The Research Grants Council (RGC) has just announced the results of the GRF exercises for 2022/23. In this latest competition, SEE faculty members have secured 8 awards, with a total funding exceeds HK$7 million. SEE continues to strive in research excellence towards energy and environmental areas.
To nurture young leaders in the fields of energy, environment and sustainability, the School is pleased to announce that Veolia Environmental Services China Limited has kindly agreed to donate a scholarship to the University in order to reward SEE students with outstanding academic performance and promising attributes with effect from the 2021/2022 academic year. There shall be four scholarships in each academic year and the value of each scholarship shall be HK$10,000.
Dr. Edwin Tso’s paper titled “Near-Infrared-Activated Thermochromic Perovskite Smart Windows” has been published on Advanced Science (IF:16.806, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202106090) and featured as inside front cover in the Issue 14, Volume 9.
Dr. Alicia An’s paper titled “Transforming Ti3C2Tx MXene’s intrinsic hydrophilicity into superhydrophobicity for efficient photothermal membrane desalination” is accepted to Nature Communications (Impact factor: 14.919 and it is in press now (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31028-6). It is being featured as the Editors’ Highlights.
Dr. Chunhua Liu, Associate Professor, recently received funding from the Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) 2021/22 for his project “Development of a New Integrated Energy Exchanger for Electric Vehicle Charging Station”.
Dr. Edwin Tso, Assistant Professor, and Mr. Marin Zhu, PhD student, will be interviewed by TVB (Television Broadcasts Limited) to share their views on the innovation and technology advancement in Hong Kong and Greater Bay Area. The interview will be aired at Channel 85 TVB Finance & Information Channel – Decoding The GBA, at 8:30pm on 9 June 2022.
The Sustainability Today Photography Competition 2022 was successfully held by the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) Student Chapter. SEE Student Chapter is proud to present the winners of Sustainability Today Photography Competition 2022 and their magnificent works.
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.
Dr. Patrick Sit, Associate Dean (Undergraduate Studies), and Dr. Yun Hau Ng, Associate Professor, are invited by EDUplus.hk to be the guest speakers of a Facebook Live Programme. Through the programme, Dr. Sit and Dr. Ng introduced the information of SEE’s Undergraduate Programmes (Bachelor of Engineering in Energy Science and Engineering, and Bachelor of Engineering in Environmental Science and Engineering), and their insights into carbon neutrality, zero emission and ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance).
