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Waikit CHEUNG

PhD student (2022 - )

Research Centre for Fire Safety Engineering

Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering

Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Email: wai-kit-wilson.cheung@connect.polyu.hk

Office: ZN 808

Biography

Waikit is currently a PhD student at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received his Bachelor's degree from the Department of Building Services Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2022. His research interests include smouldering fire, performance-based design, fire modelling and firefighting robots.

Background of Education

  • B.Eng. in Building Services Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2022)

 

Research Area

Smouldering fire, performance-based design, fire modelling, and firefighting robots

Prizes and Awards

  • The HKIE BSD Outstanding Student Award 2022

  • ASHRAE Hong Kong Chapter – Dr. Edwin Hsueh-Chi Tao Scholarship 2022

  • Mitsubishi Electric (Hong Kong) Limited Scholarship 2022

  • Chun Wo Charitable Foundation Scholarship 2021

  • REC Engineering Company Limited Scholarship 2020

 

 

Conference

  • Waikit Cheung, Yanfu Zeng, Xinyan Huang, A numerical investigation of Carbon Monoxide Evolution from Smouldering for the Performance-based fire engineering design, 14th International Conference on Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods, March 23-25, 2022

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