Joseph Hun-wei Lee explained

李行偉
Joseph Hun-wei Lee
Office:Macau University of Science and Technology President (2021-)
International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research（IAHR）President (2019-2023)
Nationality:Chinese
Alma Mater:Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, SM, PhD)

Joseph Hun-wei Lee is a Chinese civil engineer, currently serving as President of the Macau University of Science and Technology.[1]

Education and career

Lee received a BSc, a MSc, and a PhD in Civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[2] He served as President of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) from 2019-2023,[3] the first Chinese to head the IAHR in its over eight decades of history.[4] He is a past President of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences (HKAES), past Chairman of Hong Kong Research Grant Council (RGC)[5] 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).[6]

He joined the faculty of the University of Delaware as an Assistant Professor, and moved to the University of Hong Kong in 1980. At the University of Hong Kong, he was Dean of Engineering from 2000-2003,[7] 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.

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, eco-hydraulics related to dynamics of algal blooms and red tides, AI and real time water quality forecasting systems and urban flood control for climate change. He is also the Director of the Croucher Laboratory of Environmental Hydraulics since 2004.[8] He is listed in Stanford University top 2% of scientists globally, Sep. 2022.[9] [10]

He developed the theoretical modelling and engineering prediction of the mixing and dilution of turbulent buoyant jets in an ambient current and proposed the Lagrangian integral jet model - JETLAG,[11] [12] 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[13] that is widely used internationally for impact assessment and outfall design. His work on buoyant jet theory has also been applied to unravel the transmission and spreading mechanisms of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Hong Kong in 2003.[14] [15]

Professor Lee has pioneered the development of early warning system of Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB)[16] and helped advance smart environmental management for water resilience.[17] 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, emergency response, and daily beach water quality forecasting[18] and scientific management of marine fish culture by the Hong Kong Government.[19] [20]

He has served as consultant on major hydro-environmental projects, contributing to the Hong Kong Harbour Area Treatment Scheme, Yuen Long Bypass Floodway[21] and Tai Hang Tung Storage Scheme.[22] His theory on supercritical vortex intakes has been adopted in the design of Hong Kong West Drainage Tunnel[23] [24] and urban drainage infrastructures in other cities such as the Thames Tideway Tunnel in London.[25]

As independent expert appointed by the Hong Kong SAR Government, he has also helped resolve complex high profile public investigations of environmental episodes of social importance – including the “Excess lead in drinking water of public housing” in 2015,[26] [27] [28] the mysterious disastrous Tai Po River debris flooding in 2010,[29] [30] and the Environmental Impact Assessment Appeal (EIA) of a railway line through the Long Valley Wetland EIA in 2001.[31] [32] He also led a CAE-HKAES study which assisted the national policy of developing the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area into an international innovation and technology hub.[33]

His life and work were featured in a one-hour episode of the RTHK science documentary “Our Scientists”.

Honours and awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MUST Announces its New Appointment of President .
  2. Web site: Personal CV . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210727073228/https://www.must.edu.mo/images/FIE/CV/hwlee.pdf . 2021-07-27 . 2023-08-11.
  3. Web site: IAHR Council. live. 2021-08-23. 2021-12-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20211222192817/https://www.iahr.org/index/council.
  4. Web site: 中国发布丨中国香港学者李行伟连任国际水利与环境工程学会主席_新闻中心_中国网 . 2023-08-14 . news.china.com.cn.
  5. Web site: Appointment of Research Grants Council Chairman. live. 2021-08-23. 2021-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20210308182807/https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202006/12/P2020061200218.htm.
  6. Lee . Joseph Hun-wei . Seo . Il-won . 2007-12-04 . Editor's Note . Journal of Hydro-environment Research . en . 1 . 2 . 79 . 10.1016/j.jher.2007.11.001 . 1570-6443.
  7. Web site: List of Deans (1912-). 2021-08-23. 2021-11-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20211130120523/https://engg.hku.hk/About-Us/History/List-of-Deans. live.
  8. Web site: Director, Croucher Laboratory of Environmental Hydraulics . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200226011249/http://www.civil.hku.hk/envhydraulics/ . 2020-02-26 . 2021-08-23.
  9. Ioannidis . John P.A. . 2022-10-10 . September 2022 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators" . 2023-08-14 . Elsevier Data Repository . 10.17632/btchxktzyw.4.
  10. Web site: 2022-11-01 . 澳科大36位学者入选"全球前2%顶尖科学家榜单" . 2023-08-14 . 澳門科技大學.
  11. Lee . Joseph H. W. . Cheung . Valiant . 1990 . Generalized Lagrangian Model for Buoyant Jets in Current . Journal of Environmental Engineering . en . 116 . 6 . 1085–1106 . 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(1990)116:6(1085) . 0733-9372.
  12. Lee . Hun-wei Joseph . 2012 . Mixing of Multiple Buoyant Jets . live . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering . 138 . 12 . 1008–1021 . 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000560 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210823032939/https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000560 . 2021-08-23 . 2021-08-23 . ASCE Library.
  13. Book: Joseph H. W. Lee, Vincent H. Chu . Turbulent Jets and Plumes: A Lagrangian Approach . Springer New York, NY . 2003 . 9781402075209 . 1st . 2003 . New York . 1–359 . 10.1007/978-1-4615-0407-8 . Springer.
  14. Web site: Outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) at Amoy Gardens, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong, Main Findings of the Investigation. 2021-08-23. 2021-02-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20210225115707/https://www.info.gov.hk/info/sars/pdf/amoy_e.pdf. live.
  15. WHO experts consulted university engineers on identifying 'at-risk' buildings in Hong Kong . Convocation Newsletter . 2003 . 1 . 11.
  16. Lee . Joseph H.W. . Huang . Yan . Dickman . Mike . Jayawardena . A.W. . 2003 . Neural network modelling of coastal algal blooms . Ecological Modelling . en . 159 . 2–3 . 179–201 . 10.1016/S0304-3800(02)00281-8.
  17. Harrison . Paul J. . Yin . Kedong . Lee . J.H.W. . Gan . Jianping . Liu . Hongbin . 2008 . Physical–biological coupling in the Pearl River Estuary . Continental Shelf Research . en . 28 . 12 . 1405–1415 . 10.1016/j.csr.2007.02.011.
  18. Web site: Beach Water Quality Forecast System launched . 2023-08-16 . www.info.gov.hk.
  19. Web site: Project WATERMAN. 2021-08-23. 2021-08-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20210823032615/https://charities.hkjc.com/charities/english/community-contributions/hkjc-130-story-env-waterman.aspx. live.
  20. Web site: WATERMAN project website. 2021-08-23. 2021-08-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20210816105934/http://www.waterman.hku.hk/. live.
  21. Web site: Yuen Long Bypass Floodway (YLBF) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210823033132/https://www.dsd.gov.hk/EN/HTML/394.html . 2021-08-23 . 2021-08-23.
  22. Web site: Tai Hang Tung Stormwater Storage Scheme – Tai Hang Tung Stormwater Storage Scheme . 2023-09-17 . Drainage Services Department . en.
  23. Web site: Proposed Drainage Tunnel Schemes for Flood Protection .
  24. Web site: Hong Kong West Drainage Tunnel . 2023-09-17 . Drainage Services Department . en.
  25. Web site: Vortex-Flow Intakes . 2023-09-18 . www.iahr.org . en.
  26. Web site: 2015-10-21 . Three Hong Kong public housing tenants join tainted water probe . 2023-08-22 . South China Morning Post . en.
  27. Web site: 2016-02-05 . Expert Report by Professor Joseph Lee, Expert of the Commission . 2023-08-22 . www.coi-drinkingwater.gov.hk.
  28. Chan . Shu Ning . Chang . Lu . Choi . King Wah . Lee . Joseph H. W. . Fawell . John K. . Kwok . Kelvin Y. T. . 2020-11-17 . Unraveling the Causes of Excess Lead in Drinking Water Supply Systems of Densely Populated High-Rise Buildings in Hong Kong . Environmental Science & Technology . en . 54 . 22 . 14322–14333 . 10.1021/acs.est.0c03232 . 0013-936X.
  29. Web site: Investigations into flooding at Sha Po Tsai Village completed (with video) . 2023-08-22 . www.info.gov.hk.
  30. Web site: Lee . Joseph Hun-wei . 2010-10-12 . Review of Investigation Report on the Flooding in Sha Po Tsai Village, Tai Po on 22 July 2010 . 2023-08-22 . www.devb.gov.hk.
  31. Web site: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT APPEAL BOARD NO. 2 OF 2000 . 2023-08-22 . www.epd.gov.hk.
  32. Web site: 2001-12-10 . LETTERHEAD OF ADVISORY COUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT . 2023-08-22 . www.legco.gov.hk.
  33. Web site: 2018-05-14 . Hong Kong must 'innovate or die', new study warns . 2023-08-14 . South China Morning Post . en.
  34. Web site: Winners Approved By PSIPW Council For Its 11th Award (2024) . www.psipw.org.
  35. Web site: HKIE - The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers Announced the Awardees of Four Engineering Awards . 2023-09-17 . www.hkie.org.hk.
  36. Web site: Fellows HKAES . 2023-09-17 . www.hkaes.org.
  37. Web site: Academy announces new Fellows for 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210831210346/https://www.raeng.org.uk/news/news-releases/2008/July/academy-announces-new-fellows. 2021-08-31. 2021-07-21 . Royal Academy of Engineering.
  38. Web site: HKUST Vice-President Prof Joseph Lee Wins State Scientific and Technological Progress Award. 2021-08-23. 2022-10-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20221006000728/https://hkust.edu.hk/hkust-vice-president-prof-joseph-lee-wins-state-scientific-and-technological-progress-award. live.
  39. Web site: Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Award Past Award Winners . 2023-09-17 . www.asce.org . en-US.
  40. Web site: IAHR Honorary Membership Award. 2021-08-23. 2021-08-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20210818103532/https://iahr.org/index/dawards/1. live.
  41. Web site: Joseph Lee Hun Wei, The Croucher Foundation scholars. 2021-08-23. 2021-08-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20210816105920/https://scholars.croucher.org.hk/scholars/joseph-lee-hun-wei. live.
  42. Web site: Croucher Laboratory Naming Ceremony. 2021-08-23. 2021-07-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20210727041028/http://www.civil.hku.hk/envhydraulics/photo_name.htm. live.
  43. Web site: Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize Past Award Winners . 2023-09-17 . www.asce.org . en-US.
  44. Web site: 2010 IAHR APD Distinguished Membership Award. 2021-08-23. 2021-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20210721081713/https://www.iahr.org/individual-member/user?member_no=10989. live.
  45. Web site: Prof. Dr. Joseph Hun-Wei Lee Profile . 2023-09-17 . www.humboldt-foundation.de . en.
  46. Web site: CIC Construction Innovation Award 2017 CIC Construction Innovation Expo 2022 . 2023-09-17 . ciexpo.cic.hk.
  47. Web site: Innovation Awards for Construction Industry 2001/02 . 2023-09-17 . www.hkengineer.org.hk . en.
  48. Web site: Happy Valley Underground Stormwater Storage Scheme Awarded 2018 Dai Yu Science & Technology Medal of Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society . 2023-09-17 . Drainage Services Department . en.

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