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Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management School of Engineering

LSCMI Symposium

symposium on Recent Advances in Logistics and Supply Chain

v"l nagement, organized by HKUST Logisti cs & Supply Chain

Management Institu te was held on 20 Decembel', 2004. With the

suppo rt from the Depar tment of Industr ial Engineer ing and

Engineering lvlanagement, the sympos ium was organized with great

success. There were around 200 participants, mainly professionals

and executives from diffe rent companies and organizations both in

Hong Kong and Overseas. We are honored to have distinguished

experts and professors gave their insight on recent advances in

Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Professor Hau Lee, Thoma Professol' of Operations, In formation

and Technology, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

and Ad junct Professor of Department of IEEM, HKUST, gave his

keynote speech on "The Hyper-Performing Supply Chain". Prof. Lee

is widely I'ecogni zed as a wOl' ld lea der in supply chain

management. We were delighted to have him as the keynote

( aker.

this Issue ~

Establishment of the Zhejiang Advanced Manufacturing Institute 2

China High Tech Fair in Shenzhen 3

2004 SCAN China Exhibition in Shanghai 3

Departmental Achievement 4

Faculty News 4

MTM Open Eyes for Professionals 5

Scholarships to Outstanding IEEM Students 6

IEEM Students and Faculty Members Eliminate the Barrier 6

Innovative and Creative IE Students - Winners of the 7 Hang Seng Innovation Design Competition

Fantastic Job Offer to IEEM Students 7

What Our Young IEEM Graduates Say 8

At the same time, Professor Jan C. Pransoo, Research Directol' of the

European Supply Chain Porum at Technische Universiteit Eindhoven,

shared his extensive experience in Europe; and ProFessor Andrew

Lim, Di rector of the Logistics and Supply Chain Porum at HKUST.

gave a presentation of the resea rch HKUST is undertaking in

advancing best practices in logistics ancl supply chain management

in the region.

Professor Andrew Lim Pl'Ofessor [-[au Lee gave IJis keynote speech

Professor Jan C. Fl'ansoo

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Message from the Department Head

The yea r of 200 4 has been a

grea t year for OUI' clepal'Lment.

With th e support from different

inclustri es, we have success full y

organi ze d ancl parti cipated in

clifferent indu stry events, such

as t he LSClvl1 sy mpo sium ,

SCAN Chin a Ex hibition in

Shanghai and the Chin a High

Tec h Pail' in Shenzhen. We

have esta bli shed th e Zheji ang Adva nce d Ma nufacturin g

In stitut e of Hong Kon g Uni ve r sit y of Sc ience and

Technology . 'vVe are current ly in th e course of es tabli shing

the Logisti cs and Suppl y Chain In stitute in Na nsha.

We are ve ry pl eased that OUI' depal'Lm ent continues to

rece ive prest igious recogniti ons. Apart from rece iving two

li E Tran sact ion Paper Awa rd s and Publi ca tion of th e Yea r

Awal'Cl , in term s of th e numb er of paper publi shed in

fl ags hip journals, our departm ent I'a nked top fi ve in th e

wor ld in the past two yea rs.

Our join t program on Global Ma nufac turin g with Sta nford

Uni ve rsi ty has been a great success over th e pas t yea rs.

We wi ll be host in g a 'IOth Anni ve r sa l'y Cere mon y to

ce lebrate thi s long-term partn ership.

I am impressed by th e quality of our stud ents and th e

effect ive ness of our programs. Wi th th e MTM and EDTLM

pI'ogram s, we netwo r k indu stry pro fess ion als wi th our

undergrad uate stucl ents through til e mentors hip program.

Bes id es , our g r ad uates have r ece i ve d gr eat job

0pp0l't uniti es bo th in Hong Ko ng and ove r seas. POI'

exa mpl e, a lth ough Hong Kon g Di sney lancl i s not ye t

opened, th ey have rec ruitecl fi ve of our gradu ates alrea dy.

Th ey will also prov ide summ er in te rn ship opportuniti es for

our undergrad uate stud ents.

No l ess important in t he continual success ar e OUI'

graduate stud ents in their own personal deve lopment. Our

MPhil stucl ent, Jiqing Tang was rec ruited by NVIDIA in

Sili co n Va ll ey with a ve ry go od remun eration package.

Anothel' MPhil student, Daniel Mo rece ived the Sil' Edward

Yo ucle Memorial Pell ows hips fOI' Po stgradu ate Resea rch

Stucl ents in th e 2004 /2005 aca demic yea r.

All of th ese have bee n a great boo st fo r our depal'tm ent. I

look forward to work ing with my co ll eagues and stud ents

to make OUI' depal'Lm ent even bette r.

PI'Of. Chung-Yee LEE Head an(1 Pl'Ofessol'

EstabLishment of the Zhejiang Advanced Manufacturing Institute

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In cooperation with the Zhejiang SC ience and Technology Ministry,

Zhe jiang Advanced Manufacturing Institute of Hong Kong Univers ity

of Science & Technology was es tablished in June 2004 by two

parties' efforts in one yea r. A long-term and stable relationship can

be maintainecl between HKUST ancl Zhejiang government in terms

of scientific ancl technological association.

Loca ted in Yuhang Economic District in Hangzhou , ZAM I aims at

developing i ts business in the Huadong area. With the support

from I-I KUST, the Zhejiang Science & Technology Mini stry ancl

Yuhan loca l government, ZAMI is expected to be a leading

Institute in three to five yea rs time. In addition, ZAMI al so

ca rri es the res pon sibilities for promoting sound manufacturing

cl es ign and the development of Zhejiang PI'ovin ce from th e

technologica l, economic and social perspectives.

On 15 June 2004, the Fil'st Co uncil Sess ion of ZAMi was lIeld in the City Plaza of Hang Z/lOU. TIl e meeting was lIosted by Pl'esident ZIIlI of HKUST. Pl'ofessol' Mitcll ell M. Tseng was appoin ted as tlw Cllief of institute and DI'. ZlIao £i La be tile Vice Cllief of institute.

China High Tech Fair in Shenzhen

Prom October '12 to 17, 2004, the IEEM Department of HKUST

participatecl in the 6th China High Tech Pail' in Shenzhen. 'I\vo

institutes basecl in HKUST, Aclvancecl ManuFacturing Institute (AMI)

ancl Th e HKUST

Logisti cs & Suppl y

Ch ain Management

In stitute (LSCMI )

presentecl acl van ce cl

technology in the Pail'.

Advanced Manufacturing Institute (AMI) Booth

The Aclvancecl ManuFactul'ing

In stitute of HK UST ha s

ass istecl many entel'lJl'i ses in

es tabli shing a comm ercial

platForm ancl network to

upgracle their manuFactul'ing

ca pabiliti es by acloptin g

aclvance cles ign concepts. The extensive human netwol'k ancl close

inclustrial relationship that AMI has clevelopecl not only foster the

pal' tnel'ship ancl match between loca l enterpl'ises ancl Foreign

companies ancl best utilize clesign capabilities, but also speecl up

pl'ocluct research ancl clevelopment, strengthen inclustrialization

ancl boost export to worlclwicle market. Through the integl'ation of

cl es ign, manuFac turing ancl comm ercial

platform, time to market

has been grea tly shortenecl.

Jllass Cllstomization and Pel'sonalization AMI in HKUST is th e pioneer in th e research and developm ent of Mass CustomizaUon Tec/lllology and has Ol'er 40 projects in va rious applications in til e manufacturing of watches, garment, footwear and computers and in th e electronics industry, etc.

2004 SCAN China Exhibition in Shanghai

The HKUST Logistics & Supply Chain Management Institute (LSCMI) Booth

Th e Lo gi sti cs & Suppl y Ch ain Manage ment In stitute

(LSCMI) stucli es th eori es ancl techniqu es For th e cl es ign,

cl evelopment ancl management of integ l'atecl logisti cs supply

chain sys tems; ancl cl eli ve rs th e knowl eclge ancl technologies

to loca l inclu stri es t hrou gh eclu ca tion ancl inclu stri al

cooperation . Th e pl'oj ec ts cli spl aye cl were cli viclecl into two

ca tegori es : warehou se management optimization soFtwa re

sys tem, ancl RPID (Raclio Pl' equ ency Icl entiFi ca tion)

appli ca tion s on supply chain ancl other fi elcl s .

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" C,'oss-docking and Flow-rh.'ollgh CODlIJOnenr" It aims at minimizing forklifts ' travel distan ce and to ta l pro cessing time, and maximizing packing densi ty, thus improves \\fa l'ehouse utilization and flo lV effi ci ency.

audiellce walked towal'ds til

The HKUST Logi sti cs & Supply Chain Management Institute (LSCMI) collabol'a tecl

with Autotoll ancl exhibitecl the RPID-Enablecl ConFerence Management System in

the 2004 SCAN China Exhibition in Shanghai. The Exhibition took place From '10 to

'1 2 October 2004 . Thi s year, th e main proclu cts of autom atic icl entifi ca tion

technology were RPlD ancl Bar Cocling, together with supply chain management,

warehousing ancl transportation .

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Departmental Achievement

Publications Rankcd '1'01) Fivc in thc Past 2 YCal' S

The number of publications f!'Om our department in

f/ags/Jip journals canked top five in the lVorld f!'Om

January 2003 to December 2004. We are the on ly

department in Asia to be ranked in top fi lle. Th is is a

great achiellement for our department.

Faculty News 01'. Raymond CHEUNG

Resea rch Frontiers is a news letter of the Resea rch Grants Council of Hong Kong, China. It introduces major resea rch accomplishments of funded proj ec ts to the publi c. Issue 9 of Research Frontiers featured Dr. Raymond Cheung's research on 'Algorithm to help Hong Kong keep competiti ve edge'. He was the only HKUST proFessor fea tured by th e Resea rch Gra nts Council in this issue.

01'. Fugcc TSUNG

Dr. Fugee Tsung has completecl his term as the Chai r of the Ouality, Statistics , ancl Reliability (OSR) sect ion at INFORM S. OSR has bee n growing rap idly in size and stature since 1998 and is now one of the most active subdivisions at INFORMS.

During his sa bbatica l leave in Spring 2005, D['. Fugee Tsung will be a visiting scholar at Stan ford University. He will visit both the Management Science ancl Engin eering (MS&E) Department (hostecl by Prof. Peter Glynn) ancl the Statistics Department (hosted by p['o f. Trevor Hastie). He will also give seminar's to both departments.

01'. Xiangtong 01

D['. Xiangtong Oi has recently published a book: Gang Yu and Xiangtong Oi, "Disruption Management: F['amework, Models ancl Application s" , Wo rld Sc ientifi c Pub li shin g Co., New JerseylLondon/Singapore, 2004 .

He has also applied for a US patent recently: Anura H. deSilva, Jonathan F. Ba ['cl, Robert Carignan, Xiangtong Oi, and Xinhui Zhang, "Sys tem ancl Method for Optimiz ing Equipment Schedules", Filecl on 08/3112004.

New Faculty

01'. Rachcl O. ZHA[" G Associate Professor

Educa tion:

Ph.D., Indu s t [' i a l Engin ee [' in g and Ma nage ment Sc iences, NO l'Lhwes tern Univers ity, '1994

M.S . , Indu st ri a l En g in ee rin g and Ma nage ment Sc iences , [ ort hweste rn University, 1992

B.S ., App lied Mathematics , Zhengzhou Institu te of Technology, China, '1983

Experience:

Ass i stant Professo r, John son G['acluate Sc hoo l of Management, Cornell University: 2000 - 2004

Ass istant Professor, Department of Inclustrial ancl Operations Engin eering, University of Michiga n: 1994 - 2000

Research Interests:

• production ancl inventory control

• supply clw in management

• joint production and financial decision s

• optimal biclding strategies in deregulated energy markets

• pricing in competitive environment

01'. Jcff L. HONG ASSistant Professor

Education:

Ph.D . , Indu stria l Engin ee rin g ancl Ma nage ment SC iences, Northweste rn University, 2004

IvI.S. , Indu strial Engin ee rin g ancl Ivlanage ment Sc iences , Northwes tern University, 2002

M.S. , Applied Mathematics, The niversity of Cincinnati. 2001

B.E ., Inclustrial Engin ee ring and Automo tive Enginee ri( . Tsinghua University, '1999

Research Interests:

• optimiza tion via Simulation

• simulation ranking ancl se lection

• stochastic modeling

Information Exchange with Universities in China Professors from 8 different universities in China came to HKUST to share their latest information

and projects with Prof. Chung-Vee Lee, Prof. Raymond Cheung and Prof. Andrew Lim. The 9

unive['s iLies included Tsinghua Unive['sity, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Nanjing University of

Science & Technology, South China Unive['sity of Technology, Beihang University, Beijing Institute

of Technology, Shanghai Mari time niversity ancl Harbin Engineering University.

Pmf. CllUllg-Yee LEE (middle) Ivi tl} all oUlel' jJl'ofessol's.

MTM Open Eyes for ProfessionaLs

UPcnn Study Trip 2004

To increase th e global exposure of th e MTM sLLlcients. 49 sLu elents of th e MTM program (both MTM in Globa l Logi sti cs Ma nage ment anci MTM in Inform at ion Technology Management) Look a short co urse in "C reating Competiti ve Aci va ntage" at the University of Penn sylvan ia from II to 15 October 2004. Th e co urse was taught by fa culty members from th e \vharton Busin ess Schoo l. Th ey also visited NISYS ancll-lerI's PotaLo Chips.

Th e MTM pl'ogram in HKUST. with th e aim of tl'a ining profess ionals to become future tec hnology management leaclel's. orga nizes overseas study trip for stucients as a

par t of th e internationa l networking ac ti vities for eve ry in take. It broaelens the vision of stuci ents through in ternat ional exposure.

MTi\I Congl'cgaLion Inspil'cs All Graduatcs

Mo unel 80 'ITM graelu ates parti cipateci in the MTM Co ngrega tion on 10 November 2004. It was a harves t moment. A cocktail part was held after the congregation ce remony. Prof. Pau l CllLl (P res ielent of HKUST). Prof. Philip Chan (Dean of Schoo l of i!: ngineering). Prof. KC Chan (Dean of School of BUSin ess anci Management) . Prof. Chung-Vee Lee (Hea ci of In elu strial i!:ngin ee rin g anci i!: ngin ee rin g Manage ment). PI'Of. Li onel Ni (I-J ea d of Co mputer Sc ience). Prof. Raymonci Cheung (Direc tor of MTM-GLM) and Prof. Helen Shen (D irec tor of MTM-ITM) and many other gues ts and graeluates attencieci the p3l'ty.

MTi\I Pl'ogl'am Ollcn fOI' AI>I>Iications

The for thcoming intake of the MTM Program is planned Lo commence in June 2005.

POI' further cietail s of the iVITM in Global Logistics Management anci MTlvl in Information Technology Management programs. please con tac t the MTM Program OFfice:

URL: http://www.sengpp. ust. l1k1mtm

Email: mtm@ust.l1k Tel: 2358-8987

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Scholarships to Outstanding IEEM students Scholarships at HKUST al'e cles ignecl to enco urage honor

students with outstanding academic performance. Th ere are

many scholarships ava ilab le at HKUST, especially to students in

oUl' department.

Thi s year, yea r one stud ents wi th exce ll ent academ ic

performance in A-Leve l and HKCEE were awa rded with IEEM

scholal'ship 2004. Th e scholarship is offerecl by the IEEM

Depal'tment and is onl y for stud ents in OUl' department.

Honored students not only received scholarships in cash, one of

them was also granted a pa icl internship opportuni ty working

with Prof. Mitchell Tseng. It was a va luab le experience for

stuclents to ga in work experience during the ir stuclies.

Pur thermore, DHL has also offered the DHL Logistics Scholarship

specifica lly to our BEng IELM students. It aims at awarding

sLlldents with good academic achievement in the field of logistics

and completing a Pinal Year Project wOl'king with DHL.

Scholarship Awardees 2004 Sludent Name

CHAN Wing Yan

MAN Kwun Pong

TSANG Ho Tak

WONG Wai Chung

CHAN Hoi Ying

Scholarship

IEEM Scholat'ship 2004

IEEM Scholarship 2004

IEEM Scholarship 2004

IEEM Scholarship 2004

DHL Logistics Scholarsh ip

TSE Pui Chi Jacqueline DHL Logistics Scholarsh ip

WONG Yuk Nga Industrial Engineering & Engineering Management Scholarsh ip

WONG Man Chung

TSANG Ngo Ming

Chen Hsong Industrial Scholat'ship

Jebsen Educational Poundation Scholarsh ip 1 SL year Student Scholarship (JUPAS)

Sir Edward Youde Memorial FeLLowships Awardee Congratul at ion s to our MPh il stud ent , Dani el Mo for

rece iving the Sir Edward Youcle Memor ial Pe ll owshi ps for

Po stgraduate Researc h Stud ents in the 2004 / 200 5

academ ic year . Thi s fell ows hi p sc heme i s aim ed at

enco urag ing ancl ass i st ing full -t im e stud ents pursuin g

po stgraduate stucli es by research.

IEEM Students and Faculty Members Eliminate the Barrier "We work hard and play hard l IEEM students and fa cul ty

members strike the right balance between work and play, we come together, break down the student - teacher barrier, play and chat with each together l"

Pun Day was successfully held on 16 November 2004. MO l'e than "100 IEEM students ancl facul ty members partic ipated in the act ivi ties . Th ere were altogether 6 game-sta ll s. In a relax ing environment, they played ca rd s and ga mes , sa ng karaoke, and partic ipated in a lucky draw. The most attractive competition was "ARM WRESTLING". '[\vo IEEM professors, Dr.

Ajay Joneja ancl Dr. Rav indra Goo net ill eke, join ed th e competition, which brought the function to a climax.

Prof Mitchell TSENG \Vitll IEEM students

DJ: RavindJ'8 GOONETILLEKE presented gifts to one of tile students

Apart from Fun Day, PG Gathering, a gatheJ' ing espec iall y

for PG students and [EEM fa cul ty members, was held on 18

October. At that tim e, the department presented TA awa l'ds

to the TA s wi th exce llent teaching performance.

TA Award Spring 2004 Name JI Tingtin. Jennifer

CHEUNG Wing Sze , Acla

Awards Teach ing Ass ista nt Excellence Award

Teachin g Ass istant Awa rd

, .

What's more? TA Gathering was helcl on 29 Octobel', in which

students and facul ty members hacl a BBO on campus.

Innovative and Creative IE students -Winners of the Hang Seng Innovation Design Competition "Thi s is a mUl ti-pu rpose airborne system. It can be used fo r

surveill ance, entel'La inm ent and advel'L isement. Our airship

can be used in Di sney land to tell sto r ies to children, in big

shopping centers to elo adve rti sing for co mpanies and be a

mob il e I'ece ptioni st. Of course, wa rehouse patrolling is also

a use ful ap pli cati on fo r our airship ." said Mark Chu , one of

the award ees .

SUI'l'cillanc System"

Th ree students From the IEEM Depar tment have been

awa rd ed as the se co nd runn er -u p in the Hang Seng

Innovat ive Des ign Co mpeti t ion 2004. It is a competiti on

sponsored by the Hang Seng Ba nk for awa rding stu dents'

who have come up wi th innova tive solu tions to their Final

Yea r Projects. It cul tivated the innovat ive min ds of young

people and mot ivated stuelents to des ign useful engin ee ring

appli cat ions and prod ucts. TllI'ee IEEM stud ents, Ma rk

Chun , Benjamin La i and Amy Ha, ni cknamed MBA, by th eir

projec t supervisor Dl'. Nevill e Lee, were nominated by the

depa r tment to pal't icipate in thi s competi tion.

F/'Om l eft to I'igll t: Cllun SllU Ta k Mal'k, /-Ia Fung Yi Amy, DI'. Neville Lee, Lai Kin Man Benjamin

"Only one team can be nominatecl by the depal'Lm ent, I am

so happy that we al'e the onl y tea m to be nominated. In the

competi tion, the ques tions raised by the judges were ve ry

challengin g. After the compet i t ion, I not onl y beneFi ted

fro m my ow n pr ojec t bu t al so learn t som e des ign

techniques fro m other elepartments' pro jec ts. Ea ch team

tr ied to app ly their own knowledge to create a new proclu ct

that wo uld be app li cab le in our dail y li ve. Th ey are all ve ry

competi tive ." said Ma l'k Chu.

We are the Champion!

14th ACM - HK Collegiate Programming Contest A Team from IEEM , CS and CPEG of HKUST beat all '19 other

teams to become the champion team of the 14th ACM -HK

Collegiate Programming Contes t held on June 12 2004. Jiqing

Tang, (IEEM MPhil ) is one of the winning team members. They

useel about '12 hours to complete six programming problems,

ju st two minu tes less than the fi rst runn er-u p fro m Th e

Uni versity of Hong Kong. They will pa r ticipate in the As ia

Regional Contes t which will be held in Ehime, Beijing, Bombay,

Kanpu-Ko lka la, Dhaka, Shanghai, Manila, Seoul and Tehran, to

pursue further championship.

Cllampion Team: Tang Jiqing (/EEM MPllil) , Leung 'l'sz Kin (CS YeaI' 2), Wong Long Sing (CPEe YeaI' 1)

Fantastic Job Offer to IEEM Students Jiqing Tang is not only a winner in many competitions, but also a

winner in the job market. He is go ing to work as a System Software

Engineer for NVIDIA HK in Silicon Va lley, CA. after his graduation.

"My major responsibility includes developing and maintaining the

software drivel' of the company's graphics card. I got the job oFfer

after I did a summer in ternship there. It' s my dream job and I feel

thl'illeel to join NVIDIA. NVIDIA is a great company anel has a

wonderful working atmosphere" said Jiqing Tang.

Ma ny of the tEEM graduates of HKUST have joi ned large

multinational corporations after graduation. Jiqing is one of them.

"Tang Jiqing got a job offer with a very good remuneration package.

This is indeed a fantastic offer." said Dr. Andrew Lim, Jiqing's

supel'visor.

Apart from this, there are a lot of great job opportunities for our

sWdents. Although Hong Kong Disneyland is not yet opened, they

have alreaely recrui ted some of our graeluates for the pl'eparation of

their grand opening. They are working in different areas such as

Industl'ial Engineering, Merchandising anel 'vVorkForce Planning.

Bes ides, Hong Kong Disneylanel plans to provide summer in tel'llship

opportuni ties fo r OUI' undergraduate students. This is a valuable job

experience For them.

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What Our Young IEEM Graduates Say

'10 November, 2004 is an imporLant and va luable date LO our

fe llow new graduates. It's their graduation ceremony! Some of

them have chosen to pursue further studies while most of them

have dec ided Lo work in di fferent industri es. In any case, the

professors and sta ff of the IEEM DepattmenL were cl eliglHed to

see the good development of our young graduates.

" Thanks W my life aL HKUST for three yea l's, i t ha s opened

my mind and is helpful to build up my logical thinking, problem

solving techn iqu es , independence, creativity and innovative,

ana lytical reasoning, an d quick respon se and adaptabili ty to

Lhe demand s of the clynam ic, changing and comp li cated

bu sine ss market and environment. Co upl ed with the

comprehensive and divers i fi ed technica l Lra in ings and

programm es offered by the Depanm ent of Indu sL r ial

Engineering and Engineering ManagemenL, I be lieve thaL our

sLudents would play key roles in the society. "

saicl Zoe ChOIV, 2004 IEEI\;} graduate, Logistics Executi ve

Trainee, DHL Intel'llational (HK) Ltd.

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" Having studied for thl'ee years at HKUST in IETM, I have

received not onl y a superb acade mi c education by th e

exce llenL faculty, but also Lhe essentia l inLerpersona l sk ill s

and busin ess knowledge for the inLens ive demand of wday's

compet i tive market. I have been po li shed to be an all­

rounded person with the ta i lol'-made academic curr iculum.

As well as rece ivi ng an outstanding academ ic education, the

experience LhaL I have ga in ed from Lhe co urse joinUy offered

by SLanford University in th e U.S. and Eindhoven Univers i ty

in Lhe NeLher lancls wa s inva luable Lo me. H helped me W be

acquainLed wi th peop le fl'om

different fi elds as well. Th ese

experiences were imponanL

to me as Lhey certa inl y

hel ped me to deve lop my

caree r in Modern Term inals

Limited, a leading co ntainel'

Le rminal operator in China

and I-long Kong. "

said Cheung Faa LOJ~ 2004 IELM g1'8duate, Terminal Planning

Assistant, Maciel'll Terminals Limited.

" SLu dying in UST IEEM is like li vi ng in the Promi sed

Land. The Promi sed Lanel promi ses you to be a profe ss ional

engi neer with strong bus iness acu men. During thi s 3 years '

Lim e, I have wiLnessed a few things thaL al'e imporLanL LO

me: Vision - wor ld class professors wgeLher wiLh wor ld

class ca mpu s and faci li ties enabled me to stand firm ly on

Lhe edge of the fasL changing wor ld. Creativ i ty - our

co mpl ete and all -aro un d deve lop ment makes us think

di fferent ly. Memory - Lhe ca mpu s li fe in UST such as

orientation ca mp , organ izin g student soc iety, non- s ~ .,

exa mination s and ass ignments as well as exchange prog n. gave me unforgeLtab le an d enjo yable memor ies and

experiences. "

said Banly ClllIang, 2004 IEEM graduate, Product Engineel:

Donaldson Far East Limitecl.

Banly Chuang: "Be ing lEers, we not only study but we make t1Jings happen - to make a better world. In the Promised Lancl, yo u will nel/er wa lk alone, because we are marclling togetiJer f"