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The Centre for Electronic Packaging and Assemblies, Failure Analysis and Reliability Engineering (EPA Centre) was accredited in December 2003 by the Hong Kong Accreditation Service (HKAS) for its Ionic Analysis of Circuit Board, Ion Chromatography Method.
A team of researchers, led by CityU's Rudolf Wu, Chair Professor in the Department of Biology and Chemistry (BCH), has been awarded HK$45 million under the University Grants Committee's (UGC) third round Areas of Excellence (AoE) scheme.
A passion for mathematics not only translates into breakthroughs in the language of science but, in some cases, turns deep admiration into philanthropy as well.
The education sector, Financial Secretary The Hon Henry Tang said, is not expected to meet the 11% across-the-board cut he proposed for all the other major 2005-08 outlays, to help the government tackle its growing budget deficits. He also promised that he will promptly discuss with Professor Arthur Li, Secretary for Manpower and Education, government allocations to the local universities in the 2005-08 triennium.
If a group of management sciences professors at City University have their way, the Centa-City Index, a winner of CityU's prestigious Applied Research Excellence Awards in 2001, may become as widely accepted and creditable as the Hang Seng Index in measuring the territory's economic health.
Research and postgraduate education were the focus of CityU's ninth University Development Forum, held on 18 September. The open presentation gave four focus groups the opportunity to present their observations and members of staff the opportunity to provide feedback on the recommendations.
Science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, author of such futuristic works as I, Robot, would have been impressed. For here was a robot capable of crawling through cramped ventilation ducts for inspection and cleaning, a robotic petrol-filling station, a fearless robot that can scale the walls of high-rise buildings and clean windows, and a robotic muscle arm for nursing, just to name a few.