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Young Faculty members joining the Advanced Robotics Initiative

Mar 17, 2015

HKU Engineering has set up the “Advanced Robotics Initiative” with a vision that it will become one of the most exciting multi-disciplinary initiatives in the Faculty. A wide range of research activities...
Breakthrough technology in wireless power transfer

Mar 4, 2015

Prof. Ron Hui, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and the Wireless Domino Power Transfer Systems. Prof. Ron Hui’s latest breakthrough on wireless charging technology has been widely...
Aqueous interface capturing Beethoven pieces and inaudible notes

Feb 22, 2015

A group of Mechanical Engineering undergraduate students at HKU, under the guidance of the department's Assistant Professor Dr Anderson Shum, has successfully “captured” Beethoven’s 5th symphony with...
Congratulations on winning 2 Collaborative Research Fund projects

Feb 12, 2015

Professor X Y Li and Dr Wallace Choy representing respectively Departments of Civil Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering were awarded Collaborative Research Fund projects by the Research...
Medal for ground-breaking research in building-related fluid dynamics

Jan 30, 2015

A jury representing the HVAC societies in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland has awarded John Rydberg’s Gold Medal to Professor Y.G. Li, Head of Mechanical Engineering, HKU for his extensive and engaged...
William Mong Distinguished Lecture

Centre for Distributed & High Performance Computing, School of Information Technologies, University of Sydney, Australia by Professor Albert Y. Zomaya

Jan 29, 2015

Environmentally Sustainable Distributed Computing Systems Professor Albert Y. Zomaya, gave a lecture on January 29, 2015 titled “Environmentally Sustainable Distributed Computing Systems”. Professor Zomaya...
Research student finds ways to cut LED lamp production cost

Jan 14, 2015

Dr. Li Kwai Hei from Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, recipient of the Award for Outstanding Research Postgraduate Student, carried out his research work based on the nanostructuring...
Energy harvesting from desalination of sea water

Jan 2, 2015

Dr. Chuyang Y. Tang, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, shared his recent development on harvesting energy by the dilution of waste water during desalination of sea water. Desalination is making...
William Mong Distinguished Lecture - Video Cameras Everywhere: Data-Driven Methods for Video Analysis and Enhancement

by Professor Irfan Essa

Dec 11, 2014

Professor George Irfan Essa, gave a lecture on December 11, 2014 titled “Video Cameras Everywhere: Data-Driven Methods for Video Analysis and Enhancement ". Professor Irfan Essa started with describing...
William Mong Distinguished Lecture - Smaller is Stronger? – Exploring the Strange New World of Small-Scale Mechanical Behavior with Nanoindentation

by Professor George M. Pharr

Oct 29, 2014

Professor George M. Pharr, gave a lecture on October 29, 2014 titled “Smaller is Stronger? – Exploring the Strange New World of Small-Scale Mechanical Behavior with Nanoindentation". Since its development...

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