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ON
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1988
TO WEI
TEAM, DEAN
OF
ΤΟ WORKING
THE FOUNDING IN WELCOMING PROFESSOR SCIENCE, PROFESSOR C.Y. CHIEN SAID HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD CLOSELY WITH PROFESSOR WEI.
"HE 19 A
AND
IN ADMINISTRATOR SCHOLAR DISTINGUISHED ACADEMIC CIRCLE, AND HAS BROAD INVOLVEMENT WITH INDUSTRY.
THE
TEACHING AND ENGINEERING
ARE
"HE WILL BRING IMPORTANT EXPERTISE TO HKUST. THE
OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH PROGRAMMES OF THE SCHOOLS CLOSELY RELATED.
GREATLY IN DEVELOPING CO-ORDINATED DEVELOP MUTUAL SUPPORT HE SAID.
"PROFESSOR WET WILL HELP PROGRAMMES IN BOTH SCHOOLS AND IN WORKING TO BETWEEN HKUST AND HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIES,
OF CHEMICAL PROFESSOR WEI HAS BEEN THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT
PROFESSOR AT NIT (MASSACHUSETTS K. LEWIS WARREN ENGINEERING AND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY)
SINCE 1977.
NUMEROUS TECHNICAL ARTICLES,
AGENCIES
AND
OVER THE YEARS HE HAS PUBLISHED EDITED JOURNALS AND BOOKS, AND CONSULTED FOR GOVERNMENT MAJOR CORPORATIONS.
AWARDS AND HONOURS FOR HIS PROFESSOR WEI HAS RECEIVED MANY SCHOLARLY CONTRIBUTIONS AND SERVICES TO THE ENGINEERING PROFESSION.
THE (U.S.) NATIONAL AMERICAN ACADEMY
MOST NOTABLY, HE WAS ELECTED A MEMBER OF ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING IN 1978, AND A MEMBER OF THE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES IN 1982.
THESE ARE THE HIGHEST HONOURS THAT AN ENGINEER ACHIEVE IN THE UNITED STATES.
COULD HOPE то
CHINESE PEERS FOR HIS THE ACADEMIA SINICA ACHIEVEMENT
THE ESTEEM IN WHICH HE IS HELD BY HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS 15 EVIDENCED BY HIS ELECTION TO (TAIWAN) IN 1982, AND THE PRESENTATION OF A DISTINGUISHED
IN 1986. AWARD BY THE CHINESE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS, U.S.A.
THE
CHEMICAL
IN
HE WAS FLECTED PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF
STATES UNITED IN
AND HAS REPRESENTED 1987, ENGINEERS INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE CURRENT YEAR.
HE ALSO SERVES AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ON CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING FOR THE PERIOD 1986-91.
PROFESSOR WEL HAS BEEN SOUGHT AFTER AS DEAN OF SOME OF THE MOST PRESTIGEOUS UNIVERSITIES IN AMERICA, TO REMAIN AT NIT,
SYMPOSIUM
ENGINEERING BY BUT NAS "HOSEN
/HE HAS
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