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Brief
Dr. Fong is an assistant Professor of the Department of Building Services Engineering of the Hong Kong Polytechnic Univeristy. He graduated from University College of North Wales, Bangor, U.K with a BSc degree in Applied Mathematics and Computing in 1986. He obtained his PhD degree in Fire Engineering from the Hong Kong Polytechnic in 1991.
Academic and Professional Qualifications
- 1991 Doctor of Philosophy (Fire Engineering), Hong Kong Polytechnic
- 1986 Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics and Computing, University College of North Wales, Bangor, U.K.
- 1987 Associate Member, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, U.K.
Research Work
| 1996- | Research on Building Fire Risk Analysis |
| 1995- | Research on a PolyU funded research project "Study of Building Fire Using Field models with Boundary-Fitted Coordinate System." |
| 1991-1992 | Research on a UPGC funded research project "Combustion Effect in Building Fire Field Modelling" |
| 1987-91 | Research on sprinklers fire and completion of the PhD project with a thesis title "A Study of Building Fire Extinguishing Mechanism using field modelling Technique" |
Overseas Attachment
- November 1999 Duty visit to the University of California, Santa Barbara and meet Professor Yuen for discussion in fire experiments and future co-operation.
- November 1999, Duty visit to the University of California, Berkeley and meet Professor R.B. Williamson for discussion in fire experiments and future co-operation.
- Summer 1997, Duty visit to the University of Science and Technology of China for the opening ceremony of the full scale burning facility for Atrium studies.
- Summer 1996, Duty visit to the University of Technology in Australia and study the full scale burning facility
- July 1996, Duty visit to Factory Mutual Research Co-operation, U.S.A. and meet the fire research experts.
- Summer 1996, Duty visit to Nanyang Technological University in Singapore
- 1994 and 1995, Duty visit to the University of Science and Technology of China and meet the fire research experts.
- Summer 1995, Duty visit to Victoria University of Technology in Australia and meet the fire research experts.
- Summer 1995, Duty visit to The Building Research Association of New Zealand, New Zealand
- Summer 1995, Duty visit ro University of New South Wales in Australia
- Summer 1995, Duty visit Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
- 1991, Attachment to Building Research Institute (Japan) to study the smoke filling problem.
Teaching Duty
| Class |
Subject |
| MSc | Fire Dynamics |
| MSc | Design Considerations for Fire Safety Management |
| MSc | Fire Engineering System |
| MSc | Computational Fire Modelling in Building Design |
| BE2 | "Piped Services (subject examiner) |
| PTBE1 | Mathematics (subject examiner) |
| PTBE2 | Piped and Fire Services (subject examiner) |
| PTBE2 | Mathematics (subject examiner) |
| PTBE4 | Design Project supervisor |
| PTBE4 | Design and Simulation Software (Design Project) |
| SFFTBE2 | Piped and Fire Services (subject examiner) |
Consultancy
- 1994 Ice Rink Project for Swire Property Management Ltd
- 1993 Attachment to Swire Property to study the false alarm problem
- 1992 AutoCAD Training Course for Ryoden Staff
Selected Recent Publications
Refereed Journals
2003 +L.T. Wong, J.Li
Review on video image processing technique in fire detection and possibility
of application in controlling atrium smoke management system
Journal of Applied Fire Science, Vol. 11, Issue 2, p. 183-193
2003 +N. Zhu
Experimental studies on the effect on mechanical ventilation on performance
of water mist spray,Journal of Applied Fire Science, Vol. 11, Issue 2, p. 143-157
2003 +C.L. Shi, R. Huo, Y.Z. Li, L. Yi, W.K. Chow, W.Y. Hung & K.S. Y. Cheng,
Design and implementation of distributed data acquisition system based on field
bus for large space fire test International Journal on Engineering Performance
Based Fire Codes, Vol. 5, No. 3 , p. 82-90 (2003)
2002 +Gigi C.H. Lui & C.W. Yue
Preliminary studies on smoke filtering for a fire engineering laboratory
International Journal on Engineering Performance-Based Fire Codes, Vol. 4, No.
1, p. 23-29 (2002)
2001 +W.T. Chan
On the properties of a water curtain discharged from a drencher system
International Journal on Engineering Performance-Based Fire Codes, Vol. 3, No.
2 p. 87-91 (2001)
2001 +W.K. Chow & W.T. Chan
Preliminary studies on smoke spreading prevention and thermal radiation blockage
by a water curtain, International Journal on Engineering Performance-Based Fire
Codes, Vol. 3, No. 3, p. 98-103 (2001)
2000 Reliability study on sprinkler system to be installed in old high-rise
buildings, International Journal on Engineering Performance-Based Fire Codes-
accepted to be published
1999 +W.K. Chow, L.T. Wong, K.T. Chan & P.L. Ho Fire safety engineering:
comparison of a new degree programme with the model curriculum, Fire Safety
Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1, p.1-15
1999 +W.K. Chow, C.C. Ho Analysis of unwanted fire alarm : A case study, ASCE
Journal of Architectural Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 2, p. 62-65
1999 +W.K. Chow, E.Cui, P.L. Ho, L.T. Wong, Ran Huo, Weicheng Fan, Yuanzhou
Li & Liming Yuan PolyU/USTC Atrium : A full scale burning facility V Preliminary
experiments, Journal of Applied Fire Science, Vol. 8 , No. 3, p. 229-241
1993 +W.K. Chow "Application of field modelling technique to simulate interaction
of sprinkler and fire-induced smoke layer", Combustion Science & Technology
- Vol. 89, p.101-151
1992 +W.K. Chow "Analysis of the performance of an atrium sprinkler",
Building Services Engineering Research & Technology - Vol.13, No.4 p.183-196
1992 +W.K. Chow "Numerical studies on sprinkler-hot layer interaction",
Arch. Science Reviews - Accepted to publish, August 1992
1991 +W.K. Chow "Numerical simulation on cooling the fire-induced air flow
by sprinkler water sprays", Fire Safety Journal - Vol. 17, 263 - 290
1991 +W.K. Chow "A study of the effect of sprinkler on smoke layer using
field modelling technique", Mathematical & Computer Modelling - Vol.
15, No. 7, 63 - 81
1991 +W.K. Chow "Physical aspects of sprinkler system", The Hong Kong
Engineer, December, p. 29-33
1990 + W.K. Chow "Cooling of a fire-induced stratified not air layer by
sprinkler water spray using field modeling technique", The Southeast Asian
and Pacific Engineer - Vol. 6, No 1, August, p 25-29
1988 +W.K. Chow "Cooling effect of a fire-induced stratified hot air layer
by sprinkler water spray", Fire Journal - Australian Fire Protection Association,
June, 20-27
+W.K. Chow "Cooling of a fire-induced stratified hot air layer by sprinkler
water spray using field modelling technique"
Refereed Conference
2004 +G.W. Zou, W.K. Chow, Y. Gao & H. Dong
Field measurement of optical smoke density in studying water curtain
The 7th International Symposium on Building and Urban Environmental Engineering
2004 Proceedings, p. 354-358.
2003 + J. Li, L.T. Wong
Smoke and fire image segmentation using Shannon' s entropy method and mathematical
morphology Shandong-Hong Kong Joint Symposium 2003, p. A198- A207
2003 +C.L. Chow, W.K. Chow
Assessment of materials by toxic potency data: A preliminary study
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Fire Science and Fire-protection
Engineering (2003 ISFSFE), 12-15 October 2003, Beijing, China, p. 270-275 (2003)
2003 +Raymond W.M. Choy
An introduction to clean agents heptafluororpropane
International Journal of Engineering Performance-Based Fire Codes, Vol. 5, No.
4, p.181-184 (2003)
1998 +W.K.Chow The PolyU/USTC atrium: A full scale burning facility for atrium
studies, First International Symposium on Engineering Performance V Based Fire
Codes, Hong Kong, September 8
1998 +K.C. Wong Statistical Data for Fires in Hong Kong and Preliminary Views
on Building Fire Risk Analysis, Proceedings of the Third Asia Oceania Symposium,
Asia-Oceania Association for Fire Science and Technology, Singapore, June 10-12
p.593-603
1997 +W.K. Chow and C.M. Ho Evaluation of the finite control volume method in
simulating thermal fire resistance of building elements, Building Simulation
1997, Fifth International IBPSA Conference, September 8-10, Prague, Czech Republic
vol. 1 p.273 (1997)
1990 +W.K. Chow Numerical studies on the interaction between a sprinkler water
spray and a natural venting inside a building", Proceed. of the Heat &
Mass Transfer in Fires Session, 5th AIAA/ASME Thermophysical & Heat Transfer
Conference - Seattle, Wa U.S.A., p. 93-100
1990 +W.K. Chow "Numerical studies on the sprinkler fire interaction using
field modelling techniques", Proceed. 5th International Fire Conference
: Interflam '90, Sept., p. 25-33
Conference attended
1998 First International Symposium on Engineering Performance
V Based Fire Codes, Hong Kong, September 8
1995 ASIAFLAM, 1995
1995 International Seminar on Fire Safety Frontier, Hefei, USTC, China, October
1995
1995 Meetings with members from Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, October
1995
1995 Meetings with Officials from State Bureau of Foreign Experts, China, October
1995
Thesis/Invited papers and presentations
2004 + L.W. Wong, Professional Lecture Series in Fire Safety Engineering,HKIE,
23 September, 2004 - lecture presented.
1999 +W.K. Chow " The PolyU/USTC Atrium and preliminary experiments on natural smoke filling", HKIE-MMC/ASME Seminars,
8 May 1999, Hong Kong - Paper presented.
1998 +W.K. Chow The PolyU/USTC Atrium : a full scale burning facility for atrium fire studies, Proceedings of the First International
Symposium on Engineering Performance-Based Fire Codes, 8 September, Hong Kong - Paper presented
1991 "A Study of Building Fire Extinguishing Mechanism using field modelling Technique" PhD thesis, Hong Kong Polytechnic
1990 +W.K. Chow "BSECONT: A three-dimensional contouring subroutine", The Engineering Technologist, Vol. 10, No. 1, 69-77