City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) researchers excelled at the 50th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (IEIG), securing 33 awards. This remarkable success highlights CityUHK’s global leadership in high-calibre research and innovation.
Professor Michael Yang Mengsu, Senior Vice-President (Innovation & Enterprise) and Yeung Kin Man Chair Professor of Biomedical Sciences, proudly extended his congratulations to all the award recipients for their achievements. He remarked that their accomplishments reflect CityUHK’s commitment to fostering innovation and excellence on a global scale, as well as their dedication to making positive impacts on both Hong Kong society and the world.
Professor Yang said that CityUHK is committed to facilitating the transfer of research findings into tangible real-world applications, adding that the University will continue to be committed to promoting innovative research and nurturing outstanding talent.
He also emphasised that CityUHK will continue to promote interdisciplinary scientific research and encourage cross-departmental collaboration among scholars. For example, CityUHK has been consistently promoting collaboration among the industry, academic and research sectors, adopting a triangular collaboration model that brings together talent, government, and industry in the Academy of Innovation, the Institute of Digital Medicine, and the Hong Kong Institute of AI for Science, established by CityUHK last year.
Among the 33 awards at the 50th IEIG, 14 victorious teams are led by researchers of the College of Engineering. They secured three Gold Medals with Congratulations of the Jury, four Gold Medals, six Silver Medals, and one Bronze Medal.
| Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury | |||
| Company name | Inventors and team members | CityUHK department | Project |
| CityUHK | Prof. CHUNG Shu Hung Henry Mr. TANG Ho Tin |
EE | Innovative Gate Drive Technology: Incorporating Self-adaptive Gate Driving, Health Monitoring, and Crosstalk Mitigation for Wide Band Gap Devices Prevalent in Modern Energy Systems |
| CityUHK | Prof. Johnny HO Miss YIN Di Miss CHEN Mengxue Dr. CHEN Dong Dr. QUAN Quan |
MSE | Integrated Reactor for Synergistic Solar-driven Water Purification and Hydrogen Generation |
| CityUHK, NPMM, LuMAT- SERS Limited*, Hong Kong Centre for Cerebro-cardiovascular Health Engineering (COCHE), InnoHK |
Prof. Jian LU | MNE, MSE, BME, BMS | Nano-Engraved Sensor Detection System for Rapid Detection of CVD Biomarkers and Early Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Diseases |
| Dr. Junda SHEN Dr. Binbin ZHOU Dr. Shaofei LI Mr. Yunqin ZHANG |
MNE | ||
| Prof. Yangyang LI | MSE, MNE | ||
| Gold Medal | |||
| Company name | Inventors and team members | CityUHK department | Project |
| CityUHK | Prof. ZHU Zonglong | CHEM, MSE | EcoNexus: InLight Perovskite-Sustainable Indoor Solar Cell System for IoT Self-powered Applications |
| Mr. WANG Ning Mr. YU Zexin Dr. ZHANG Chunlei Mr. VANIN Francesco Mr. QIAN Liangchen Dr. GAO Danpeng Dr. WU Xin |
CHEM | ||
| CityUHK | Prof. Derrick C.Q. JIANG Mr. B. ZHANG Mr. C. CHEN Mr. X.S. WANG Mr. Y.B. WANG Dr. L.P. MO |
EE | Low-altitude Economy Boost: Efficient and Lightweight Wireless Energy Harvesting System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| CityUHK | Prof. Shien-Ping FENG | SYE, MNE | Water- and Heat- activated Dynamic Passivation for Perovskite Photovoltaics |
| Prof. Wei-Ting WANG Dr. Sheng-Jye CHERNG Dr. Chih-Chun CHUNG Dr. Yu-Ting HUANG |
SYE | ||
| E-VITY LIMITED* | Prof. Juan Antonio ZAPIEN Miss KWONG Yee Man Dr. Md Rashedul HUQE |
MSE | Highly Stable Optical Cavity |
| Silver Medal | |||
| Company name | Inventors and team members | Organisation /CityUHK department |
Project |
| CAT Limited* | Prof. Michael K.H. LEUNG | SEE, MNE | Nano-Photocatalytic Coatings for Marine and Built Environments: Antifouling and Anticorrosion, Rust Removal and Lubrication, Antibacterial and Self-Cleaning |
| Dr. Yingguang ZHANG Dr. Jinsong ZHOU Dr. Wei XIONG Miss Keda CHEN Miss LEUNG Tsz Kei Miss TANG Qinglan |
SEE | ||
| CityUHK | Prof. Ray CHEUNG | EE, CS | S-RISC-V: Lightweight Secure Processor Architecture Prototype and Application |
| Prof. Alan LAM Dr. Gaoyu MAO Dr. Guangyan LI Mr. Zekai ZHANG Dr. Yao LIU |
EE | ||
| Prof. ZHANG Zijun Mr. ZHAO Xinuo Ms. WANG Liang |
DS | ||
| Mr. Jinfa HONG Mr. Bohao ZHANG |
EE | ||
| CityUHK, Centre for Intelligent Multidimensional Data Analysis (CIMDA), InnoHK |
Prof. Hong YAN Mr. Qixuan ZHENG |
EE | Effective Image Matching Using Hypergraph Models |
| SeaNet Cable Planning and Design Company Limited*, Centre for Intelligent Multidimensional Data Analysis (CIMDA), InnoHK |
Prof. Moshe ZUKERMAN Prof. Yanni SUN Dr. Xinyu WANG Dr. Tianjiao WANG Dr. Qing WANG Dr. Chao GUO Mr. Fahan CHEN Mr. Shuhong LIN Miss Jiahe XU |
EE | Towards a Smarter, Connected World: Automatic, Intelligent and Reliable Submarine Optical Cable Path and System Design |
| Prof. Felipe CUCKER | MA | ||
| Prof. Yu WANG | ACE | ||
| Prof. Zengfu WANG | Northwestern Polytechnical University | ||
| Prof. William MORAN Prof. Gang WANG Prof. Jun GUO Dr. Elias TAHCHI Mr. C. F. LEUNG |
Other institutiions | ||
| STRELI Technology Limited# | Prof. Lishuai LI | DS, MNE, SYE | ECO-AI: Energy and Carbon Optimization with AI for Industry |
| Prof. Way KUO | HKIAS, EE, MNE, SYE, DS | ||
| Prof. Xiaohua JIA | CS | ||
| Dr. Xinyu HE | DS | ||
| Bronze Medal | |||
| Company name | Inventors and team members | Organisation /CityUHK department |
Project |
| CityUHK | Prof. LY Thuc Hue | CHEM, MSE | Engineering Surface Wrinkles to Modulate Electrical and Optical Properties for Nanodevices |
| Dr. HUANG Lingli Dr. THI Quoc Huy Mr. CHEN Honglin |
CHEM | ||
(*) The award-winning teams under HK Tech 300, CityUHK’s large-scale flagship innovation and entrepreneurship programme
(#) A CityU spin-off (formed by CityU staff and students to champion the commercial exploitation of CityU IPs
Collaborative project through participation in the competition by Lingnan University
| Silver Medal | |||
| Company name | Inventors and team members | Organisation /CityUHK department |
Project |
| CityUHK, Lingnan University** |
Prof. Si-Zhao QIN | Lingnan University | A Multi-time-scale Model for Day-ahead Forecasting of Passenger Travel-time and Destinations Distribution |
| Prof. Lishuai LI | DS, SYE, MNE | ||
| Prof. Yining DONG Dr. Yiren LIU |
DS | ||
(**) The invention is jointly developed by CityUHK and Lingnan University
Note:
| ACE: | Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
| EE: | Department of Electrical Engineering |
| MNE: | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| MSE: | Department of Materials Science and Engineering |
| SYE: | Department of Systems Engineering |
| NPMM: | Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center |
| BME: | Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedicine |
| BMS: | Department of Biomedical Science, College of Biomedicine |
| CHEM: | Department of Chemistry, College of Science |
| CS: | Department of Computer Science, College of Computing |
| DS: | Department of Data Science, College of Computing |
| HKIAS: | Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study |
| SEE: | School of Energy and Environment |
| MA: | Department of Mathematics, College of Science |
The IEIG, an annual event focused on inventions, offers a unique platform for inventors and researchers from all over the world to showcase their research outcomes and new products. The 50th edition held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 9 to 13 April, featured over 1,000 inventions from 42 countries and regions worldwide.
