The Research Grants Committee (RGC) released the results of the 2023/24 General Research Fund (GRF) and Early Career Scheme (ECS) exercise on 30 June. We are pleased to note that the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) has 12 faculty members received the awards this year and secured total research funding exceeding HK$11M.
Invited by Professor Michael Pollitt (Vice President of International Association for Energy Economics and Professor of Business Economics at University of Cambridge) and Professor Adonis Yatchew, (Editor-in-Chief of The Energy Journal and Professor of Economics at University of Toronto), Dr.
The School of Energy and Environment (SEE) hosted the “SEE Green Innovation Competition 2023” Campus Tour on 3 June 2023. Joining us were the shortlisted teams from Canadian International School of Hong Kong, Diocesan Boys’ School, Hong Kong International School, Maryknoll Convent School (Secondary Section), St. Paul's School (Lam Tin), Stamford American School Hong Kong and West Island School.
The School of Energy and Environment (SEE) is absolutely delighted to announce that the following students have been chosen as the recipients of the Outstanding Final Year Project Award of the year. The Award is given to students who have achieved exceptional performance in their final year projects in terms of (i) technical or scholarly quality, (ii) originality, creativity, and innovation, and (iii) impact.
At the 48th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva (IEIG), Dr. Wei Wu and his PhD students (Mr. Fuxiang Li and Mr. Haosheng Lin) of the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) won two gold medals with their inventions: “Energy-free PV Cooler and Water Harvester” and “Power-to-water Battery.” These inventions are promising for renewable energy harvesting, storage, and conversion towards carbon neutrality. Both inventions have been applied for United States patents.
We are pleased to announce that Professor YUAN Zhiguo has reported his duty at the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) as Chair Professor of Urban Water Management from 2 May 2023.
Professor Yuan received his PhD degree from the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China. He served as Professor and Director of the Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology at The University of Queensland until July 2022.
On 21 April 2023, the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) organized its first School Annual Lunch Gathering since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Just in time, Professor Chak K. CHAN, our former School Dean and Chair Professor of Atmospheric Environment, will leave CityU at the end of April to join King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia. The SEE Annual Lunch Gathering becomes a good occasion for SEE members and CityU friends to meet and say farewell to Professor Chak Chan.
In the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Signing Ceremony between the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) and Great Eagle Group held on 20 April 2023, we are honoured to have Mr. Alexander Lo, Executive Director of Great Eagle Holdings Limited, Professor Matthew Lee, Vice-President (Development & External Relations) of CityU, Professor Chen Guohua, Dean and Chair Professor of Smart Energy Conversion and Storage of SEE, Dr.
We are pleased to announce that Prof. Alex Jen, Prof. Yun Hau Ng, Prof. Angus Yip, and Prof. Xiaoling Zhang have been awarded the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers Award for 2022.
Co-founders of i2Cool Limited, Dr. Edwin Tso (Assistant Professor) and PhD alumnus, Dr. Martin Zhu, have been awarded the Gold Prize in the TERA-Award Smart Energy Innovation Competition. This prestigious award recognizes their revolutionary Electricity-free cooling technology, for which they would receive USD$1 million as the winners.
