Funding and Impact

Research Impact

Clarivate Web-of-Science Highly cited researcher (OR&MS subject category ): Since 2022.

Web of Science: h-index = 76; times cited = 21677.

Google Scholar: h-index = 100, i10-index = 336, times cited = 33198.

Impacts: Research cited by United Nations, World Health Organization (WHO), patents, government policy papers, and news articles.

Externally Funded Projects ((PI = Principal Investigator; Co-I = Co-Investigator) 

• Co-I: Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems: A New Design to Enable Inter-workstation Bin Movement, HK $1,234,817, RGC(HK) General Research Fund. Awarded year: 2025 (PI: Nick Chung). 

• PI (UK): Synergistic Co-Diffusion of Electric and Hydrogen Vehicles: Advancing Net-Zero Emission for Sustainable Supplies. TW$400,000, Taiwan-UK University Consortium Grant. Awarded year: 2025 (PI (TW): Ben Yang, Co-I  (TW): Yenming Chen) . 

• Co-I: Impacts of Fairness on Cabin Crew Scheduling: Crew Preferences and Allowances. HK$1,491,600, RGC(HK) Faculty Development Scheme. Awarded year: 2024 (PI: Helen Ma) 

• Co-I: Impacts of Teamwork on Operations Costs and Flight Delays: Airline Crew Scheduling, HK $1,031,242, RGC(HK) General Research Fund. Awarded year: 2023 (PI: Windy Wen).  

• PI: On-Demand-Service Platform Operations: Risk Matching of Service Agents and Customers, TW$2,700,000. M.O.S.T. (TW) Funding Scheme. Awarded year: 2022. 

• Co-I: Circular Supply Chain Management with Bayesian Information Updating, Government Policies and Strategic Alliance for Sustainability Commitment, HK $661,580, RGC(HK) – Faculty Development Scheme. Awarded year: 2022 (PI: Hau-Ling Chan). 

• PI: Blockchain Technology Supported Supply Chain Operational Strategies with Applications in High-Tech Industries, TW$11,250,000, Yushan Fellow Program, M.O.E., Taiwan. Awarded year:  2021.