The Research Grants Council (RGC) has just announced the results of the GRF and ECS exercises for 2021/22. In this latest competition, SEE faculty members received an overall success rate of 48%, with 12 out of 25 applications awarded for GRF or ECS.
An internal retirement farewell party was held for Professor Johnny Chan, Chair Professor of Atmospheric Science and the founding Dean of the School of Energy and Environment, on 30 June 2021. Around 50 guests, including SEE faculty members, alumni, students, and administrative staff, joined the party via the online platform or in person.
Dr. Edwin Tso’s group recently developed a hydrated MAPbI3−xClx thermochromic perovskite smart window, which demonstrates a smart and thermally responsive optical regulation ability. Notably, a low transition temperature, narrow transition hysteresis width, and short transition time are also achieved successfully, showing great potential for use in energy-efficient buildings.
The School of Energy and Environment (SEE) is pleased to announce that the following students have received the “VTech Innovation & Sustainability Award”. The Award is established through a generous donation from the VTech Group of Companies (VTech) and is intended for students who have demonstrated exceptional performance, innovation and impact in their Final Year Project (FYP) related to sustainability.
Dr. Edwin Tso, Assistant Professor, was recently invited by the RTHK to talk about a novel building cooling energy saving strategy at a radio programme (Programme Title in Chinese: “寰聽世界”) on 15 June 2021.
Lithium-ion batteries are indispensable in our daily life. We use them all the time in cell phones, laptops and even electric vehicles to store energy. Most of us have probably experienced the anxiety when our cell phone battery is running low and wish that the battery can be charged within minutes.
Dr. Yun Hau Ng, Associate Professor from SEE, presented his research on “Hydrogen Production” by using photocatalytic water splitting at “Carbon Neutrality Task Force” on 10 June 2021. Around 40 participants from Environmental Protection Department, Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, Fire Services Department, Planning Department, Transport Department and Marine Department joined together to learn the latest advancement in Green Technology that will help Hong Kong to achieve carbon neutrality in coming years.
Dr. Alicia An has recently received the Marine Conservation Enhancement Fund for the project “Removal of Micro/Nano Plastic from Marine Environments Using Nanobubble”.
