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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...
HKU advances new optical spectroscopy technology PASTA for breakthroughs in clinical and pathological diagnosis and smart green engine development

Sep 18, 2014
Team HKU and the DARPA Robotics Challenge: Progress Towards Humanoid Autonomy

Lecture by Professor Wyatt Newman, Hung Hing Ying Distinguished Visiting Professor in Science & Technology by Professor Wyatt Newman

Aug 19, 2014

Professor Wyatt Newman, Hung Hing Ying Distinguished Visiting Professor in Science & Technology, the University of Hong Kong, gave a lecture on August 19, 2014 titled “Team HKU and the DARPA Robotics...
Professor Ron S.Y. Hui to receive the 2015 IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award

Jul 28, 2014
HKU research team develops smart software for 3D crime scene reconstruction and human target tracking

Jul 26, 2014
William Mong Distinguished Lecture - Fluid mechanics of sustainable building

by Professor Paul Linden

Jul 9, 2014

Professor Paul Linden, FRS, currently G I Taylor Professor of Fluid Mechanics at Cambridge, gave a lecture on July 9, 2014 titled “Fluid mechanics of sustainable building”. As we face the challenges of...
William Mong Distinguished Lecture - Light energy harvesting and charge carrier collection in mesoscopic solar energy conversion systems

by Professor Michael Grätzel

Jun 25, 2014

Professor Michael Grätzel, gave a lecture on June 25, 2014 titled "Light energy harvesting and charge carrier collection in mesoscopic solar energy conversion systems". Solar cells using dyes or semiconducting...
Internet of Things (IOT) Symposium 2014 IoT Applications and Big Data – Enabling Hong Kong as a Connected and Smart City

Apr 16, 2014 - Apr 17, 2014

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