We are delighted to announce the recent promotions of four esteemed faculty members at the School of Energy and Environment (SEE). These individuals have demonstrated outstanding research and teaching achievements, and service to the School and their respective fields. Heart-felt congratulations to each of them on their well-deserved promotions.
Prof. Jason Lam’s team invented a methodology to synthesize a valuable chemical, gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), using a feedstock derived from biomass yard waste, furoic acid. The work is published in Nature Communications, titled “One-pot redox cascade paired electrosynthesis of gamma-butyrolactone from furoic acid”.
The Office of the Vice-President (Research) at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) proudly announces a special event dedicated to promoting and celebrating the remarkable achievements of women and girls in the field of science and technology. In alignment with the upcoming International Day of Women and Girls in Science on February 11, 2024, CityU organized an inspiring photo shoot that beautifully captures the strength and brilliance of our female faculty members.
A groundbreaking study on thermochromic smart windows titled “Mask-Inspired Moisture-Transmitting and Durable Thermochromic Perovskite Smart Windows” has recently been published in Nature Communications. This research addresses the two main challenges hindering the development of thermochromic perovskite smart windows, namely, poor durability and optical blurriness. Prof.
Prof. Chunhua Liu and Dr. Kuo Feng have been awarded two prestigious awards by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) for their groundbreaking research. The paper, titled “Distributed Hierarchical Control for Fast Frequency Restoration in VSG-Controlled Islanded Microgrids”, published in the IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society (OJIES), has earned them the 2023 IEEE Outstanding Paper Award for the IEEE OJIES.
Congratulations to Mr. Yong Chen, PhD student of Prof. Chunhua Liu, Professor, School of Energy and Environment, for receiving the award of best presenter for the paper titled “Predictive Control of Five-leg Inverter Driving Dual PMSMs for Overcurrent Suppression” in 2023 IEEE 6th Student Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (IEEE SCEMS 2023).
Prof. Xue Wang was awarded the IAAM Scientist Medal from the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) in recognition for her contribution to “Green Energy”. During the past 57th Assembly of Advanced Materials Congress (09 – 12 November 2023) held in Orlando, USA, she was also invited to deliver a lecture entitled “Efficient e-fuel electrosynthesis from CO2” at the conference.
Under the supervision of Prof. Edwin Tso, an undergraduate student at the School of Energy and Environment (SEE), Miss Lau Cheuk Ying, Kathy, has received a seed fund of HK$50,000 from the “Green Energy Dreams Come True” competition organized by HK Electric.
Prof. Sai Kishore RAVI has received the Young Scientist Award in the Global Conference for Decarbonization of Energy and Materials (GCDEM 2023) in Singapore, held from 27 to 30 December 2023. Prof. RAVI was selected by the conference review panel for this award in recognition of his contributions in the domain of “energy harvesting and catalysis”.
Under the supervision of Prof. Edwin TSO, two talented alumni of the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) at the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) have been awarded for their distinguished achievement. Mr. Choi Man Ho and Mr. Cheung Tim Yiu have won the Gold Award with the Electricity-free Cooling Technology of i2Cool Limited, a technology startup incubated by CityU HK Tech 300, at the 3rd Asia Exhibition of Innovations and Inventions Hong Kong (AEII) by the Hong Kong Exporters’ Association (HKEA).
