Department of Civil Engineering
Easing the Long-existing Shortage of Civil Engineers
Our recent graduate employment survey has indicated that the career
opportunities of our graduates can be classified into the following
groups:
- Government - Director, Engineer
- Consultant -Director, Structural Engineer, Project Engineer
- Contractor - Project Manager, Site Engineer
- Laboratory - Assistant Engineer
- Teaching - Professor, Lecturer
- Study - overseas universities in USA, UK, Australia, Germany
and Canada.
Achievements of our Graduates
Our Department not only has successfully educated and trained more
than 1,440 graduates in the past 53 years. Some of our Civil Engineering
alumni play important roles in various fields in Civil Engineering.
One of the most outstanding fields is in bridge engineering. Some
representative outstanding alumni are:
Ir. Dr. Lau Ching-Kwong, J.P., the former Director of the
Civil Engineering Department and the past president of the Hong
Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE).
Dr. Tang Man-Chung who is an internationally renowned bridge
engineer, a member of the U.S National Academy of Engineering, a
member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and an Honorary Member
of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Professor Moe M. S. Cheung, who is now the head of the Department
of Civil Engineering at HKUST.
Some examples of the major bridges that our graduates had been
involved include:
- Tsing Ma Bridge - the world's longest suspension bridge carrying
both road and rail, Hong Kong
- Kap Shui Mun Bridge - the world's second longest cable stayed
bridge carrying both road and rail, Hong Kong
- Ting Kau Bridge - a triple tower with single leg cable stayed
bridge, Hong Kong
- Oakland Bay Bridge - San Francisco area
- Naupu Bridge - an important link to Pudong, Shanghai
- Seohae Grand Bridge - a cable-stayed bridge located at Assan
Bay of Korea
- My Thuan Bridge - the 1st cable-stayed bridge in Vietnam.
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