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Dr. George
Zhizhao Liu Professor Room ZS617, Block Z (Phase 8), PolyU (A little off the PolyU Main Campus) Faculty of Construction and Environment
(FCE) 181 Chatham Road South Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong P.R. China Phone: (852)2766 5961 (office) Fax: (852)2330 2994 |
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Dr. George Liu
joined the Department of Land Surveying & Geo-Informatics (LSGI), Faculty
of Construction and Environment (FCE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University(PolyU) on June 24, 2009. He and his family arrived to Hong Kong on
June 23, 2009 from Calgary, Canada after George had lived, worked, and studied
in Calgary for nearly 10 years. Hong Kong is a quite dynamic city and is quite
different from Calgary. One most distinct difference is the weather.
Work Experience:
2020 – Present,
Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University, Hong Kong
2024.06 – 2024.08,
Visiting Professor, The University of
British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada
2015 – 2020,
Associate Professor, The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
2009 – 2015,
Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
2008 – 2009, GNSS
Specialist, Point Inc., Calgary, Canada
2007 – 2008,
Geomatics Engineer, Baseband Technologies Inc., Calgary, Canada
2005 – 2007, Research Scientist, Holder of Alberta Ingenuity
Fund (AIF) Industrial Associateship Award,
Leica
Geosystems Ltd., Calgary, Canada
1997 – 2000,
Lecturer, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei,
China
Education Experience:
2004 – 2005, Post
Doctoral Fellow in Geomatics
Engineering, The University of Calgary,
Canada
2000 – 2004, PhD
in Geomatics Engineering, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
1994 – 1997, MSc.
in Geodesy, Wuhan University, Wuhan,
Hubei, China
1990 – 1994, BSc in Surveying Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology,
Ganzhou, \
Jiangxi,
China
Research Interests:
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Assimilating of atmospheric water vapor
into Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models for better weather forecasting
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Calibrating remote sensing satellites to
retrieve high-accuracy water vapor based on ground-based data
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Oceanic GNSS observations for atmospheric
and geodetic applications
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Oceanic observation of atmospheric water
vapor, temperature, etc for NWP
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Ground-based, ocean-based, and space-based
atmospheric water vapor observation and modeling using GNSS, remote sensing
satellites and other sensors
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Ground-based, ocean-based, and space-based
ionospheric total electron contents (TEC) and scintillation observation and
monitoring
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Novel algorithms for GNSS precise
Positioning, Navigation, Velocity, Timing (PNaVT)
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Observation and monitoring of global
warming and climate change using geodetic, remote sensing and geomatics
techniques
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Other kinds of interesting research topics
PhD students are welcome:
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All of my PhD students will be offered a
full PhD scholarship, which is more than sufficient to live a reasonably good
life in Hong Kong and pay the tuition.
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Normally, the Micro-LARGE Lab only admits
MSc students graduated with a MSc degree. In exceptional cases, BSc graduates
without MSc degree are admitted too. You are welcome to contact Dr. Liu before
your application.
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Three types of PhD scholarships are
available at PolyU:
o (1)
RGC
PhD Fellowship, offered by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC),
monthly scholarship HK$25,800, for 36-48 months;
o (2)
PolyU PhD Scholarships, offered by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
monthly scholarship HK18,100, for 36-48 months;
o (3)
Project-based PhD Scholarships, offered by individual professor’s research
project, monthly scholarship HK$18,100, for 36-48 months.
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Other expenses such as computers,
international student exchange program (PhD attachment program), domestic and
international conferences and summer schools will also be supported by the
university or the supervisor.
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Tuition is waived if you are a holder of
Hong Kong Permanent Residency or of the RGC
PhD Fellowship.
[Note to prospective MSc/MPhil/PhD Students, Visiting
Students, Postdoc Fellows]
The Micro-LARGE group always (year-round) looks
for top excellent, self-motivated students and researchers to join the group.
Premium scholarships will be
offered to those successful applicants.
Please always contact Dr. Liu
if you want more information or have questions.
We are more concerned with the
following quality of applicants: Academic background, Publication records,
Computer language skills (e.g. C++, Matlab, Fortran), English language skills,
Inter-person communication skills.
For MSc/MPhil/PhD students to
register a degree at PolyU, the minimum English requirement is:
Applicants who have not obtained a degree from an English-teaching
university, the minimum English requirement is:
(1)
an IELTS (International English Language
Testing System) >=6.5 (writing component >=6.0), or,
(2)
a regular TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign
Language) score of >=575, or,
(3)
a computer-based TOEFL (after 1998) score of
>=232, or,
(4)
an internet-based TOEFL score of >=90, or,
(5)
other acceptable English test results, such
as GRE (Graduate Record Examination) or GMAT (Graduate Management Admission
Test).
All English language test scores are considered valid for five years after the date of the
test.
For the Visiting Students and
Postdoc Fellows, it is ideal to meet the PolyU’s minimum English requirement.
Current
& Past Researchers (including Visiting Scholars)
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Current PhD Students (Including Visiting PhD Students) |
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Mr. Jiafei Xu |
PhD Student |
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MSc from the Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing. |
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PhD Student |
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BSc and MSc from Nanjing
University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China Jointly supervised with Prof. Jian Yang at the SUSTech |
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Mr. Yangzhao Gong
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PhD Student |
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MSc from Central South
University, Changsha, China |
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Mr. Haoyuan Zhang |
PhD Student |
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BSc and MSc from Harbin
Institute of Technology, Harbin, China |
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Mr. Shiwei Yu
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PhD Student |
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BSc and MSc from China
University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, China |
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Miss Jia He |
PhD Student |
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MSc from Chinese
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China |
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Past PhD
Students (Including Visiting PhD Students) |
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Miss Xin Li |
PhD Student |
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From Chinese University
of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Now PhD Student at The
Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
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Mr. Bao Zhang |
Visiting PhD Student |
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From The School of
Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University, China |
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Miss Zhe Yang |
PhD |
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From Shanghai Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences
(CAS), China Now PhD Student at The
Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
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Mr. Junhong Liu |
Visiting PhD Student |
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From the National
University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China |
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Mr. Biyan Chen |
PhD |
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From Central China University, Changsha, China Now PhD Student at The
Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
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Mr. Joong-hee Han |
Visiting PhD student |
Jan-June 2012 |
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Ru XU |
PhD |
Nov. 2009---Present |
now at NUAA |
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MSc Students |
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Miss Sharon (Lin) Zhong |
MSc |
2016.09-2017.06 |
From The University of
Toronto, Toronto, Canada |
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Mr. Jiaqi (Jackie) Tian |
MSc |
2014.09-2016.06 |
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Mr. Weikun Zhong |
MSc |
2011.09-2013.12 |
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Mr. Shuirui Nie |
MSc |
2011.09-2013.12 |
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Mr. Yu Fu |
MSc |
2011.09-2013.12 |
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BSc Students |
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YAN
Kam Hung |
BSc |
2010-2011 |
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SHEUNG
Hung Kwok |
BSc |
2010-2011 |
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KWOK
Yuk Yee (Vivian) |
BSc |
2010-2011 |
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LEUNG
Kwok Hong (Raymond) |
BSc |
2010-2011 |
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CHAN
Lung Yan (Christy) |
BSc |
2010-2011 |
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009 |
Wat,
Ho Yin |
BSc |
2009-2010 |
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Tang,
Sze Man |
BSc |
2009-2010 |
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007 |
Hui,
Wing Yee |
BSc |
2009-2010 |
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006 |
Lau
Cheuk Man, Lau Kin Po, Liu Chun Kit |
HD |
2013-2014 |
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005 |
Chan
Ka Wai, Chan Po Yan, Wu Sau Mei |
HD |
2013-2014 |
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Choi
Chow Fung, Ho Cheuk Yiu, Leung Cho Ying |
HD |
2013-2014 |
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003 |
CHONG
Yan Kit, LAU
Suet Ying |
HD |
2012-2013 |
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HUI
Ka Yan, LAU Lai Chun, and LIANG Ya Ying Jacqueline |
HD |
01.2010~05.2010 |
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CHOI
Sin Yau (Nanette), MOK Chun Sum, and WAN Chi On |
HD |
01.2010~05.2010 |
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Research Associates/Research Assistants |
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Miss Wenyu Li |
Research Assistant |
From China
University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), China |
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Mr. Shiwei Yu |
Research Assistant |
From China
University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), China |
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Mr. Yumiao Tian |
Research Associate |
From Technical University of Berlin, Germany |
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Dr. Sanjay Kumar (Co-supervised with Prof. Wu Chen) |
Research Associate |
From China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) Now at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), India |
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Prof. Tao YU |
Visiting Scholar |
04.2016-09.2016 |
From China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) Now at China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) |
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Mr. Kangkang Liu |
Research Assistant |
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From Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy
of Sciences (CAS) |
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Mr. Jungang Wang |
Research Assistant |
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From Tongji University |
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A/Prof. Wanke Liu |
Visiting Scholar |
09.2015-09.2016 |
From Wuhan University, China now at Wuhan University, China |
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Prof. Xiaosheng Liu |
Visiting Scholar |
From Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, China Now at Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, China |
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Dr. Junbo Shi |
Research Associate |
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From The School of
Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University, China Now at The School of
Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University, China |
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Prof. Yandong Wang |
Research Associate |
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From The
State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and
Remote Sensing (LIESMARS), Wuhan University, China Now at The
State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and
Remote Sensing (LIESMARS), Wuhan University, China |
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Miss Xin Li |
Research Assistant |
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From Chinese University
of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Now PhD Student at The
Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
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Mrs. Zhaojun Huang |
Research Assistant |
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From Chinese University
of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
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Mr. Xiaomin Luo |
Research Assistant |
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From Central China University, Changsha, China |
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Mr. Zhetao Zhang |
Research Assistant |
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From Central China University, Changsha, China |
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Miss Zhe Yang |
Research Assistant |
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From Shanghai Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences
(CAS), China Now PhD Student at The
Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
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Dr. Weiwei Song |
Research Associate |
04 March 2013 |
From GNSS Research Center, Wuhan University, China now at GNSS Research Center, Wuhan University, China |
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Miss Qian Wu |
Research Assistant |
From GNSS Research Center, Wuhan University, China now at GNSS Research Center, Wuhan University, China |
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Mr. Zhiqing Dai |
Research Assistant |
From GNSS Research Center, Wuhan University, China now at GNSS Research Center, Wuhan University, China |
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Dr. Weihua Luo |
Research Associate |
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From Wuhan University now at South Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan,
China |
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Dr. Min Li |
Research Associate |
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From GNSS Research Center, Wuhan University now at GNSS Research Center, Wuhan University |
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Dr. Charles Wong |
Research Associate |
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From the Hong Kong Polytechnic University now Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic
University, |
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Dr. Shengyue Ji |
Research Associate |
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From Hong Kong Polytechnic University now at China University of Petroleum east china |
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Awards and honors:
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[039] |
2013, The Inaugural “Conference Excellent Paper” Award
Recipient (中国卫星导航学术年会首届“年会优秀论文奖”). The Award was presented at the 4th
China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC) in Wuhan, China during May
15-17, 2013. The 4th CSNC conference is arguably the largest
satellite navigation conference in the world with nearly 2800 domestic and
international participants. Dr. Liu is one of the 9 recipients out of 629
paper submissions (success rate: 1.43%). |
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[038] |
2012, Honor of Individual Award of Shenzhen Virtual
University Park for National Research Project (深圳虚拟大学园获得国家级科技项目奖先进个人).
Awarded by the Shenzhen Municipal
Science and Technology Innovation Council in December 2012. Dr. Liu is only
recipient from the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, Hong
Kong Polytechnic University. |
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2012, The Inaugural Early Career Award Recipient (首届“杰出青年学者奖”), Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC), Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Dr. Liu was one of the 19
recipients out of 334 applicants across all the universities in Hong Kong in
2012 (success rate: 5.69%). He is also one of only 3 recipients in PolyU and
one of 6 recipients in the Engineering Panel under Hong Kong RGC. |
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[036] |
2011, Guest Professor, Liaoning Technical University,
Liaoning Province, China |
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[035] |
2009, Recipient of
“Outstanding Contribution” honor, Wuhan University Alumni Association,
Calgary Branch, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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[034] |
2007, Winner of Competition for Alberta Ingenuity
Scholarship (one of the 20 recipients across the Province of Alberta in 2007) |
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[033] |
2005, Winner of Competition for Alberta Ingenuity
Scholarship (one of the 10 recipients across the Province of Alberta in 2005) |
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[032] |
2005,
Winner of Competition for Alberta Ingenuity Fund’s Industrial Associateship
(one of the 17 winners across the Province of Alberta in 2005 and the first
winner in the history of Leica Geosystems Ltd.) |
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[031] |
2005,
Winner of Competition for Alberta Ingenuity Fund’s Post-Doctoral Fellowship
(the single winner in the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of
Calgary in 2005, the 2nd winner in the history of Department of
Geomatics Engineering at the University of Calgary, one of the 20 winners
from 80+ global applicants), Declined. |
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[030] |
2005,
Winner of Competition for a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in GPS & Geodesy at
a renowned Australian University, Declined. |
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[029] |
2004, Recipient of “2004 CPGPS Distinguished Service
Award” for outstanding contribution to CPGPS activities, awarded by
International Association of Chinese Professionals in Global Positioning
Systems (CPGPS), December 2004 (one of first three recipients in CPGPS
history) |
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[028] |
2003, J.B.
Hyne Research Innovation Award, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta,
Canada, November 05, 2003 (the single recipient in the Faculty of Engineering in 2003, one of
four recipients in the University of Calgary in 2003) |
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[027] |
2003, Recipient of the 3rd-Order
“Award for Advancing Surveying and Mapping Science and Technology” by Chinese
Association of Surveying and Mapping, China, September 2003 |
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[026] |
2003, U.S.
Institute of Navigation (ION) Graduate Student Chapter Award, Calgary,
Alberta, Canada, 16 October 2003 (one of the two recipients in the University
of Calgary in 2003) |
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[025] |
2003, Best
Student Paper Awarded by U.S. Institute of Navigation (ION), Portland,
Oregon, USA, September 2003 (one of the 15 recipients in the World in 2003) |
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[024] |
2003, KIS-94 Graduate
Scholarship, Awarded by The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
July 2003 (the single recipient in the University of Calgary in 2003) |
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[023] |
2003, Graduate Conference
Travel Grant by The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, to
attend the 2003 IEEE AP-S International Symposium and USNC/CNC/URSI National
Radio Science Meeting at Columbus, Ohio, USA, 22-27 June 2003 |
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[022] |
2002,
Departmental Travel Grant by Department of Geomatics Engineering, The
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada to attend the 4th
International Symposium on GPS/GNSS at Wuhan, Hubei, China, 06-08 November
2002 |
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[021] |
2002, Graduate
Conference Travel Grant by The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta,
Canada, to attend the ION GPS 2002 at Portland, Oregon, USA, 24-27 September
2002 |
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2002,
Student Travel Grant by GEOIDE Students’ Network to attend the 4th Annual
Scientific Conference of the GEOIDE Network at Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
22-24 May 2002 |
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[019] |
2002, PCI
Award for Best Paper by GEOmatics for Informed Decisions (GEOIDE), Networks
of Centres of Excellence (NCE), Toronto, Canada, May, 2002 (one of the four
recipients across Canadian universities in 2002) |
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2002,
Graduate Research Scholarship, Department of Geomatics Engineering, The
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Winter 2002 |
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[017] |
2001, Graduate
Research Scholarship, Department of Geomatics Engineering, The University of
Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Fall 2001 |
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[016] |
2001,
Student Travel Grant by GEOIDE Students’ Network to attend the 3rd Annual
Scientific Conference of the GEOIDE Network at Fredericton, New Brunswick,
Canada, 21-22 June 2001 |
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[015] |
1999, The 1st-Order Science and Technology
Advancement Award for Project “Automated Deformation Monitoring of Ge-he-yan
Hydroelectric Dam Using GPS Technology”, awarded by The Science and
Technology Council of Hubei Province, China, 1999 |
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[014] |
1999, The 3rd-Order
Excellent Book Award for the book “GPS Surveying Principle and Applications”
(in Chinese), awarded by National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, China,
1999 |
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[013] |
1998, The 1st-Order
Natural Scientific Excellent Academic Paper, the Surveying and Mapping
Association of Hubei Province, Hubei, China, September 1998 |
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[012] |
1998, The 2nd-Order
Natural Scientific Excellent Academic Paper, the 7th Science and
Technology Association of Hubei Province, Hubei, China, August 1998 |
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[011] |
1997, Excellent
Postgraduate Prize, Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping
(WTUSM), Wuhan, Hubei, China, May 1997 |
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[010] |
1995, The
3rd-Order Prize Winner in Postgraduate English Speech Contest, The
Graduate School of Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping
(WTUSM), Wuhan, Hubei, China, November 1995 |
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1995, The 2nd-Order Winner of "Professor
Ye Xue'an" Excellent Student Prize, Wuhan Technical University of
Surveying and Mapping (WTUSM), Wuhan, Hubei, China, October 1995 |
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[008] |
1995,
Excellent Postgraduate Prize, Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and
Mapping (WTUSM), Wuhan, Hubei, China, May 1995 |
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[007] |
1994, The
highest score holder among the nation-wide examinees in the Matriculation
Examination to the Graduate School of Wuhan Technical University of Surveying
and Mapping, Wuhan, Hubei, China, 1994 |
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1994, Graduated with Distinguished Student Honor, Jiangxi
University of Science and Technology, China, July 1994 |
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1993,
Excellent Student Prize Winner, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology,
China, December 1993 |
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[004] |
1993,
Excellent Student's Cadre Prize, Jiangxi University of Science and
Technology, China, May 1993 |
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[003] |
1992,
Excellent Student Prize, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, China,
December 1992 |
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[002] |
1991, The
1st-order Prize Winner of University Students Advanced Mathematics
Contest cross Jiangxi Province Universities, Jiangxi, China, 1991 |
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[001] |
1991,
Excellent Student Prize, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, China,
December 1991 |