Ms. Chan Tai Man

Chairman

Ir Prof Philip CHUNG is an adjunct professor of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences of HKU. He has been teaching MSc courses on soil mechanics, ground investigation, laboratory testing and geotechnical design since 2000. He was a former deputy head of the Geotechnical Engineering Office of the HKSAR Government. Ir Prof CHUNG has been working in the engineering field for 40 years. He is particularly interested in the research and development work on laboratory testing, slope design, reclamation and fill compaction. He also has a keen interest in engineering education and in particular, teaching the young engineers. He has been appointed by the Hong Kong Accreditation Services as a technical assessor on geotechnical testing since 1994. He has served the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) Technical Committee 101 since 2005. Ir Prof CHUNG is also a well-known amateur astronomer in Hong Kong. He was past vice president of the Hong Kong Astronomical Society and led the Theoretical Astronomy Group for more than 15 years.