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Detecting COVID-19 virus for sewage

A cross-disciplinary team led by Professor Tong Zhang of the Department of Civil Engineering and supported by the “COVID-19 Action Seed Funding” of the Faculty of Engineering, has received funding from the government's Health and Medical Research Fund to develop a methodology for the detection and monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage to supplement the overall community surveillance system.
Fight COVID-19: Reusable nanofibrous face mask invented by students

A team of undergraduate students, led by Mr Junwei Zhang and Ms Yan Tung Lo and under the supervision of Professor Chuyang Tang and Dr Hao Guo at the Department of Civil Engineering, has successfully developed reusable face masks with novel air filters.
A novel miniaturised organic semiconductor - an important breakthrough essential for future flexible electronic devices

An engineering team led by Dr Paddy Chan Kwok Leung at the Department of Mechanical Engineering has made an important breakthrough in developing the staggered structure monolayer Organic Field Effect Transistors, which sets a major cornerstone to reduce the size of OFETs. The result has been published in the academic journal Advanced Materials. A US patent has been filed for the innovation.
A student-developed system for clean water supply to benefit a school in a deprived area in Myanmar

Twenty HKU students went on a three-week trip organised by the Department of Civil Engineering in January 2020 under an experiential learning programme titled "Horizons Mingde" to study the water supply situation in Myanmar.
National recognition from the Chinese Academy of Engineering

Professor Alfonso Ngan, a distinguished academic in materials science and engineering at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been named an awardee of the 13th Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Prize by the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
HKU Engineering young scientist awarded by China's Excellent Young Scientists Fund 2020

Dr Alan Wong, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (joint appointment with School of Biomedical Sciences), has been awarded the prestigious fund under the National Natural Science Foundation of China, an organisation managed by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST).
International recognitions iCAN 2020

Three engineering projects received international recognitions at the 5th International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada (iCAN 2020).
Staff Achievements

First Class of Natural Science Award by the China Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering Professor Quentin Z.Q. Yue of the Department of Civil Engineering awarded First Class of Natural Science Award...
Student Achievements

HKU Award for Outstanding Research Postgraduate Student 2018-19 Dr Zhu Guangxu, a PhD graduate under the supervision of Dr Kaibin Huang of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, was selected...
Staff News

Associate Heads of Innovation Academy Dr Ngai Wong, from October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2023. Dr May Chui, from October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2023.

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