During 2021-22, CityU faculty have secured 24 projects with over HK$60 million funding from various schemes of Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF). The number of approved projects and the approved funded amount are among the highest in recent years.
SEE PhD students and a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Edwin Tso's group (Miss Shirley Du, Mr. Stanley Liu, and Dr. Peter Pan), recently took part in the Climate Action Recognition Scheme 2021-22 and won the Climate Action Ideation Award. This is their second consecutive victory in CARS idea-stage programme.
Dr. Edwin Tso, Assistant Professor, and his PhD student Mr. Martin Zhu were interviewed by a local Hong Kong Chinese newspaper ''MingPao'' (明報) to showcase their innovation on thermochromic smart window. The interview has been published on 11 April 2022.
Researchers at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) received tremendous accolades at Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days (IGED) 2022 by winning a total of 22 awards, including one Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury, six Gold Medals, 13 Silver Medals and two Bronze Medals.
Among those awarded projects, two of them are led by faculties from the School of Energy and Environment, namely Prof. Michael Leung and Dr. Edwin Tso. Their success keenly demonstrates SEE’s outstanding research achievements.
Dr. Jason Lam, Assistant Professor, was interviewed by The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) to share his view on harvesting renewable chemicals from wood waste in Hong Kong.
To tackle the surge of carbon neutrality issues around the globe, CityU has spared no effort in providing new solutions for clean energy. To develop sustainable energy, faculty members and students from a range of academic units, namely, School of Energy and Environment (SEE), College of Science and College of Engineering, have worked hand in hand to accomplish the goals.
According to metrics compiled by Stanford University, fifteen SEE faculty members are listed among the top 2% of the world’s most highly cited scientists (Top 2% in the world in their own areas of specialty), reflecting the high academic standard of our faculty and our excellent research performance. They are (in alphabetical order) Dr.
CityU Virtual Undergraduate Open Day was held on 19 March 2022 (Saturday). At the event, Dr. Yun Hau Ng and Dr. Patrick Sit delivered expert talks on “Extraction of Molecular Hydrogen from Wastewater” and “Tackling the Pressing Energy Challenges: from Fundamentals to Real-life Examples” for audiences to explore the world of energy and environmental engineering.
In a recent Colloquium, Mr. Arthur Lee (Chevron Fellow and Principal Advisor, Corporate Strategy and Sustainability) described highlights from the Article 6 negotiations and several other issues that were prominently discussed at COP26 Glasgow. He will give context of the IPCC assessments in these negotiations. Further, he will weave in over two decades of my perspectives of these negotiations with the backdrop of governments’ and companies’ actions towards achieving the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement.
