The China Data Center Cooling Summit Forum was successfully held in Shanghai from 1 to 3 April, 2025. Prof. Wu Wei of the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) contributed significantly to this important event, which was hosted by the Chinese Association of Refrigeration, Huawei Digital Energy Technology, and Tencent Cloud. The forum brought together industry leaders, researchers, and policymakers to discuss advancements in data center cooling technologies.
The School of Energy and Environment (SEE) at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) proudly celebrated remarkable achievements at the 50th Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, held from April 9 to 13, 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland. Six SEE faculty members secured an impressive total of seven awards, highlighting their innovative contributions to sustainability and technological advancement.
The inaugural CRF kick-off meeting, chaired by Principal Coordinator (PC) Professor Charles Chunbao Xu, took place on the afternoon of April 16, 2025, at the Interdisciplinary Multi-function Room (G7603). The meeting was attended by all Co-Principal Investigators (Co-PIs), their research team members, collaborators from the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, and industry partners, including Plant Plant Holding Company Limited.
The School of Energy and Environment (SEE) at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) is proud to announce that a co-authored paper by our Dean, Prof. Kenneth Leung, JP, published in Maritime Engineering, has been awarded the prestigious Halcrow Prize by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) in the UK in April 2025.
City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) continues to demonstrate its global research excellence, maintaining its position as first in Hong Kong for the ninth consecutive year in the ratio of Highly Cited Researchers to total faculty and research staff. In the prestigious "Highly Cited Researchers 2024" list released by Clarivate, 32 CityUHK scholars were recognized for their exceptional academic influence. Among them, the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) is proud to have three distinguished faculty members featured on the list:
Assistant Professor Jason Lam from the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) has recently published a research paper in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, titled "In-tandem Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia on Ultrathin-Sheet-Assembled Iron–Nickel Alloy Nanoflowers". Dr. Kartick Chandra Majhi, a postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Lam's group, served as the first author, while Prof. Lam was the corresponding author. Theoretical calculations were conducted with support from Prof.
We are proud to announce that Prof. Edwin TSO, Associate Dean (Internationalisation and Outreach) & Associate Professor at the School of Energy and Environment (SEE), has been awarded the prestigious Hong Kong Engineering Science and Technology (HKEST) Award for 2024-25.
Congratulations to Prof. Kenneth Leung Mei-yee, Dean of the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution of City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) and his research team on receiving “2024 Dayu Water Conservancy Science and Technology Progress Award (2nd Class)” by the Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society.
Under the supervision of Prof. Edwin Tso, Dr. Wang Wenqi, a postdoctoral researcher from the School of Energy and Environment (SEE), has been honored with the Best Research Paper Award at the 10th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TEFC2025), organized by the American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE).
Assistant Professor Xi Chen from the School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK), recently co-authored a research article published in Nature Communications titled “Life cycle comparison of industrial-scale lithium-ion battery recycling and mining supply chains.” Professor Chen served as both a co-corresponding author and co-first author in collaboration with Professor William A. Tarpeh from Stanford University.
