On March 4, 2026, Dr. Wang was awarded the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Engineering Achievement by Engineers PEI. This award recognizes an outstanding engineering project involving Engineers PEI members. Dr. Wang received this award from the Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, the Honourable Dr. Wassim Salamoun, together with PEI Department of Land and Environment (previously PEI Department of Environment, Energy and Climate Action) for the pioneering and innovative project called PEI Climate Hazard & Risk Information System (CHRIS, https://chris.peiclimate.ca).
CHRIS is a web-based mapping tool that allows the public and decision makers to explore climate-related hazards and information for PEI. It provides 1m high-resolution maps for coastal flooding and inland flooding across PEI, as well as coastal erosion hazards along with the entire coastline of PEI. CHRIS was first launched in March 2024 and has now been used by over 20,000 active users.
Here in the Climate Smart Lab, we are a group of people developing sustainable climate solutions with cutting-edge technologies to help build climate-resilient communities. Collectively, we are working together with experts from all disciplines to build a climate-smart future for the next generation and many generations to come.