Prof. Wilson Lu guide the ilab members for a company tour visit to Gammon Construction on 31 July 2023
This is a follow-up visit since last time Gammon Construction's senior management team met with some of our students in Beijing. CEO of Gammon, Mr. Kelvin O'Brien met briefly with Prof. Wilson Lu Then, the company arranged a well-plan tour and several talks about...
Prof. Wilson Lu and iLab received the visit by delegates from Chongqing University (Prof. Guiwen Liu, VP, CQU; Prof. Chao Mao, CQU; and Jinke Hong, CQU) on 15 July 2023
This included a workshop to share 8 pieces of research from the two parties. It turned out that we are doing some very high-profile research with both theoretical and practical contributions.
Prof. Wilson Lu and iLab received the visit by delegates from Zhejiang City University and Chongqing University on 11 July 2023
The delegation was led by Prof. Liyin Shen. Chair Professor KW Chau represented the Department to receive the souvenir and exchange ideas with Prof. Shen. Afterward, a mini-symposium was organized to allow the students from three parties (i.e., HKU, CQU, Zhejiang City...
ilab successfully organised two talks, one by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus König and the other by Prof. Chimay Anumba, Dean of College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida
On June 2nd 2023, iLab welcomed Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus König, the deputy head of the national center for the digitalization of the German construction industry (BIM Germany). During the visit, he made a presentation on the topic “Generation of initial digital twins...
Prof. Wilson Lu was invited to give a plenary talk on the International Conference on Solid Wastes 2023: Waste Management in Circular Economy and Climate Resilience (ICSWHK2023) on 2 June 2023 in Hong Kong
His talk is on "Sharing construction waste materials across different jurisdictions: Prospects and challenges for a smarter and greener Greater Bay Area”.
Prof. Wilson Lu attended the GLF-CEM (Global Leadership Forum For Construction Engineering and Management Programs) 2023 held in 29-30 May 2023, Salvador-Brazil
He also shared on Panel – “Lessons learned about academic leadership for future leaders in CEM” alongside Prof. Burcin Becerick (Head of Department of Civil Engineering at University of Southern California, US) and Prof. Sérgio Scheer (Ex-provost, Federal University...
Prof. Wilson Lu moderated the RICS Hong Kong Construction Conference on 12 May 2023
Prof. Wilson Lu was invited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) to chair a panel discussion on its Hong Kong Construction Conference at Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel on 12 May 2023. The Theme of the Conference this year is “Revitalizing the prosperity of...
Professor Wilson Lu joined CIC Chairman’s Luncheon in discussing AI for Construction on 12 May 2023
Professor Wilson Lu joined CIC Chairman’s Luncheon in discussing AI for Construction – The Challenges to the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operation (AECO) Industry on 12 May 2023 at Hong Kong Club. The event involved a small group of leading experts...
iLab successfully organised Generative Design for Modular Building Forum 2023 cum Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) project kick-off meeting on 10 May 2023
The forum focused on the theme of generative design for modular buildings in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sector. The Forum lined up speakers from different backgrounds (e.g., architecture, engineering, material, construction, and others) from...
Professor Wilson Lu, Mr. Liupengfei Wu, and Dr Tan Tan visited the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Digital Fabrication (DFAB) at ETH and DFAB House on 28 April 2023 in Switzerland .
The Digital Fabrication, initiated in 2014, aims to revolutionise architecture through the seamless combination of digital technologies and physical building processes (https://dfab.ch/#). DFAB House is a collaborative demonstrator of the Swiss NCCR) Digital...