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1. Multiple Research Assistant positions are available. Please feel free to contact us for more information.
2. PolyU Digital Construction research group at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is looking for Ph.D. candidates. For more information, please see the file: PhD/MPhil positions in HK PolyU.
3. PolyU Digital Construction research group at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is looking for Postdoctoral candidates. For more information, please see the file: Postdoctoral positions in HK PolyU.

Media and Press Coverage

1. 机器人控制系统同步实现混凝土3D打印和钢筋集成. 3D打印技术参考, 2024
2. 香港理工开发出能放置钢筋结构的建筑3D打印平台. 3D打印技术参考, 2023
3. 5 bright ideas for sustainable urban growth. The Starits Times, 2022
4. Researchers 3D Print Prefabricated Concrete Bathroom Unit. The Starits Times, News Atlas, 3D Printing.com, Malaymail, Global Construction Review, The Business Times, Building & Construction Authority Singapore, 2019
5. Researchers Develop Novel Mixture of Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composite Material for 3D Printing. 3D PRINT.COM, ScienceDaily, 2018
6. NTU Singapore Researchers Develop Mobile 3D Printing Concrete Collaborative Robots. 3D PRINT.COM, 2018
7. Robots work together to build 3D-printed concrete structure. The Engineer, 2018
8. Ridgeback Takes 3D Printing to the Next Level. Clearpath Robotics, 2018
9. New $42m centre eyes 3D printing of rooms by robots. The Straits Times, 2016

Honurs & Awards

1. YEUNG Tsz Wan Karen successfully secured Innovation and Technology Scholarship (around HK$ 150,000) & STEM Internship (around HK$ 12,000), 2024 (Academic Advisor & Supervisor)
2. ASTM Best Student Paper Award for the 4th International Conference on 3D Construction Printing, 2023 (Chief Supervisor)

Activities (Month-Day-Year)

1. Prof Vikotr MECHTCHERINE from TU Dresden visited our team, 11-13 to 11-15, 2024
2. Prof LIU Dikai from University Technology of Sydney visited our department and our team, 10-23-2024
3. PolyU InnoTech Open Day: We demonstrated the AGV for automated construction 10-19-2024
4. Info Day: Our team demonstrated the AGV for automated construction, 10-12-2024
5. Visitors from Architectural Services Department (ArchSD), 10-03-2024
6. Our first teamwork: Meter-scale spiral vase,thank all my team members' contributions! 09-26, 2024
7. Two days visit at TU Dresden, Germnany, 09-09 to 09-11, 2024
   Our team presented our recent work on Generative AI for Construction Material Design and our works in 3D concrete printing in the past few years. Also, we visited the construction materials lab at TUD, which is a fantastic lab for material research!
   Thank Prof Mechtcherine, Marco, Shravan, Cesare, Ameer, Jitong, Dmitrii, and the team so much for the kind host and arrangement! Also thank DAAD and RGC provide fund to support the research activities!
8. Digital Concrete 2024, TU Munich, Germnany, 09-04 to 09-06, 2024
   Our team attended the 4th RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication.
   Two works from our team were presented.
   1. Multi-material printing by combining brittle and ductile materials for functional structures. Full paper is at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2024.105657
   2. Fexural performance prediction considering size effect in 3D concrete printing. Conference paper can be accessed at 10.24355/dbbs.084-202408190634-0.
9. BRE orientation, 08-26-2024
10. Kick-off meeting of Asian Concrete Federation - 3D Concrete Printing Technical Committee, Mongolia, 08-15-2024
11. Visitors from University of Science Technology Beijing visited our lab, 08-08-2024
12. Visitors from Tongji University visited our lab, 08-07-2024
13. Kaicheng made the presentation at The 30th International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES2024), 08-06-2024
14. Training service for the government authority, 08-02-2024 to 08-07-2024
15. PolyU Summer Institute, 07-23&25-2024
16. Visitors from South China University of Technology (Civil Department) visited our lab, 07-12-2024
17. Visitors from South China University of Technology (Construction Management Department) visited our lab, 07-10-2024
18. One-day University Students of PolyU BRE, 07-03-2024
19. Congratulations to YEUNG Tsz Wan Karen for successfully securing Innovation and Technology Scholarship 2024! 06-12-2024
20. Congratulations to YEUNG Tsz Wan Karen for successfully securing STEM Internship funded by ITC to work with our team! 05-30-2024
21. Prof Mark Hastak from Purdue University visited our team, 05-27-2024
22. Merve, the PhD student from OtH Regensburg (Germany), visited our team, 04-26-2024
23. We have the first run of a 3D printing-related curriculum this semester. Attached is a final structure designed and printed by our students combining 3D printing, architecture design, and topology optimization. Very impressive to see our students' creativity! 04-11-2024
24. Congratulations to ZHOU Yixuan for successfully securing STEM Internship funded by ITC to work with our team! 06-05-2023
25. Farewell Gathering! Congratulations to Junhong on his upcoming appointment as Associate Professor at Southwest Jiaotong University. Well deserved！All the best with your future endeavours! 04-07-2024
26. Our research work is covered by local media (3D打印技术参考, AMReference), 03-29-2024
27. YU Jie presented his research work at the departmental sharing session，03-06-2024
28. Yufei,the PhD student in the research team of Prof WANG Xiangyu at Curtin University, visited our team, and shared his inspiring research work，02-22-2024
29. PolyU Information Day，10-21-2023
30. Half-day University Student at BRE of PolyU，09-16-2023
31. Team Gathering，09-08-2023
32. BRE Orientation 2023，08-25-2023
33. PolyU Residential Summer Camp，07-25-2023
34. Research Sharing Session, Speakers: Dr. TAO Yaxin (Ghent University), Dr. BONG Shin Hau (NUS), Dr. YU Shiwei (PolyU), Mr. Gao yangyunzhi (NUS)，06-20-2023
35. Gammon Construction Limited visit，06-19-2023
36. PolyU JUPAS Consultation Day 2023，05-20-2023
37. PolyU Taster Programme 2023 - Promotion of BRE Scheme Programme，04-13-2023
38. Visit by Prof. Abdol CHINI, Prof. Roger FLANAGAN, Faclty Dean Prof. Xiangdong LI, and Prof. Charles WONG，03-14-2023
39. President and Vice President Visit (Prof TENG Jin-Guang and Prof Ben YOUNG)，02-03-2023
40. BRE Class 1967 - 55th Graduation Anniversary Reunion and Visit，01-11-2023
41. CIC Construction Innovation Expo 2022，12-13-2022 to 12-17-2022
42. Visiting of researchers from CityU Hong Kong，12-12-2022
43. Team Gathering，11-25-2022
44. Visiting of secondary school students，11-12-2022
45. Training Course to local senior construction professionals，11-08-2022 to 11-18-2022
    A one-day executive training programme showcasing PolyU Department of Building & Real Estate's academic experts in Construction innovation and Digitalisation to a group of senior construction professionals from the public sector. The visitors were taken on the innovative tour to the CAVE，Model Tower Centre and 3D Concrete Printing. For more information, please see the Visit Recording Video.

46. PolyU Information Day，10-08-2022
47. PolyU Summer Programme，08-18-2022
48. FCE Alumni Reunion Day，08-13-2022
    For more information, please see the link.