Denvid LAU

• Founding Member and Co-chair, Outreach Committee, The Hong Kong Young Academy of Science
• Professor, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
• Associate Director, CityU Academy of Innovation

Ir. Prof. Denvid Lau obtained his Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering with first class honors and Master of Philosophy from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 2004 and 2006 respectively, and got his second Master degree from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2009. He then received his Ph.D. in the field of structures and materials from MIT in 2012. Prior to joining City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) as an assistant professor in August 2012, he worked as a postdoctoral associate at MIT. He has become a full professor with tenure at CityUHK since 2023. During his sabbatical leave from January to July 2020, he was a visiting professor at MIT.

Ir. Prof. Lau got various awards and scholarships during his undergraduate and graduate studies including the Croucher Foundation Scholarship (2006-2009) and the Marvin E. Goody Award (2007). He was named as one of the Harvey Fellows in 2011. His research interests encompass nano and multifunctional materials used for construction, sustainable materials, green concrete, machine leaning assisted multiscale modeling and nondestructive evaluations. To date, Ir. Prof. Lau has attracted over HK$17 million fund in total for research and teaching development. He is currently the editorial board member of several international journals. He has published more than 200 referred journal and conference articles and has delivered more than 40 invited talks, which include plenary and keynote speeches in international conferences. In 2008, he was nominated and selected as a Founding Member of the Young Academy of Sciences of Hong Kong (YASHK), and received one of The President's Awards from the CityUHK, in recognition of his remarkable academic achievement. In addition, Ir. Prof. Lau has received the Certificate of Merit for the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) Young Engineer Award 2018 in appreciation of his effort and dedication to the engineering profession, and the Commendation Merit Award - R&D Award of Structural Excellence Award 2018 and 2025, which is presented by the HKIE (Structural Division). Recently, he has been granted the 2020 Outstanding Supervisor Award from CityUHK in view of his excellent research supervision towards Ph.D. students.