Dr. Match Wai Lun Ko is the Assistant Head of Department, Senior Lecturer, and MSc(Eng) Programme Director in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Hong Kong. He also holds a fractional appointment with the Innovation Academy, Faculty of Engineering at HKU.

Dr. Ko obtained his B.Eng and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Before joining HKU, he was an Assistant Professor in Nazarbayev University, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Visiting Scholar in the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Visiting Professor in the University of Warwick. Dr. Ko’s research focused on the biomechanics, biomedical image processing, biomechanical properties characterization, finite element modeling, design and fabrication of related medical device to assist the clinicians to preform disease diagnosis and decision making regarding screening of disease and treatment management.

Dr. Ko has received several teaching awards, including the Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award (Individual Award) for the 2019-20 academic year, the Best Teacher Award for the 2022-23 academic year in the Faculty of Engineering, and the Most Favorite Teacher Award for the 2024-25 academic year in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at HKU.