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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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Contract research on ceramic matrix composite for 3D porcelain artwork

by Dr. S P Feng, Mechanical Engineering

Feb 15, 2016

A research team led by Dr. S P Feng and Dr. W D Li from the Department of Mechanical Engineering has received HK$1million for a contract research project entitled “Reinforcement and Direct Electroplating...
Passive LED technology with longer lifespan

by Prof. Ron S Y Hui, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Feb 4, 2016

Prof. Ron Hui Shu-yuen, Chair of Power Electronics, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and his research team has invented a passive light-emitting diode (LED) driver that is suitable...
NSFC/ RGC Joint Research Scheme funds HKU Engineering research teams

Jan 18, 2016

There are four research teams funded by the NSFC/ RGC Joint Research Scheme. The four projects are: Advancing Transportation Systems Analysis by Integrating Safety Evaluation by Prof. S C Wong; Mechanistic...

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