Our faculty members have secured significant grants in both the Areas of Excellence Scheme (AoE) and the Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS) funded by the Research Grants Council.
AoE helps UGC-funded universities build on existing strengths and develop them into areas of excellence, while TRS focuses on supporting the UGC-funded universities working on themes of strategic importance to the long-term development of Hong Kong.
Areas of Excellence Scheme (AoE)
| Principal Coordinator Professor LUK Kwai Man (EE) Co-Principal Investigators Professor LEUNG Kwok Wa (EE) Professor Stella PANG (EE) Professor CHAN Chi Hou (EE) Professor LU Jian (MNE) Professor WONG Hang (EE) Professor Alex WONG (EE) |
Project Title | Total Funding (HK$) |
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Advanced Antenna Technology for a Smart World
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69.19M
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The successful AoE project, “Advanced Antenna Technology for a Smart World,” is led by Professor Luk Kwai Man, Head and Chair Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering.
The background to the five-year AoE project, which has obtained funding worth HK$69.19 million, is the urgent need to meet global demand for antenna technologies, which are critical to wireless communications, navigation, remote sensing, automotive radars, wireless powering, microwave medical imaging, Internet of Things (IoT), broadband internet, etc.
The global antenna market is forecast to experience significant growth in the coming decade owing to the demand for faster and more reliable and secure wireless connectivity, and the AoE project will serve as a high-technology hub for advancing innovative antennas and related technologies over a wide spectrum of applications.
“Focusing on new antenna technologies, we will provide a one-stop shop service that covers all aspects, including innovative design, theoretical modelling, prototyping, verification and evaluation of antennas and antenna systems serving these applications and the opportunities for knowledge transfer,” said Professor Luk.
In addition, the Greater Bay Area has a blooming antenna industry for 5G networks and mobile phones, while new roadmaps of digital societies as well as smart cityies of 6G or beyond are being initiated. “It is thus highly desirable to have a global centre of excellence in antennas in Hong Kong for antenna technology innovation, international collaboration on antenna technology and a training centre of bright young antenna professionals,” he added.
Besides, the following faculty members’ TRS projects have been funded:
Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS)
| Co-Principal Investigator(s) | Project Title |
| Professor FENG Shien Ping (SYE) Professor LIU Yingxia (SYE) Professor TU King Ning (MSE) |
Overcoming Technical Limits of Copper Hybrid Bonding for Advanced Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuits |
| Professor LI Qiusheng (ACE) | INTACT: Intelligent Tropical-storm-resilient System for Coastal Cities |
| Professor LU Jian (MNE) | Diamond-based Multi-modal Quantum Sensing of Nanomagnetism |
The AoE and TRS projects involve multiple CityU faculty members, as well as local and international collaborators.
