Dr. Edwin Tso and his research team won the Outstanding Paper Award in Energy Sustainability 2022, an International Conference organized by The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), on July 12 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Research Grants Council (RGC) has just announced the results of the GRF exercises for 2022/23. In this latest competition, SEE faculty members have secured 8 awards, with a total funding exceeds HK$7 million. SEE continues to strive in research excellence towards energy and environmental areas.
To nurture young leaders in the fields of energy, environment and sustainability, the School is pleased to announce that Veolia Environmental Services China Limited has kindly agreed to donate a scholarship to the University in order to reward SEE students with outstanding academic performance and promising attributes with effect from the 2021/2022 academic year. There shall be four scholarships in each academic year and the value of each scholarship shall be HK$10,000.
Dr. Henry He, Assistant Professor, recently received over HK$1.1M funding from the Marine Ecology Enhancement Fund (MEEF). This 2-year project, titled “Tracing a Novel Group of E-Waste Contaminants - Liquid Crystal Monomers - in the Chinese White Dolphins” will determine the occurrences and distributions of a novel class of emerging organic contaminants related to e-waste, namely liquid crystal monomers (LCMs), in Chinese White Dolphins (CWDs) living in the western Hong Kong and Pearl River Estuary waters.
Dr. Edwin Tso’s paper titled “Near-Infrared-Activated Thermochromic Perovskite Smart Windows” has been published on Advanced Science (IF:16.806, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202106090) and featured as inside front cover in the Issue 14, Volume 9.
Prof. Chak Chan, Dean and Chair Professor of Atmospheric Environment of SEE, was recently invited to share his opinion on the topic of air pollution and reveal the impact of restaurant emissions to air quality in Hong Kong at a RTHK radio programme (Programme Title in Chinese:“太陽底下新鮮事”).
Dr. Edwin Tso, Assistant Professor, and Mr. Marin Zhu, PhD student, will be interviewed by TVB (Television Broadcasts Limited) to share their views on the innovation and technology advancement in Hong Kong and Greater Bay Area. The interview will be aired at Channel 85 TVB Finance & Information Channel – Decoding The GBA, at 8:30pm on 9 June 2022.
The Sustainability Today Photography Competition 2022 was successfully held by the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) Student Chapter. SEE Student Chapter is proud to present the winners of Sustainability Today Photography Competition 2022 and their magnificent works.
The School of Energy and Environment (SEE) is absolutely delighted to announce that the following students have been chosen as the recipients of the Outstanding Final Year Project Award of the year. The Award is given to students who have achieved exceptional performance in their final year projects in terms of (i) technical or scholarly quality, (ii) originality, creativity, and innovation, and (iii) impact.
Dr. Patrick Sit, Associate Dean (Undergraduate Studies), and Dr. Yun Hau Ng, Associate Professor, are invited by EDUplus.hk to be the guest speakers of a Facebook Live Programme. Through the programme, Dr. Sit and Dr. Ng introduced the information of SEE’s Undergraduate Programmes (Bachelor of Engineering in Energy Science and Engineering, and Bachelor of Engineering in Environmental Science and Engineering), and their insights into carbon neutrality, zero emission and ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance).
