The HKIE Outstanding Paper Award for
Young Engineers/Researchers 2023
(Submission Closed)
Submission Deadline: 5:00 pm, 6 March 2023 (Hong Kong Time)
The HKIE Outstanding Paper Award for Young Engineers/Researchers is an international paper award organised by The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) to encourage young engineers and researchers aged 35 or below worldwide to develop innovations and technologies, publish their achievements, as well as to promote engineering profession among the young generation.
Eligibility
Sole or First Author of a co-authored paper aged 35 or below, from local and overseas, on the closing date of submission. In the event of extension of submission deadline, the age requirement based on the original closing date of submission remains unchanged (i.e. on 6 March 2023).
Judging criteria
All submissions will be judged according to the following criteria:
- Innovation and originality;
- Impact and significance;
- Presentation including paper organisation, methodology, critical analysis, quality, style, sources and language use
Selection process
- Each paper will be reviewed by two referees assigned by the judge of respective discipline of the Panel of Judges.
- Shortlisted papers will be further reviewed by the Panel of Judges.
- The Panel of Judges will conclude the final result.
Panel of Judges
The Editorial Panel of the HKIE Transactions forms the Panel of Judges of the Award
- Ir Prof LEUNG Kwok Hi Michael (Chairman)
Professor
School of Energy and Environment
City University of Hong Kong - Ir LEUNG Hung Kwong Derrick
Chairman, Journal Editorial Committee -
Ir Dr FONG Kwong Fai Square
Associate Professor
Division of Building, Science and Technology, College of Engineering
City University of Hong Kong - Ir Prof HUANG Guo Quan George
Chair Professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering
Head of Department, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
The University of Hong Kong - Ir Dr LEUNG Hung Fat Frank
Associate Professor
Department of Electronic and Information Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University - Ir Prof LO Sai Huen Daniel
Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
The University of Hong Kong - Ir Dr SU Kai Leung Ray
Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
The University of Hong Kong - Ir Dr TSANG Kim Fung
Associate Professor
Department of Electronic Engineering
City University of Hong Kong -
Ir MO Cheung Ying
Managing Director
Telemax Environmental & Energy Management Ltd -
Ir TANG Whai Tak
Assistant Secretary (Works Policies 3)
Development Bureau
The HKSAR Government
Prizes
- Up to three Awards will be given
- Each awarded paper will be awarded a plaque, certificate(s) and a cash prize in a total amount of HK$5,000. The Awards will be presented at the Prize Presentation Ceremony to be held in September 2023 (final arrangements to be confirmed)
- A Public Lecture will be held in Hong Kong for the first authors of the awarded papers to present their papers in Q4 2023 (final arrangements to be confirmed)
The awarded and shortlisted papers will be published in the HKIE Transactions (Award Issue) in December 2023
Submission
- All submissions should be original works and have not been published or are not under consideration for publication elsewhere
- All paper submissions should be written in English
- All entries to the Award would also be treated as submissions to the HKIE Transactions
- Each entry should be submitted via the HKIE Transactions ScholarOne Manuscripts site at:
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/thie
New users should first create an account and make submission via the Author Centre - For the style and format requirements of papers for HKIE Transactions, please refer to the Instruction for Authors for details
- All submissions should be submitted together with a completed Application Form downloaded from this webpage via the HKIE Transactions ScholarOne Manuscripts site
Schedule
| 5:00 pm, 6 March 2023 (Monday) (Hong Kong Time) |
Deadline for submission |
|---|---|
| July 2023 | Subject to referees' comments, authors may need to revise their papers for the reviewing process |
| August 2023 | Announcement of results
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| Q4 2023 (Final arrangements to be confirmed) |
Prize Presentation Ceremony and Public Lecture |
Enquiries
For further information and enquiries, please contact:
Corporate Communications Section
The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Tel: (852) 2830 9067
Fax: (852) 2882 6825
Email: hkietransactions@hkie.org.hk
Remarks
- Both HKIE members and non-HKIE members are welcome to submit papers to the captioned Award.
- In the event of extension of submission deadline, the age requirement based on the original closing date of submission remains unchanged.
- The application form should be completed, signed and submitted by the Sole or First Author.
- The Panel of Judges of the Award reserves all the right on the final decision including not to make any Award. The Panel's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Downloads
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