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Professor Chow, Kwok Wing 周國榮

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Honorary Professor

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Professor Chow, Kwok Wing 周國榮

Title:
Honorary Professor

Also Cited As:
Chow, KW
Chow, K

Professional Qualifications
YearAwarding InstitutionQualification
California Institute of TechnologyB.Sc.
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPh.D.
Biography

Prof. K.W. Chow completed his undergraduate studies at the California Institute of Technology, USA and obtained his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. He stayed at MIT briefly as a post-doctoral fellow in fluid dynamics. He then pursued his teaching and research career at the University of Arizona, USA. After serving a brief visiting appointment in 1995, he formally joined the University of Hong Kong in 1996. He has worked extensively in the fields of wave propagation, fluid mechanics and nonlinear dynamics. The evolution and properties of nonlinear localized modes (solitons) are of great importance in hydrodynamic and optical waveguides. He is serving on the Editorial Board of the journal 'Wave Motion'. His research interests in medical engineering focus on the applications of continuum mechanics in blood flows and the upper airway.

 
Honours, Awards & Prizes
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
2007-05-01The Best Teacher Award 2006-2007 Academic Year: Faculty of Engineering, HKU
Research Achievement
2002-05-01Host of the Kan Tong Po Visiting Professorship; Visitor - Professor Roger H. J. Grimshaw, Loughborough University, UK: Royal Society of London
Research Achievement
2005-05-01International Research Collaborative Exchange Grants – Professor John Watson and Dr. K. Nakkeeran, University of Aberdeen, UK: Royal Society of London
Research Achievement
2006-11-01Renewable and Sustainable Energy Fund - Generation of energy from waves by a tapered channel: The China Light and Power Company, Hong Kong
Research Achievement
Professional Societies
Term PeriodPositionProfessional Societies
09/2003 - 08/2008memberAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers
09/1997 - 08/2011memberAmerican Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics
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Area of Expertise:
Area of Expertise (EN)Area of Expertise (ZH)
Tsunami海嘯
Harbour waves海港波浪
Fluid dynamics and the human cardiovascular system心臟血管病的流體力學
Dynamics of wave motion波動力學
Spoken Languages:
Spoken Language(s) (EN)Spoken Language(s) (ZH)
English, Cantonese英語、粵語
Written Languages:
Written Language(s) (EN)Written Language(s) (ZH)
English, Chinese英文、中文
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