Excellence in Research - Faculty of Construction and Environment

Selected PhD Graduates
Department of Building and Real Estate
Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
Dr LI Zhiwei (2005)
Dr Khoshelham Kourosh (2004)
Supervisor
Prof. DING Xiaoli
Project title
Modeling Atmospheric Effects on Repeat-pass InSAR
Measurements
“I started my PhD study in 2000 and graduated in 2005, under the guidance
of Prof. Xiaoli Ding. I had enjoyed the high-quality programmes, services
and assistance offered to me by the Department of Land Surveying and
Geo-Informatics (LSGI), I had also found the Library, Research Office,
English Department and The Centre for Independent Language Learning
very useful. I appreciate and had strongly benefited from the numerous
research seminars, workshops, conferences and exchange programmes
organized by LSGI and PolyU. These had greatly widened my horizon and
made me more internationally minded. In a word, they have set a solid
foundation for my academic research. Upon graduation, I joined Central
South University, China, where I am developing a good professional career.
I was promoted to Professor in 2007 and elected as New Century Excellent
Talents in University by Ministry of Education of China in 2008. I have got
three projects from National Science Foundation of China in the recent five
years and have published more than ten papers in international journals.
The experience in PolyU had really made a difference to my life!”
Supervisor
Prof. LI Zhilin
Project title
Integration of Multi-source Data for Automated
Building Extraction
Kourosh Khoshelham received his PhD in 2004 from PolyU, Dept. of Land
Surveying and Geo-Informatics. During his PhD he worked on integrating
aerial image and laser range data for automated extraction of buildings.
Between 2005 and 2007 he worked at the University of Tehran as an
assistant professor where he was involved in teaching and research
in photogrammetry and remote sensing. He joined Delft University of
Technology as a postdoctoral research fellow in 2007 and was appointed
as an assistant professor in 2008. In October 2010, Kourosh obtained a
position as an assistant professor at the ITC Faculty of Geo-Information
Science and Earth Observation of the University of Twente. His main
research interests include pattern recognition and object extraction from
image and range data, low-cost range imaging, indoor mapping and
navigation, UAV photogrammetry and mobile mapping. He is currently
involved in the TIGER initiative of the European Space Agency as the
coordinator of training activities focusing on the remote sensing of water
in the continent of Africa.
Dr ZHOU Xinghua (2005)
Dr Shaker Ahmed (2004)
Supervisor
Prof. CHEN Yongqi
Project title
An Approach to Seafloor Classification Using Fuzzy
Neural Networks Combined with a Genetic Algorithm
Dr Zhou started studying in the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-
Information (LSGI) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in May 2000
and was awarded a PhD degree in December 2005. He worked under the
supervision of Prof. Yongqi Chen and Mr Nick Emerson. Before joining LSGI,
he was a Research Professor of marine surveying at The First Institute of
Oceanography (FIO) of State Ocean Administration of China in Qingdao
City. He rejoined FIO in 2005, and is now a Research Professor and the
Director of Marine Engineering Environmental Investigation and Geomatic
Center, FIO. He has published 2 books and over 30 technical papers,
obtained 2 patents and received many engineering projects and academic
awards. He is a member of Chinese Society for Geodesy, Photogrammetry
and Cartography. He is currently the Director of Marine Engineering
Environmental Investigation and Geomatics Center, The First Institute of
Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, P.R. China.
Supervisor
Prof. SHI Wen Zhong John
Project title
Point- and Line-based Transformation Models for
High Resolution Satellite Image Rectification
Dr Ahmed Shaker received his PhD from the Department of Land Surveying
and Geo-informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, under the
supervision of Dr Wen Zhong Shi. Dr Shaker’s thesis title is “Point- and
line-based transformation models for high resolution satellite image
rectification”. He obtained his M.Sc. and B.Sc. from the Department of
Civil Engineering of Cairo University, Egypt. Dr Shaker has over 15 years
of experience in the field of remote sensing. He is the winner of a number
of prestigious awards including the National Science Progress Award in
Surveying and Mapping from the Chinese National Congress, China; the
Marie Curie Incoming International Fellowship, European Commission; and
the Scholarly, Research and Creative activity 2010 recognition Award from
Ryerson University, Canada. Dr Shaker’s research interests cover satellite
sensor modeling, image analysis and data fusion, applications of remote
sensing in water resources and urban areas, transportation engineering,
image classification and segmentation, and LiDAR data processing. Dr
Shaker has more than 45 papers published in several scientific peer
reviewed international journals and conferences. He is also a peer reviewer
of several international journals. Dr Shaker is working as a consultant to a
number of national and international organizations.
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