Recently, alumnus Yuguo Li, Chair Professor of Building Environment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Hong Kong, was awarded the 14th Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Prize by the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Yuguo Li obtained his bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and received Honorary Doctor Degree of Aalborg University in 2015. He is Honorary Professor of School of Public Health, the University of Hong Kong, current serves as Associate Dean (Research) of Engineering, and was the former Head of Department. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Indoor Air. Li was a Principal Research Scientist and the team leader of indoor environments at CSIRO Australia, prior to 2000 when he joined the University.

His research interests are in building environment engineering. He currently serves as President, Academy of Fellows of International Society of Indoor Air Quality (ISIAQ). He was the President of Indoor Air 2014. He received the State Scientific and Technological Progress Award (Second Prize) in 2010, Best Paper Awards of the Indoor Air in 2008 and 2011, the Rydberg Gold Medal of SCANVAC in 2014, and the Inoue Memorial Award, SHASE, Japan in 2016. He was elected a Fellow of ASHRAE, ISIAQ, HKIE, and IMechE. He is a chartered engineer (CEng) with UK Engineering Council.

The Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Prize was established in 1996. It’s administered and organized by CAE, rewarding Chinese engineers and scientists with outstanding achievements in the fields of engineering science and technology, as well as management, in order to inspire more initiative and enthusiasm for studies in development and application of engineering science and technology, as well as innovation in their work.