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Staff Achievements

Oct 28, 2020

First Class of Natural Science Award by the China Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering

 Professor Quentin Yue

Professor Quentin Z.Q. Yue of the Department of Civil Engineering awarded First Class of Natural Science Award by the China Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering for his paper "Digital drilling process monitoring (DPM) technology and theoretical method for in-situ test of soil and rock strength and profile”.

 

 

2019 Paper Award for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

 Professor Ron Hui

A paper entitled “Minimum Active Switch Requirements for Single-Phase PFC Rectifiers Without Electrolytic Capacitors” by Professor Ron Hui and his team of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering received  2019 Second Place Prize Paper Award for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.

Minimum Active Switch Requirements for Single-Phase PFC Rectifiers Without Electrolytic Capacitors

Sinan Li; Wenlong Qi; Jiayang Wu; Siew-Chong Tan; Shu-Yuen Hui

 

 

Asia Smart App Awards 2020

 HinCare

HINCare, a service-matching app for elderly people developed by Professor Reynold Cheng and his team of the Department of Computer Science, awarded the Certificate of Merits under the category of Lifestyle, Social & Entertainment in the Asia Smart App Awards 2020.

For more details of this software platform, please visit https://www.hincare.hku.hk/.

 

 

Commendation by the HKSAR Chief Executive

 Pan Wei_tb-1

Professor Pan Wei of the Department of Civil Engineering is commended by the HKSAR Chief Executive in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the fight against COVID-19.

 

 

Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Award 2020

 Dr Tony Feng

Congratulations to Dr Tony Feng of the Department of Mechanical Engineering for being selected for the Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award this year in respect of his outstanding accomplishments achieved in the project entitled “Direct Thermal Charging Cell for Waste Heat to Electricity Conversion”.

For more details of the project, please visit https://www.hku.hk/press/press-releases/detail/20140.html.