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Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Biography:
Tak-Ming joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in July 2014 as an Assistant Professor in Structural Engineering. Tak-Ming graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 2001 with a first class honours degree in Civil Engineering. He started his structural engineering career by joining Arup as a Graduate Structural Engineer. He received his master's degree with Distinction in Structural Steel Design in 2004 and was awarded a PhD in the area of Tubular Structures in 2008 both from Imperial College London. Tak-Ming joined the University of Warwick as an Assistant Professor in 2007 and was then promoted to Associate Professor in 2012. In 2007, he was awarded the First Prize in the Young Researchers' Conference from the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE). His first and second PhD students also won the First Prize in the 2012 and 2013 competition respectively. He is currently an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Warwick. He is a Chartered Member of the IStructE, committee member of the UK mirror group for Eurocode 3 and the Education and Training Committee of the HK Constructional Metal Structures Association. He is also an Associate Editor for the Advances in Structural Engineering Journal and a member of the Editorial Board for the Structures and Buildings Journal.
Research Interests:
Tubular structures, Steel structures and steel-concrete composite structures, Pultruded FRP structures and Smart structures, Earthquake and impact engineering
Prizes and Awards:
o 1st Prize, Cyclic response of hollow and concrete-filled CHS braces, Midland Counties Branch Structural Engineering Awards, IStructE, UK, 2012
o Commendation, Concrete filled elliptical hollow sections, Midland Counties Branch Structural Engineering Awards, IStructE, UK, 2011
o 1st Prize (Oral Category) at the IStructE Young Researchers’ Conference 2007, UK
o Joint-Prize Winner, Poster Competition, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, UK, 2007
o Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards (PhD research), 2004-2007
o Chevening Scholarship (MSc degree), 2003-2004
o Dean’s Honours List, Eliot Hall Memorial Scholarship, Hip Hing Scholarship, Scott Wilson Scholarship, The Chinese Manufacturers’ Association and Donors Scholarships, 1998-2001
Selected Publications (For more see the link Prof. Tak-Ming Chan):
o Gardner, L. and Chan, T.M. (2007). Cross-section classification of elliptical hollow sections. Steel and Composite Structures, 7(3), 185–2 00, Techno Press.
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