Charles Ng Wang-wai
Charles Ng Wang-wai is the first CLP Holdings Professor of Sustainability and Chair Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He is also the vice-president of HKUST (Guangzhou) and the dean of the Fok Ying Tung Graduate School at HKUST, Clear Water Bay Campus. He is the immediate past president of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), where he served as the 17th President from 2017 to 2022. Education Charles W. W. Ng attended the University of Bristol where he completed his PhD degree in civil engineering in 1993. From 1993 to 1995, he worked as a post-doctoral research associate with professors Malcolm Bolton and Sarah Springman at the University of Cambridge. Career Ng joined HKUST in 1995 as assistant professor and was promoted to chair professor in 2011. He was conferred the first CLP Holdings Professor of Sustainability named professorship in 2017. He was appointed as the dean of HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School at HKUST in 2020. He was appointed as the vice-president of HKUST (Guangzhou) campus in 2021. Awards In 2002, Ng was the recipient of the Mao-Yisheng Youth Award