Knowledge Exchange Awards 2014

The Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Awards were introduced in 2011 in order to recognize each Faculty's outstanding KE accomplishment that has made demonstrable economic, social or cultural impacts to benefit the community, business/industry, or partner organizations. Following the successful launch of the Faculty KE Awards, the KE Award (Non-Faculty Unit) was introduced in 2012 with the same objective for the independent centres, institutes and units of the University.

The following colleagues have won the Faculty KE Awards 2014 of their respective Faculties:

• Faculty of Architecture:
  Dr Cole ROSKAM and team members - Ms Melissa CATE CHRIST, Dr Cecilia CHU, Professor Lynne DiSTEFANO, Mr Nicholas KARKLINS, Dr Ho Yin LEE, Dr Eunice SENG and Mr H. Koon WEE
  'Mapping Modern Architecture in Hong Kong'
• Faculty of Arts:
  Dr Lisa L. S. LIM
  'LinguisticMinorities.HK and LinguisticMinorities.HK: Connecting with the Communities'
• Faculty of Dentistry:
  Dr Xiaoli GAO and team members - Professor Edward C. M. LO and Professor Colman MCGRATH
  'Oral Health Promotion among Indonesian Domestic Workers and Their Employers' Families'
• Faculty of Education:
  Professor Shek Kam TSE and team members - Dr Mark S. K. SHUM, Dr Wing Wah KI, Dr Wai Ming CHEUNG, Dr Joseph W. I. LAM and Dr Elizabeth K. Y. LOH
  ' A Meaningful Journey of Teaching and Learning of Chinese for Non-Chinese Speaking Students: Towards Local, Regional and International Advancement'
• Faculty of Engineering:
  Dr Wilton W. T. FOK
  'Knowledge Exchange of e-Learning Technology and Pedagogy in Hong Kong and Overseas'
• Faculty of Law:
  Professor Anne S. Y. CHEUNG and team members - Dr Kevin K. H. PUN, Dr Felix W. H. CHAN and Mr Eric T. M. CHEUNG
  'The Community Legal Information Centre (CLIC) Series (Including the CLIC, Youth CLIC, Senior CLIC and Family CLIC websites)'
• Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine:
  Dr Lap Ki CHAN and team members - Mr Owen O. C. CHAN, Ms Annie L. H. KWAN, Professor K. F. SO, Dr G. L. TIPOE, Professor George S. W. TSAO and Mr Patrick W. L. Wong
  'Life and Death Education through the HKU Body Donation Programme'
• Faculty of Science:
  Dr Benny C. H. NG and team members - Dr William M. Y. CHEUNG, Dr Chi-wang CHAN, Dr Rachel K. W. LUI and Dr Jessica S. C. LEUNG
  'Science and Art Crossover Project - Visualizing Science via Creative Lens & Interactive Art'
• Faculty of Social Sciences:
  Dr Terry Y. S. LUM and team members - Dr Vivian W. Q. LOU and Dr Ernest W. T. CHUI
  'Promoting Ageing-in-Place for Elderly Tenant in Rental Housing Estates of Hong Kong Housing Society'

Individual faculties have the flexibility to decide whether to conduct a Faculty KE Award exercise in a particular year, taking into account the faculty's KE developments.

The KE Award (Non-Faculty Unit) 2014 has been awarded to:

• Dr Florian KNOTHE, University Museum and Art Gallery, and team member - Dr Opher MANSOUR, School of Humanities (Fine Arts)
  'Botticelli's Venus at the University Museum and Art Gallery, HKU'

My heartiest congratulations to all the colleagues concerned on their achievements in KE.

Professor Paul Tam
Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research)
Director, Knowledge Exchange Office