great year for OUI' clepal'Lment. With the support from different inclustries, we have successfully organized ancl participated in clifferent industry events, such as the LSClvl1 symposium, SCAN China Exhibition in Shanghai and the China High Tech Pail' in Shenzhen. We have established the Zhejiang Advanced Manufacturing Institute of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. 'vVe are currently in the course of establishing

the Logistics and Supply Chain Institute in Nansha. We are very pleased that OUI' depal'Lment continues to receive prestigious recognitions. Apart from receiving two liE Transaction Paper Awards and Publication of the Year

Awal'Cl, in terms of the number of paper published in flagship journals, our department I'anked top five in the

world in the past two years.

Our joint program on Global Manufacturing with Stanford

University has been a great success over the past years. We will be hosting a 'IOth Anniversal'y Ceremony to

celebrate this long-term partnership.

I am impressed by the quality of our students and the effectiveness of our programs. With the MTM and EDTLM pI'ograms, we network industry professionals with our undergraduate stuclents through tile mentorship program. Besides, our graduates have received great job 0pp0l'tunities both in Hong Kong and overseas. POI'

example, although Hong Kong Disneylancl is not yet opened, they have recruitecl five of our graduates already. They will also provide summer internship opportunities for our undergraduate students.

No less important in the continual success are OUI' graduate students in their own personal development. Our MPhil stuclent, Jiqing Tang was recruited by NVIDIA in Silicon Valley with a very good remuneration package.

Anothel' MPhil student, Daniel Mo received the Sil' Edward

Youcle Memorial Pellowships fOI' Postgraduate Research

Stuclents in the 2004 /2005 academic year.

All of these have been a great boost for our depal'tment. I look forward to working with my colleagues and students

to make OUI' depal'Lment even better.

PI'Of. Chung-Yee LEE

Head an(1 Pl'Ofessol'

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In cooperation with the Zhejiang SCience and Technology Ministry,

Zhejiang Advanced Manufacturing Institute of Hong Kong University

of Science & Technology was established in June 2004 by two parties' efforts in one year. A long-term and stable relationship can be maintainecl between HKUST ancl Zhejiang government in terms

of scientific ancl technological association.

Located in Yuhang Economic District in Hangzhou, ZAMI aims at developing its business in the Huadong area. With the support from I-IKUST, the Zhejiang Science & Technology Ministry ancl Yuhan local government, ZAMI is expected to be a leading

Institute in three to five years time. In addition, ZAMI also

carries the responsibilities for promoting sound manufacturing clesign and the development of Zhejiang PI'ovince from the

technological, economic and social perspectives.

On 15 June 2004, the Fil'st Council Session of ZAMi was lIeld in

the City Plaza of Hang Z/lOU. TIle meeting was lIosted by Pl'esident ZIIlI of HKUST. Pl'ofessol' Mitcllell M. Tseng was appointed as tlw Cllief of institute and DI'. ZlIao £i La be tile Vice Cllief of institute.

China High Tech Fair in Shenzhen

Prom October '12 to 17, 2004, the IEEM Department of HKUST participatecl in the 6th China High Tech Pail' in Shenzhen. 'I\vo institutes basecl in HKUST, Aclvancecl ManuFacturing Institute (AMI) ancl The HKUST Logistics & Supply Chain Management Institute (LSCMI) presentecl aclvancecl technology in the Pail'.

Advanced Manufacturing Institute (AMI) Booth The Aclvancecl ManuFactul'ing

Institute of HKUST has

assistecl many entel'lJl'ises in

establishing a commercial platForm ancl network to upgracle their manuFactul'ing capabilities by aclopting

aclvance clesign concepts. The extensive human netwol'k ancl close

inclustrial relationship that AMI has clevelopecl not only foster the

pal'tnel'ship ancl match between local enterpl'ises ancl Foreign

companies ancl best utilize clesign capabilities, but also speecl up pl'ocluct research ancl clevelopment, strengthen inclustrialization

ancl boost export to worlclwicle market. Through the integl'ation of clesign, manuFacturing ancl commercial

platform, time to market has been greatly shortenecl.

Jllass Cllstomization and Pel'sonalization

AMI in HKUST is the pioneer in the research and development of Mass CustomizaUon Tec/lllology and has Ol'er 40 projects in various applications in tile manufacturing of watches, garment, footwear and computers and in the electronics industry, etc.

2004 SCAN China Exhibition in Shanghai

The HKUST Logistics & Supply Chain Management Institute (LSCMI) Booth

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Institute

(LSCMI) stuclies theories ancl techniques For the clesign, clevelopment ancl management of integl'atecl logistics supply chain systems; ancl clelivers the knowleclge ancl technologies

to local inclustries through eclucation ancl inclustrial

cooperation. The pl'ojects clisplayecl were cliviclecl into two

categories: warehouse management optimization soFtware system, ancl RPID (Raclio Pl'equency IclentiFication)

applications on supply chain ancl other fielcls .

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The HKUST Logistics & Supply Chain Management Institute (LSCMI) collabol'atecl with Autotoll ancl exhibitecl the RPID-Enablecl ConFerence Management System in

the 2004 SCAN China Exhibition in Shanghai. The Exhibition took place From '10 to

'12 October 2004. This year, the main proclucts of automatic iclentification technology were RPlD ancl Bar Cocling, together with supply chain management, warehousing ancl transportation.

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Faculty News

Research Frontiers is a newsletter of the Research Grants

Council of Hong Kong, China. It introduces major research accomplishments of funded projects to the public. Issue 9 of Research Frontiers featured Dr. Raymond Cheung's research on 'Algorithm to help Hong Kong keep competitive edge'. He was

the only HKUST proFessor featured by the Research Grants

Council in this issue.

01'. Fugcc TSUNG

Dr. Fugee Tsung has completecl his term as the

Chair of the Ouality, Statistics, ancl Reliability

(OSR) section at INFORMS. OSR has been

growing rapidly in size and stature since 1998 and is now one of the most active subdivisions

at INFORMS.

During his sabbatical leave in Spring 2005, D['. Fugee Tsung will be a visiting scholar at Stanford University. He will visit both the Management Science ancl Engineering (MS&E) Department (hostecl by Prof. Peter Glynn) ancl the Statistics Department (hosted by p['of. Trevor Hastie). He will also give seminar's to both departments.

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D['. Xiangtong Oi has recently published a book: Gang Yu and Xiangtong Oi, "Disruption Management: F['amework, Models ancl

Applications", World Scientific Publishing Co., New

JerseylLondon/Singapore, 2004.

He has also applied for a US patent recently: Anura H. deSilva, Jonathan F. Ba['cl, Robert Carignan, Xiangtong Oi, and Xinhui Zhang, "System ancl Method for Optimizing Equipment Schedules", Filecl on 08/3112004.

New Faculty

01'. Rachcl O. ZHA["G Associate Professor

Education:

Ph.D., Indust['ial Enginee['ing and

Management Sciences, NOl'Lhwestern

University, '1994

M.S., Industrial Engineering and

Management Sciences, [ orthwestern University, 1992

B.S., Applied Mathematics, Zhengzhou Institute of Technology, China, '1983

Experience:

Assistant Professor, Johnson G['acluate School of Management, Cornell University: 2000 - 2004

Assistant Professor, Department of Inclustrial ancl Operations Engineering, University of Michigan: 1994 - 2000

Research Interests:

• production ancl inventory control • supply clwin management

• joint production and financial decisions

• optimal biclding strategies in deregulated energy markets • pricing in competitive environment

01'. Jcff L. HONG ASSistant Professor

Education:

Ph.D., Industrial Engineering ancl

Management SCiences, Northwestern

University, 2004

IvI.S., Industrial Engineering ancl

Ivlanagement Sciences, Northwestern University, 2002

M.S., Applied Mathematics, The niversity of Cincinnati. 2001 B.E., Inclustrial Engineering and Automotive Engineeri( . Tsinghua University, '1999

Research Interests:

• optimization via Simulation • simulation ranking ancl selection • stochastic modeling

Information Exchange with Universities in China

Professors from 8 different universities in China came to HKUST to share their latest information and projects with Prof. Chung-Vee Lee, Prof. Raymond Cheung and Prof. Andrew Lim. The 9 unive['siLies included Tsinghua Unive['sity, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, South China Unive['sity of Technology, Beihang University, Beijing Institute

of Technology, Shanghai Maritime niversity ancl Harbin Engineering University.

Pmf. CllUllg-Yee LEE (middle) Ivitl} all

MTM Open Eyes for ProfessionaLs

UPcnn Study Trip 2004

To increase the global exposure of the MTM sLLlcients. 49

sLuelents of the MTM program (both MTM in Global Logistics Management anci MTM in Information Technology Management) Look a short course in "Creating

Competitive Acivantage" at the University of Pennsylvania from II to 15 October 2004. The course was taught by faculty members from the \vharton Business School. They

also visited NISYS ancll-lerI's PotaLo Chips.

The MTM pl'ogram in HKUST. with the aim of tl'aining professionals to become future technology management leaclel's. organizes overseas study trip for stucients as a part of the international networking activities for every intake. It broaelens

the vision of stucients

through international exposure.

MTi\I Congl'cgaLion Inspil'cs All Graduatcs

Mounel 80 'ITM graeluates participateci in the MTM Congregation on 10 November 2004. It was a harvest moment. A cocktail part was held after the congregation ceremony. Prof. Paul CllLl (Presielent of HKUST). Prof. Philip Chan (Dean of School of i!:ngineering). Prof. KC Chan

(Dean of School of BUSiness anci Management). Prof.

Chung-Vee Lee (Heaci of Inelustrial i!:ngineering anci i!:ngineering Management). PI'Of. Lionel Ni (I-Jead of Computer Science). Prof. Raymonci Cheung (Director of MTM-GLM) and Prof. Helen Shen (Director of MTM-ITM) and many other guests and graeluates attencieci the p3l'ty.

MTi\I Pl'ogl'am Ollcn fOI' AI>I>Iications

The forthcoming intake of the MTM Program is planned Lo commence in June 2005. POI' further cietails of the iVITM in Global Logistics Management anci MTlvl in Information Technology Management programs. please contact the MTM Program OFfice:

URL: http://www.sengpp.ust.l1k1mtm

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Scholarships to Outstanding IEEM students

students with outstanding academic performance. There are many scholarships available at HKUST, especially to students in oUl'department.

This year, year one students with excellent academic

performance in A-Level and HKCEE were awarded with IEEM

scholal'ship 2004. The scholarship is offerecl by the IEEM Depal'tment and is only for students in OUl' department.

Honored students not only received scholarships in cash, one of them was also granted a paicl internship opportunity working with Prof. Mitchell Tseng. It was a valuable experience for

stuclents to gain work experience during their stuclies.

Purthermore, DHL has also offered the DHL Logistics Scholarship

specifically to our BEng IELM students. It aims at awarding

sLlldents with good academic achievement in the field of logistics and completing a Pinal Year Project wOl'king with DHL.

Scholarship Awardees 2004

Sludent Name

CHAN Wing Yan MAN Kwun Pong TSANG Ho Tak WONG Wai Chung CHAN Hoi Ying

Scholarship

IEEM Scholat'ship 2004 IEEM Scholarship 2004 IEEM Scholarship 2004 IEEM Scholarship 2004 DHL Logistics Scholarship TSE Pui Chi Jacqueline DHL Logistics Scholarship

WONG Yuk Nga Industrial Engineering & Engineering Management Scholarship

WONG Man Chung TSANG Ngo Ming

Chen Hsong Industrial Scholat'ship Jebsen Educational Poundation Scholarship 1 SL year Student Scholarship (JUPAS)

Sir Edward Youde Memorial

FeLLowships Awardee

Congratulations to our MPhil student, Daniel Mo for receiving the Sir Edward Youcle Memorial Pellowships for Postgraduate Research Students in the 2004 / 2005

academic year. This fellowship scheme is aimed at

encouraging ancl assisting full-time students pursuing postgraduate stuclies by research.

IEEM Students and Faculty Members

Eliminate the Barrier

"We work hard and play hard l IEEM students and faculty members strike the right balance between work and play, we

come together, break down the student - teacher barrier, play

and chat with each together l"

Pun Day was successfully held on 16 November 2004. MOl'e

than "100 IEEM students ancl faculty members participated in

the activities. There were altogether 6 game-stalls. In a relaxing environment, they played cards and games, sang karaoke, and participated in a lucky draw. The most attractive competition was "ARM WRESTLING". '[\vo IEEM professors, Dr.

Ajay Joneja ancl Dr. Ravindra Goonetilleke, joined the

competition, which brought the function to a climax.

Prof Mitchell TSENG \Vitll IEEM students

DJ: RavindJ'8 GOONETILLEKE presented gifts to one of tile students

Apart from Fun Day, PG Gathering, a gatheJ'ing especially

for PG students and [EEM faculty members, was held on 18 October. At that time, the department presented TA awal'ds to the TAs with excellent teaching performance.

TA Award Spring 2004

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JI Tingtin. Jennifer CHEUNG Wing Sze, Acla

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Teaching Assistant Excellence Award Teaching Assistant Award

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What's more? TA Gathering was helcl on 29 Octobel', in which

Innovative and Creative IE students

-Winners of the Hang Seng Innovation

Design Competition

"This is a mUlti-purpose airborne system. It can be used for

surveillance, entel'Lainment and advel'Lisement. Our airship

can be used in Disneyland to tell stories to children, in big

shopping centers to elo advertising for companies and be a

mobile I'eceptionist. Of course, warehouse patrolling is also a useful application for our airship." said Mark Chu, one of the awardees.

SUI'l'cillanc System"

Three students From the IEEM Department have been

awarded as the second runner-up in the Hang Seng

Innovative Design Competition 2004. It is a competition

sponsored by the Hang Seng Bank for awarding students'

who have come up with innovative solutions to their Final

Year Projects. It cultivated the innovative minds of young

people and motivated stuelents to design useful engineering

applications and products. TllI'ee IEEM students, Mark Chun, Benjamin Lai and Amy Ha, nicknamed MBA, by their

project supervisor Dl'. Neville Lee, were nominated by the

department to pal'ticipate in this competition. F/'Om left to I'igllt: Cllun SllU Tak Mal'k, /-Ia Fung Yi Amy, DI'. Neville Lee, Lai Kin Man Benjamin "Only one team can be nominatecl by the depal'Lment, I am so happy that we al'e the only team to be nominated. In the competition, the questions raised by the judges were very challenging. After the competition, I not only beneFited from my own project but also learnt some design

techniques from other elepartments' projects. Each team

tried to apply their own knowledge to create a new procluct that would be applicable in our daily live. They are all very competitive." said Mal'k Chu.

We are the Champion!

14th ACM

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HK Collegiate Programming

Contest

A Team from IEEM, CS and CPEG of HKUST beat all '19 other teams to become the champion team of the 14th ACM-HK Collegiate Programming Contest held on June 12 2004. Jiqing

Tang, (IEEM MPhil) is one of the winning team members. They

useel about '12 hours to complete six programming problems,

just two minutes less than the first runner-up from The

University of Hong Kong. They will participate in the Asia

Regional Contest which will be held in Ehime, Beijing, Bombay,

Kanpu-Kolkala, Dhaka, Shanghai, Manila, Seoul and Tehran, to pursue further championship. Cllampion Team: Tang Jiqing (/EEM MPllil), Leung 'l'sz Kin (CS YeaI' 2), Wong Long Sing (CPEe YeaI' 1)

Fantastic Job Offer to IEEM Students

Jiqing Tang is not only a winner in many competitions, but also a

winner in the job market. He is going to work as a System Software

Engineer for NVIDIA HK in Silicon Valley, CA. after his graduation. "My major responsibility includes developing and maintaining the software drivel' of the company's graphics card. I got the job oFfer

after I did a summer internship there. It's my dream job and I feel

thl'illeel to join NVIDIA. NVIDIA is a great company anel has a wonderful working atmosphere" said Jiqing Tang.

Many of the tEEM graduates of HKUST have joined large

multinational corporations after graduation. Jiqing is one of them.

"Tang Jiqing got a job offer with a very good remuneration package.

This is indeed a fantastic offer." said Dr. Andrew Lim, Jiqing's supel'visor.

Apart from this, there are a lot of great job opportunities for our

sWdents. Although Hong Kong Disneyland is not yet opened, they

have alreaely recruited some of our graeluates for the pl'eparation of their grand opening. They are working in different areas such as

Industl'ial Engineering, Merchandising anel 'vVorkForce Planning.

Besides, Hong Kong Disneylanel plans to provide summer intel'llship opportunities for OUI' undergraduate students. This is a valuable job

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What Our Young IEEM Graduates Say

'10 November, 2004 is an imporLant and valuable date LO our

fellow new graduates. It's their graduation ceremony! Some of them have chosen to pursue further studies while most of them have decided Lo work in different industries. In any case, the professors and staff of the IEEM DepattmenL were cleliglHed to

see the good development of our young graduates.

" Thanks W my life aL HKUST for three yeal's, it has opened my mind and is helpful to build up my logical thinking, problem

solving techniques, independence, creativity and innovative, analytical reasoning, and quick response and adaptability to

Lhe demands of the clynamic, changing and complicated

business market and environment. Coupled with the

comprehensive and diversified technical Lrainings and

programmes offered by the Depanment of IndusLrial Engineering and Engineering ManagemenL, I believe thaL our

sLudents would play key roles in the society. "

saicl Zoe ChOIV, 2004 IEEI\;} graduate, Logistics Executive

Trainee, DHL Intel'llational (HK) Ltd.

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" Having studied for thl'ee years at HKUST in IETM, I have received not only a superb academic education by the

excellenL faculty, but also Lhe essential inLerpersonal skills

and business knowledge for the inLensive demand of wday's

competitive market. I have been polished to be an a

ll-rounded person with the tailol'-made academic curriculum.

As well as receiving an outstanding academic education, the experience LhaL I have gained from Lhe course joinUy offered by SLanford University in the U.S. and Eindhoven University

in Lhe NeLherlancls was invaluable Lo me. H helped me W be

acquainLed with people fl'om

different fields as well. These experiences were imponanL to me as Lhey certainly helped me to develop my career in Modern Terminals Limited, a leading containel' Lerminal operator in China and I-long Kong. "

said Cheung Faa LOJ~ 2004 IELM g1'8duate, Terminal Planning

Assistant, Maciel'll Terminals Limited.

" SLudying in UST IEEM is like living in the Promised Land. The Promised Lanel promises you to be a professional engineer with strong business acumen. During this 3 years'

Lime, I have wiLnessed a few things thaL al'e imporLanL LO

me: Vision - world class professors wgeLher wiLh world

class campus and facilities enabled me to stand firmly on Lhe edge of the fasL changing world. Creativity - our

complete and all-around development makes us think differently. Memory - Lhe campus life in UST such as

orientation camp, organizing student society, non-s ~., examinations and assignments as well as exchange prog

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gave me unforgeLtable and enjoyable memories and experiences. "

said Banly ClllIang, 2004 IEEM graduate, Product Engineel:

Donaldson Far East Limitecl.

Banly Chuang: "Being lEers, we

not only study but we make

t1Jings happen -to make a better

world. In the Promised Lancl, you will nel/er walk alone, because we are marclling togetiJerf"