
Dr. CHIN Kwai Sang (錢桂生)
MSc(HKU), PhD(HKU), FASQ, FHKSQ, FHKQMA, SrMIIE, SrMSME, MIMfgE, MHKIE, CEng, RPE
Qualifications/Experiences
EDUCATION
1996 | PhD | Industrial Engineering | The University of Hong Kong |
1990 | MSc (Engg) | Industrial Engineering | The University of Hong Kong |
EXPERIENCE
- Founding Programme Leader of BEng Systems Engineering and Management
- Founding Programme Leader of BEng Total Quality Engineering
- Former Programme Leader of MSc Engineering Management
- Founding Programme Leader of BEng Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
- Founding Deputy Programme Leader of BEng e-Logistics and Technology Management
- ChuTian Chair Professor (Hubei Province Government), Wuhan University of Technology), PRC
- Visiting Professor, Fuzhou University, PRC
- ESPRC Visiting Research Fellow, Manchester School of Management, UK
- Visiting Research Fellow, Fudan University, Shanghai, PRC
- Visiting Research Fellow, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, PRC
- Product Development Manager, SONCA Products Ltd (a subsidiary of Energizer Battery Co., USA)
- Numerous consultancy, training and industrial projects; including: DHL, Roche, Techtronics, China Light & Power, Dupont Chemical, Philips Consumer Electronics, Chinese Manufacturers' Association, Federation of HK Industries, Q Mark Council, HKSAR Trade and Industry Department, Hong Kong Housing Society, Philips Semiconductors Philippines Inc., etc.
Prizes/Honours
- Academician, International Academy for Quality
- Fellow, American Society for Quality
- Fellow, Hong Kong Society for Quality
- Fellow, Hong Kong Quality Management Association
- International Council Member, American Society for Quality
- Country Representative of Hong Kong, American Society for Quality
- Founding member and Broad Representative of Hong Kong, Asian Network for Quality
- Former Chairman, Hong Kong Society for Quality
- Former Vice Chairman, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Division, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Research Interests/Areas
- Quality Systems and Management
- New Product Design and Development
- Decision Support Systems
RESEARCH PROJECTS AND RESEARCH STUDENTS SUPERVISED
- Acquired total research funding as Principal Investigator: HK$10,980,478 in 26 projects
- Supervised 14 PhD/EngD graduate students
- "Development of an Advanced Decision Making Approach for Modelling Hybrid Probabilistic Uncertainties in Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis" (on-going)
- "Effective Market Structure and Strategies and Integrated Management of Remanufacturing System" (on-going)
- "Studying the Group Decision Making Process and Critical Decision Factors in Green Product Development" (Completed in 2015)
- "Development of an integrated evidential reasoning approach using both belief and disbelief structures with validation in multi-criteria assessment of organizational innovation management" (Completed I 2014)
- "Development of an Effective Approach to Model the Non-Linear Causal Relationship Between Key Control Factors and Patient Arrival at an Emergency Department of Hospital" (completed in 2013)
- "Development of an Information Security Risk Assessment Model" (Completed in 2012)
- "Optimizing Technical Target Setting in QFD: A Belief Rule-based Methodology" (Completed in 2011)
- "Quality Function Deployment under Multiple Preference Formats with Various Uncertainties" (completed in 2010)
- "Development of a Novel Methodology for Assessing Entrepreneurship Project Risks" (completed in 2010)
Editor or Editorial Membership
- Associate Editor, Asian Journal on Quality
- Associate Editor, Advances in Decision Sciences
- Area Editor (Quality and reliability), Industrial Engineering & Management Systems
- Regional Editor (East Asia), International Journal of Computer-aided Engineering and Technology
- Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management
- Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Quality, Statistics and Reliability