Pollutant concentrations are halved by about 17 m from the road edge! So is the latest finding by Prof. Peter Brimblecombe and his group. The pollutant gradient can be described using an analytical dispersion equation that allows for dispersion along the wind direction.
Hong Kong is one of the most populous cities in the world with a density of 130,000 people per square kilometre, generating more than 6 million tons of trash per year. Waste management is particularly difficult due to the geography of the archipelago which, like other island regions, lacks space.
Dr. Masaru Yarime participated in the Global Consortium for Sustainability Outcomes (GCSO) Second Annual Meeting, which was held in Washington, D.C. on 21-23 February 2018, on behalf of the representative of the City University of Hong Kong.
Dr. Masaru Yarime spoke on innovation and government policy at RTHK Radio 3 "Backchat" on 7 March 2018. The guests coming from academia and industry discussed the recent government plan to make a large invest in innovation and technological development and its implications for the industry's competitiveness and people's welfare in Hong Kong.
RTHK Radio 3 "Backchat"
Congratulations to our PhD student, Miss Julie Metta, for receiving the Certificate of Merit from Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies. The PhD student is supervised by Dr. Lin Zhang.
