Joseph Hun-wei Lee

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李行偉
Joseph Hun-wei Lee
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Macau University of Science and Technology President
International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research（IAHR）President

Joseph Hun-wei Lee (Chinese: 李行偉，born October 1952 in Shanghai), fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) and the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences (FHKEng), and a civil engineering professor specializing in water and environmental engineering.

Biography[]

Joseph Lee is currently the President of the Macau University of Science and Technology from January 2021.[1] He has been elected President of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR),[2] the first Chinese scholar to head the IAHR in its over eight decades of history.[3]  He is a past President of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences, past Chairman of Hong Kong Research Grant Council (RGC)[4] as well as the Assessment Panel of the Hong Kong Public Policy Research Scheme.  He was the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Hydro-environment Research (JHER).

Joseph Lee joined the faculty of the University of Delaware as an Assistant Professor, and moved to the University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 1980, where he became Redmond Chair Professor of Civil Engineering in 1995. At HKU, he was Dean of Engineering from 2000-2003,[5] and Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Staffing) from 2004-2010.

During 2010-2016, he took office as Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, followed by appointments as Elman Family Professor of Engineering and Public Policy[6] (2017-2018), and Senior Advisor to the President (2018-2020).[7] He is also the Director of the Croucher Laboratory of Environmental Hydraulics since 2004.[8]

Joseph Lee obtained his BSc, MSc and PhD degrees in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology[9] as following:

  • BSc (Eng), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A. (1969-1973)[10]
  • MSc in Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A. (1973-1974)[10]
  • PhD in Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A. (1974-1977)[10]

Research[]

Joseph Lee's research is about the use of hydraulics in application to environmental problems, specifically the theory of buoyant jets and its environmental applications, and the prediction and control of water quality.

Joseph Lee has developed the theoretical modelling and engineering prediction of the mixing and dilution of turbulent buoyant jets in an ambient current.  He proposed the Lagrangian integral jet model - JETLAG, a general tool that enables the first engineering prediction of the 3D trajectory and the initial dilution of an arbitrarily inclined buoyant jet in stratified ambient current.  The method forms the basis of the VISJET modelling system[11] that is widely used internationally for impact assessment and outfall design. His work on buoyant jet theory[12] has also been applied to unravel the transmission and spreading mechanisms of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Hong Kong in 2003.[13]

Joseph Lee has aided in developing early warning system of Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) based on field observational systems, and physical-biological coupling using hydrodynamic and water quality modelling.

Joseph Lee has also helped advance smart environmental management for water resilience in smart cities.  In 2008 he proposed Project WATERMAN – a real-time coastal water quality forecast and management system. The system has been adopted for environmental impact assessment and scientific management of marine fish culture by the Hong Kong Government.[14][15]

Joseph Lee has served as consultant on hydro-environmental projects. He has contributed to the Hong Kong Harbour Area Treatment Scheme, Yuen Long Bypass Floodway and Tai Hang Tung Storage Scheme. His theory on supercritical vortex intakes has been adopted in the design of Hong Kong West Drainage Tunnel and urban drainage infrastructures in other mega-cities[which?].[16][17][18]

Honours and awards[]

Joseph Lee has won Senior Research Fellowship Award of the Croucher Foundation (1998), the ASCE Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Award (2009), the China State Scientific and Technological Progress Award (2010, Second Class), the ASCE Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize (2013).  He was bestowed Honorary Membership by IAHR in 2015. Joseph Lee has also won the following:

  • 2002 Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences [19]
  • 2008 Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering, United Kingdom [20]
  • China State Scientific and Technological Progress Award (2010, Second Class) [21]
  • ASCE Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Award (2009) [22]
  • Honorary Membership, International Association for Hydro-environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) (2015) [23]
  • Senior Research Fellowship Award of the Croucher Foundation (1998) [24][25]
  • Croucher Laboratory of Environmental Hydraulics (2004) [26]
  • Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (2013) [27]
  • Distinguished IAHR-APD Membership Award (2010) [28]
  • Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, University of Karlsruhe, Germany (1992-1993) [29]
  • Innovation Award (Sustainability), the Hong Kong Construction Industry Council (2017) [30]
  • Innovation Award for Construction Industry of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (2002) [31] [32]
  • Da Yu Hydro-science and Engineering Award (Second class), China Hydraulic Engineering Society (2018) [33]

References[]

  1. ^ "MUST appoints new president". Macau Business.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "IAHR Council".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "中國網：中國香港學者李行偉連任國際水利與環境工程學會主席".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Appointment of Research Grants Council Chairman".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "List of Deans (1912-)".
  6. ^ "Prof Joseph Hun-wei Lee, Elman Family Professor of Engineering and Public Policy".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "HKUST People".
  8. ^ "Director, Croucher Laboratory of Environmental Hydraulics".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Personal CV" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ a b c Lee, Joseph Hun wei. "PhD in Civil Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ S. K. B. Cheung, D. Y. L. Leung, W. Wang, J. H. W. Lee and V. Cheung (2000). "VISJET-a computer ocean outfall modelling system". Proceedings Computer Graphics International. 2000: 75–80. doi:10.1109/CGI.2000.852322. hdl:10722/53605. ISBN 0-7695-0643-7. S2CID 33634611 – via IEEE.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Lee, Hun-wei Joseph (2012). "Mixing of Multiple Buoyant Jets". Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. 138 (12): 1008–1021. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000560 – via ASCE Library.
  13. ^ "Outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) at Amoy Gardens, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong, Main Findings of the Investigation" (PDF).
  14. ^ "Project WATERMAN".
  15. ^ "WATERMAN project website".
  16. ^ "Yuen Long Bypass Floodway (YLBF)".
  17. ^ "大坑東蓄洪計劃".
  18. ^ "港島西雨水排放隧道設計及建造工程".
  19. ^ "Fellow of 2002, LEE, Professor, Joseph Hun-wei".
  20. ^ "Academy announces new Fellows for 2008".
  21. ^ "HKUST Vice-President Prof Joseph Lee Wins State Scientific and Technological Progress Award".
  22. ^ "Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Award Past Award Winners".
  23. ^ "IAHR Honorary Membership Award".
  24. ^ "Joseph Lee Hun Wei, The Croucher Foundation scholars".
  25. ^ "香港大學裘槎水力實驗室命名典禮 (採訪邀請)".
  26. ^ "Croucher Laboratory Naming Ceremony".
  27. ^ "Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize PAST Award Winners".
  28. ^ "2010 IAHR APD Distinguished Membership Award".
  29. ^ "Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung".
  30. ^ "Announcement of the CIC Construction Innovation Award 2017".
  31. ^ "地下防洪計劃獲建造創意獎".
  32. ^ "香港工程師學會媒體報導-2002年5月剪報".
  33. ^ "大禹獎2018年度獲獎名單".


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