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Selected Postdoctoral Fellows Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics Dr LIU Kim Fung Dr WONG Man Sing Supervisor Prof. SHI Wen Zhong John Project title Further Study on Fuzzy Topological Relations Modelling for Spatial Objects “Upon obtaining my PhD degree, I was employed by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where I now work as a Research Associate. I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Land Surveying and Geo- Informatics working on different research projects. It had taken me over six years of continuous work for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, but I had enjoyed the research life at PolyU as it had proved to be a stable and comfortable background for me. During this period, I learnt a lot about the reasearch techniques and knowledge in my field. My research focuses mainly on GIS theory, with an emphasis on uncertainty modeling and data quality control, the theory of image processing and fuzzy classification. My background in mathematics has given me a lot of tools to handle the problems in the research on GIS and image processing.” Supervisor Prof. Nichol Janet Elizabeth Project title High Resolution Air Quality Monitoring from Satellite Data over Complex Urban Regions “I received my MPhil and Ph.D. degrees in Remote Sensing and GIS from the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in 2005 and 2009, respectively. I was Hong Kong’s first Fulbright scholar in 2006, which led to a stint as a visiting scholar at the University of Maryland, United States from 2006 to 2007. Currently, I am the official site manager of two AERONET stations in Hong Kong. AERONET is a collaborative project with NASA. I have also been working on various projects, including the use of remote sensing to study urban heat island effect, urban environmental quality, landslides, vegetation and ecosystems, spectral mixture analysis, aerosol retrieval and air quality monitoring. I have published over 32 SCI papers, 2 book chapters, 10 peer-reviewed journal papers and over 43 conference proceedings in the last 8 years.” 52
Technology Transfer The Faculty has vigorously adopted one of the strategic objectives of the University, “to reinforce our leadership position in transferring knowledge to the business and professional community so as to support Hong Kong’s competitiveness and economic development in partnership with corporations and organizations in Hong Kong, the Chinese mainland and other countries through mutually beneficial collaboration.” Notable success has been achieved in these areas, some of which are described below. Construction Virtual Technology Development The Department of Building and Real Estate has made great strides in tailoring construction virtual technology to facilitate scenario planning for mammoth projects, thus enabling property developers and project managers to achieve better cost-saving and avoid unnecessary delays. In developing this technology, Prof. Li Heng and his 12-member team have not only published many research papers in international journals, but also turned theory into practice through working closely with industrial partners. They are now able to turn two-dimensional technical drawings into vivid three-dimensional images of skyscrapers and other complex building structures with details of nuts and bolts. More importantly, they can mimic every step of the actual construction process through visualising the workflow as well as the logistics arrangement. “Construction planning is a complicated process that involves optimal use of resources in changing the environment. Owing to the limited functions of traditional planning tools, there is strong need for new technology which can visualise the construction process and enable contractors to try different methods, so that they can produce a feasible plan with optimal use of resources and within the shortest time,” says Prof. Li. This advanced virtual technology, which is now being adopted by major construction contractors such as Gammon Construction Ltd and China Overseas Holdings Ltd, has been put to good use in the planning process of many complex construction projects during the past few years. These include the Island East Commercial Building in Quarry Bay, Tseung Kwan O Sports Stadium (venue for the East Asian Games), Tuen Mun Police Quarters and the Venetian Hotel in Macau, to name but a few. To support the further advancement of this technology, PolyU has established a Construction Virtual Prototyping (CVP) Laboratory. This initiative is also backed by strong industrial support, as China Overseas Holdings Ltd and Gammon Construction Ltd have each donated over $1 million for the establishment of the Laboratory. In 2008, the Central Government’s Ministry of Construction gave RMB500,000 to support PolyU’s CVP Laboratory. This was also the first time that a local tertiary institution received research funding from the Ministry. The use of this new technology is spreading across the border. Two major mainland developers in the Chinese mainland, namely the Vanke Group and China State Construction International Holdings Ltd, have also employed this technology in their projects. The CVP Laboratory is now offering industry personnel two types of professional services: (1) rapid prototyping of projects at the tender stage for contractors to vividly and dynamically present the feasibility of construction methods; (2) visual prototyping of projects at the construction stage to develop a detailed and improved construction programme within minimum time and optimal use of resources. 53
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