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'''Joseph Hun-wei Lee''' (Chinese: 李行偉; born October 20, 1952) is a Chinese civil engineer, currently serving as president of the [[Macau University of Science and Technology]].
'''Joseph Hun-wei Lee''' (Chinese: 李行偉) is a Chinese civil engineer, currently serving as president of the [[Macau University of Science and Technology]].


== Education ==
== Education ==
Lee received a [[Bachelor of Science|bachelor of science]], a [[Master of Science|master of science]], and a [[Doctor of Philosophy|doctor of philosophy]] in [[civil engineering]] from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Personal CV |url=https://www.must.edu.mo/images/FI/files/Professor_Joseph_Hun_Wei_Lee.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727073228/https://www.must.edu.mo/images/FI/files/Professor_Joseph_Hun_Wei_Lee.pdf |archive-date=2021-07-27 |access-date=2021-08-23}}</ref>
Lee received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]], a [[Master of Science|MSc]], and a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in [[Civil engineering]] from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Personal CV |url=https://www.must.edu.mo/images/FI/files/Professor_Joseph_Hun_Wei_Lee.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727073228/https://www.must.edu.mo/images/FI/files/Professor_Joseph_Hun_Wei_Lee.pdf |archive-date=2021-07-27 |access-date=2021-08-23}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Joseph Lee is currently president of the [[Macau University of Science and Technology]] from January 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MUST appoints new president|url=https://www.macaubusiness.com/must-appoints-new-president/|url-status=live|website=Macau Business|date=3 December 2020 |access-date=2021-09-02|archive-date=2020-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203124956/https://www.macaubusiness.com/must-appoints-new-president/}}</ref> He has been elected president of the [[International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research]] (IAHR),<ref>{{Cite web|title=IAHR Council|url=https://www.iahr.org/index/council|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222192817/https://www.iahr.org/index/council}}</ref> the first Chinese scholar to head the IAHR in its over eight decades of history.<ref>{{Cite web|title=中國網：中國香港學者李行偉連任國際水利與環境工程學會主席.|url=http://mwr.gov.cn/xw/mtzs/qtmt/202107/t20210709_1528223.html|url-status=live}}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>&nbsp; He is a past President of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences, past Chairman of [[University Grants Committee (Hong Kong)|Hong Kong Research Grant Council]] (RGC)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Appointment of Research Grants Council Chairman|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202006/12/P2020061200218.htm|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308182807/https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202006/12/P2020061200218.htm}}</ref> as well as the Assessment Panel of the Hong Kong Public Policy Research Scheme.&nbsp; He was the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Hydro-environment Research (JHER).
Joseph Lee is currently President of the [[Macau University of Science and Technology]] from January 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MUST appoints new president|url=https://www.macaubusiness.com/must-appoints-new-president/|url-status=live|website=Macau Business|date=3 December 2020 |access-date=2021-09-02|archive-date=2020-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203124956/https://www.macaubusiness.com/must-appoints-new-president/}}</ref> He has been elected President of the [[International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research]] (IAHR),<ref>{{Cite web|title=IAHR Council|url=https://www.iahr.org/index/council|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222192817/https://www.iahr.org/index/council}}</ref> the first Chinese national to head the IAHR in its over eight decades of history.<ref>{{Cite web|title=中國網：中國香港學者李行偉連任國際水利與環境工程學會主席.|url=http://mwr.gov.cn/xw/mtzs/qtmt/202107/t20210709_1528223.html|url-status=live}}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>&nbsp; He is a past President of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences, past Chairman of [[University Grants Committee (Hong Kong)|Hong Kong Research Grant Council]] (RGC)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Appointment of Research Grants Council Chairman|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202006/12/P2020061200218.htm|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308182807/https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202006/12/P2020061200218.htm}}</ref> as well as the Assessment Panel of the Hong Kong Public Policy Research Scheme.&nbsp; He was the founding Editor-in-Chief of the [https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-hydro-environment-research Journal of Hydro-environment Research] (JHER).


He joined the faculty of the [[University of Delaware]] as an assistant professor, and moved to the [[University of Hong Kong]] in 1980, where he became Redmond Chair Professor of Civil Engineering in 1995. At the University of Hong Kong, he was Dean of Engineering from 2000-2003,<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Deans (1912-)|url=https://engg.hku.hk/About-Us/History/List-of-Deans|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130120523/https://engg.hku.hk/About-Us/History/List-of-Deans|url-status=live}}</ref> and Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Staffing) from 2004-2010.
He joined the faculty of the [[University of Delaware]] as an assistant professor, and moved to the [[University of Hong Kong]] in 1980, where he became Redmond Chair Professor of Civil Engineering in 1995. At the University of Hong Kong, he was Dean of Engineering from 2000-2003,<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Deans (1912-)|url=https://engg.hku.hk/About-Us/History/List-of-Deans|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130120523/https://engg.hku.hk/About-Us/History/List-of-Deans|url-status=live}}</ref> and Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Staffing) from 2004-2010.


During 2010-2016, he took office as vice president for research and graduate studies at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, followed by appointments as Elman Family Professor of Engineering and Public Policy<ref>{{Cite web|title=Prof Joseph Hun-wei Lee, Elman Family Professor of Engineering and Public Policy|url=https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzk4NTkwNTU1Mg==|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823032616/https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzk4NTkwNTU1Mg==}}</ref> (2017-2018), and Senior Advisor to the President (2018-2020).<ref>{{cite web|title=HKUST People|url=https://www.ce.ust.hk/people/joseph-hun-wei-lee-lixingwei|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816105921/https://www.ce.ust.hk/people/joseph-hun-wei-lee-lixingwei|url-status=live}}</ref> He is also the Director of the Croucher Laboratory of Environmental Hydraulics since 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Director, Croucher Laboratory of Environmental Hydraulics|url=http://www.civil.hku.hk/envhydraulics/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2020-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226011249/http://www.civil.hku.hk/envhydraulics/}}</ref>
During 2010-2016, he took office as Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, followed by appointments as Elman Family Professor of Engineering and Public Policy<ref>{{Cite web|title=Prof Joseph Hun-wei Lee, Elman Family Professor of Engineering and Public Policy|url=https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzk4NTkwNTU1Mg==|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823032616/https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzk4NTkwNTU1Mg==}}</ref> (2017-2018), and Senior Advisor to the President (2018-2020).<ref>{{cite web|title=HKUST People|url=https://www.ce.ust.hk/people/joseph-hun-wei-lee-lixingwei|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816105921/https://www.ce.ust.hk/people/joseph-hun-wei-lee-lixingwei|url-status=live}}</ref> He is also the Director of the Croucher Laboratory of Environmental Hydraulics since 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Director, Croucher Laboratory of Environmental Hydraulics|url=http://www.civil.hku.hk/envhydraulics/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2020-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226011249/http://www.civil.hku.hk/envhydraulics/}}</ref>


== Research ==
== Research ==
Joseph Lee's research is about the use of [[hydraulics]] in application to environmental problems, specifically the theory of buoyant jets and its environmental applications, and the prediction and control of [[water quality]].
Joseph Lee's research is about the use of [[hydraulics]] in application to environmental problems, and eco-hydraulics related to dynamics of algal blooms and red tides, and urban flood coastal for climate change.


During his postgraduate studies at the MIT, the first project he worked on was the design of the condenser cooling water discharge system for the [[:pt:Central_Termoelétrica_de_Setúbal|Setúbal Power Plant]] in Portugal. This work eventually led to his research on turbulent buoyant jets.
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He developed the theoretical modelling and engineering prediction of the mixing and dilution of [[Turbulence|turbulent]] buoyant jets in an ambient current and proposed the Lagrangian integral jet model - JETLAG, a general tool that enables the first engineering prediction of the 3D trajectory and the initial dilution of an arbitrarily inclined buoyant jet in stratified ambient current.  The method forms the basis of the VISJET modelling system<ref>{{Cite book|last=S. K. B. Cheung, D. Y. L. Leung, W. Wang, J. H. W. Lee and V. Cheung|title=Proceedings Computer Graphics International 2000 |chapter=VISJET-a computer ocean outfall modelling system |date=2000|chapter-url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/852322|volume=2000|pages=75–80|doi=10.1109/CGI.2000.852322|hdl=10722/53605|isbn=0-7695-0643-7|s2cid=33634611|via=IEEE|hdl-access=free|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823032616/https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/852322|url-status=live}}</ref> that is widely used internationally for impact assessment and outfall design. His work on buoyant jet theory<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lee|first=Hun-wei Joseph|date=2012|title=Mixing of Multiple Buoyant Jets|url=https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/%28ASCE%29HY.1943-7900.0000560|journal=Journal of Hydraulic Engineering|volume=138|issue=12|pages=1008–1021|doi=10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000560|via=ASCE Library|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823032939/https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000560|url-status=live}}</ref> has also been applied to unravel the transmission and spreading mechanisms of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Hong Kong in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=Outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) at Amoy Gardens, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong, Main Findings of the Investigation|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/info/sars/pdf/amoy_e.pdf|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225115707/https://www.info.gov.hk/info/sars/pdf/amoy_e.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>


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He developed the theoretical modelling and engineering prediction of the mixing and dilution of [[Turbulence|turbulent]] buoyant jets in an ambient current and proposed the Lagrangian integral jet model - JETLAG, a general tool that enables the first engineering prediction of the 3D trajectory and the initial dilution of an arbitrarily inclined buoyant jet in stratified ambient current.  The method forms the basis of the VISJET modelling system<ref>{{Cite book |last=Joseph H. W. Lee, Vincent H. Chu |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4615-0407-8#affiliations |title=Turbulent Jets and Plumes: A Lagrangian Approach |date=2003 |publisher=Springer New York, NY |year=2003 |isbn=9781402075209 |edition=1st |volume=2003 |location=New York |pages=1-359 |doi=10.1007/978-1-4615-0407-8 |url-status=live |via=Springer}}</ref> that is widely used internationally for impact assessment and outfall design. His work on buoyant jet theory<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lee|first=Hun-wei Joseph|date=2012|title=Mixing of Multiple Buoyant Jets|url=https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/%28ASCE%29HY.1943-7900.0000560|journal=Journal of Hydraulic Engineering|volume=138|issue=12|pages=1008–1021|doi=10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000560|via=ASCE Library|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823032939/https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000560|url-status=live}}</ref> has also been applied to unravel the transmission and spreading mechanisms of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Hong Kong in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=Outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) at Amoy Gardens, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong, Main Findings of the Investigation|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/info/sars/pdf/amoy_e.pdf|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225115707/https://www.info.gov.hk/info/sars/pdf/amoy_e.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
Professor Lee has aided in developing early warning system of Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) based on field observational systems, and physical-biological coupling using hydrodynamic and water quality modelling and also helped advance smart environmental management for water resilience in smart cities.  In 2008 he proposed Project WATERMAN – a real-time coastal water quality forecast and management system. The system has been adopted for environmental impact assessment and scientific management of marine fish culture by the Hong Kong Government.<ref>{{cite web|title=Project WATERMAN|url=https://charities.hkjc.com/charities/english/community-contributions/hkjc-130-story-env-waterman.aspx|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823032615/https://charities.hkjc.com/charities/english/community-contributions/hkjc-130-story-env-waterman.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=WATERMAN project website|url=http://www.waterman.hku.hk/|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816105934/http://www.waterman.hku.hk/|url-status=live}}</ref>


He has served as consultant on hydro-environmental projects, contributing to the Hong Kong Harbour Area Treatment Scheme, Yuen Long Bypass Floodway and Tai Hang Tung Storage Scheme. His theory on supercritical vortex intakes has been adopted in the design of [[Drainage Services Department|Hong Kong West Drainage Tunnel]] and urban drainage infrastructures in other mega-cities{{Which|date=November 2021}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Yuen Long Bypass Floodway (YLBF)|url=https://www.dsd.gov.hk/EN/HTML/394.html|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823033132/https://www.dsd.gov.hk/EN/HTML/394.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=大坑東蓄洪計劃|url=https://www.dsd.gov.hk/TC/HTML/20522.html|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723055659/https://www.dsd.gov.hk/TC/HTML/20522.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=港島西雨水排放隧道設計及建造工程|url=https://www.dsd.gov.hk/others/HKWDT/chi/background.html|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806021515/https://www.dsd.gov.hk/others/HKWDT/chi/background.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
Professor Lee has aided in developing early warning system of Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lee |first=Joseph H.W. |last2=Huang |first2=Yan |last3=Dickman |first3=Mike |last4=Jayawardena |first4=A.W. |date=2003 |title=Neural network modelling of coastal algal blooms |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0304380002002818 |journal=Ecological Modelling |language=en |volume=159 |issue=2-3 |pages=179–201 |doi=10.1016/S0304-3800(02)00281-8}}</ref> based on field observational systems, and physical-biological coupling using hydrodynamic and water quality modelling and also helped advance smart environmental management for water resilience in smart cities.  In 2008 he proposed Project WATERMAN – a real-time coastal water quality forecast and management system<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Harrison |first=Paul J. |last2=Yin |first2=Kedong |last3=Lee |first3=J.H.W. |last4=Gan |first4=Jianping |last5=Liu |first5=Hongbin |date=2008 |title=Physical–biological coupling in the Pearl River Estuary |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0278434308000691 |journal=Continental Shelf Research |language=en |volume=28 |issue=12 |pages=1405–1415 |doi=10.1016/j.csr.2007.02.011}}</ref>. The system has been adopted for environmental impact assessment and scientific management of marine fish culture by the Hong Kong Government.<ref>{{cite web|title=Project WATERMAN|url=https://charities.hkjc.com/charities/english/community-contributions/hkjc-130-story-env-waterman.aspx|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823032615/https://charities.hkjc.com/charities/english/community-contributions/hkjc-130-story-env-waterman.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=WATERMAN project website|url=http://www.waterman.hku.hk/|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816105934/http://www.waterman.hku.hk/|url-status=live}}</ref>

He has served as consultant on major hydro-environmental projects, contributing to the Hong Kong Harbour Area Treatment Scheme, Yuen Long Bypass Floodway and Tai Hang Tung Storage Scheme. His theory on supercritical vortex intakes has been adopted in the design of [[Drainage Services Department|Hong Kong West Drainage Tunnel]] and urban drainage infrastructures in other mega-cities{{Which|date=November 2021}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Yuen Long Bypass Floodway (YLBF)|url=https://www.dsd.gov.hk/EN/HTML/394.html|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823033132/https://www.dsd.gov.hk/EN/HTML/394.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=大坑東蓄洪計劃|url=https://www.dsd.gov.hk/TC/HTML/20522.html|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723055659/https://www.dsd.gov.hk/TC/HTML/20522.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=港島西雨水排放隧道設計及建造工程|url=https://www.dsd.gov.hk/others/HKWDT/chi/background.html|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806021515/https://www.dsd.gov.hk/others/HKWDT/chi/background.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

As HKAES Fellow and past President, he cooperated with the [[Chinese Academy of Engineering]] to lead the Policy Study on the Integrative Development of Innovation and Technology in the Guangdong-Hong Kong- Macau Greater Bay Area. The Report published in 2017 had a significant impact on both national and Hong Kong I&T Policy, contributing to the decision to develop GBA into an international I&T hub.


== Honours and awards ==
== Honours and awards ==
Joseph Lee has won Senior Research Fellowship Award of the [[Noel Croucher|Croucher Foundation]] (1998), the ASCE Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Award (2009), the China State Scientific and Technological Progress Award (2010, Second Class), the ASCE Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize (2013).  He was bestowed Honorary Membership by IAHR in 2015. Joseph Lee has also won the following:
Joseph Lee has won Senior Research Fellowship Award of the [[Noel Croucher|Croucher Foundation]] (1998), the ASCE Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Award (2009), the China State Scientific and Technological Progress Award (2010, Second Class), the ASCE Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize (2013).  He was bestowed Honorary Membership by IAHR in 2015.


* 2002 Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences <ref>{{cite web|title=Fellow of 2002, LEE, Professor, Joseph Hun-wei|url=http://www.hkaes.org/?page_id=1513|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726231711/http://www.hkaes.org/?page_id=1513|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2002 Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences <ref>{{cite web|title=Fellow of 2002, LEE, Professor, Joseph Hun-wei|url=http://www.hkaes.org/?page_id=1513|access-date=2021-08-23|archive-date=2021-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726231711/http://www.hkaes.org/?page_id=1513|url-status=live}}</ref>

Revision as of 08:55, 8 August 2023

李行偉
Joseph Hun-wei Lee
Lee in 2019
Macau University of Science and Technology President
International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research（IAHR）President
Assumed office
2021
Personal details
Born (1952-10-20) October 20, 1952 (age 71)
Shanghai, China
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, SM, PhD)

Joseph Hun-wei Lee (Chinese: 李行偉) is a Chinese civil engineer, currently serving as president of the Macau University of Science and Technology.

Education

Lee received a BSc, a MSc, and a PhD in Civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1]

Biography

Joseph Lee is currently President of the Macau University of Science and Technology from January 2021.[2] He has been elected President of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR),[3] the first Chinese national to head the IAHR in its over eight decades of history.[4]  He is a past President of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences, past Chairman of Hong Kong Research Grant Council (RGC)[5] as well as the Assessment Panel of the Hong Kong Public Policy Research Scheme.  He was the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Hydro-environment Research (JHER).

He joined the faculty of the University of Delaware as an assistant professor, and moved to the University of Hong Kong in 1980, where he became Redmond Chair Professor of Civil Engineering in 1995. At the University of Hong Kong, he was Dean of Engineering from 2000-2003,[6] and Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Staffing) from 2004-2010.

During 2010-2016, he took office as Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, followed by appointments as Elman Family Professor of Engineering and Public Policy[7] (2017-2018), and Senior Advisor to the President (2018-2020).[8] He is also the Director of the Croucher Laboratory of Environmental Hydraulics since 2004.[9]

Research

Joseph Lee's research is about the use of hydraulics in application to environmental problems, and eco-hydraulics related to dynamics of algal blooms and red tides, and urban flood coastal for climate change.

During his postgraduate studies at the MIT, the first project he worked on was the design of the condenser cooling water discharge system for the Setúbal Power Plant in Portugal. This work eventually led to his research on turbulent buoyant jets.

He developed the theoretical modelling and engineering prediction of the mixing and dilution of turbulent buoyant jets in an ambient current and proposed the Lagrangian integral jet model - JETLAG, a general tool that enables the first engineering prediction of the 3D trajectory and the initial dilution of an arbitrarily inclined buoyant jet in stratified ambient current.  The method forms the basis of the VISJET modelling system[10] that is widely used internationally for impact assessment and outfall design. His work on buoyant jet theory[11] has also been applied to unravel the transmission and spreading mechanisms of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Hong Kong in 2003.[12]

Professor Lee has aided in developing early warning system of Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB)[13] based on field observational systems, and physical-biological coupling using hydrodynamic and water quality modelling and also helped advance smart environmental management for water resilience in smart cities.  In 2008 he proposed Project WATERMAN – a real-time coastal water quality forecast and management system[14]. The system has been adopted for environmental impact assessment and scientific management of marine fish culture by the Hong Kong Government.[15][16]

He has served as consultant on major hydro-environmental projects, contributing to the Hong Kong Harbour Area Treatment Scheme, Yuen Long Bypass Floodway and Tai Hang Tung Storage Scheme. His theory on supercritical vortex intakes has been adopted in the design of Hong Kong West Drainage Tunnel and urban drainage infrastructures in other mega-cities[which?].[17][18][19]

As HKAES Fellow and past President, he cooperated with the Chinese Academy of Engineering to lead the Policy Study on the Integrative Development of Innovation and Technology in the Guangdong-Hong Kong- Macau Greater Bay Area. The Report published in 2017 had a significant impact on both national and Hong Kong I&T Policy, contributing to the decision to develop GBA into an international I&T hub.

Honours and awards

Joseph Lee has won Senior Research Fellowship Award of the Croucher Foundation (1998), the ASCE Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Award (2009), the China State Scientific and Technological Progress Award (2010, Second Class), the ASCE Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize (2013).  He was bestowed Honorary Membership by IAHR in 2015.

  • 2002 Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences [20]
  • 2008 Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering, United Kingdom [21]
  • China State Scientific and Technological Progress Award (2010, Second Class) [22]
  • ASCE Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Award (2009) [23]
  • Honorary Membership, International Association for Hydro-environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) (2015) [24]
  • Senior Research Fellowship Award of the Croucher Foundation (1998) [25][26]
  • Croucher Laboratory of Environmental Hydraulics (2004) [27]
  • Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (2013) [28]
  • Distinguished IAHR-APD Membership Award (2010) [29]
  • Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, University of Karlsruhe, Germany (1992-1993) [30]
  • Innovation Award (Sustainability), the Hong Kong Construction Industry Council (2017) [31]
  • Innovation Award for Construction Industry of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (2002) [32] [33]
  • Da Yu Hydro-science and Engineering Award (Second class), China Hydraulic Engineering Society (2018) [34]

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