Hing-Ho Tsang

Dr. Hing-Ho Tsang aspires to develop frontier knowledge, innovative solutions, green and smart technologies for enhancing the safety of people and structures under extreme events such as earthquake, impact, bomb blast, high wind and landslide. His research addresses various UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in relation to resilient infrastructure and cities, circular economy, reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, as well as reduction of poverty and inequality.

He lectured at The University of Hong Kong (2007-2012), was a Visiting Academic at The University of Melbourne on six occasions (2004-2012), and was a Visiting Professor at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany (2013, 2016). He has published over 200 articles including 50+ papers in Q1 journals. He is listed amongst the World’s Top 1% of Scientists for Career-long Impact in Civil Engineering (Elsevier). His scholarly achievements have been recognised by a dozen international awards and university prizes or fellowships. He is a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) and serves in advisory roles to governments, industry and professional bodies, developing design standards and guidelines globally.

Dr. Tsang’s holistic and multidisciplinary research program has three main thrusts:

• Innovative Structures and Protective Systems: geotechnical seismic isolation (GSI) systems, bio-inspired structures, smart systems, strengthening and retrofit techniques
• Community Resilience and Risk Assessment: structural vulnerability and failure risk, casualties, science-informed safety policy and decision making
• Structural Behaviour and Building Code: structural response and collapse behaviour, characterisation of extreme actions, design standards and guidelines

Research interests

• Advanced Structural Engineering; Earthquake Engineering

Teaching areas

• Advanced Structural Engineering;Earthquake Engineering

Awards

• 2022, Swinburne, School of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award, Swinburne University of Technology
• 2021, International, World’s Top 1% Scientists for Career-long Impact in Civil Engineering, Science-wide Author Databases of Standardized Citation Indicators (Elsevier, Stanford University)
• 2021, International, Editor’s Choice of the Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• 2019, Swinburne, Faculty Research Translation Commendation Award, Swinburne University of Technology
• 2019, Swinburne, Research Impact Award (1st in Science, Engineering and Technology), Swinburne University of Technology
• 2017, Swinburne, Research Impact Award (1st in Engineering), Swinburne University of Technology
• 2016, International, Visiting Professorship, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
• 2015, Swinburne, Top Teaching Award, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology
• 2013, International, Visiting Professorship, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
• 2011, International, Asian Innovation Awards Finalist, Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones & Company
• 2008, International, Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the World, Marquis Who’s Who
• 2008, International, Listed in 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England
• 2008, International, Hsai-Yang Fang Research Award, International Society of Environmental Geotechnology
• 2007, Other, Norman W. M. Ko PhD Prize (Faculty Best PhD Thesis, 2005-2007), Faculty of Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
• 2007, Other, Li Ka Shing Prize (University Best Thesis, 2005-2006), Graduate School, The University of Hong Kong
• 2006, Other, University Postdoctoral Fellowship, The University of Hong Kong
• 2005, International, RNSA Highly Commendable Paper Award, Sixth International Conference on Shock and Impact Loads on Structures, Perth, Australia
• 2005, International, Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Award, Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training
• 2002, Other, Postgraduate Research Scholarship, The University of Hong Kong