Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2001

Exemplar y Teaching Award s Presentation Current dean Prof. Ching Pak-chung (right 5) and founding dean Prof. Omar Wing (right 4) posing with recipients of the faculty's exemplary teaching awards on 10th November: Prof. Li Wen-jung of the Department of Automation and Computer-aided Engineering (left 4 )， Prof. Jimmy Lee (right 1) and Prof. John Lui of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Prof. Chan Cheong-fat (right 2) and Prof. Lee Tan (left 1) of the Department of Electronic Engineering, Prof. Jack Lee (left 5) and Prof. Wong Wing- shing (right 3) of the Department of Information Engineering, and Prof. Helen Meng (left 2) and Prof. Shuzhong Zhang (left 3) of the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management. Ground-breaking Ceremon y of theNewEngineering Buildin g The new engineering building is expected to be completed in 2004. (From left) Prof. Ching Pak-chung, Prof. Simon Wong, Dr. Alice Lam, chairperson of the University Grants Committee, Prof. Songde Ma, Prof. Arthur K.C. Li, CUHK vice-chancellor, Dr. Lily Chiang, chairperson of the Advisory Board of the Faculty of Engineering, and Prof. Omar Wing, founding dean of the faculty, officiating at the ground-breaking ceremony held on 9th November 2001. Innovatio n and Technology Fai r 2001 The Innovation and Technology Fair (9th and 10th November) on the sixth floor of the Ho Sin-Hang Engineering Building showcased the latest research results of the faculty in Chinese computing, computer-aided engineering, e-commerce, image processing and virtual reality, multimedia information retrieval, optical technologies, and Internet technologies. Eight spin-off companies and companies set up by former teaching staff and graduates of the faculty were also at the fair. 49