Dr. Theodora Nah, Dr. Jin Shang, Dr. Chunhua Liu, Dr. Yun Hau Ng, and Prof. Chak K. Chan, of the School of Energy and Environment at CityU have received over HKD$5M funding from the Green Tech Fund (GTF). This 3-year research project, entitled “Portable and low-cost sensors for the ambient air monitoring of BTEX and other volatile organic compounds”, will develop sensors to speciate atmospheric volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
Dr. Alicia An’s PhD Student Miss Xinning Zhang received the Best Poster Presentation Award by The 4th International Forum on Asian Water Environment Technology (IFAWET) held from 10 to 11 December 2021.
Congratulations to Chair Professor Alex Jen, Professor Angus Yip and Associate Professor Yun Hau Ng for being listed as Highly Cited Researchers 2021 by Clarivate.
Dr. An’s PhD Student Mr. Bowen Pak Wai Wong received the 1st Student Best Poster Presentation Award by Desalination Editors at the Membrane Desalination 2021 (MEMDES2021), 5th International Conference on Desalination using Membrane Technology, which was held during 14 - 17 November 2021. Mr. Wang presented his PhD study on “Real-time monitoring of membrane wetting progression using impedance spectroscopy”. The paper is now under revision by EST.
To promote awareness of sustainability and innovative solutions for a sustainable future, we are pleased to announce that VTech Group of Companies (VTech), the global leader in electronic learning products and a strong advocate of innovation and sustainability, continues to present the VTech Innovation & Sustainability Award (the Award) to our students whose final year project best contributes to a sustainabl
The HKSAR Government has set up the Green Tech Fund (GTF) to provide better and more focused funding support for research and development (R&D) projects which can help Hong Kong decarbonise and enhance environmental protection as Hong Kong strives towards its goal of carbon neutrality before 2050. The Secretariat of GTF has just announced the eight approved projects out of over 190 applications. Out of the eight funded proposals, CityU has successfully secured two projects, in which both are led by SEE faculty members. Chair Professor Alex Jen and his team will develop printable perovskite so
After winning the championship in SME Innovation and Entrepreneurship Global Contest, Mr. Zhu Yihao, Martin (PhD student), Mr. Lin Kaixin, Johnny (PhD student), Miss Shirley Du (PhD student) and Dr.
Dr. Edwin Tso and his research team (PhD students: Mr. Stanley Liu, Miss. Shirley Du, and Mr. Martin Zhu; Postdoc fellow: Dr. William Lee) recently participated in the 2021 International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada (iCAN 2021) with their invention “An Intelligent and Thermally-responsive Window (ITRW) for Indoor Thermal Management and Energy-saving in Buildings”. The team won the Gold Medal, Canadian Special Award, and Best Invention Video Award in this fierce competition.
Dr. Yun Hau Ng, Associate Professor, is recently awarded the Kataoka Lectureship Award for Asian and Oceanian Photochemist 2021, by the Japanese Photochemistry Association (JPA). This annual award is presented to one eminent scientist in the Asian and Oceanian region for the scientist’s outstanding research in the study of photochemistry.
Congratulations to Prof. Michael Leung, Dr. Edwin Tso and Dr. Wei Wu for winning the HKIE Best Transactions Paper Prize 2021! They jointly published a paper entitled “Chillers of air-conditioning systems: An overview” in the HKIE Transactions. This paper discusses the technical details of the latest chiller technologies that help engineers design air-conditioning systems for high energy efficiency and sustainability. Two other co-authors are Dr. Zhanying Zheng and Dr. Jingyu Cao (SEE post-docs).
