Engineering a Better Tomorrow: Young Professionals Explore Sustainability and Innovation in Australia
Advice Columnist
Australia
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clean energy
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Engineering
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HKIE
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Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
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resilient infrastructure
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Sustainability
In May 2025, a group of young engineering professionals from Hong Kong embarked on a purposeful journey to Australia, engaging in a week-long programme designed to inspire forward-thinking approaches to sustainability, innovation, and global collaboration. Organised by the Young Members Committee (YMC) of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE), the delegation offered participants a unique opportunity to explore how engineering can drive positive change across communities, industries, and borders.
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Climate Governance towards a Sustainable Fresh Water Supply in Hong Kong: Adopting a Holistic Water Management Approach as an Urgent Imperative
Advice Columnist
climate change
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Fresh water crisis
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Hong Kong Water Supplies Department
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Water Supply
Fresh water crisis is becoming increasingly serious around the world and may obviously impede the sustainable development in many regions across Asia , including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Therefore, it is essential to promote the diversification of water resources and build a resilient water system to respond to climate change.
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Engineering a Sustainable Future: Insights from Sweden
Advice Columnist
Sustainable Engineering
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Sustainable Future
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Sweden
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The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers Young Members Committee
Imagine a world where sustainability meets innovation, where engineering paves the way for a greener future. The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers Young Members Committee (HKIE YMC) Overseas Delegation 2024 ventured into the heart of Sweden on a mission centred around “Mind-mapping Sustainable City”.
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Achieve Carbon Neutrality with Hydrogen
Amid escalating global concerns about climate change, the search for a sustainable energy alternative to replace high-carbon-emitting conventional sources has reached a critical juncture. In this pursuit, hydrogen energy emerges as a clean and highly efficient solution, playing a pivotal role in achieving carbon neutrality.
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香港工程師學會 致力為本地培育更多飛機工程專才
香港國際機場是世界最繁忙的航空樞紐之一，2013年的飛機升降量達到創紀錄的372,040架次。航空業在本港經濟發展更扮演著重要角色，研究顯示2009年航空業對本地經濟帶來的直接和間接貢獻高達1,163億元，佔本地生產總值的7.5%1。
隨著建議中興建的第三條跑道，加上未來亞太區商用航空交通的迅速發展，香港航空交通業將加快發展步伐。國際航空運輸協會估計，由2008年至2030年期間，香港國際機場客運量的複合年增長率3.2%，大大帶動對飛機工程專業人才的需求，將為有志在飛機工程方面發展的年青人創造大量機會。
香港工程師學會航空專業界別
鑑於飛機工程需要專業知識及技能，培訓足夠數量的專業飛機工程人員，對支持香港航空業的進一步發展至為重要。為配合業界對工程專才的需求，香港工程師學會（下稱「學會」）於2012年設立航空專業界別，專責制訂專業飛機工程師及技術人員在教育、培訓及經驗方面的要求，並且與業界携手合作，希望吸引更多年青人投身飛機工程專業，推動香港成為航空工程業的全球服務中心，同時鞏固香港作為亞太區航空樞紐的領先地位。
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Experience sharing on career building!
Ir Alicia An is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong and joined the HKIE in September 2014. Living and working in the Asia’s most cosmopolitan city, Hong Kong, as a female professional engineer, Korean expat, and teacher, Alicia is striving for balance in career life. This is about experience sharing on career building as an environmental engineer.
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A Summer with Your Closest Strangers
– Experience with the Engineering Summer Exploration Program 2014
Not a day we live without air, water and electricity. Not a day we live without clean air, purified water, and reliable electricity – all made possible for you by genius engineering solutions. Yet very few people in Hong Kong truly understand the career of engineers or their endeavors for betterment of life. Engineers may be the closest strangers in your daily life.
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Biomedical Engineering – from Vision to Reality
Biomedical Engineering is one of the fastest growing engineering disciplines today in the world. The Biomedical Division of The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE-BMD) was established in 1989, with the biomedical discipline also formed in 2005. This young engineering discipline in Hong Kong is expected to bring bright prospects in medical innovations to the local society, addressing the needs due to increasing health consciousness, raising elderly population and lacking of medical professionals.
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