Dr YAN Yuk Shing, Dickson
Assistant Professor
Email dicksonyan@vtc.edu.hk
Assistant Professor
Email dicksonyan@vtc.edu.hk
TEACHING AREAS
Integrated Solid Waste Management
Site Remediation and Landfill Operations
Environmental Soil Physics
Environmental Sampling, Monitoring and Analysis
Introduction to Environmental Engineering
Engineering Calculus
Urban Development in Hong Kong (Elective)
Environment, Development and Sustainability (Elective)
QUALIFICATIONS
2013 | PhD in Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) |
2009 | BEng in Civil and Environmental Engineering, HKUST |
EMPLOYMENT
2016 - Present | Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong |
2013 - 2016 | Teaching Fellow, Faculty of Science and Technology, the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong |
2013 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute for the Environment, HKUST |
2009 | Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, HKUST |
AWARDS
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
2014 - Present | Certified Carbon Auditor Professional |
2015 - 2016 | Young Members Committee, Hong Kong Green Strategy Alliance |
2014 - 2015 | International Member of the Association of Energy Engineers |
2013 - 2014 | Member of the Hong Kong Green Building Council |
2013 - 2014 | Member of the Hong Kong Waste Management Association |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
CONFERENCES
RESEARCH GRANTS
2016 – 2018 Enhanced biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons and energy harvest from field contaminated marine sediment by coupling sediment microbial fuel cell with nitrate induced biostimulation. Research Grant Council – Faculty Development Scheme (HKD$ 956,440) Principal investigator: Dickson Yan
2014 – 2015 International conference on food waste 2015: policy into action. Environmental and Conservation Fund (HKD$ 303,550) Co-Investigator: Dickson Yan
2014 – 2015 Development of Clay-base Adsorbent for Antibiotics Removal from Wastewater. THEi Seed Grant (HKD$ 100,000) Principal investigator: Dickson Yan