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New Engineering TSSSU Projects awarded in 2016/17

Jul 25, 2016

In academic year 2016/17, there are altogether 13 TSSSU Projects awarded by the Technology Transfer Office and 9 of them are from the Faculty of Engineering. The new Engineering TSSSU Projects are listed...
Incentive Engineering: Getting to the Right Inputs

William Mong Distinguished Lecture by Professor David C. Parkes

Jul 22, 2016

Professor David C. Parkes, Area Dean for Computer Science, Harvard College Professor, George F. Colony Professor, Harvard University, gave a lecture on July 22, 2016 titled “Incentive Engineering: Getting...
Signal Processing at Light Speed: Ultrashort Optical Pulse Generation with Arbitrary Waveforms

William Mong Distinguished Lecture by Professor Andrew Weiner

Jul 15, 2016

Professor Andrew Weiner, Scifres Family Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, gave a lecture on July 15, 2016 titled “Signal Processing at Light Speed: Ultrashort...
IEEE Electromagnetics Award 2017 given to Prof. Weng Cho Chew

Jul 15, 2016

Prof. Weng Cho Chew, a Visiting Honorary Professor, at the Dept. of EEE was named the recipient of the 2017 IEEE Electromagnetics Award, for outstanding contributions to electromagnetics in theory, application,...
Theme-based Research Scheme funding secured for wastewater treatment project

by Prof. X Y Li

Jul 13, 2016

Theme 2: Developing a Sustainable Environment Project Title: Enhanced Separation and Sludge Refinery for Wastewater Treatment – Solving the Nexus of Pollution Control and Resource Recovery in Mega Cities...
Prof. Ben Young received the Best Research Paper Prize in the Journal of Structures

by Prof. Ben Young, Civil Engineering

Jul 13, 2016

Professor Ben Young from the Department of Civil Engineering and his collaborators from the University of Lisbon, Portugal received the Best Research Paper Prize in June 2016 for the paper “Local-Distortional...
Metagenomics: a crossroads of opportunity for environmental protection and management

William Mong Distinguished Lecture by Professor James Tiedje

Jul 8, 2016

Professor James Tiedje, University Distinguished Professor, Director of the Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University, gave a lecture on July 8, 2016 titled “Metagenomics: a crossroads of...
HKU team awarded Best Live Demonstration Prize at the Surgical Robot Challenge in London

by Dr. Ka-wai Kwok, Mechanical Engineering

Jul 8, 2016

Surgical Robot Challenge is a world-renowned event open for application to showcase the latest innovations in the field of surgical robotics. This international event is annually organized by The Engineering...
Wearable organic semiconductor sensors for health monitoring applications

by Dr. Paddy Chan, Mechanical Engineering

Jun 30, 2016

Thanks to the highly flexible and stretchable properties of organic semiconductors, a new class of smart sensors based on organic field effect transistor (OFETs) have been developed. Different from the...
Two Engineering students participated in the Harvard Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU)

Jun 19, 2016

Wong Ho Ching, Harry Civil Engineering, Year 4 Visiting the New England Aquarium with other REU participants I participated in the Harvard Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) last summer and worked...

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