Professor Timothy Wai Cheung TONG
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Immediate Past President, Council,
2018-2020
President, Council,
2017-2018
Senior Vice President, Council,
2015-2017
Vice President, Council,
2013-2015
Member, Council,
2012-2013
- Associate Fellow, AIAA
- Fellow, International Thermal Conductivity Conference
- Fellow, ASME
- Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, Society of Automotive Engineers, 1985
- Teacher of the Year, Pi Tau Sigma, 1994-96
- Associate Professor, University of Kentucky, 1985
- Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, 1980-85
- Professor, Arizona State University, 1990-96
- Associate Professor, Arizona State University, 1986-90
- Acting Director, Centre for Energy Systems Research, 1994-96
- Administrative Intern, Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost, 1991-92
- President, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2009-19
- Professor and Department Head, Colorado State University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1996-2000
- School of Engineering and Applied Science, Dean, The George Washington University, 2000-08
- Professor of Mechanical Engineering, The George Washington University, 2000-08
- Sandia National Laboratories, Faculty Sabbatical, , 1993
- Sandia National Laboratories, Summer Faculty, , 1994
- Program Director, U.S. National Science Foundation, Thermal Transport and Thermal Processing, 1996-97
A specialist in heat transfer, Professor Timothy W. Tong has spent more than two decades as an influential researcher, scholar and teacher in this field of mechanical engineering and published more than 80 articles and 7 edited books. While serving as Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the George Washington University, Professor Tong established the Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer and Commercialization to foster technological innovation and practical relevance of research efforts. Professor Tong was appointed President of the Hong Kong Polytechnic, the largest UGC-funded tertiary institution in Hong Kong, on 1 January 2009 leading the University towards its next level of excellence.
Former President, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
BS
Mechanical Engineering
Oregon State University, Corvallis
1976
MS
Mechanical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
1978
PhD
Mechanical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
1980
timothy.tong@connect.polyu.hk