Dr. Alan Lam Hiu Fung was selected as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons by the Junior Chamber International Hong Kong in October 2015 for his innovation awards earned in international and regional technological competitions as well as his passion to promoting youth entrepreneurship.
Dr. Lam received his BEng, MPhil and PhD degrees all from the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Dr. Lam, young entrepreneur, is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sengital Ltd. He successfully led Sengital to join the Incubation Program of Science Park after graduation. With his strong team, Sengital won the Grand Award and Gold Award of the 14th HKEIA Award for Outstanding Innovation and Technology Products - Consumer Electronics, Innovation and Creativity Award and Technological Achievement Award of 2013 Hong Kong Awards for Industries, Gold Award of 2014-2015 Hong Kong ICT Awards - Best Mobile Apps (Mobile Information).
He is active in both industry and academia. He is the Board of Directors and ICT R&D Centre Technology Review Panel of ASTRI, ITSP Assessment Panel (Electronics) of Innovation and Technology Commission, Honorable Advisor of ISM-PRD and Steering Committee Member of HKPKI Forum. He established “Technology Incubation Network” (TIN), and association to provide a platform for collaboration among the Hong Kong industrial associations. He supervised over 300 students over the past 10 years.
As a distinguished alumnus and great supporter of CUHK, he has made significant contributions in serving the Advisory Board of the Faculty of Engineering, founding the Faculty of Engineering Alumni Association in 2013 to strengthen the connections with students, teachers and graduates, designing the first mentorship programme, and participating in the Faculty’s career sharing sessions to benefit exiting students. He set an inspiring example to engineering students.
