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

Jul 29, 2021

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,...
Mechanical Engineering team developed ECG sensor for detecting atrial fibrillation

Jul 14, 2021
A non-associative phase separation in an evaporating droplet for prebiotic compartmentalization

Jun 30, 2021

Professor Anderson H.C. Shum of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and his team had worked on a research for the topic “Non-associative phase separation in an evaporating droplet as a model for...
A novel “water-in-gel” hybrid battery achieved a high extraction voltage of Na ion

Jun 30, 2021

Professor Dennis Y.C. Leung, Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and his team had worked on a research for the topic “High-Performance Aqueous Na–Zn Hybrid Ion Battery Boosted by “Water-In-Gel”...
An ultra-sensitive molecular sensor featured by centimeter-scale plasmonic metasurface with spatially varying geometry

Jun 30, 2021

Dr Li Wen-Di, Associate Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and his team had worked on a research for the topic “Ultrasensitive Molecular Detection by Imaging of Centimeter-Scale Metasurfaces...
An AI-assisted sentencing predictor for the offence of trafficking in dangerous drugs in Hong Kong

Jun 30, 2021

Professor Ben C.M. Kao of the Department of Computer Science The HKU AI Lawyer, an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted sentencing predictor for the offense of trafficking in dangerous drugs in Hong...
Staff achievements

Jun 1, 2021

Civil Engineering scholars received high ranks among PRC researchers in Geological & Geomatics Engineering from the world (From left): Professor Quentin Z.Q. Yue and Professor Yang Jun Professor Quentin...
A breakthrough in developing organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) and associative learning by organic electrochemical devices

Jun 1, 2021

Dr Paddy K.L. Chan, Associate Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and his teams had worked on two research topics “Sub-thermionic, ultra-high-gain organic transistors and circuits” and...
Recognition to engineering scholars for excellence in research and teaching

Apr 30, 2021

(From left): Professor S.M. Yiu, Dr Kwok Ka Wai, Dr Chen Yue, Professor Zhang Tong, Professor Christopher Chao, Dr Lam King Hang and Professor Tang Chuyang Congratulations to Professor Zhang Tong, Professor...
Engineering academics awarded four Gold Medals and four Silver Medals at 2021 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days

Apr 30, 2021

The University of Hong Kong reaped a total of eleven awards at the Special Edition 2021 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days. Among the eleven awards, engineering academics received 4 Gold Medals and 4 Silver...

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