Awards & Recognitions
2026
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of the United States
IAS Paul C W Chu Professor|Chair Professor, Department of Physics|Director of IAS Center for Fundamental Physics
2025 ICPC Asia East Continent Final Bronze Medal
Red Bird Flies First - Kaibin Lu, Zijian Yang, Junhe Zheng
School of Engineering
Dr. HE Yingqing
PhD in Individualized Interdisciplinary Program (Robotics and Autonomous Systems), Class of 2025
Chair Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Department of Ocean Science, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering|Director of HKUST-Bright Dream Robotics Joint Research Institute|Director of HKUST-JD.com Joint Laboratory|Director of HKUST-Wuxi Joint Laboratory for Robotic Embodied Dexterity and Intelligence|Associate Director of Low Altitude Economy Research Center
HKUST-University of Bristol Global Knowledge Network Award
Head and Chair Professor, Division of Life Science|Lo Ka Chung Charitable Foundation Professor of Science|Co-Director of Brain and Intelligence Research Institute
Associate Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering|Associate Director of Center for Display Research
2026 ACM SIGGRAPH Academy
Acting Head and Professor, Division of Arts and Machine Creativity|Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas|Program Director of MA in Arts and Machine Creativity
Best Presentation at the 2026 18th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Technology (ICBBT 2026)
XU Wentao
PhD student, Department of Chemistry
Saint Francis Prize in Techno-Humanities (AI Humanities Commendation Award) from Saint Francis University
Dean of Humanities and Social Science|Chair Professor, Division of Social Science