Energy conversion is an essential topic in energy and environmental research. The conversion efficiency and device’s stability are the most significant concerns for sustainable development.
Dr. Patrick Lee, Associate Dean (Undergraduate Studies), was invited to be a guest speaker of the RTHK TV programme "Tutor Online - Guard Against Novel Coronavirus" on 15 April 2020.
Dr. Lin Zhang, Assistant Professor, was invited to be a speaker for the IAEE podcast series of International Association of Energy Economics. In the podcast, he gave a talk on “COVID19 is changing the emission trajectories in China and at global level”.
Dr. Denis Yu, SEE Associate Professor, was interviewed by SCMP on 21 Feb 2020 on how to charge the cell phones in order to optimise the battery's lifespan.
Miss Wylie CHUNG Wai Yi, a 2019 SEE UG Graduate, received the Best Final-Year Environmental Project Award 2019 (1st Runner-up) presented by The HKIE Environmental Division in the Annual Reception held on 8th January 2020.
Professor Chak K Chan, Dean of the School of Energy and Environment, gave a plenary talk on “Gas-Particle Interactions: Hygroscopic Properties, Phase Transformation and Heterogeneous Reactions of Atmospheric Aerosols” in the 15th International Conference on Atmospheric Sciences and Application to Air Quality (ASAAQ) in Kuala Lumpur on October 28, 2019.
This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to John Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino, three scientists working in the field of lithium-ion batteries.
Associate Professor Dr. Yun Hau Ng, from the School of Energy and Environment, was interviewed in a tech-focused TVB programme “Innovation GPS (創科導航)” on the clean hydrogen energy generation and water treatment using the principle of photocatalysis.
