Topic of Invited talk

1. Composite Wind Turbine Blade Design and Technologies

2. Green Composites for the Environment

Biography

Prof. K.T. Lau from Hong Kong Polytechnic University, gave a talk on the Center for Smart Materials and Structures.

In 1987, Dr Lau joined the Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Ltd (HAECO) where he was employed as a craft apprentice in the aircraft maintenance division for 4 years. He received his Bachelor and Master degrees of Engineering in Aerospace Engineering from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University, Australia) in 1996 and 1997, respectively. He received his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2001. Thereafter, he was appointed Assistant Professor in 2002 and promoted to Associate Professor and Professor in 2005 and 2010, respectively.

Since 2005, he has served as Adjunct Professor of the University of New Orleans (USA), Lanzhou University, Ocean University of China, Shanghai Maritime University and Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), China. He has also been selected as one of the key Professors in the Hundred Scholars Scheme in HIT and Chonbuk National University.