Two faculty members had achieved outstanding results in the recent announcement by the Research Grants Council of the University Grant Committee on a number of competitive peer-reviewed research funding schemes. The funded projects are as follows:
Faculty member: Professor Lance Lain-Jong Li, Chair Professor of Future Electronics, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Award: Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS) (13th round)
Project title: Overcoming Technical Limits of Copper Hybrid Bonding for Advanced Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuits
Faculty member: Professor Shuang Zhang, Chair Professor (joint appointment with Department of Physics), Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Award: Strategic Topics Grant (STG)
Project title: Photonic integrated platforms based on topological physics