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Color Our World With Photonics

William Mong Distinguished Lecture by Professor L. Jay Guo

Jul 20, 2017

Professor L. Jay Guo from The University of Michigan, gave a lecture on July 20, 2017 titled “Color Our World With Photonics”. We find rich and pleasing colors in the world around us, mostly with the...

MRS Spring Meeting Chair Professor Alfonso Ngan

May 8, 2017

Prof. A.H.W. Ngan was invited by Materials Research Society (MRS) to serve as one of the five Meeting Chairs in the MRS 2017 Spring Meeting, which was held successfully in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, from...

Research Student Centre and DreamLab

Apr 12, 2017

Research Student Centre Innovation is one of the three pillars in the strategy plan of HKU and the Faculty of Engineering. The Faculty has always been the source of innovations and talents that, in the...

Endowed Professorships to Prof. SC Wong and Prof. Victor Li

Mar 31, 2017

The Tenth Inauguration of Endowed Professorship was successfully held on March 31, 2017. It was our pleasure to have the donors, teachers, families and friends joining us at the Ceremony. With the support...

Ir Dr. Philip Pong elected as Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining

Mar 24, 2017

Ir Dr. Philip Pong was named Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining (FIMMM) for his contribution in developing new types of sensors with nanomaterials and nanotechnology.

Less is More: A New Class of Optics with Zero Refractive Index for the Applications in Nanophotonics, Nonlinear Optics, and Quanum Entanglement

William Mong Distinguished Lecture by Professor Eric Mazur

Mar 24, 2017

Professor Eric Mazur, Area Dean of Applied Physics and Balkanski Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics of Harvard University, gave a lecture on March 24, 2017 titled “Less is More: A New Class of...

A possible way to solve Medication Errors

Mar 3, 2017

Have you ever suffered from the drug treatment even you are prescribed with the correct medications? One of the reasons is – Medication Errors In the process of a drug treatment, healthcare providers...

Redefining the Drug Discovery Pathway - From Drug Candidate Search to Phenotypic Personalized Medicine (PPM)

William Mong Distinguished Lecture by Professor Chih-Ming Ho

Mar 1, 2017

Professor Chih-Ming Ho, Ben Rich-Lockheed Martin Chair Professor at University of California at Los Angeles, gave a lecture on March 1, 2017 titled “Redefining the Drug Discovery Pathway - From Drug Candidate...

Prof. David Hill selected as new fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences

Feb 20, 2017

Prof. Hill is also a member of The Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and a Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.

Two HKU graduates received the Croucher Fellowship 2016 for postdoctoral research at MIT and CalTech

Feb 16, 2017

Dr. Christopher Lee received the Croucher Fellowship Award in December 2016 Dr. Christopher H. T. Lee , our alumni, has recently received the Croucher Fellowship to support his postdoctoral research in...