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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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