Following its earlier announcement of the launch of the flagship innovation and entrepreneurship programme “HK Tech 300” with an allocation of HK$500M, CityU held the HK Tech 300 Seed Fund Presentation Ceremony on 29 July 2021, presenting seed funds with the total sum of HK$6.5M. The scheme, which was launched in March, covers fields including information and communications technology, artificial intelligence, biotech and health, education and financial technologies. It is expected to last at least three years and benefit a total of 300 start-up teams.
Dr. Edwin Tso, Assistant Professor, was recently invited by the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) of the HKSAR Government to give a presentation on “Daytime Passive Radiative Cooling in Hong Kong: Past, Present, and the Future” on 14 July 2021 at the lecture theatre of Hong Kong Science Museum. To promote energy saving and conservation, Dr. Tso introduced an advanced building energy-saving technology, namely daytime passive radiative cooling, to the government officials from various bureau/departments in the presentation.
Dr. Edwin Tso’s group recently developed a hydrated MAPbI3−xClx thermochromic perovskite smart window, which demonstrates a smart and thermally responsive optical regulation ability. Notably, a low transition temperature, narrow transition hysteresis width, and short transition time are also achieved successfully, showing great potential for use in energy-efficient buildings.
Dr. Edwin Tso, Assistant Professor, was recently invited by the RTHK to talk about a novel building cooling energy saving strategy at a radio programme (Programme Title in Chinese: “寰聽世界”) on 15 June 2021.
Dr. Yun Hau Ng, Associate Professor from SEE, presented his research on “Hydrogen Production” by using photocatalytic water splitting at “Carbon Neutrality Task Force” on 10 June 2021. Around 40 participants from Environmental Protection Department, Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, Fire Services Department, Planning Department, Transport Department and Marine Department joined together to learn the latest advancement in Green Technology that will help Hong Kong to achieve carbon neutrality in coming years.
Dr. Alicia An has recently received the Marine Conservation Enhancement Fund for the project “Removal of Micro/Nano Plastic from Marine Environments Using Nanobubble”.
