Under the supervision of Prof. WU Wei, postdoc Dr. DING Zhixiong and PhD student Mr. LI Fuxiang from the School of Energy and Environment won the Best Oral Presentation Award at the 2nd International Conference on Energy Engineering (ICEE 2024), held from 29 Nov to 02 Dec 2024. Dr. DING Zhixiong’s presentation was entitled “A Novel Two-stage Energy Storage Heat Transformer with Low Charging Temperature for High-Temperature Lift.” Mr.
On 2 December 2024, a team led by our esteemed Associate Dean (Internationalization and Outreach), Prof. Edwin Tso, and including SEE alumnus Mr. Cheung Tim Yiu, received the Silver Award for the Electricity-free Cooling Technology developed by i2Cool Limited. This technology startup was incubated by City University of Hong Kong's HK Tech 300 and recognized at the Hong Kong Green Innovations Award (HKGIA).
Prof. Jin Shang’s Group has published a significant review in Advanced Materials https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202401623 on ambient-temperature NO₂ removal via selective adsorption, addressing urban air pollution linked to photochemical smog and public health risks.
If we reduce carbon dioxide (CO2), will the climate come back? A new study led by Prof. Jin-Soo Kim and his postdoc, Dr. Hyo-Jeong Kim, found that Southeast Asia, Europe, and Northern Africa may experience more severe fire activity even in climate simulation with reduced CO2 concentrations. It is mainly due to atmospheric dryness maintained by climatic inertia. The exacerbated fire danger is projected to contribute to extra CO2 emissions in 68% of global regions due to the hysteresis of climate responses to CO2 levels.
We are thrilled to share that Prof. Xue Wang from the School of Energy and Environment has been awarded the “Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigator 2024” by the Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
Prof. Wen-Xiong Wang was recently awarded with a 5-year “Key Project” from the National Science Foundation of China, with a total funding amount of 2.3 millions RMB. In this project, he will develop various novel technologies to study the microplastics in different functional marine organisms. Microplastic pollution has become one of the major environmental problems nowadays, thus it is critical to study the environmental risks of these microplastics in marine ecosystems.
The School of Energy and Environment (SEE) at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) is thrilled to announce the admission of four postdoctoral fellows through the 2024 Hong Kong Scholars Program. The Program is jointly launched by the Society of Hong Kong Scholars and the China National Postdoctoral Council under the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.
According to metrics compiled by Stanford University and the updated data published on 16 September 2024, twenty faculty members of the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) are listed among the top 2% of the world’s most highly cited scientists (i.e., top 2% in the world in their own areas of specialty), that equates to nearly 60% of the School’s entire faculty body. This exciting news reflects our faculty’s high academic standards and excellent research performance. This year’s 20 top 2% scientists from SEE are, in alphabetical order, Prof. Fatwa F.
Congratulations to Associate Professor Jin Shang of the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) for receiving the prestigious “IACC-SMS Carbon Capture Award for Exceptional Research” at the International Association for Carbon Capture Conference 2024 (IACC2024), held at the University of Surrey, UK. This award honors his outstanding contributions to carbon capture research.
Leading an international team of 17 experts from six countries, Professor Zhiguo YUAN published a review paper titled “Pathways to Advanced Resource Recovery from Sewage” in Nature Sustainability on 9 September 2024.
