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  Teachers and researchers awarded for excellence

  May 11, 2016

  From left: Dr Paddy Chan, Dr Wilton Fok, Professor Ben Young, Dean Norman Tien, Dr Kevin Tsia, Dr Kit Chui, Dr Chris R. Roberts The Award Presentation Ceremony for Excellence in Teaching, Research and...

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  Embarking on a New Journey to Research Excellence: Academic · Professional · Personal

  Event for Engineering MPhil and PhD Students

  May 6, 2016

  Dear Engineering RPg students, You might have these questions come to mind: What am I going to attain? A degree? Knowledge? Career prospects? Friendship? How can I become a full-fledged professional after...

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  Hong Kong Workshop on Quantum Information and Foundations

  by Department of Computer Science

  May 4, 2016 - May 7, 2016

  We're honored to host two Colloquium Lectures by two leading pioneers of quantum information and computation, Umesh Vazirani (UC Berkeley), winner of the Fulkerson Prize 2012, and Alexander Holevo (Steklov...

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  Seminar cum Forum: “Systems Zero Carbon Building: Policy and Partnership”

  by The Hong Kong Zero Carbon Partnership

  Apr 28, 2016

  Organised by : The University of Hong Kong (HKU) Co-organised by : Construction Industry Council (CIC) and Zero Carbon Building (ZCB) Time : 1:30pm – 5:30pm, 28 April 2016 Venue : Wang Gungwu Theatre,...

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  Dr. Heming Cui receives Croucher Innovation Award 2016

  by Dr. Heming Cui, Computer Science

  Apr 19, 2016

  Established in 2012, the Croucher Innovation Awards aim to identify a small number of exceptionally talented scientists working at an internationally competitive level and to offer substantial support...

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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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  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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  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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