Professor Ed X. Wu

Programme Director

Lam Woo Professor in Biomedical Engineering

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

Phone : (852) 2859 7096

Email : ewu@eee.hku.hk

Research Interests :

• Biomedical imaging
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) engineering and applications in biomedical research
• Medical instrumentation
• Image processing

Dr. Barbara P. Chan

• Associate Professor
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Faculty of Engineering

• Phone : (852) 2859 2632
• Email : bpchan@hkucc.hku.hk

Research Interests :

• Tissue engineering and regeneration
• Biosurgery laser medicine
• Mechanoregulation
• Stem cells and biomaterial interactions

Professor Paul Y.S. Cheung

• Professor
• Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Faculty of Engineering

• Phone : (852) 2859 2700
• Email : cheung@eee.hku.hk

Research Interests :

• Biomedical engineering: medical electronics biomedical signal processing medical image processing and applications
• Computer systems: parallel processing architecture and algorithms for biomedical system simulation

Professor K.W. Chow

• Professor
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Faculty of Engineering

• Phone : (852) 2859 2641
• Email : kwchow@hku.hk

Research Interests :

• Fluid Mechanics
• Nonlinear Waves and Solitons
• Blood Flow and the Cardiovascular System
• Optical Fibers and Communications

Dr. Yong Hu

• Research Assistant Professor
• Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
• LKS Faculty of Medicine

• Phone : (852) 2974 0359
• Email : yhud@hku.hk

Research Interests :

• Clinical electrophysiology
• Neural engineering
• Neuroimaging
• Functional electric stimulation
• EMG measurement and analysis
• Biomedical signal processing
• Biomedical sensor and technology

Dr. W.-N. Lee

• Assistant Professor

  Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

  Faculty of Engineering

  Phone : (852) 2859 2703

  Email : wnlee@eee.hku.hk

Research Interests :

• Novel medical ultrasound imaging techniques
• Ultrasound therapy and treatment monitoring
• Biomedical imaging
• Cardiac mechanics

Dr. Y. Lin

• Assistant Professor
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Faculty of Engineering

• Phone : (852) 2859 7955
• Email : ylin@hkucc.hku.hk

Research Interests :

• Cellular and molecular biomechanics
• Mechanics of soft materials
• Tthin film mechanics and tribology

Professor William W.J. Lu

• Professor
• Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
• LKS Faculty of Medicine

• Phone : (852) 2819 9593
• Email : wwlu@hku.hk

Research Interests :

• Biomechanics: Spinal Biomechanics Cell and Hard tissue mechanical property evaluation and definition Micro & Nano-Mechanics evaluation of abnormalities in structure and mechanical properties of the bone Medical Implant biomechanical property evaluation and sports biomechanics
• Biomaterials: Novel biomaterials development bioactive bone cement fabrication and evaluations Scaffold materials development SMA Application In vitro and in vivo biomaterials evaluation
• Stem Cell Applications: MSC for Osteoporotic spinal fracture treatment & disc degeneration disease MSC encapsulation using Goat and rabbit Model

Dr. Philip W.T. Pong

• Assistant Professor
• Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Faculty of Engineering

• Phone : (852) 2857 8491
• Email : ppong@eee.hku.hk

Research Interests :

• Application of magnetic nanoparticles in cancer research
• Application of magnetoresistive sensors in cancer research
• Experimental and computational study of the influence of electromagnetic field in life science

Dr. Anderson H.C. Shum

• Assistant Professor
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Faculty of Engineering

• Phone : (852) 2859 7904
• Email : ashum@hku.hk

Research Interests :

• Emulsions
• Microfluidics
• Emulsion-templated materials
• Soft condensed matter physics

Professor Daisy K.Y. Shum

• Professor
• Department of Biochemistry
• LKS Faculty of Medicine

• Phone : (852) 2819 9171
• Email : shumdkhk@hkucc.hku.hk

Research Interests :

• Glycobiology in neural stem cell maintenance/differentiation
• Neural development and regeneration
  airway inflammation
• Biomineralization

Dr. Kevin K. Tsia

• Assistant Professor
• Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Faculty of Engineering

• Phone : (852) 2857 8486
• Email : tsia@eee.hku.hk

Research Interests :

• High-speed optical microscopy and spectroscopy for high throughput screening applications
• Laser microsurgery and therapy
• Micro-endoscopy
• Novel photonic devices for biosensing applications

Professor M. Wang

• Professor
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Faculty of Engineering

• Phone : (852) 2859 7903
• Email : memwang@hku.hk

Research Interests :

• Biomedical materials
• In vitro and in vivo evaluation of biomaterials
• Biomechanics
• Tissue engineering
• Surface engineering
• Nanotechnology
• Materials/systems for controlled release of drugs/biomolecules
• Composite materials
• Engineering ceramics
• Processing structural characterisation and mechanical testing of engineering materials (ceramic, metals, polymers and composites)

Dr. Alfred C.H. Yu

• Research Assistant Professor
• Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Faculty of Engineering

• Phone : (852) 2857 8482
• Email : alfred.yu@hku.hk

Research Interests :

• Diagnostic ultrasound: system design, advanced imaging paradigms, application development
• Therapeutic ultrasound: biophysics, cellular bioeffects, treatment strategies