Prof. XU, Jian Bin named as Member of International Advisory Committee

Prof. XU, Jian Bin has recently been selected as Member of International Advisory Committee of International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology, China 2009 (ChinaNano 2009). The conference is presumably the largest one on nanoscience and nanotechnology in the Greater China and Asia. The Conference Chairman is Prof. Chunli Bai, Executive Vice President of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Student Awarded ESET NOD32 Scholarship 2008/9

Our undergraduate year 2 student, Miss Kou Wai Chu, has been awarded the ESET NOD32 Scholarship for 2008/9. Students receiving the scholarship have attained good academic results and demonstrated records in local community services or outstanding performance in extra-curricular activities.

Prof. CHAM, Wai Kuenreceived an industrial grant of HK1,000,000 for his project

Prof. CHAM, Wai Kuen, PI of the Project “Future Multimedia Standards”, has been awarded a research grant of HK$1,000,000 (Aug. 2008 – Jan. 2010) from Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Ltd.

Project Title: Future Multimedia Standards

ZHANG, Wei - 2009 IEEE Communication Society Asia-Pacific Outstanding Researcher

Dr. Zhang was one Prof. Ching P.C.'s PhD graduates, who is now teaching at UNSW, has been awarded one of the five Year 2009 IEEE Communication Society Asia-Pacific Outstanding Young Researcher (age under 35).

Article by Prof. XU, Jian Bin's team was highlighted by Noteworthy Chemistry

A recent article entitled "Controlling of the surface energy of the gate dielectric in organic field-effect transistors by polymer blend" (Appl. Phys. Lett. 2009, 94, 093302) by Prof. XU, Jian Bin's team and collaborators has been highlighted by "Noteworthy Chemistry", a weekly feature produced by the American Chemical Society (ACS) that collects and summarizes innovative ideas and has become a valuable stand alone resource for today’s informed chemistry professional.

Electronics Innovation Award 2009

The department has a vision to promote general education of technology to Hong Kong secondary students. Every year, we organize a competition on innovative applications of micro-controllers in our daily life and invite all secondary schools to participate. “Electronics Innovation Award” was held with the aims of raising electronic technology interest and encouraging original invention.

Professor ZHANG, Yuan Ting wins the Hong Kong ICT Gold Award

Both the “Non-contact Electro-cardiogram Monitoring Bedsheet” and “Health-shirt” developed by a team led by Professor Zhang Yuan-ting of the Department of Electronic Engineering, received the Best Lifestyle Gold Award (Home Life and Healthy Living) from the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2008. These two low-cost and user-friendly devices monitor heart rate and blood pressure on a 24-hour basis which is particularly beneficial to heart disease patients and people with high risk (elders and hypertension patients).

WANG, Lling won the China Youth Technology Innovation Award

WANG, Lling, PhD student of EE Department, won the “China Youth Technology Innovation Award 2008” in the People’s Grand Hall in Beijing in December, 2008.

CRF Grant - Prof. XU, Jian Bin

Prof Xu has been awarded a CRF Funding of HK$4,000,000 for his group research project.

Collaborative Institutions: CUHK, PolyU, HKUST, CityU, UWO

Project Title: Interface Engineering for Organic Transistors: Materials, Fabrication, Characterization, and Application

Conference Paper Award received by Prof. WU, Ke Li

The paper titled “Development of The First Chinese Electromagnetic Human Model and Its Use for SAR Calculations” received Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC) prize in 2008 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference held in Hong Kong during Dec. 16-20, 2008.