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Charles W. W. Ng

Google Scholar ID: Kix-6cEAAAAJ

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

geotechnical engineering

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21,795

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428

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Academic Achievements

Published approximately 450 SCI journal articles and 250 conference papers, achieving an H-index of 99. Main author of four reference books: (i) A Short Course in Soil-Structure Engineering of Deep Foundations, Excavations, and Tunnels; (ii) Advanced Unsaturated Soil Mechanics and Engineering; (iii) Plant-Soil Slope Interaction; and (iv) Advanced Unsaturated Soil Mechanics: Theory and Applications (2nd edition). Received numerous awards including the 2025 Telford Gold Medal from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), the 2025 Donald Stanley Award from the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, the 2025 Scott Sloan Paper Award (highest cited paper in previous 5 years) from Computers and Geotechnics, and the R. M. Quigley Award from the Canadian Geotechnical Society.

Research Experience

Previously held several key leadership positions including Vice-President of HKUST (Guangzhou), Associate Vice-President for Research and Development; Associate Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies; Dean of the HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School; and Associate Dean of the School of Engineering. Currently serves as Vice-President for Institutional Advancement, CLP Holdings Professor of Sustainability, Chair Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Climate Resilience for Coastal Cities.

Education

Earned his PhD from the University of Bristol in 1993 and carried out postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge, where he was subsequently elected an Overseas Fellow of Churchill College.

Background

Research interests include unsaturated soil mechanics, eco-geotechnics, debris flow mitigation and landslide prevention, and soil-structure interaction engineering such as piled foundations, deep excavations, and tunnels. Internationally acclaimed expert in soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering.

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