Dr. Wong Ling-tim (王寧添)
Associate Professor

Room: FJ701

Department of Building Services Engineering,

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

 

Tel: 27667783, Fax: 27657198 E-mail: beltw@polyu.edu.hk

Brief

Dr. Wong graduated from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a BEng degree in Building Services Engineering in 1992, and a PhD in 1997. He received his industrial training in building services designs and project management in a consulting company. Dr. Wong joined the department of Building Services Engineering in 1996. He was the programme leader of BEng(Hons) in Building Services Engineering (with specialism in Fire Engineering) in 1997-2002, and MSc/PgD in Fire and Safety Engineering in 2003-2008. His research interests include environmental systems, water systems and safety systems in buildings. He has been awarded the Hans B. Thorelli Award by Emerald Literati Network for a research on “risk analysis for evacuees” in 2006. With Dr. KW Mui, he has founded an IAQ BioAerosols laboratory in 2007. He is a member of the technical working group (Control of Moisture and Molds) of ASHRAE and a working commission member (W062-water supply and drainage for buildings) of the Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB). Meanwhile, he had organized the 34th CIBW062 International Symposium of Water Supply and Drainage for Buildings in Hong Kong (2008). He has also been listed in 2009 Who’s Who in World. 

Academic and Professional Qualifications

BEng(Hons, First Class) PhD CEng MCIBSE MHKIE RPE

Current Taught Subjects

Piped and gas services; Fire service engineering; Accident prevention, hazard assessment and control; Research project; Design project

Selected Funded Research Development

  • Video fire and smoke detection system with automatic flame tracing technique for a large space (RGC funded)
  • The impact of indoor air pollutants on elderly with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Hong Kong (Inter-faculty funded)
  • Indoor air quality express sampling protocol in Hong Kong (RGC funded)
  • Influence of occupant load on potable water consumption in residential high-rise buildings (RGC funded)
  • Modelling occupant load variation in residential buildings for building drainage system designs (RGC funded)
  • Experimental scale studies in smoke control strategy in large linear atria in HKSAR (RGC funded)

Selected High-level Consultancy

Ÿ             Indoor Air Quality (Fungi) Assessment for the Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department

Ÿ             Indoor Air Quality certification scheme in Sun Hung Kai Building

Ÿ             Energy analysis and benchmarking system (EABS) in Hong Kong for the China Light and Power Hong Kong Limited

Ÿ             Drainage optimization for healthy drainage design of public housing redevelopment for the Hong Kong Housing Authority

 

Publications

Selected publications

 

Symposium organized

 

Ÿ                    The 34th CIBW062 International Symposium on Water Supply and Drainage for Buildings (2008). >Content<

Ÿ                    The First Hong Kong-Taiwan workshop on Water Systems in High-rise Buildings (2007).

 

Links

 

Ÿ                    Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, (USA)

Ÿ                    School of the Built Environment, Heriot Watt University, UK

Ÿ                    Department of Architecture, NTUST, (Taiwan)

Ÿ                    Department of Mechanical Engineering, HKU

Ÿ                    Department of Mechanical Engineering, HKUST

Ÿ                    Department of Building and Construction, City University of Hong Kong

Ÿ                    Research Centre for Fire Engineering, PolyU

Ÿ                    Research Centre for Building Environmental Engineering, PolyU

Ÿ                    Kowloon City Baptist Church, (Hong Kong)

 

The last update: Sep 2008