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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...
Mechanistic study of the degradation of multiple indoor air pollutants through Vacuum UV photocatalysis

by Prof. Yiu Cheong Leung, Mechanical Engineering

Jan 16, 2016

Summary of the NSFC/RGC project (Prof. Dennis Y.C. Leung) Project Reference: N_HKU718/15 Project Title: Mechanistic study of the degradation of multiple indoor air pollutants through Vacuum UV photocatalysis...
Photonic integration in GaN membranes on Silicon

by Dr. Hoi Wai Choi

Jan 14, 2016

Summary of the NSFC/RGC project (Dr. H W Choi) Project Reference: N_HKU710/15 HK Principal Investigator: Dr. Hoi Wai Choi (The University of Hong Kong) Mainland Principal Investigator: Professor Yongjin...
A comprehensive functional ultrasound imaging framework: the assessment of vascular mechanics for the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases

by Dr. Wei-Ning Lee

Jan 12, 2016

Summary of the NSFC/RGC project (Dr. Wei-Ning Lee) Project Reference: N_HKU713/15 HK Principal Investigator: Dr. Wei-Ning Lee (The University of Hong Kong) Mainland Principal Investigator: Dr. Jianwen...
Dr. Ka-Wai Kwok won the Early Career Award 2015/16 by RGC

by Dr. Ka-Wai Kwok, Mechanical Engineering

Jan 4, 2016

Dr. Ka-Wai Kwok becomes the recipient of Early Career Awards 2015/16 offered by Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong. It recognises his work focusing on developing robotic catheterization system...
Intelligent crowdsourcing for the age of Big Data

by Dr. Reynold Cheng, Computer Science

Dec 29, 2015

In the “Era of Big Data”, an extremely large amount of information is created every day, revolutionizing science and technology, governments, economy, and international development. One important source...
Prof. James Lam as one of the nine HKU academics named amongst the world’s most highly cited researchers

Dec 25, 2015

Nine academics of HKU have been named by Thomson Reuters in the list of “Highly Cited Researchers 2015” among the world’s top researchers whose work have been highly cited by fellow academics and are...

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