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The first batch of local start-ups to receive investment funding under the HK Tech 300 Angel Fund from CityU has been announced on 26 April 2022. Altogether 49 start-ups specialising in bio and health technology, deep tech, information technology and artificial intelligence (AI), fintech and other areas have been selected to receive up to HK$1 million each.
An international research team co-led by CityU is accelerating the commercialisation of perovskite photovoltaic technology with a new approach that boosts the efficiency of inverted perovskite solar cells to a record high of 25%.
CityU and the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, deepening their collaboration to develop new research projects by integrating their research and development capabilities and intellectual property.
Professor Xie Min, Chair Professor in the Department of Advanced Design and Systems Engineering and the School of Data Science, has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA) in the Technical and Environmental Sciences class.
A team of students from the Department of Electronic Engineering have won a Gold Award in a mobile communications competition organized by Ericsson Limited and SmarTone Mobile Communications Limited.
Two students have showed that CityU has what it takes to succeed in the international arena, performing brilliantly in advanced coursework on an exchange programme at the University of Houston in the US.
CityU raised its standing among local tertiary institutions in this year's Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) Applications, increasing its funding to HK$56.8 million, a 4.4 per cent increase over last year's results of HK$54.4 million.
The CityU Alumni Association and the Alumni Affairs and Development Office (AADO) brought more than 60 alumni together on 17 July so that University alumni and students can get to know each other better and extend their networks.
Chair Professor Johnny Chan of the Department of Physics and Materials Science kicked off a press conference announcing his appointment to head Shanghai's Typhoon Research Institute with a bold prediction: "We expect to see about four typhoons in the South China region this year, but the rainfall is likely to be heavy."
One of the world's most renowned experts on international trade law, Dr Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann, visited CityU on 19 July to deliver a lecture on competition rules in the World Trade Organization.