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Charles Ng Wang-wai

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Ng has published extensively in the field of unsaturated soil mechanics, soil-structure interaction, debris flow mitigation and geotechnical design resulting in over 350 SCI journal articles, 250 state-of-the-art conference papers, 3 reference textbooks and more than 80 keynote lectures. More than 55
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Ng joined HKUST in 1995 as assistant professor and was promoted to chair professor in 2011. He was conferred the first CLP Holdings Professor of Sustainability named professorship in 2017. He was appointed as the dean of HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School at HKUST in 2020. He was appointed as the
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In 2002, Ng was the recipient of the Mao-Yisheng Youth Award by the Chinese Institute of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering for his significant contributions in geotechnical engineering. In 2007, he received the Overseas and Hong Kong, Macau Young Scholars Award by the National Science
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Foundation of China. In 2015, he received the 2nd Prize of Scientific Technological Advancement Award by the State Council of China and in 2020, he was the recipient of National Natural Science Award by the State Council of China. He was elected as a fellow of
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outbreaks. These new restrictions came into effect from 7 January 2022 onwards for a period of 14 days (up to 20 January 2022). On 3 January 2022, Ng had attended a
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where he completed his PhD degree in civil engineering in 1993. From 1993 to 1995, he worked as a post-doctoral research associate with professors
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is the first CLP Holdings Professor of Sustainability and Chair Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the
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Ng's contribution to geotechnical engineering has been recognised by different academic societies. He is an overseas fellow of the
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Unsaturated soil mechanics, geotechnical centrifuge modelling, plant-soil-slope interaction, soil-structure interaction
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He is the recipient of multiple awards for his continuing research in soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering.
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2020 National Natural Science Award by the State Council of China (中國國家2020年度自然科學奖).
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announced new warnings and restrictions against social gathering due to potential
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Hong Kong Finds New Suspected Covid Case at Official’s Scandal-Hit Birthday Party
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2015 2nd Prize of Scientific Technological Advancement Award, State of China
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International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
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1st Tan Swan Beng Award from the Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society
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International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
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PhD and 60 MPhil students have graduated under his supervision.
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Ng, Charles Wang Wai; Leung, Anthony; Ni, Junjun (2019-07-01).
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The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers | Geotechnical Division
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Ng is a chartered Civil Engineer (CEng) and a Fellow of the
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Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
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Chair Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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vice-president of HKUST (Guangzhou) campus in 2021.
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Index

Hong Kong name
surname
Ng

Traditional Chinese
Jyutping
FREng
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
University of Bristol
Malcolm Bolton
Sarah Springman
University of Cambridge
Royal Academy of Engineering
Churchill College
Changjiang Scholar
Ministry of Education in China
Institution of Civil Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Carrie Lam
COVID-19
birthday party
Witman Hung Wai-man


"Named Professorship at HKUST"
"Charles Wang Wai NG 吳宏偉 | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering"
"Charles NG Wang-Wai | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)"
"The International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering"

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