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| Research Degree Programmes | > | Research Areas for MPhil/PhD Studies |
| Research
Areas for MPhil/PhD Studies
For more information on pursuing a research degree in the above areas or in other areas offered at the University, please contact the relevant coordinators. |
| Administrative and Policy Sciences 行政與政策科學 |
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The field of Administrative and Policy Sciences (APS) has established excellence at an internationally competitive level in the University. APS researchers work in the areas of governance,
public and social policy, personal and social services, public
management, applied
ethics, and regional/international studies. Established expertise,
much of it at the cutting edge of the field, lies in a range
of applied policy areas and themes: labor, health care, education,
transport, public finance, personnel management, government/political
reforms, central-local relations, civil society, community and
social development, gender, family, youth and aging, ethnicity
and criminal justice. This research work is empirically embedded
in the local and regional contexts (Hong Kong and Greater China,
East and Southeast Asia) and theoretically informed, involving
vigorous collaboration with some of the best researchers from
the
region, Australia, UK and the United States. |
| Advanced Manufacturing Technology and Management 先進製造科技及管理 |
The Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management aspires to provide infrastructural support to the growing manufacturing industries in the Asian Pacific region by supplying highly skilled professionals, research facilities and technical support to all aspect of modern manufacturing processes. As the type of products as well as the manufacturing processes continue to shift and move into high technology sectors, MEEM is changing and expanding its research portfolio to meet the current and future needs. The advanced manufacturing technology and management area focuses
mainly on the following: advanced surface coating; advanced material
processing; condition monitoring and fault diagnosis; optical sensing
and nano-metrology; non-destructive testing; quality inspection;
compensatory control of machine tools; design for manufacture and
assembly; advanced robotics and automation; machine vision; RFID
technology; mechatronics; tribology and wear; CAD/CAM application;
embedded systems; rapid prototyping and reverse engineering design;
virtual manufacturing; quality management; AHP applications; conflict
management; environmental management and green manufacturing; ergonomics
and human factors; experiential and activity-based learning in
industrial engineering; factory performance analysis; global manufacturing
and product development; occupational health and safety management;
organizational learning in manufacturing; production modeling and
scheduling methodologies; project management; re-structuring of
Hong Kong manufacturing industries; and smart engineering asset
management. |
| Applied Mathematics 應用數學 |
| The applied mathematics area
focuses mainly on the following: asymptotics and perturbation methods;
complexity theory; control and system theory; dynamical system;
fluid mechanics; granular materials; learning theory; mathematical
finance; modeling of new materials; nonlinear elasticity; linear
and nonlinear waves; numerical analysis; partial differential equations;
scientific computation; shell theory; stochastic analysis; and
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| Built Environment |
| Wind, water, fire, earthquake,
disasters and collapses; building maintenance, construction, machineries,
energy, day lighting, indoor air quality, health and safety; construction
management, disputes, economy, contracts, law and regulations;
building structures and construction materials; town planning,
regional air quality, computational fluid dynamics; Tunneling,
foundations, slopes and geotechnics; intelligent and green buildings,
indoor air quality; mechanics, nano-mechanics and simulation; bridges,
roads and rail; transportation, evacuation, GPS, GIS; design, computer
drafting, electronic submission; housing and real estates, finance
and management. < Back to top |
| Chinese and Comparative Law 中國法與比較法 |
The Chinese and comparative law area focuses mainly on the following: comparative law theory and practice, constitutional and administrative law, human rights, socio-legal studies, economic analysis of law, civil and commercial law, foreign investment and trade law, cross-border legal issues, banking law, international law, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, law of torts, law of contract, environmental and planning law, criminal law and criminal justice, professional legal studies. A
vigorous and cooperative research culture provides a platform
for creation, exchange, discussion and debate of ideas and
perspectives on Chinese and comparative law. The focus is on
both theoretical and practical aspects of legal research and
emphasizes studies in global issues from a Chinese and Asian
perspective and with an interdisciplinary focus. Research output
is disseminated in Greater China and overseas. |
| E-Business and Internet Marketing |
| This area deals
mainly with business models, processes and systems enabled by Web-based
technologies. It is concerned essentially with marketing, management
and socio-technical issues surrounding the application of web-based
technologies in business and organizations for improving efficiency,
effectiveness, and competitiveness. This area is composed of three
inter-related sub-domains: (1) Internet Business Systems (e.g.
customer relation management systems, enterprise resource planning
systems); (2) Enterprise Collaboration (e.g. virtual communities,
inter-organizational systems); and (3) Electronic Commerce (e.g.
online shop, Internet marketing). Internet marketing in particular
deals with the processes of growing and promoting businesses using
online media, and tackles issues such as search engine marketing
and interactive advertising. Special attention is placed on E-Business
and Internet marketing issues in the Greater China region where
potential for research and applications are enormous. < Back to top |
| Electronic Engineering 電子工程 |
| The
electronic engineering area focuses mainly on the following: (1)
Communication Engineering: Wireless communications; Computational
electromagnetics; Antennas; Radio frequency circuits and systems;
Optical communications; Digital communications; Signal processing;
Information and Coding; (2) Electronic Devices and Systems: Microwave
and millimeter-wave materials, devices, components and systems;
Integrated optics; Optical fiber devices and sensors; Semiconductor
devices; Microelectronics; Advanced electronics manufacturing technology;
Power electronics; (3) Intelligent Systems: Machine learning; Neural
Networks; Evolutionary computing; Computer vision; Pattern recognition;
Bioinformatics; Automatic control; Robotics; Chaos control; Complex
networks; (4) Multimedia Technology: Image and video processing;
Speech and audio processing; Computer graphics; Digital right management;
and (5) Computer Networks and Systems: Broadband networks; Network
protocols; Network security and cryptographic algorithms; Wireless
networks; Teletraffic engineering; Computer architecture; Embedded
systems. < Back to top |
| Environmental Science 環境科學 |
| Environmental
science is the application of biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics
to studies of the atmospheric, terrestrial and aquatic environments.
Our research areas in environmental sciences include a diversity
of topics: marine ecology and conservation, with a strong focus
on coastal and mangrove ecosystems; environmental physiology; ecotoxicology;
environmental biotechnology; environmental chemistry; environmental
physics; environmental monitoring; environmental measurement; remediation
technologies; environmental impact and risk assessment; green chemistry
and chemical biology. Many of these studies are multidisciplinary
and directed towards the development of government policies to
support environmental and especially marine conservation. < Back to top |
| Linguistics and Communications |
| CityU
research in the field of Linguistics includes cross-linguistic
(Chinese and other languages) and cross-cultural studies and is
based on a humanistic vision of a socially accountable linguistics.
Research includes such applications of linguistics and language
technology as machine translation, corpus linguistics, language
and law, computer assisted language learning, forensic phonetics
and speech analysis, as well as studies in syntax, semantics, terminology,
translation and comparative cultural studies. In the field of Communication,
research takes a social science approach and focuses on the structures,
processes, and effects of various modes of media communication
in relation to their larger political, economic, technological,
and cultural contexts. < Back to top |
| Materials Science and Engineering 材料科學及工程 |
| The
materials science and engineering area focuses mainly on the following:
diamond and superhard thin films; nanotechnology: nanowires, nanoribbons,
nanotubes, nanocoatings, nano metal oxide particles and nanocomposites,
development of devices based on nanomaterials; phase transformation
of advanced material systems; display technology: organic light
emitting materials and devices; materials modeling and computational
tools; surface structure determination; semiconductor heterostructures
and devices; electrical ceramics: ferro-, piezo- and pyro-electric
materials and thin films; optical coatings; electron microscopy
and advanced materials characterization techniques; plasma surface
modification of materials; biomaterials; microelectronic materials;
electrical packaging materials; lead-free solder alloys; stainless
steels; aluminium sheet metal processing; amorphous alloys; shape
memory and smart materials; biomedical materials; battery materials;
plastic materials; fibre composites; metal matrix composites; corrosion,
impact, creep, fatigue and high strain rate deformation of materials;
temperature sensors for hostile environments; fracture mechanics;
finite element stress analysis; and expert systems in materials
design. < Back to top |
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