Past News & Events

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  High Performance Thermoelectric Materials and Superflexible Transparent Conductors

  William Mong Distinguished Lecture by Professor Zhifeng Ren

  Apr 7, 2016

  Prof. Zhifeng Ren, M. D. Anderson Chair Professor, Physics Department, University of Houston, gave a lecture on April 7, 2016, titled "High Performance Thermoelectric Materials and Superflexible Transparent...
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  Web Accessibility Gold Award won by Prof. T.H. Tse

  Apr 2, 2016

  The main website https://www.rehabsociety.org.hk/zh-hant/ of the Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation (HKSR) has been selected for a Gold Award in the Web Accessibility Recognition Scheme 2016 jointly...
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  Not the way to drain?

  by Dr. Chui T F May, Civil Engineering

  Mar 29, 2016

  Since the last decade, there has been rising interest worldwide in implementing sustainable stormwater drainage systems (SuDS) to reduce the environmental impact. SuDS make use of several techniques such...
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  CS graduates won prize for entrepreneurship experience at Stanford and Silicon Valley

  Mar 22, 2016

  Two CS graduates, Au Tung Kin (MSc(CS) 2015) and Ng Siu Lung, Bryce (BEng(CS) 2015), were nominated by the University to participate in the Cyberport University Partnership Programme 2015...
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  Scaffolding platform for slope site investigation works

  by Dr. Albert T Yeung, Civil Engineering

  Mar 16, 2016

  The research results of field and laboratory investigations on the engineering performance of the fir log scaffolding platform being used for slope site investigation in Hong Kong conducted by Ir Dr....
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  Prof. James Lam honored with State Natural Science Award

  by Prof. James Lam, Mechanical Engineering

  Mar 14, 2016

  The State Natural Science Award aims to reward citizens and organisations that have made outstanding contributions to scientific and technological progress. The award to Professor James Lam in 2015 was...
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  Newport Research Excellence Awards

  Mar 14, 2016

  Two RPG students, Mr. Antony Chan (Supervisor: Prof. Edmund Lam) and Miss Queenie Lai (Supervisor: Dr. Kevin Tsia), received Newport Research Excellence Awards in the SPIE Photonics West conference, held...
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  Ir Dr. Philip W T Pong, recipient of the HKIE Young Engineer of the Year Award 2016

  by Dr. Philip W T Pong, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

  Feb 29, 2016

  The HKIE Young Engineer of the Year Award The recipients of this award have achieved significant achievements, contributions and involvements in the engineering profession and they have committed active...
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  Knowledge Exchange event: Canadian Computing Competition 2016

  Feb 25, 2016

  The Canadian Computing Competition (CCC) began in 1996 as a forum for high school students in Canada to learn about and enjoy aspects of programming. Since then, it has grown to over 2,500 competitors...
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  New method named after HKU tested as the most accurate

  by Dr. Jun Yang, Civil Engineering

  Feb 20, 2016

  Large-diameter steel pipe piles used as foundations for offshore structures (photos by Bilfinger Berger & Vattenfall) The world's ever increasing demand for energy poses many challenges to the design...