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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) today (Feb 9) kicked off its joint Corporate Project as part of its Dual Degree Program in Technology and Management (T&M) in tandem with its corporate partners and project sponsors, Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd and Sun Microsystems of California Ltd. (From left) Mr Steve Siu and Ms Betty Lin present a cheque to sponsor Corporate Project of HKUST Dual Degree Program in Technology and Management Mr Steve Siu and Ms Betty Lin pose for a photo with 16 HKUST T&M students participating in Corporate Project

I was quite a bad student until I found my passion.Having dreamed of working in the gaming industry from a young age, Prof. Kenneth LEUNG, Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at HKUST’s School of Engineering never thought he would become a professor one day, let alone winning a teaching award.  “I was quite a bad student until I went to college,” recounts the winner of the HKUST 2021 Common Core Teaching Excellence Award. “But then I discovered an interest in computer science and continued my studies in the graduate level. Before I realized, I became a teaching assistant (TA), and now, a professor at HKUST where I got my PhD.”  Expectations met Reality