Joseph Hun-Wei Lee

Background

Lee, Joseph Hun-Wei was born on October 20, 1952 in Shanghai. Son of Wai-Chuan and Ying-Fan (Ma) Lee.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977.

Career

Assistant professor department civil engineering University Delaware, Newark, 1977-1980. Lecturer department civil engineering University Hong Kong, 1980-1987, senior lecturer department civil and structural engineering, 1987-1991, reader department civil and structural engineering, 1991-1995, professor, since 1995. Visiting professor East China College Hydraulic Engineering, Nanjing, China, 1981.

Commonwealth Academy Staff fellow Imperial College of Science and Technology, United Kingdom, 1985-1986. Visiting associate professor School Civil and Environmental Engineering Cornell University, Ithaca, n.Y., 1986. Advisory professor Hohai University, China, since 1986.

Technical consultant Environmental Sciences Research Center, Zhongshan (Sun-Yatsen) University, GuangZhou, China, since 1986. Knights of Columbus Wong Educational Foundation lecturer Tonji and Hohai University, 1988. External examiner Master of Science course in civil engineering Hong Kong Polytechnic,1990-1994.

Alexander von Humboldt research fellow University Karlsruhe, Germany, 1992-1993. Advisory professor Institute for Environmental Sciences, Beijing Normal University, since 1993. Member advisory board International Center for Environmental Studies, University Porto, Portugal, since 1994.

Member technical standards committee Water Pollution Control Bill, Hong Kong Government Secretariat, 1990. Member engineering Hong Kong Research Grants Council, since 1993. Member construction and other technical panel Hong Kong University and Polytechnic Grants Committee Research Assessment Exercise, 1994.

Specialist consultant to leading international consulting engineering firms on 15 hydraulic and environmental engineering projects, 1982-1994. Reviewer international journals., Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Hong Kong Applied Research and Development Fund Company, and other organizations. Organizer 1st International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics, 1991.

Achievements

• Joseph Hun-Wei Lee has been listed as a noteworthy Hydraulic engineer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society of Civil Engineers (member subcommittee on turbulence, engineering mechanical division 1993-1995), Institution for Water and Environmental Management, United Kingdom, International Association for Hydraulic Research (committee of fluid mechanics 1990-1995), Hong Kong Institution Engineers (environmental division committee 1989-1992).

Connections

Married Winnie Haw-Ying Chang, June 16, 1980. 1 child, Dara Ning.

Father:

Wai-Chuan Lee

Mother:

Ying-Fan (Ma) Lee

Spouse:

Winnie Haw-Ying Chang

child:

Dara Ning Lee