CityU X Sino Grand Challenges Scholars Program

Overview

More than 120 U.S. engineering schools announced plans to educate a new generation of engineers expressly equipped to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing society in the 21st century. 14 Grand Challenges (GC) are identified through initiates including the White House Strategy for American Innovation, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Grand Challenges for Engineering, and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. The GCs are a call to action and serve as a focal point for society's attention to opportunities and challenges affecting our quality of life.

The CityU X Sino GCSP is a combined curricular and extra-curricular elements to prepare students to be the future engineers and scientists that solves the 14 GCs facing the world in this century. The elements will be embedded into the curriculum so as to maximize the learning experience of students, through participation in research projects, Entrepreneurship schemes, interdisciplinary courses, service learning activities and overseas exchange program. The program was endorsed by the NAE in February 2009. For further information about GCSP (NAE), please visit the website below:

NAE Grand Challenges Scholars Program

Grand Challenges for Engineering (Video)

Application Requirement

Program Requirements

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Objective

CityU X Sino GCSP aims to prepare students to be the generation that solves the 14 GCs by embedding five curricular components into the program. It serves to pilot innovative educational approaches that will eventually become the mainstream educational paradigm for all science and engineering students.

Five Curricular Components

Hands-on Project or Research Experience: Related to a Grand Challenge
Interdisciplinary Curriculum: A curriculum that complements engineering fundamentals with courses in other fields, preparing engineering students to work at the overlap with public policy, business, law, ethics, human behavior, risk, and the arts, as well as medicine and the sciences
Entrepreneurship: Preparing students to translate invention to innovation; to develop market ventures that scale to global solutions in the public interest
Global Dimension: Developing the students’ global perspective necessary to address challenges that are inherently global as well as to lead innovation in a global economy
Service Learning: Developing and deepening students’ social consciousness and their motivation to bring their technical expertise to bear on societal problems through mentored experiential learning with real clients

A well-connected program would be one where a single component can be linked to one or more of the other components; e.g., interning at an organization (Entrepreneurship) and/or performing research (Research experience) on global health or clean energy (Grand Challenge(s) / Service Learning).
Each GC scholar should select or be assigned a faculty mentor to monitor student progress and ensure thematic continuity and connectivity.

14 Grand Challenges

Sustainability Grand Challenge Theme:

Health Grand Challenge Theme:

Security Grand Challenge Theme:

Joy of Living Grand Challenge Theme:

The Steering Committee

Chairman

Name	Email	Tel. no.	Office
Professor Chun-sing LEE Dean College of Science		3442 7826	YEUNG-G5137

Program Director

Name	Email	Tel. no.	Office
Dr H P CHAN, Andy Associate Professor Department of Electrical Engineering		3442 8444	YEUNG-G6512

Committee Member

Name	Tel. no.	Office
Dr Inez ZWETSLOOT Assistant Professor Department of Advanced Design and Systems Engineering	3442 6155	YEUNG-P6626
Professor C W LIM Professor Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering	3442 7285	YEUNG-B6406
Dr Chia-hung CHEN Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering	3442 9547	MMW-6420
Dr Chi Kit SIU, Andy Associate Professor Department of Chemistry	3442 2272	YEUNG-G6622
Professor Antoni CHAN Professor Department of Computer Science	3442 6509	YEUNG-G7311
Dr C Y CHUNG, Jonathan Associate Professor Department of Materials Science and Engineering	3442 7835	YEUNG-G6713
Professor W C HO, Daniel Chair Professor of Applied Mathematics Department of Mathematics	3442 8652	YEUNG-Y6532
Dr Wing Cheong LO Associate Professor Department of Mathematics	3442 2578	YEUNG-Y6622
Dr Jun LIU Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering	3442 9520	MMW-6403
Dr Condon LAU Associate Professor Department of Physics	3442 7882	YEUNG-P6708

Faculty Mentors

14 Grand Challenges

Sustainability Grand Challenge Theme:

(1) Make Solar Energy Economical

Name	Tel. no.	Office
Dr Mei Yung LEUNG Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering	3442 7142	YEUNG-B6409
Dr Wing Shing CHAN Department of Electrical Engineering	3442 7804	YEUNG-G6360
Dr Jonathan C Y CHUNG Department of Materials Science and Engineering	3442 7835	YEUNG-G6713
Prof Ya Yan LU Department of Mathematics	3442 7436	YEUNG-Y6513

(2) Provide Energy from Fusion

(3) Develop Carbon Sequestration Methods

Name	Email	Tel. no.	Office
Dr Chi Kit SIU, Andy Department of Chemistry		3442 2272	YEUNG-G6622

(4) Manage the Nitrogen Cycle

(5) Provide Access to Clean Water

Name	Email	Tel. no.	Office
Dr Ting Hsuan CHEN, Cecil Department of Biomedical Engineering		3442 4114	YEUNG-P6415

Health Grand Challenge Theme:

(6) Advance Health Informatics

Name	Tel. no.	Office
Prof Minming LI Department of Computer Science	3442 9538	YEUNG-Y6316
Dr Shuaicheng LI Department of Computer Science	3442 9412	YEUNG-G6520
Dr Ho Man CHAN, Rosa Department of Electrical Engineering	3442 7651	YEUNG-G6356
Dr Wing Shing CHAN Department of Electrical Engineering	3442 7804	YEUNG-G6360
Dr Wing Cheong LO Department of Mathematics	3442 2578	YEUNG-Y6622
Dr Weiyin MA Department of Mechanical Engineering	3442 9548	YEUNG-Y6707

(7) Engineer Better Medicines

Name	Tel. no.	Office
Dr Ting Hsuan CHEN, Cecil Department of Biomedical Engineering	3442 4114	YEUNG-P6415
Prof Dongan WANG Department of Biomedical Engineering	3442 9542	YEUNG-Y7523
Dr Lidai WANG Department of Biomedical Engineering	3442 6157	YEUNG-Y6619
Dr Hongyan SUN Department of Chemistry	3442 9537	YEUNG-B6716
Dr Ho Man CHAN, Rosa Department of Electrical Engineering	3442 7651	YEUNG-G6356
Dr Wing Cheong LO Department of Mathematics	3442 2578	YEUNG-Y6622

Security Grand Challenge Theme:

(8) Prevent Nuclear Terror

(9) Secure Cyberspace

Name	Email	Tel. no.	Office
Dr Gerhard Petrus HANCKE Department of Computer Science		3442 9341	YEUNG-Y6409
Dr Chee Wei TAN Department of Computer Science		3442 7652	YEUNG-G7307

(10) Restore and Improve Urban Infrastructure

Name	Tel. no.	Office
Dr Mei-yung LEUNG Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering	3442 7142	YEUNG-B6409
Prof C W LIM Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering	3442 7285	YEUNG-B6406
Dr Chee Wei TAN Department of Computer Science	3442 7652	YEUNG-G7307

Joy of Living Grand Challenge Theme

(11) Reverse-Engineer the Brain

Name	Tel. no.	Office
Dr Chung TIN Department of Biomedical Engineering	3442 5145	YEUNG-P6416
Dr Lidai WANG Department of Biomedical Engineering	3442 6157	YEUNG-Y6619
Dr Antoni B CHAN Department of Computer Science	3442 6509	YEUNG-G7311
Dr Ho Man CHAN, Rosa Department of Electrical Engineering	3442 7651	YEUNG-G6356
Prof Hongyu LIU Department of Mathematics	3442 7155	YEUNG-Y6511

(12) Enhance Virtual Reality

Name	Tel. no.	Office
Dr Ho Man CHAN, Rosa Department of Electrical Engineering	3442 7651	YEUNG-G6356
Prof Hongyu LIU Department of Mathematics	3442 7155	YEUNG-Y6511
Dr Xiaosheng ZHUANG Department of Mathematics	3442 5942	YEUNG-Y6510
Dr Weiyin MA Department of Mechanical Engineering	3442 9548	YEUNG-Y6707

(13) Advance Personalized Learning

Name	Tel. no.	Office
Prof Minming LI Department of Computer Science	3442 9538	YEUNG-Y6316
Dr Shuaicheng LI Department of Computer Science	3442 9412	YEUNG-G6520
Dr Chee Wei TAN Department of Computer Science	3442 7652	YEUNG-G7307
Dr Ho Man CHAN, Rosa Department of Electrical Engineering	3442 7651	YEUNG-G6356
Prof Hongyu LIU Department of Mathematics	3442 7155	YEUNG-Y6511

(14) Engineer the Tools of Scientific Discovery

Name	Tel. no.	Office
Prof C W LIM Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering	3442 7285	YEUNG-B6406
Dr Ting Hsuan CHEN, Cecil Department of Biomedical Engineering	3442 4114	YEUNG-P6415
Dr Chung TIN Department of Biomedical Engineering	3442 5145	YEUNG-P6416
Dr Lidai WANG Department of Biomedical Engineering	3442 6157	YEUNG-Y6619
Dr Chi Kit SIU, Andy Department of Chemistry	3442 2272	YEUNG-G6622
Dr Hongyan SUN Department of Chemistry	3442 9537	YEUNG-B6716
Dr Chee Wei TAN Department of Computer Science	3442 7652	YEUNG-G7307
Dr Hau Ping Andy CHAN Department of Electrical Engineering	3442 8444	YEUNG-G6512
Dr Xiaoyan ZHONG Department of Materials Science and Engineering	3442 6850	BOC-R7124
Prof Hongyu LIU Department of Mathematics	3442 7155	YEUNG-Y6511
Dr Wing Cheong LO Department of Mathematics	3442 2578	YEUNG-Y6622
Dr Xiaosheng ZHUANG Department of Mathematics	3442 5942	YEUNG-Y6510

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