Prof. Dr. Charles W. W. Ng

Topic of the presentation:

Impact mechanisms and rational design of debris flow resisiting multiple barriers

About Speaker:

Professor Charles W. W. Ng is a Vice-President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in Guangzhou campus. He is also the Dean of HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School.  Professor Ng is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the immediate Past President of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (2017–2022).

He has delivered more than 90 keynotes and state-of-the-art reports across the six continents. He is the main author of three reference books: “A Short Course in Soil-structure Engineering of Deep Foundations, Excavations and Tunnels” published by Thomas Telford in 2004, and “Advanced Unsaturated Soil Mechanics and Engineering” and “Plant-Soil Slope Interaction” by CRC: Taylor & Francis in 2007 and 2019, respectively.

He has received many awards such as the 2020 National Natural Science Award by the State Council of China (國家2020年度自然科學二等奖), 2022 Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress (何梁何利基金科學與技術進步獎), the 2022 Varnes Medal by the UNESCO-International Consortium on Landslides (联合国教科文组织下属国际滑坡学会), 2015 Scientific Technological Advancement Award by the State Council of China (國家2015年度科技進步獎二等獎), the 2017 Telford Premium Prize from the Institution of Civil Engineers, and the R. M. Quigley Award from the Canadian Geotechnical Society three times in 2007, 2012 & 2016.