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HKU Engineering scholars received over HK$60 million funding from Innovation and Technology Fund

HKU Engineering scholars received over HK$60 million funding from Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) forin 17 projects under different programmes such asincluding Midstream Research Programme, ITSP Platform Project, ITSP Seed Project, Partnerhsip Research Programme etc.
Key breakthrough for Mechanical Engineers in droplet manipulation

Professor L.Q. Wang, Chair Professor of Thermal-Fluid Sciences and Engineering of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and his teams had worked on two research topics “Slippery damper of an overlay for arresting and manipulating droplets on nonwetting surfaces” and “Furcated droplet motility on crystalline surfaces”. Both papers have been published by Nature Communications and Nature Nanotechnology on May 26, 2021 and July 19, 2021 respectively.
3D perovskite nanopixels for ultrahigh-resolution color displays and multilevel anticounterfeiting

Dr Ji Tae Kim, Assistant Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and his team had worked on a research for the topic “Three-Dimensional Perovskite Nanopixels for Ultrahigh-Resolution Color Displays and Multilevel Anticounterfeiting”. The research was published by Nano Letters on June 14, 2021.
Faculty of Engineering launched new Data Science and Engineering minor programme

The Faculty of Engineering of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) will launch a new minor programme “Data Science and Engineering” in the 2021/22 academic year for students pursuing the Bachelor of Engineering (BENG).
Research breakthrough in cell mechanics discovered abnormal embryo elongation for early treatment

In a recent breakthrough, a research team led by Dr. Yuan LIN, Associate Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hong Kong has shed critical insight on what causes abnormal embryo elongation, and possible new ways of treating those disorders. The findings have been published in Science Advances.
Chief Executive visited to the facilities of Faculty of Engineering

Chief Executive Mrs Carrie Lam was accompanied by Council Chairman Professor Arthur Li and President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Xiang Zhang for a tour of the facilities at the Faculty of Engineering, for an understanding of the University’s latest development in research.
William Mong Distinguished Lecture: Bioinspired Adaptive Building Skins: From Nano- to Macroscales

Professor Shu Yang, Joseph Bordogna Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, Chair of the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, and Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at University of Pennsylvania delivered a distinguished lecture titled “Bioinspired Adaptive Building Skins: From Nano- to Macroscales” on August 5, 2021.
Staff achievements

Dr Huang Kaibin of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering has been granted research funding from the Research Fellow Scheme of the Research Grants Council (RGC).
Student achievements

A Mechanical student project team awarded the Best Student Design Award organised by Institution of Mechanical Engineers Hong Kong Branch.
Staff news

Professor David Srolovitz Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Chair of Materials Theory with effect from August 1, 2021. Dean of Engineering with effect from September 1, 2021.

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