Students from CityUHK’s College of Science (CSCI) have showcased outstanding creativity and strong research capability by winning 5 awards at the 12th Hong Kong University Student Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition, organised by the Hong Kong New Generation Cultural Association.
This year’s competition featured 753 projects from over 2,000 participants. CSCI students won a First Prize, a Second Prize, a Third Prize, and two Merit Prizes. Congratulations to all our award-winning teams and their mentors!
All five award-winning teams and their projects this year are from the Department of Chemistry:
| Award and Category | Mentor | Project Name | Team members |
| First Prize in Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering (Innovation Category) | Prof. Zonglong ZHU, Chair Professor of Chemistry and Photovoltaic Technology |
Autonomous Closed-loop Framework for Reproducible Perovskite Solar Cells: Integrating AI-Driven Discovery and Automated Manufacturing | VANIN Francesco, Ning WANG, Zexin YU |
| Second Prize in Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering (Innovation Category) | Prof. Zonglong ZHU, Chair Professor of Chemistry and Photovoltaic Technology |
Self-Sustaining Flexible Power Platform for Wearable Healthcare Electronics | Long SUN, Hang ZHANG, Chunlei ZHANG |
| Third Prize in Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering (Innovation Category) | Prof. Yung-kang PENG, Associate Professor |
Closed-loop Plastics Recycling for a Cost-effective Circular Economy | Ka Yin LAM, Xinyu WU, Zhanping XIAO |
| Merit Prize in Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering (Innovation Category) | Prof. Zonglong ZHU, Chair Professor of Chemistry and Photovoltaic Technology |
Perovskite Photovoltaics for Green Manufacturing: Research on Non-Toxic Solvent Systems and High-Performance Large-Area Modules | Lina WANG, Liangchen QIAN, Baoze LIU, Dong ZHANG |
| Merit Prize in Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering (Innovation Category) | Prof. Thuc Hue LY, Associate Professor |
H2-Free Growth of 2D Transition Metal Selenides by Metal-assisted CVD | Ka Ho LEUNG, Ping Man, Xuanmei YE |
The 12th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition is a platform for university students to demonstrate their creativity and the impact of their research by tackling real-world challenges through interdisciplinary innovation.
Congratulations again to all the CSCI winning teams and their mentors!