TIME REVERSAL IMAGING FOR SUSTAINABLE & SMART URBAN WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
Impact
Project outcomes will tremendously impact societies and economies, potentially becoming a lynchpin component enabling HK, the mainland and other countries to achieve their ambitious sustainability targets.
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1-3 years—Q-leak in HK
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4-10 years—expanding to HKUST-GZ and to cites agreed with partners
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Beyond 10 years—going Global
There are 7 main impacts.
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Leakage prevention
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Non-intrusive screening for R3 (repair, rehabilitation & replacement)
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Failure prevention
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The world’s first meta-pipes
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High salaried professionals
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Other pipeline infrastructure
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Jobs
We have established a Broad Impact Committee (BIC) governance committee and protocols to assure the 7 impacts. BIC includes members with track records in Technology and Knowledge Transfer (TKT), entrepreneurship, venture investment and technology-commercialization, and successful start-ups. Our industry partners have expressed full support to assist in the implementation, production and commercialization of the project outcomes.
Broad Impact Committee
Mohamed S. GHIDAOUI
Chinese Estates Professor of Engineering
Chair Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong university of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Mathias FINK
George Charpak Professor /Chair Professor, École Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles de Paris (ESPCI) / Université Paris Sciences & Lettres;
IAS Fellows, HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study
Joseph H.W. LEE
President, Macau University of Science and Technology;
Chair Professor/ Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, HKUST
Jensen T.H. LI
Professor, Department of Physics, HKUST
Kirill HOROSHENKOV
Professor of Acoustics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield
Huan-Feng DUAN
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Moez LOUATI
Research Assistant Professor,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, HKUST
Silvia MENICONI
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia
Xun WANG
Full Professor, School of Reliability and Systems Engineering, Beihang University, China
E.W.K. AU
Assistant Director
Environmental Protection Department, HKSAR
Sai Wai CHAU
Assistant Director
Development branch, Water Supplies Department, HKSAR
Shuyu CHEN
CEO
Acoustic Metamaterials Group Limited, Hong Kong
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Andrea RUBIN
Head of water and sewages networks
AcegasApsAmga, Italy
Donny Koon Ming SIU
Head (Entrepreneurship Programs)
Entrepreneurship Center, HKUST
Ben Yui Bun CHAN
Associate Professor of Engineering Education, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Director, Center for Engineering Education Innovation, HKUST