HKUST Annual Report 2022-2023

54 55 Honorary Doctorates and Honorary Fellows Honorary Fellows • Mr. David FONG Man-Hung , BBS, JP, Managing Director of Hip Shing Hong (Holdings) Company Limited • Mr. LEE Shing-Put , BBS, Chairman of Xinyi Energy • Mr. David LEE Wai-Hung , Director of Lee Kum Kee • The Hon. Starry LEE Wai-King , GBS, JP, Chairwoman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) • Mr. Daniel YU Chung-Kwong , Founder of Maxwell Electronics Limited Honorary Doctorates • Prof. KAN Yuet-Wai , Louis K. Diamond Chair in Hematology and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Francisco • Prof. Sir Jim MCDONALD , Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde • Dr. WANG Xiaodong , Director and Investigator of the National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing • Dr. YIP Wing-Sie , BBS, JP, Music Director Emeritus of Hong Kong Sinfonietta Students and Researchers • MBA students Calvin CHAN, CHEN Wensi, Mariya KANEDA , and Abhijeet PAUL took first place at the USC Marshall’s “Everyone’s Business Global Case Competition”, held in Los Angeles. • Individualized Interdisciplinary Program PhD student Gabby FUNG won the Golden Award at the 2022 Qianhai-Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao-Taiwan Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (Hong Kong Division). • Dual Degree Program in Technology & Management undergraduate Wesley LEUNG received the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Prize 2022. • In underwater robotics, the HKUST Remotely Operated Vehicle Team won the Champion title in the Explorer Class of the Hong Kong Regional Contest of the MATE International ROV Competition 2023. • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering students KWOK Kin-Nam, Minji SEO, CHAN Kwun-Chung , and LEUNG Yuen-Yin received the Hong Kong James Dyson Award 2022. • Civil Engineering undergraduates SO Wing-Han, CHAN Ka-Yi, POON Chun-Ho, SHEK Pui-Yuk and Carol WONG Kin-Ning won the silver award at the Hong Kong Engineers Week 2023 Innovation Competition. • Electronic and Computer Engineering PhD students SONG Jianxin, LIAO Zebing , and KANG Chengbin won the Championship at the TCL Scientific Research Vlog Competition 2022. HKUST Medals • Prof. Desmond TSOI Yau-Chat , Department of Computer Science and Engineering, was awarded the Michael G. Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching. • Prof. James WONG , Division of Social Science, received the HKUST Common Core Teaching Excellence Award 2022 for the course SOSC3520 Understanding Comparative Politics.