Awards to my Students

• Christine W.K. Suen, Top Award, the HKIS Outstanding Dissertation Award (Undergraduate LSD Division), 2021.
• Yasmine Megahed, 2nd Place Poster Award, the 129th Association of Ontario Land Surveyors Annual General Meeting, Feb. 2021. [Link]
• Vincent C.M. Chong, Top Award, the HKIS Outstanding Dissertation Award (Undergraduate LSD Division), 2020. [Link]
• Prathees Mahendrarajah, Best Student Paper Prize (Undergraduate Research Category), The 2012 CAGONT Annual Meeting, Oct. 2012. [Link]

Honors

• CRSS Bronze Medal Award, Canadian Remote Sensing Society, 2020.
• Otto von Gruber Award, International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2016.
• Governor General’s Academic Gold Medal, Ryerson University, Oct. 2012.

Teaching and Leadership

• Departmental Excellence in Teaching Award, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Aug. 2020.
• Dean’s Teaching Award – Contract Lecturers (CUPE 1 and 2), Ryerson University, Mar. 2020.
• Dennis Mock Student Leadership Award, Ryerson University, Apr. 2012.

Grants

• General Research Fund, Research Grant Council, 2023-2025.
• Early Career Scheme, Research Grant Council, 2020-2023.
• FCE Startup Fund, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2019-2022.
• MDPI Remote Sensing Travel Grant Award, 2017.

Best Paper / Poster / Presentation Competitions

• 2nd Place Best CRSS Student Poster Award, the 33rd Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, Ottawa, Canada, Jun. 2012.
• Best GEOIDE Student Poster Award, the 14th GEOIDE Annual Scientific Conference, Quebec, Canada, May 2012.
• 3rd Place Student Poster Award, the 120th Association of Ontario Land Surveyors Annual General Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, Feb. 2012.
• Best Student Paper Prize (Doctoral Research Paper Category), The 2011 CAGONT Annual Meeting, Orillia, Canada, Oct. 2011.
• 1st Place Poster Award, Ontario Association of Impact Assessment (OAIA) 2011 Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada, Oct. 2011.
• 2nd Place Best GEOIDE Student Poster Award, the 13th GEOIDE Annual Scientific Conference, Toronto, Canada, May 2011.
• 2nd Place Best Student Presentation Award, the 3rd Annual Joint ITE Section Student Presentation Competition, Hamilton, Canada, Mar. 2011.
• 2nd Place Student Poster Award, the 119th Association of Ontario Land Surveyors Annual General Meeting, London, Canada, Feb.2011.
• Top Conference Poster Award, Ontario Association of Impact Assessment (OAIA) 2010 Annual Conference, October 2010.
• 1st Place Student Poster Award, the 118th Association of Ontario Land Surveyors Annual General Meeting, Huntsville, Canada, Feb. 2010.
• 4th Place Student Poster Award, the 118th Association of Ontario Land Surveyors Annual General Meeting, Huntsville, Canada, Feb. 2010.
• 1st Place Student Poster Award, the 117th Association of Ontario Land Surveyors Annual General Meeting, Toronto, Canada, Feb. 2009.