Ir Prof. T.C. Edwin Cheng Dean, Faculty of Business, Fung Yiu King - Wing Hang Bank Professor in Business Administration & Chair Professor of Management
ScD, PhD, MSc, BSc[Eng](Hons), IASCYS Academician, FHKEng

Location M922b
mail edwin.cheng@polyu.edu.hk
stream E-business and E-commerce, Information Systems Management, Innovation and Technology Management, Operations Management
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Biography T.C. Edwin Cheng is Dean of PolyU Business School, Fung Yiu King - Wing Hang Bank Professor in Business Administration, and Chair Professor of Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He obtained a B.Sc.[Eng] (first class honours) from the University of Hong Kong; an M.Sc. from the University of Birmingham, U.K.; and a Ph.D. and an Sc.D. from the University of Cambridge, U.K. He has previously taught in Canada, England, and Singapore. Prof. Cheng’s research interests are in Operations Management and Operations Research. He has published over 850 SCI/SSCI papers in such journals as California Management Review, Journal of Operations Management, Management Science, MIS Quarterly, Operations Research, Organization Science, and Production and Operations Management. He has co-authored 15 books published by Chapman and Hall, McGraw-Hill, and Springer. He received the Outstanding Young Engineer of the Year Award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers, USA, in 1992 and the Croucher Award (the top research award in Hong Kong) in 2001. He was elected Academician of The International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences in 2016 and Fellow of Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences in 2018. According to Google Scholar, he has received over 47,000 citations and his h-index is 102. A registered professional engineer and a seasoned management consultant, Prof. Cheng has over the years secured more than HK$50 million in research funding from both public and private sectors to support his diverse research programmes.




Education and Academic Qualifications Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge
Doctor of Science, University of Cambridge
Master of Science, University of Birmingham
Bachelor of Science (Engineering), University of Hong Kong




Professional Qualifications Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences
Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Academician of The International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences
Chartered Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
Chartered Engineer
Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Professional Engineer