Excellence in Research - Faculty of Construction and Environment

Academic Staff
Dr CHEN Yan Wendy 陳 艷 博 士
BSc, MSc, and PhD
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
Dr GUO Hai 郭 海 博 士
BSc, MSc, PhD
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Telephone no.: (852) 2766-6040
Email address: cewychen@polyu.edu.hk
Teaching areas
Sustainable Development, Environmental Impact Assessment
Research interests
The Quantification and Valuation of Ecosystem Services, Urban Forestry,
Urban Ecology
Biography
Dr Wendy Y. Chen received her PhD in urban forestry from the University of
Hong Kong in 2006. Before joining The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
she was a research assistant professor at the University of Hong Kong for
three years and then an assistant professor at the Hong Kong Institute of
Education. Her research areas include the quantification and valuation
of ecosystem services generated by a variety of natural ecosystems,
application and validation of economic valuation methods (such as
contingent valuation method, hedonic pricing method, and travel cost
method) in the Chinese context, people’s perception and interaction with
urban nature, and urban environmental studies. Dr Chen has published
more than 20 referred journal papers and serves many international
journals as a referee.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Telephone no.: (852) 3400-3962
Email address: ceguohai@polyu.edu.hk
Teaching areas
Air and Noise Pollution Studies, Environmental Engineering, and Air
Pollution Control Engineering
Research interests
Atmospheric Chemistry, Regional and Urban Air Pollution, Source
Apportionment, Photochemistry, Acidic Ultrafine Particles and Bio-Aerosols
Biography
Dr Hai Guo joined the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
in 2007 as an Assistant Professor. In the past four years, he has secured
five research grants from external sources as a Principal Investigator (PI).
Moreover, a total amount of HK$9.31 million research grants have been
secured by him as a co-PI. He has published 80 papers in international
journals and conference proceedings, with over 696 SCOPUS citations
(average 13.65 citations per paper) to date. He is also an active reviewer
for over 20 key environmental journals such as Atmospheric Environment,
Journal of Geophysical Research, Environmental Science and Technology,
Science of the Total Environment, Environmental Chemistry, Journal of
Air and Waste Management Association, Journal of Hazard Material,
etc. Dr Guo has been the director board member of the Air and Waste
Management Association, Hong Kong Chapter since 2007. He was the cosecretary
of the organizing committee of the first International Conference
on Sustainable Urbanization (ICSU) held in Hong Kong in 2010. Dr Guo is
also a member of the International Advisory Committee and the vice chair
of the Asian Steering Committee of the 10th International Conference on
Healthy Building to be held in Australia in 2012.
Dr DAI Jianguo 戴 建 國 博 士
BEng, MSc., PhD, MJCI, MJSCE, MISO/TC71, MICCMC, MIIFC
Dr SUMALEE Agachai
BEng, MSc, PhD
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Telephone no.: (852) 2766-6026
Email address: cejgdai@polyu.edu.hk
Teaching areas
Design of Concrete Structures, Structural Analysis
Research interests
Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites for Infrastructure Applications,
Durability and Life Cycle Management of Marine Concrete Structures,
Fibre-Reinforced Cementitious Composites
Biography
Dr Dai graduated with his BEng and MSc in Civil Engineering from Dalian
University of Technology in 1994 and 1997, respectively. He holds two PhDs.
One was in Structural Engineering from Dalian University of Technology in
2000 and another was in Socio-Environmental Engineering from Hokkaido
University in 2003. Before joining The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
he had two years of experience as a post-doctoral fellow at Hokkaido
University and then worked as a researcher in the Life Cycle Management
Research Centre, the Port and Airport Research Institute, Japan for two and
a half years. Dr Dai is the recipient of several academic awards including
the ‘’Best Research Paper Award’’ from ASCE, Journal of Composites for
Construction in 2005. He is an active member of JCI, JSCE, ISO/TC71, ICCMC
and IIFC. He is also a local Editorial Committee member of the international
journal Advances in Structural Engineering and serves many international
journals as a referee.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Telephone no.: (852) 3400-3963
Email address: ceasumal@polyu.edu.hk
Teaching areas
Urban Transport Planning, Traffic Modelling, Infrastructure Planning,
Highway Engineering, Public Transport Planning and Operation
Research interests
Transport Modelling and Optimisation, Uncertainty and Reliability Analysis
in Transport System, Congestion Charging/Road Pricing, Dynamic Traffic
Model, Sustainable Transport Planning and Development, Multi-Modal
Transport Planning, Intelligent Transportation System
Biography
Dr Sumalee holds a BEng in Civil Engineering, a MSc(Eng) with Distinction in
Transportation Planning and Engineering and a PhD from Leeds University. His
research areas are network modelling and optimisation, network reliability,
intelligent transport system, road pricing, and sustainable transport
planning. He has received several prizes and awards for his research works
including the Hans-Jürgen Ewers Prize, the Smeed Prize, and two outstanding
paper awards at the EASTS conferences. Dr Sumalee has also secured
several research grants from the Hong Kong RGC, UK DfT, Volvo Research
Foundation, and EU Commission. He is currently the Editor of the Journal
of Transport Policy, Associate Editor of Networks and Spatial Economics,
and Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Advanced Transportation. He
is also serving as a committee member of the US Transportation Research
Board Network Modelling Committee (National Research Council)
and an official advisor to the director of the State Railway of Thailand.
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