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The pressing need for urgent solutions and approaches to the sustainability emergency dominated the opening keynotes, panel sessions, presentations and an exhibition spearheaded by teams from CityUHK at the Global Sustainable Development Congress in Bangkok held between 10 and 13 June.
Five research projects from CityUHK were granted funds from the HKSAR Government’s RAISe+ Scheme. This demonstrates CityUHK’s commitment to promoting excellence in high-quality research and innovation, driving the transformation of the University’s world-class scientific research into applications, thereby creating commercial and social value.
The second seminar of the Pro-Chancellor’s Seminar Series, held on 1 March at CityUHK, delved into the dynamic realm of “Energy, Environment, and Sustainability: Local Strength and Global Impact”.
Professor Kwok Chun-kit, from the Department of Chemistry at CityUHK, has been honoured with the 2024 RNA Society Early-Career Research Award, in recognition of his achievement as an emerging leader in the field of RNA research.
Professor Charles Xu Chunbao, Chair Professor of Advanced Biorefinery in the School of Energy and Environment at CityU, has been awarded the Humboldt Research Award 2023 in recognition of his research and academic achievements.
A research team comprising three PhD students from CityU won a Silver Award and the Best Sustainable Solution Award at the 3rd Chun Wo Innovation Student Awards with their novel Camel-Fur-Inspired Passive Sorbent Cooler System.
The State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution at CityU was awarded the prestigious Gold Award at the Hong Kong Green Innovations Award.
Professor David Lou Xiongwen, Chair Professor of Materials Chemistry at CityU was honoured with the first Young Scientist SDGs Award at the opening ceremony of the 2023 World Young Scientist Summit (WYSS) in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province on 11 November.
CityU recently made a significant breakthrough in developing a passive radiative cooling material. By reducing the thermal load of buildings and providing stable cooling performance, even in diverse weather conditions in all climates, the cooling ceramic developed by the team enhances energy efficiency and combats global warming.
A huge step forward in the evolution of perovskite solar cells recorded by researchers at CityU will have significant implications for renewable energy development. The CityU innovation paves the way for commercialising perovskite solar cells, bringing us closer to an energy-efficient future powered by sustainable sources.