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Progress of research and development on a sewage COVID-19 virus surveillance system

A multidisciplinary team led by Professor Zhang Tong of Department of Civil Engineering has been conducting a research project since October 2020 for detecting SARS-CoV-2 in sewage and exploring the feasibility of establishing a sewage surveillance system in local communities.
Civil Engineering scholar revealed in first global study hugely uneven urbanization among large cities in the last two decades

Researchers at the Department of Civil Engineering analyzed cities’ urban built-up areas (BUAs) expansion, population growth and greening BUA changes, and revealed a hugely uneven pace of urbanization...
Electrical and Electronic Engineering scientist elevated as IEEE Fellow

Dr. Huang Kaibin of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,has been elected an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellow 2021, in recognition of his contributions to wirelessly powered communications and multi-antenna communications.
Computer Science scholars developed handy multi-purpose IoT device to enable the public to stay alert during the pandemic

A team led by Dr K.K.Y. Wong and Dr Y.K. Choi at the Department of Computer Science has designed and developed a multi-purpose IoT (Internet of Things) device named Stay Alert Stay Healthy box which can be applied in multiple scenarios, providing a one-stop service for the public eager to stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Professor Xiang Zhang encouraged students to be creative and persistent in pursing their dreams

Professor Xiang Zhang has called on students to be creative and persistent in pursuing their dreams and interests at an inaugural talk held at the University’s new Innovation Academy of Faculty of Engineering.
Engineering student team broke the Guinness World Record for the “Fastest 50m swim by a Robotic Fish”twice in a row

BREED Robotics Fish Project broke its previous Guinness World Record of the“Fastest 50 m swim by a Robotic Fish” on October 10, 2020, with a time of 22.92s beating it by a wide margin of 3.87s.
HKU engineering scholars achieved excellence results from Research Grants Council’s 2020/21 research funding schemes

Engineering scholars of The University of Hong Kong has achieved excellent results in the recent announcement by the Research Grants Council of the University Grant Committee on a number of competitive peer-reviewed research funding schemes.
Staff achievements

Dr. K.S. Lui, Dr. K.H. Lam, Dr. Vincent Tam, Mr. E. Lau (former research assistant), Mr. J. Ng (former research assistant) of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Dr. Leon Lei of the Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative, and Dr. T.K.H. Hew of the Faculty of Education have received the Outstanding Paper Awards in IEEE TALE2020.
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Professor Kenneth K.Y. Wong as Head of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering with effect from March 1, 2021.

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