Dr. Benjamin P.L. Ho graduated in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) with the
degrees BEng (Hons) in Building Services Engineering and PhD. His PhD research study
was in the thermal response of automatic sprinklers. Since joining the PolyU in 1994 as
Assistant Professor, he has been involved in teaching of a wide variety of undergraduate and
postgraduate courses in the area of building services, particularly in utility services and fire
services. He has taught in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, City University of Hong
Kong, University of Central Lancashire and The University of Hong Kong. Currently, he is
Lecturer of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in The University of Hong Kong.
He is the programme director of the undergraduate curriculum in BEng (Hons) in Mechanical
Engineering (Building Services Engineering) and the postgraduate curriculum in MSc (Eng)
in Building Services Engineering in HKU.
Dr. Ho has been involved in studies of automatic sprinklers, fire services systems and utility
services. He has been leading projects in studying water supply and drainage systems,
heated wind tunnel testing for thermal responses of fire sprinklers and heat detectors, HVAC
loading estimation studies using building information model, studies on fire services
strategies for the disabled, and heat and energy recovery studies in water supply systems.
Dr. Ho has also assisted in many other activities like organizing the “Indoor Air 2014 – The
13th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate” hosted by the Department
of Mechanical Engineering of HKU in July 2014 that involves 1000+ participants from more
than 40 countries.

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