- Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF), Hong Kong (2027-2029)
Development of adaptable and reusable steel blind-bolted interlocking connection (Principal Investigator)
- Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF), Hong Kong (2026-2028)
Novel cold-formed steel built-up section column using an interlocking design (Principal Investigator)
- Research Impact Fund, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong (2023-2028)
Achieving the Circular Economy in Construction through Deconstruction and Reuse Technologies for Steel and Composite Structures (Project Coordinator, HK$9.75 million)
- Research Grant, The Chinese National Engineering Research Centre (CNERC) for steel construction (Hong Kong Branch), Hong Kong (2022-2025)
Investigation on high-performance steel-concrete composite structures (Principal Investigator, HK$9.75 million)
- Research Grant, Construction Industry Council, Hong Kong (2022-2024)
Development of Advanced Seismic Design Guidelines for MiC Buildings in Hong Kong and in the Greater Bay Area (Principal Investigator)
- General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong (2022-2024)
Influence of shear connectors on behaviour of square concrete-filled steel tubular columns (Principal Investigator)
- CEE Seed Funds for Future Large Grant Proposals, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (2022-2023)
Six Degree-Of-Freedom (6-DOF) Hybrid Testing System for Studies on Infrastructure Resilience against Natural and Manmade Hazards (Principal Investigator)
- Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF), Hong Kong (2021-2023)
Second-order analysis and design of scaffolds with scissor braces and allowing for kink imperfections (Principal Investigator, from 1st July 2022)
- Research Grant, The Chinese National Engineering Research Centre (CNERC) for steel construction (Hong Kong Branch), Hong Kong, (2021-2023)
Laboratory for Adaptive Tubular Structures (Principal Investigator)
- General Research Fund, Research Grants Council Hong Kong (2020-2022)
Experimental and numerical investigation of cold-formed high strength steel octagonal hollow section columns (Principal Investigator)
- Innovation and Technology Fund - Nano and Advanced Materials Institute, Innovation and Technology Commission, Hong Kong (2019-2021)
Hong Kong Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) Innovations (PolyU Project Coordinator)
- Research Impact Fund, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong (2019-2023)
New prefabricated composite pavement systems for sustainable and smart-city development of Hong Kong: Key scientific and engineering solutions (Co-Principal Investigator)
- Theme-Based Research Fund, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong (2019-2023)
Sustainable marine infrastructure enabled by the innovative use of seawater sea-sand concrete and fibre-reinforced polymer composites (Co-Investigator)
- General Research Fund, Research Grant Council, Hong Kong (2019-2021)
Experimental and numerical investigation of fabricated high strength steel polygonal hollow section stub columns (Principal Investigator)
- General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong (2017-2019)
Experimental and numerical investigation of high strength steel-concrete composite octagonal shaped column (Principal Investigator)
- Research Grant, Construction Industry Council, Hong Kong (2015-2018)
Application of polygonal high strength concrete-filled composite column in seismic-resistant buildings in Hong Kong (Principal Investigator)
- Research Grant Acceleration Awards/Materials Global Research Priorities Summer Bursary/IAS Summer Research Fund, Institute of Advanced Study (IAS), University of Warwick, UK (2013)
Seismic response of structures-investigation into structural connections (Principal Investigator)
- Brazil Partnership Fund, University of Warwick, UK (2013)
Establishing structural engineering research link with Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ (Principal Investigator)
- China Partnership Fund, University of Warwick, UK (2012-2014)
Structural engineering research in China (Principal Investigator)
- Corus/TATA Steel Tubes Research Grant, UK (2012-2013)
Behaviour of connection between tubular column and I-section beam under cyclic loading (Principal Investigator)
- Santander Research Travel Grant, University of Warwick, UK (2012)
Structural engineering research in China (Principal Investigator)
- Santander-Abbey Research Travel Grant, University of Warwick, UK (2011)
Seismic performance of semi-rigid through-plate connections in steel-framed buildings (Principal Investigator)
- First Grant, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK (2011-2013)
The behaviour of semi-rigid connection between steel I-beam and tubular columns under monotonic and cyclic loading (Principal Investigator)
- Santander-Abbey Research Travel Grant, University of Warwick, UK (2010)
Behaviour of tubular joints under cyclic loading (Principal Investigator)
- Corus/TATA Steel Tubes Research Grant, UK (2010-2012)
Behaviour of beam and composite column assemblies under various loading conditions/Concrete-filled circular hollow sections under cyclic axial loading (Principal Investigator)
- Research Development Fund, University of Warwick, UK (2010-2011)
Seismic response of structures-investigation into structural connections (Principal Investigator)