Dr. Yun Hau Ng, Associate Professor, in collaboration with researchers from Australia, Malaysia and the United Kingdom, has developed a new photocatalyst which can produce methane fuel (CH4) selectively and effectively from carbon dioxide using sunlight.
The School of Energy and Environment (SEE) is pleased to announce that our MSc in Energy and Environment Programme has been accredited by The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) for a period of five years starting from September 2016 until 2021, in addition to the current accreditation by the Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers (IGEM).
Prof. Chak K. Chan, Dean and Chair Professor of Atmospheric Environment, is appointed as a member of the Editorial Advisory Committee of Environmental Science and Technology (an ACS journal) starting 1 January 2021.
Prof. Chak K. Chan, Dean and Chair Professor of Atmospheric Environment, is invited to be the Closing Remarks Speaker at the Royal Society of Chemistry Faraday Discussions on “Air Quality in Megacities”.
Dr. Edwin Tso and Prof. Michael Leung have recently received HK$800,000 funding from the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department of HKSAR Government on the research project entitled "Study on Performance of Plate-tube Chiller".
A career talk was provided by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) Environmental Division on 21 October 2020. The talk entitled "Becoming an Environmental Ir in Hong Kong - Why, What and How?" provided students with a clear path to Scheme "A" training to acquire Chartered Engineer in Environmental Discipline. Students and graduates were also encouraged to join the HKIE Environmental Division.
SEE invited Dr. Jeanne Ng, Chair of the Hong Kong Institute of Qualified Environmental Professionals Limited (HKIQEP) and Director of the CLP Research Institute, to be the guest speaker of the online "Dialogue with Professionals: Rise of the Environmental Profession - Growing GDP While Reducing Negative Environmental Impacts".
Professor Wen-Xiong Wang recently published a book entitled “Environmental Pollution of the Pearl River Estuary, China: Status and Impact of Contaminants in a Rapidly Developing Region” with Springer Nature.
Dr. Alicia An’s paper "PDMS/PVDF hybrid electrospun membrane with superhydrophobic property and drop impact dynamics for dyeing wastewater treatment using membrane distillation" is listed as one of the most cited articles in Journal of Membrane Science (top journal in the field of membrane science).
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution causes serious environmental problems and poses substantial health threats to human beings. NO2 leads to the formation of photochemical smog, acid rain, as well as some human diseases.
