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Smart Grid is an electrical grid system related to the control of energy production, conditioning and distribution of electricity. Developed by the three Musketeers from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), Professor Ron Hui Shu-yuen, Professor Tan Siew-chong, and Dr Lee Chi-kwan, Smart Grid allows renewable energy to become more applicable by improving the sustainability of the energy supply.

Dr Wilton Fok, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and his team was awarded HK$3.9 million from the Innovation Technology Fund Better Living Fund for the development of Artificial Intelligence for Drowning Detection and Swimmer Performance Analysis System. The technology will be deployed in the new swimming pool in two schools, Mansung College and Fung Kai No.1 Secondary School.

Among 192 competitors from all over the world and a majority of research teams, “HKU DuckieTown Team” formed by six engineering undergraduates seized a 2nd runner-up in the lane-following challenge of the “AI Driving Olympics” held by the Duckietown Foundation at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in Montreal, Canada.

Update of Associate Dean’s portfolio: Professor Thomas S.T. Ng, Associate Dean (Student Development), with effect from August 26, 2019. Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor: Dos Santos Oliveira,...