Winners of the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva 2021, including Dr. Edwin Tso who received the Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury at Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days 2021, were invited to join the Chief Executive’s Reception to congratulate the success of Hong Kong teams at the Grand Hall of Hong Kong Science Park on 17 May 2021. At the Reception, Dr. Tso explained his innovation on “An Energy-Free, Low-Cost and High Cooling Performance Passive Radiative Cooling Technology for Building Applications” to Ms.
Dr. Edwin Tso and his team (Miss. Yuwei Du, Miss. Siru Chen, Mr. Luke Christopher Chao, Mr. Kaixin Lin, Dr. Hau Him Lee, Dr. Tsz Chung Ho), as well as Prof. Michael Leung, won the Champion Prize in the 2020/2021 Environmental Paper Award held by The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) Environmental Division. The awarded paper is entitled “An energy-free and low-cost daytime passive radiative cooling paint for energy saving in buildings and decarbonization”.
New methods for reducing air pollution and generating solar fuels developed by scientists from SEE offer practical solutions to the energy shortage, environmental issues, and related public health risks.
Dr. Lin Zhang’s working paper entitled “Do We Still Need Carbon-intensive Capital When Transitioning to a Green Economy” has recently been awarded the “Outstanding Paper for Sustainable Paths Toward Carbon Neutrality” by CICC Global Institute.
“An Energy-Free, Low-Cost and High Cooling Performance Passive Radiative Cooling Technology for Building Applications” led by Dr. Edwin Tso, Assistant Professor, received the Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury at Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days (IGED) 2021. IGED, held from 10 to 14 March 2021, is a special edition of the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva due to the pandemic.
Dr. Carol Lin, Associate Professor in SEE, is coordinating a project on reducing the transmission of the novel coronavirus and other infectious diseases using food waste-derived medical textiles via electrospinning for healthcare apparel and personal protective equipment (PPE).
Dr. Carol Lin, an expert on microbial fermentation and bioprocessing, will lead the project in collaboration with nine leading scientists from disciplines of aerosol dynamics, infectious disease transmission risk and epidemiology, medical textile materials, sustainability, and waste valorisation in four major research universities in Hong Kong and the top epidemiology hospital in Guangzhou. SEE faculty members Prof. Chak K. Chan, Dr. Shauhrat Chopra, Dr.
Fast fashion is leading to a mountain of clothing being thrown away and has a huge impact on the environment. The fashion industry is responsible for 10% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the world.
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).
