Dr. Xia Yong

Dr. Yong Xia is now a Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory for Marine Infrastructure. He obtained his PhD degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and joined The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2006. Prof. Xia has conducted health monitoring of large-scale civil infrastructure for over 20 years. He has led and participated in the health monitoring of the world’s longest Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao bridge, Tsing Ma Bridge, Stonecutters Bridge, 600 m tall Canton Tower, and the 632 m tall Shanghai Tower. Dr. Xia has co-authored three research books, more than 20 standards in structural health monitoring, and over 180 refereed international journal papers. He secured over 50 research grants as the principal investigator, totalling over HK$80 million. Dr. Xia has won numerous national and international awards, including the State Technological Innovation Award, the Chang Jiang Scholar, the HKIE Structural Excellence Award, the PolyU President’s Award, and ASCE Greater China Award.