Biography: Ir Professor Albert T.
Yeung is currently a professor and Director
of the Institute of Environmental
Engineering, and the Director of
International Affairs of the College of
Engineering at National Yang-Ming National
Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. He earned
his PhD from the University of California,
Berkeley, under the late Professor James K.
Mitchell. His professional qualifications
include Registered Professional Engineer in
Civil, Environmental, and Geotechnical
Engineering (RPE - CVL, ENV, GEL) in Hong
Kong, Chartered Engineer (CEng) in the UK,
and Registered Professional Engineer (PE) in
Texas, USA.
He is a rare hybrid individual with
extensive experience in engineering
research, education, and practice, and has
achieved outstanding results across all
three areas. Even more rare is that he also
has experience in public administration and
finance.
His research fields are broad and diverse,
encompassing civil, geotechnical, and
environmental engineering, as well as the
application of ICT in construction
engineering. He is a pioneer in developing
electrochemical remediation technology,
using innovative techniques to treat
contaminated land and groundwater. His
outstanding contributions made him the 1st
Asian to receive the Arthur Casagrande
Professional Development Award, the most
prestigious honor for young geotechnical
researchers in geotechnical engineering,
from ASCE in 1996. In 1999, he became the
1st Chinese scholar to receive the Samuel
Arnold Greeley Award from ASCE.
Simultaneously, he became a rare recipient
of research awards in two different fields:
geotechnical and environmental engineering.
He has published over 200 academic papers.
He served as the moderator for the 6th Tang
Prize Sustainability Master Forum in 2024 in
Taiwan. Other major awards he has received
include: the ASCE District 10 Distinguished
Service Medal 2023, three (3) IPA Research
Grant Awards of the International Press-in
Association (2008, 2012, 2014), the Peter
H.K. Chan Award 2001 of HKIE, the Kumagai
Prize 1994 of HKIE, the Dow Outstanding New
Faculty Award 1994 of the American Society
for Engineering Education, the Outstanding
Young Faculty Award 1993 of the Texas
Engineering Experiment Station, among many
others.
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Biography: Dr. Kunio Yoshikawa is a distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), one of Japan's premier national universities. Born in Tokyo in 1953, he has dedicated over four decades to his alma mater, having earned his Bachelor’s degree in Applied Physics, followed by a Master’s and a Doctorate in Engineering from the same institution . Prof. Yoshikawa currently serves as an associate editor for the prestigious journal Applied Energy. His research primarily focuses on the intersection of thermal engineering, energy conversion, and environmental sustainability. His specific expertise includes advanced waste-to-energy technologies, biomass gasification, combustion, and atmospheric environmental engineering . Throughout his career, Prof. Yoshikawa has received significant international recognition, including the AIAA Best Paper Award (1999), the ASME James Harry Potter Gold Medal (2001) for outstanding contributions to mechanical engineering, and the JSME Environmental Technology Achievement Award . He has authored over 200 journal papers and has successfully mentored more than 57 Ph.D. graduates, many of whom are leading figures in academia and industry . Beyond publishing, he is also a Fellow of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) and continues to contribute globally to waste management and clean energy research
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Biography: Mikio Ishiwatari is a Professor at Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan. He worked as a Senior Advisor on Disaster Management and Water Resources Management at the Japan International Cooperation Agency and a Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo. He has been engaged in the projects and research works of disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and water. He led the formulation of the Japanese assistance policies of climate change adaptation and community-based disaster management. He worked at the World Bank as Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist, and produced the “Learning from Megadisaster: Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake”. He worked at various positions at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, Japan for 17 years. He formulated and supervised national projects of flood risk management and highways in Iwami District as Director of Hamada River and Road Office, and was responsible for research and technology development as Senior Deputy Director for River Technology and Information. He worked as Urban Development Specialist at the Asian Development Bank. He was a member of “Committee on Building Resilience to Natural Disasters” of the Japan Science Society; and experienced members of “Advisory Council of Development Assistance in Climate Change Adaptation” of Ministry of Land Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan, “Steering Committee of Water and Climate Change of Asia-Pacific Water Forum”, and other committees of government organizations. He holds a PhD in international studies and MSc in Urban Engineering from the University of Tokyo.
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