Tunç Durmaz1 and Aude Pommeret
Eight years on since the United Nations IPCC was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of its effort in combating climate change, fossil fuel remains the most dominant global energy source.
Prof Michel A Van Hove, Director of the Institute of Computational and Theoretical Studies and Head of Physics at the Hong Kong Baptist University, awed the audience at the SEE Colloquium with the design of molecular machines.
Prof Van Hove, an authority in the field of surface science, explained the working principles of molecular vehicles. Measuring just in the nanoscale, these molecular machines were assembled carefully and painstakingly by covalently linking organic molecules to form the engine, chassis and the wheels.
Prof Johnny C.-L. Chan, Chair Professor of Atmospheric Science and Director of the Guy Carpenter Asia-Pacific Climate Impact Centre, secured major funding in the latest round of the prestigious European Council (EC)/Research Grant Council (RGC) Joint Research Scheme.
The funding, worth almost HKD 2 M, shall allow Prof Chan to develop a computer modeling system to predict the frequency of tropical cyclone landfalls in the East Asia region as well as their intensities, which involves a suite of models that includes coupling with the ocean.
Congratulations to SEE PhD candidate, Guangdong Duan, for winning an Excellent Poster Award at The American Meteorological Society’s 97th Annual Meeting, Seattle.
Prof Irene M. C. Lo, Fellow Academician of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, presented the advancement in designing magnetic nanoparticles for wastewater treatment at the inaugural SEE Colloquium.
Students taking the undergraduate course, SEE2201 Introduction to Environmental Engineering, offered by the School participated in the visit to the "ElectriCity" of CLP Power Hong Kong Limited on 21 February 2017 (Tuesday).
The research team, led by Dr Walid Daoud, Associate Professor in CityU’s School of Energy and Environment, has combined two energy conversion concepts, namely piezoelectric and triboelectric effects, to create a hybrid system.
The rapid development and economic prowess that we have enjoyed in the last century was built on the backbone of fossil energy. From heating to manufacturing, mass transportation to lighting bulbs, and even powering our remote control, the energy was sourced, directly or indirectly, from crude oil, coal or natural gas which chemical energy was converted to electricity.
