Research News | Faculty of Engineering, HKU

Search

Super Steel breakthrough developed by HKU-led team published in SCIENCE

Sep 21, 2017

A Hong Kong-Beijing-Taiwan mechanical engineering team led by Dr Huang Mingxin from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has recently developed a Super Steel (also called D&P Steel as it adopted a new deformed...
Small is Big - Bio-inspired and microfluidics-enabled structures for manipulating liquids

Sep 20, 2017

Professor Liqiu Wang (the second from right) demonstrates the manipulation of nano- droplets with his PhD students, Xin Tang, Pingan Zhu and Ye Tian (from the left). Nature has always been our inspiration...
Dr. Jun Yang received Outstanding Research Achievement Award from China’s Ministry of Education

Sep 20, 2017

Dr. Jun Yang (first from left) received the award at the Award Presentation Ceremony. In collaboration with Zhejiang University, Dr. Jun Yang of Department of Civil Engineering has won the Natural Sciences...
HKU scientists achieve major breakthrough in untangling mysteries of the brain

Sep 18, 2017
100^th William Mong Distinguished Lecture - Options to Create a Sustainable Energy Future

William Mong Distinguished Lecture by Professor Arun Majumdar

Sep 1, 2017

Over the past 21 years, the William M.W. Mong Research Fund has provided invaluable resources for the Faculty to enhance its research capability through the Distinguished Lecture Series. Academics from...
Fault strength and seismic rupture mechanism

William Mong Distinguished Lecture by Professor Aiming Lin

Aug 3, 2017

Professor Lin Aiming from the Kyoto University, gave a lecture on August 3, 2017 titled “Fault strength and seismic rupture mechanism”. The strength of seismogenic fault is an important factor in understanding...
Color Our World With Photonics

William Mong Distinguished Lecture by Professor L. Jay Guo

Jul 20, 2017

Professor L. Jay Guo from The University of Michigan, gave a lecture on July 20, 2017 titled “Color Our World With Photonics”. We find rich and pleasing colors in the world around us, mostly with the...
MRS Spring Meeting Chair Professor Alfonso Ngan

May 8, 2017

Prof. A.H.W. Ngan was invited by Materials Research Society (MRS) to serve as one of the five Meeting Chairs in the MRS 2017 Spring Meeting, which was held successfully in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, from...
Research Student Centre and DreamLab

Apr 12, 2017

Research Student Centre Innovation is one of the three pillars in the strategy plan of HKU and the Faculty of Engineering. The Faculty has always been the source of innovations and talents that, in the...
Endowed Professorships to Prof. SC Wong and Prof. Victor Li

Mar 31, 2017

The Tenth Inauguration of Endowed Professorship was successfully held on March 31, 2017. It was our pleasure to have the donors, teachers, families and friends joining us at the Ceremony. With the support...

Research