Research Outputs
The research activities of the Department can broadly be arranged in five major areas:
- Advanced Civil Engineering Materials and Mechanics
- Architecture and Urban Study
- Build Energy and Environment
- Disaster and Climate-Resilient Urban
- Intelligent Constructure and Management
Construction Management and Surveying
- Management in Construction
- Quantitative Methods
- Technology and Materials
- Construction Information Technology
- Education and Training

Intelligent Built Environment
- Intelligent Building Systems
- Fire Dynamics/ Fire Modelling/ Fire Safety Engineering
- Evacuation Modelling
- Computation Fluid Dynamics

Environment and Services
- Sustainable Development
- Indoor Air Quality
- Air Pollution
- Wind Engineering
- Noise, Vibration
- Daylighting
- Acoustics
- Energy Saving
- Disaster Prevention/Mitigation

Structure and Materials
- Structural Analysis in Design
- Dynamic Behaviour of Structures
- Non-Linear Analysis of Steel Structure
- Smart Materials
- Structural Model Updating and Health Monitoring
- Structural Control and Stability
- Structural Safety

Recent Major Projects (July 2024 to June 2025)
Big Grants
•Prof Liew, RGC Strategic Topics Grant (STG): Tomorrow is Now: Eco-friendly Autonomous Construction through Sustainable 3D Concrete Printing, HKD 33.3 M
•Prof Dai, Green Tech Fund (GTF): A low-carbon manufacturing technology to turn municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) ash into artificial aggregates, HKD 5.4 M.
•Prof Luo, RGC Collaborative Research Fund (CRF): Advancing Shared Autonomy: Innovating Collaborative and Sensory Interfaces for Future Teleoperation Systems, HK$4.82 M.
GRF and NSFC
•24/25 General Research Fund (GRF): Prof. Qiusheng LI, Prof. Jeff Jianfeng WANG, Prof. Kim Meow LIEW; Prof. Yu WANG; Prof. Mei-yung LEUNG
•24/25 Early Career Scheme (ECS): Prof. Xing ZHENG, Prof. Ping LU, Prof. Dengwu JIAO, Prof. Guoyang LU
•24/25 NSFC (Yeung): Prof Dengwu Jiao, Prof Xianfei Yin
Enquiries
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6/F Yeung Kin Man Acad Bldg,
83 Tat Chee Road, Kowloon Tong