Ongoing Research Projects
Currently, our group is involved in six on-going projects, including GRF, MCEF, ECF, UGC/FDS, ConRes-RO, and UGC/TRS grants. We have been extending our close connections with institutions (academic, governmental, and private) within and outside of Hong Kong.
Projects involved as Principal Investigator (PI)
Facile Fabrication of a Bioinspired Omniphobic-slippery Membrane For Robust Membrane Distillation with Real Time Monitoring for Wetting, Fouling and Scaling.
GRF (CityU 11209421), on-going
~$956,000, Jan 2022 – Dec 2024
Removal of Micro/Nano Plastic from Marine Environments Using Nanobubble.
MCEF (MCEF20017), on-going
$523,200.00, May 2021 – Apr 2023
The 4th International Forum on Asian Water Environment Technology (IFAWET-4).
ECF (ECF2020-42), conference held
~$458,500, Jan 2021 – Dec 2021
Investigation of nanobubble flotation to remove micro/nano plastic from Sewage Treatment Works (STWs) in Hong Kong.
ECF (ECF 2020-05), on-going
~$500,000, Oct 2021 – Sep 2023
Design and Development of a Novel Membrane Distillation Process for Textile Wastewater Treatment and Reuse for Zero Liquid Discharge.
ITF (9440294), completed
~$3M, (ITC and L Industries), Dec 2018 – Nov 2020
A Novel Membrane Distillation-crystallizer (MDCr) for Zero Liquid Discharge and Valuable Resource Recovery.
ITF (9440195), completed
~$3M, (ITC and Prime World Limited), May 2018 – Apr 2020
Engineering Omniphobic Slippery Membrane Surface for Wetting and Fouling Prevention: The Expanded Application of Membrane Distillation for Resource Recovery from Wastewater.
GRF (9042497), completed
$582,000, Jan 2018 – Dec 2020
Thermally Driven Energy Efficient Desalination Process: A Hybrid Membrane Distillation-Adsorption Desalination System for Concentrate Treatment.
ECS (9048074), completed
$446,050, Sep 2016 – Aug 2019
Analysing and Monitoring On-site Smart Bin Operation and Odor Control Supporting for Promotion to Adopt New Technology.
ConRes-RO (9231256), completed
$200,000, (Korea Land and Housing Corporation & Hyeockho Engineering), May 2017 – Aug 2019
Nanocomposite Super-hydrophobic-oleophilic Oil Sorbent for Enhanced Sorption Capacity and Reusability.
ARG (9667155), completed
$167,630, Jun 2017 – May 2019
Controlling NOM Fouling on the Microfiltration Ceramic Membrane by Fe-Al Binary Oxide Adsorption Cake Layer.
MF_EXT (9678158)
$191,875, May 2018 – Nov 2021
First Stage of Desalination Plant at Tseung Kwan O -Investigation, Design and Construction (Black & Veatch).
Consultancy (OPAU) (NP024441-01), Completed
$200,000, (WSD and Black & Veatch), Aug 2016 – Dec 2017
Smart Bin & Sustainable Campus: Turning Waste into Energy.
CSF (6986032), Completed
$131,801, Mar 2016 – Jun 2017
Showcasing the Smart-Bin as a Model for Good Sustainability Practice at CityU for Food Waste Management.
CSF (6986050), Completed
$65,000, Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Projects involved in as Co-PI
Development of a novel photocatalytic membrane system for bacteria-resistant organics oxidation in wastewater.
UGC/FDS (UGC/FDS25/E10/17), on-going
$920,100, 2018 – 2020
Investigating the Use of Nanobubble Technology in Aquaculture.
ConRes-RO (9240005), on-going
$10M, (IDRC), 2019 – 2021
A Paradigm-shifting, Fully-integrated, Compact Wastewater-to-resource Facility (WWRF).
UGC/TRS (T21-604 /19-R), on-going
~$30M
Highly Branched Fluorous Ponytails for Membrane Distillation.
completed.
