Ir Prof WONG Yuk Lung

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Ir Prof WONG Yuk Lung has over 40 years of experience in Civil Engineering. He was the former Associate Professor and Professor in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Hong Kong Chu Hai College of Higher Education respectively.

Before 1992, He served in Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Partners H.K. as an Assistant Engineer and then an Acting Resident Engineer. He engaged in various design works of reinforced concrete structures, such as industrial buildings, Tuen Mun hospital, a sewage screening plant, and carpark buildings. He gained his site experience from the supervision of the construction works in the Tsuen Wan –Tsing Yi Development, and the Taikoo Shing Project. He also worked in Maunsell Consultant Asia, H.K. as an Engineer for six months in 1991, participating in the design of the 65 storey Gilman Plaza building.

From 1992 to 2014. He was an academic staff in the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He taught BSc and MSc courses in Construction Materials, temporary works, concrete technology, reinforced concrete analysis and design, and concrete under fire. Beside conducting teaching and research work, he supervised MPhil and PhD students. He was also appointed as the academic-in-charge of the Heavy Structures Laboratory and Concrete Laboratory, and the course leader of the Part-time Degree of BEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering. In 2014, He was appointed as a Professor of Chu Hai College of Higher Education to teach structural engineering, reinforced concrete design, and construction materials. Since 2020, He has been appointed as a Professor for Advanced Structural Analysis of Institute of Disaster Prevention, Beijing, China.

He has been the investigator of over 23 research projects in the areas of concrete technology (high performance concrete and concrete under high temperatures), and structural/earthquake engineering. Eight PhD students and two MPhil students were graduated under his supervision. He has published 42 technical papers in concrete technology and 88 technical papers in structural/earthquake engineering, and two monographs.

Besides teaching and research work, he is active in serving a number of positions in the local professional institutions and construction associations, and offering consultancy services to government and public in the areas of structural appraisal of aged or fire-damaged buildings, failure/defect analysis and repair of reinforced concrete structures, and development of new construction materials.