Prof. Kenneth Leung, Dean of the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) and the Director of State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution at CityUHK was interviewed by i-Cable regarding their works on eco-shorelines.
Congratulations to Professor Steven Wang, Associate Vice-President (Resources Planning) and Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, and School of Energy and Environment on winning the Research Project of the Year: STEM at Times Higher Education (THE) Awards Asia 2024, the only university in Hong Kong to win this prestigious award this year.
Researchers from City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) achieved tremendous accolades at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (IEIG) by winning a total of 36 awards, including 2 Special Prizes, 8 Gold Medals with Congratulations of the Jury, 10 Gold Medals, 11 Silver Medals and 5 Bronze Medals. Among the CityUHK’s winning teams, 14 of them are start-ups and teams incubated by HK Tech 300.
Prof. Carol Lin recently awarded the MilliporeSigma Green Chemistry Education Challenge Awards (US$5,000) by Beyond Benign, Inc. This is a non-profit organization co-founded in 2007 by Dr. John Warner and Dr. Amy Cannon, co-located with the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry in Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA.
Prof. Xuan Wang’s PhD student Xi LIU received the JESE excellent poster presentation award in the 12th National Conference on Environmental Chemistry, where he presented his PhD study on “Global impact of chlorine chemistry on secondary organic aerosols”.
The conference was held during 17-21 November 2023 in Wuhan, which had more than 10,000 attendances. The award is one of the 12 selected from over 1,200 poster presentations.
SEE PhD student Mr. Oluwafemi Ebenezer ADEYERI, co-supervised by Prof. Wen Zhou and Prof. Xuan Wang, published a research paper entitled “Minimizing uncertainties in climate projections and water budget reveals the vulnerability of freshwater to climate change” in One Earth. This work addresses the critical issue of global water scarcity and its implications for agriculture, food security, and human sustainability.
Prof. Edwin TSO, Prof. WU Wei and Prof. WANG Jian from the School of Energy and Environment at CityU, and Prof. LI Weihong and Prof. DUAN Penghao from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at CityU participated the first Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao GBA Energy Technology Forum and the launch of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao GBA Engineering Thermophysics Society and Guangdong Engineering Thermophysics Society, which were supported by Guandong Provincial Association for Science and Technology and Guangzhou Association for Science and Technology. Prof.
Professor Kim and his colleagues published a paper on the side effects of geoengineering methods in Communications Earth & Environment. Ultimately, we must transition to a decarbonized society for a sustainable world, but it will require a lot of social cost and effort.
We are delighted to share the exciting news that Prof. Kenneth Leung, the Dean of the School of Energy and Environment (SEE), and his group have been honored with the first joint winner in the category “Critical Review” in the 2022 Environmental Science and Technology Best Paper Award from the American Chemical Society.
We are thrilled to announce that Prof. Angus Yip has been awarded the esteemed Hong Kong Engineering Science and Technology (HKEST) Award 2023. This prestigious recognition showcases Prof. Yip's exceptional contributions to the clean energy industry, emphasizing his innovative projects and unwavering commitment to sustainability.
Congratulations to Prof. Angus Yip on this well-deserved recognition!
