We are proud that Dr. Alicia AN and Dr. Chunhua LIU of the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) have been awarded the “RGC Research Fellow” in the Research Fellow Scheme (RFS) by RGC in 2022/23!
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.
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.
Dr. Alicia An’s paper titled “Transforming Ti3C2Tx MXene’s intrinsic hydrophilicity into superhydrophobicity for efficient photothermal membrane desalination” is accepted to Nature Communications (Impact factor: 14.919 and it is in press now (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31028-6). It is being featured as the Editors’ Highlights.
Dr. Chunhua Liu, Associate Professor, recently received funding from the Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) 2021/22 for his project “Development of a New Integrated Energy Exchanger for Electric Vehicle Charging Station”.
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.
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.
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.
