Get-togther with the donors of Prof Wilson Tang Memorial Fund

The Scholarships/ Prizes/ Bursaries under the Prof Wilson Tang Memorial Fund have been launched in 2013/2014. The awards are supported by the endowment established by the late Prof Wilson Tang’s family and the support from the University, the School of Engineering, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and many other individual donors. To celebrate the launching of scholarship schemes under the Fund, a get-together event is organized on 14 February. The event build up a stronger tie with the donors, awardees and the Department.

To honor Prof Tang’s devotion to educating the youth, nurturing talents and promoting intellectual excellence, four different kinds of awards are provided.
 

• The Professor Wilson Tang Engineering Scholarship is awarded to students of the Engineering School with outstanding academic performance.

• The Professor Wilson Tang Scholarship is given to outstanding first-year Engineering Students who have decided to choose Civil and Environmental Engineering as their major.


• The Professor Wilson Tang Prize is for awarding the highest scoring students in the undergraduate and postgraduate courses on uncertainties, risks and reliability, areas which Prof Tang pioneered and subsequently developed and taught at the department.

• The Professor Wilson Tang Bursary is given to support students with financial needs for their exchange to overseas universities.

In Fall 2013, the Wilson Tang Engineering Scholarships were awarded to two students, from Germany and Korea, while eight other students received the Wilson Tang Scholarship. In January 2014, the Wilson Tang prize for undergraduates was awarded. Winners of the postgraduate Wilson Tang prize and recipients of the Wilson Tang Bursary will be awarded later in the academic year.