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Professor Li Yuguo received Louise and Bill Holladay Distinguished Fellow Award by ASHRAE

Professor Li Yuguo, Chair Professor of Building Environment, Department of Mechanical Engineering received the Louise and Bill Holladay Distinguished Fellow Award 2021 by The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) in recognition of his contributions to continuous preeminence in engineering or research work.
New sewage surveillance method to detect COVID-19 virus variants

The sewage monitoring technology developed by the HKU multidisciplinary team led by Professor Zhang Tong of the Department of Civil Engineering has been incorporated as one of the key components of the control strategy for fighting against COVID-19 since the fourth wave of epidemic outbreaks.
Mechanical Engineering team developed ECG sensor for detecting atrial fibrillation

In a collaboration with Nanjing University, Dr Paddy K.L. Chan, Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, developed a novel wearable electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor by integrating flexible, ultra-thin organic semiconductors into a flexible polyimide substrate.
COVID-19 Engineering Lecture Series - Behaviour Analysis of MTR passengers during COVID-19: A Data Driven Approach

The fourth COVID-19 Engineering Lecture Series “Behaviour Analysis of MTR passengers during COVID-19: A Data Driven Approach” was organised on June 28, 2021 by Professor Reynold C.K. Cheng of Department of Computer Science.
Engineering Scholars awarded Medal of Honor by the Government

The HKSAR Government announced the 2021 Honours List. Professor Li Yuguo, Chair Professor of Building Environment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Professor Zhang Tong of the Department of Civil Engineering were awarded the Medal of Honour (MH) in recognition of their contributions in fighting against COVID-19.
Mechanical Engineering scholar breakthrough research in cell mechanics

Dr Lin Yuan, Associate Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and his team had worked on a research for the topic “Force-mediated cellular anisotropy and plasticity dictate the elongation dynamics of embryos”. The research was published by Science Advances on June 30, 2021.
Staff achievements

Dr Match W.L. Ko, Lecturer of the Department of Mechanical Engineering was awarded the Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award (Individual) 2019-20.
Student achievements

Ms Peng Lu, PhD student of Professor Tang Chuyang of the Department of Civil Engineering had presented her research and the thesis entitled “A Bubble within a Membrane, a Drop from the Ocean” and won the Champion of the Virtual HKU Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition 2021.
Staff news

Dr YANG Yuxiang, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, with effect from July 21, 2021.

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