Academic qualification

• PhD 1986 Carnegie Mellon University, Operations Research
• M.S. 1981 Stanford University, Operations Research
• M.Phil 1979 University of Hong Kong, Mathematics
• B.A. 1975 University of Hong Kong, Mathematics

Academic And Professional Experience

• Associate Professor Emeritus/Adjunct Associate Professor of ISOM, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), 2015 - present
• Associate Professor of ISOM, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), 1996 - 2015
• Assistant Professor/ Lecturer of ISMT, HKUST, 1992 - 1996
• Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California, 1987 - 1992

Professional Association Memberships

• The Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences

Selected Publications

Books & Monographs

• "Global Supply Chain and Technology Management", POMS Series in Technology and Operations Management, Vol. 1, Production and Operations Management Society, 1998 (with H.L. Lee)
• Proceedings of the International Conference on Management Science and the Economic Development of China, Vol. 1, Department of ISMT, School of Business and Management(SBM), HKUST, Hong Kong, 1996 (with Y. Tong, H. Zhang and S. Zheng)
• Proceedings of the International Conference on Management Science and the Economic Development of China, Vol. 2, Department of ISMT, SBM, HKUST, Hong Kong, 1996 (with Y. Tong, H. Zhang and S. Zheng)

Articles

• "Price and delivery logistics competition in a supply chain", Management Science, Vol. 49, No. 9, 2003, pp. 1139-1153 (with A. Ha and L. Li)
• "Production and operations management", special issue on Global Supply Chain Management, Production and Operations Management Society, Vol. 6, No. 3, Fall 1997 (with H.L. Lee)
• "On the characterization and measures of machine cells in group technology", Operations Research, Vol. 44, No. 5, 1996, pp. 735-744
• "A heuristic-based procedure for the weighted production cell formation problem", IIE Transactions, Vol. 28, 1996, 579-589 (with T.L. Lin, M.M. Dessouky and K.R. Kumar)
• "Loans for which the acquired asset serves as the collateral", Engineering Economist, Vol. 40, No. 2, Winter 1995, 127-143 (with G.A. Fleischer and M. Dessouky)

Conference Proceedings/Papers

• "Pricing, Delivery Logistics and Competition in a Supply Chain," Invited talk presented at the Global Supply Chain Management Conference, 13-14 August 1999, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (with Albert Ha and Lode Li)
• "Supply Chain Information sharing in a competitive Environment," Lode Li and Shu Ming Ng 1999, Invited talk presented in the 15th Triennium International Conference of IFORS, 16-20 August 1999, Beijing China (with Lode Li)
• "Scheduling problems in liquid crystal display manufacturing", proceedings of the International Conference on Management Science and the Economic Development of China, Vol. 1, 1996, 54 (with C.Y. Lee, L. Li and T.M. Chung)

Consultations And Executive Education

• Xerox Corporation (PCB automated Layout Design)
• Varitronix International Limited (Production Scheduling)
• Honeywell Hong Kong (Supply Chain restructuring)
• Mattel Hong Kong (Supply Chain Management)

Service Activities Within College And Profession

• Deputy Head, Department of ISMT, October 1999 - June 2002
• Chairman, Student Disciplinary Committee, HKUST, 1997 - 1999
• Member, Executive Committee of ISMT, HKUST, 1994 - present
• Co-chairman, Organizing Committee, International Conference on Management, July 25 - 28, 1998, Shanghai, China
• Chairman, Organizing Committee for the International Conference on Management Science and Economic Development of China, July 16-19, 1996

Honors

• Omega Rho
• Alpha Pi Mu
• Beta-Gama Sigma