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Professor Christopher Y.H. Chao

BSc(Eng), MS, PhD, FHKEng, FHKIE, FASME, FIMechE, FCIBSE, FISIAQ

Vice President (Research and Innovation),

Chair Professor of Thermal and Environmental Engineering, 

Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering &

Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Honorary Professor, 

Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong

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Adjunct Professor, 

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

About us
Prof. Chao

Professional Qualifications

Fellow, The Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences (FHKEng)
2019
Fellow, The International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (FISIAQ)
2011
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, USA. (FASME)
2011
Fellow, The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, UK. (FCIBSE)
2010
Fellow, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, UK. (FHKIE)
2009
Fellow, The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK. (FIMechE)
2006
Registered Professional Engineer (Mechanical, Building Services) (RPE)
1998
Chartered Engineer, The Engineering Council, U.K. (CEng)
1997

Industrial & Other Executive Experience

Member, Board of Directors, Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute
2021 - Present
Member (HK representative), APSEC Advisory Board, APEC Sustainable Energy Center
2020 - Present
Council Member, Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences
2020 - Present
Member, Board of Directors, Cyberport
2020 - Present
Member, Board of Directors, Engineering Forum, The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
2019 - Present
Member, Board of Directors, Engineering Forum, HKU Space
2019 - 2021
Team Members
Reseach Assistants
Team Members
Green Leaves
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Dr. Oscar K.C. Chan
Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering, HKUST

Research Areas

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Energy and Thermal Systems,

Adsorption Technology,

Energy Sustainability,

Thermal Fluidic Simulation

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Mr. Ross Y.M. Wong
Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, HKUST; MPhil in Mechanical Engineer, HKUST

Research Areas

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Radiative Cooling

Microfabrication

Microfluidic and microscale heat transfer

Energy Conversion

Pink Petals
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Miss X.L. Zhong
Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, HKU; MPhil in Mechanical Engineering, HKUST

Research Areas

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Heat Transfer,

Fluid-Structure-Interaction,

Aerosol Dynamics

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Dr. Tony C.T. Wang
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, HKUST

Research Areas

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Bioaerosol/Aerosol,

Droplet Dynamics,

Fluid Dynamics,

Indoor Air Quality,

Respiratory Disease Transmission

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Mr. Jeffrey J. Feng
Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, HKU

Research Areas

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Aerosol Science

Fluid Dynamics

Indoor Air Quality

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Miss Celeste T.W. Lai
Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, HKU; MSc in Computational Mechanics at The Technical University of Munich

Research Areas

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Mechanics of Nanoparticles, Acoustophoresis,

Microfluidics

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Dr. S.C. Fu
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, PolyU

Research Areas

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Aerosol and Bioaerosol Dynamics,

Nanofluids and Heat Transfer, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Turbulence

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Mr. Y. Zhang
Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, HKU; MPhil in Mechanical Engineering, HKUST

Research Areas

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Flutter-driven Energy Harvesting,

Thermochromic Smart Windows

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Mr. G. Yang
Ph.D. Student in BEEE at PolyU; MSc in Mechanical Engineering, HKU

Research Interest

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Flutter effect on heat dissipation efficiency using thermal conductive flag

Research Assistants

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Miss Kristy Y.H. Chan
MEng in Chemical Engineering at Swansea University

Research Interest

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Materials,

Environmental Sustainability

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Miss T. Tennakoon
BEng in Mechanical Engineering, Minor in Environmental Engineering, HKU

Research Interest

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Acoustofluidics,

Building, Energy and Environment

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Mr. Y.F. Wang
Msc in Intelligent Building Technology and Management at HKUST

Research Interest

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Heat Transfer

Aerosol

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