The University of Hong Kong reaped a total of eleven awards at the Special Edition 2021 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days. Among the eleven awards, engineering academics received 4 Gold Medals and 4 Silver Medals. The International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva is one of the most significant global annual events devoted exclusively to inventions. Around 600 inventions from about 20 countries were evaluated on virtual platforms by the international jury of specialists from 10 to 14 March 2021.
Gold Medals:
Professor Zhang Tong, Department of Civil Engineering
Research projects: Innovative Sewage Testing Tool for SARS-CoV-2
Dr Tony Feng, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Projects: Direct Thermal Charging Cell (DTCC)
Professor Wang Liqiu, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research projects: Light-controlled Contamination-free Fluidic Processor
Professor Huang Mingxin, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research projects: Ultra-Strong and Ductile Steel with Low Price and Easy Manufacturing
Silver Medals:
Professor Tang Chuyang, Department of Civil Engineering
Research projects: A Nanofibrous Composite Membrane Air Filter
Dr Zheng Wang, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research projects: A Soft Underwater Manipulation System
Professor Anderson Shum, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research projects: Microfluidic Platform for Metastasis Detection and Drug Discovery (team leader: Professor Alice S. T. Wong, School of Biological Sciences)
Dr Kwok Ka-Wai, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research projects: Momentus Robotics – MR-safe Actuators
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