M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Graduate Research Fellowship in Civil Engineering

M.T. Geoffrey Yeh received his B.S. degree with honors from the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1953 and his M.A. degree from Harvard University in 1954.  Yeh died on October 16, 2016.

In addition to serving as Chairman of Hsin Chong Int’l Holdings Ltd., Yeh held directorships in numerous companies both public-listed and private.  During his career, he pioneered various cost- and time-saving construction innovations in Hong Kong that are now in use by all construction companies throughout the region.

Yeh established the M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Graduate Research Fellowship in the department in 1994 and the M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Endowed Chair Fund in 1998. In 2007, he pledged the lead gift for the Yeh Student Center in Newmark Laboratory. His philanthropy has also included gifts to Harvard University, St. John’s University, Stanford University, Peking University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Hong Kong Baptist University. 

Recipients of the M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Graduate Research Fellowship in Civil Engineering are selected on the basis of academic excellence.

Past Recipients:

2021     Manuel Maria Reyna, Yoonjoo Seo

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