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Experience Sharing on CRF
Charles W.W. Ng
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering:
http://www.ce.ust.hk/home.asp
Geotechnical Centrifuge Facility: http://www.gcf.ust.hk/
E-mail: charles.ng@ust.hk
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My CRF projects’ experience
Project Title
Project Code
Role
Start Date
End Date
Green Slope Engineering: Bioengineered,
Live Cover Systems for Man-made Fill
Slopes and Landfill Capillary Barriers in
Hong Kong
Green Slope Engineering in Hong Kong
HKUST6/CRF/12R
- 4 universities
PI*
June 2013
June 2016
HKUST9/CRF/09
PI*
June 2010
June 2013
Land Development by Environmental
Vacuum Preloading Technique
Central Allocation Vote
(CA03/04.EG02) – 3
universities
Central Allocation Vote
(CA99/00.EG01) – 2
universities
CRC Pilot Scheme
(CRC96/99.EG04) – 1
university
co-I* (PIHKU)
Sept., 2004
Aug., 2007
co-I# (PIHKUST)
Feb., 2000
Jan., 2003
co-I# (PIHKUST)
May 1997
Aug., 2001
Behaviour of Loose Fill Slopes & Its
Stabilisation with Soil Nails
Construction Research Centre - Phase 1 :
Geotechnical Centrifuge Modelling :
Frictions of large section piles
*attended interview
# assisted PI to prepare proposal
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Proposal Preparation
1. Novelty and innovation of your proposed project (not
possible be achieved by GRF)
2. Clear project objectives and research strategy
3. Multi-disciplinary and complimentary team (may be
international collaborator)
4. Well-defined role of each member
5. Strong track record of team members and better have joint
publications/conferences/seminars etc…..
6. No. of members not more than 10
7. No. of collaborating institutions not more than 4
8. Management and progress meetings
9. Reasonable budget
10. Clear defined deliverables
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Preparation for Interview
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Who should attend the interview ? (PI + ?)
Scientific presentation but in simple laymen language
Highlight novelties and selling points
Highlight 1 or 2 key governing equation(s) (if
appropriate)
5. Use more photographs, graphs and charts, but less
words
6. Remember “short and sweet” – precise and easy to
understand
7. Rehearsal