Charles Wang Wai Ng

Charles Wang Wai Ng FREng is the first CLP Holdings Professor of Sustainability[1] and Chair Professor[2] in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He is also the dean of the Fok Ying Tung Graduate School at HKUST. He is the 17th president of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (2017–2021)[3]

Charles Wang Wai Ng
Alma materPhD, University of Bristol
OccupationChair Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
EmployerThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
OrganizationInternational Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Known forUnsaturated soil mechanics, geotechnical centrifuge modelling, plant-soil-slope interaction, soil-structure interaction
Awards
  • 2018 Geotechnical Best Paper Award, HKIE
  • 2017 Telford Premium Prize, ICE
  • 2006, 2012 & 2016 R. M. Quigley Award, CGS
  • 2015 2nd Prize of Scientific Technological Advancement Award, State of China
  • 1st Tan Swan Beng Award from the Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society
  • 1995 Henry Adams Award, IStructE
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese吳宏偉
JyutpingNg4 Wang4wai6

Education

Charles W. W. Ng attended the University of Bristol 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 Malcolm Bolton and Sarah Springman at the University of Cambridge.

Career

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[1] named professorship in 2017. He was appointed as the dean of HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School at HKUST in 2020.

Awards

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 Foundation of China. He was elected as a fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering in 2020.[4]

Ng's contribution to geotechnical engineering has been recognised by different academic societies. He is an overseas fellow of the Churchill College, the University of Cambridge, a fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences and a Changjiang Scholar (2010–2013) (Chair Professorship in Geotechnical Engineering) by the Ministry of Education in China.

He is the recipient of multiple awards for his continuing research in soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering.[5][6][7][8]

Professional affiliations

Ng is a chartered Civil Engineer (CEng) and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK), the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. He currently serves as the 17th President of International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (2017-2021).

Achievements

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,[9] 3 reference textbooks[10][11][12] and more than 80 keynote lectures. More than 55 PhD and 60 MPhil students have graduated under his supervision.

References
  1. "Named Professorship at HKUST". np.ust.hk. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  2. "Charles Wang Wai NG 吳宏偉 | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering". www.ce.ust.hk. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  3. "The International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering". www.issmge.org. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  4. Ng, Charles Wang-Wai. "New Fellows 2020". Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  5. HKIEGD. "The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers | Geotechnical Division". The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers | Geotechnical Division. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  6. "Telford Premium". www.icevirtuallibrary.com. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  7. "Award-winning papers published in 2016". Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 55: vii–viii. 2018-01-01. doi:10.1139/cgj-2017-0717.
  8. "2015年度国家科学技术进步奖获奖项目". www.most.gov.cn. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  9. "Scopus preview - Ng, Charles Wang Wai - Author details - Scopus". www.scopus.com. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  10. "A Short Course in Soil–Structure Engineering of Deep Foundations, Excavations and Tunnels". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. "Advanced Unsaturated Soil Mechanics and Engineering". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  12. Ng, Charles Wang Wai; Leung, Anthony; Ni, Junjun (2019-07-01). Plant-Soil Slope Interaction. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-351-05238-2.
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