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2025-01-14
3 Engineering Professors’ projects receive RGC’s Collaborative Research Fund 2024/25
Three research projects led by Professors from Faculty of Engineering have received grants of over HK$20 million from the Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) 2024/25 by the Research Grants Council (RGC). Among them, two projects have been awarded a Collaborative Research Project Grant, and one secured a Young ... -
2025-01-10
CUHK and Beijing Tongren Hospital develop the new foundational AI model to transform ophthalmic care worldwide
The research team led by Professor Scott Yuan Wu, Assistant Professor of Department of Biomedical Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), in collaboration with Professor Wang Ningli’s team at Beijing Tongren Hospital, has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) ophthalmic imaging ... -
2024-12-02
BME Students win Gold medal at iGEM 2024
The HongKong-CUHK iGEM 2024 Team has been awarded a Gold Medal at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) 2024 Grand Jamboree, held in Paris, France, from October 23 to 26, 2024. In addition to the prestigious Gold Medal, the team was nominated for the Best Education Award in the ... -
2024-10-25
CUHK hosts the “Pushing the Frontiers of AI: CUHK’s Journey Through Innovation” exhibition
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is hosting the “Pushing the Frontiers of AI: CUHK’s Journey Through Innovation” exhibition from today until 17 November 2024 at the University Library’s Learning Garden and MakerSpace. The exhibition highlights the impact of artificial ... -
2024-10-04
CUHK develops new technology to reveal endoplasmic reticulum sensing of mechanical forces Innovation enhances understanding of disease mechanisms and potential treatments
A research team led by Professor Duan Liting, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, has developed the Light-Inducible Mechanostimulator (LIMER), the world’s first technology capable of precisely applying force stimulation to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of living cells. A ... -
2024-09-03
4 Engineering professors receive funding support from National Natural Science Foundation of China worth over RMB4 million in total
The National Nature Science Foundation of China (NSFC) recently announced 2024 funding results. Four professors from Faculty of Engineering have obtained funding support, among which two of them have been awarded the “Excellent Young Scientists Fund”, a prestigious talent ... -
2024-08-02
Professor Raymond Tong and his teams’ innovations win 6 awards at the Silicon Valley International Inventions Festival 2024
Professor Raymond Tong Kai-Yu from Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) and his research teams won six awards at the Silicon Valley International Inventions Festival (SVIIF) 2024, including three special prizes, which were Prize of the United Inventors Association of ... -
2024-07-31
Prof. Zhou Renjie and his team win Prestigious Best Paper Award in ICCP 2024
Prof. Zhou Renjie and his team have been awarded the IEEE international conference on computational photography (ICCP) Best Paper Award [1] for 2024 for the paper titled “High-performance real-world optical computing trained by in situ gradient-based model-free optimization”. The ... [1] https://iccp-conference.org/iccp2024/awards/ -
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2024-01-12
Prof. Zhou Renjie receives 2023/24 RGC Research Impact Fund
A research project led by Professor Zhou Renjie, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering was awarded the 2023/24 Research Impact Fund (RIF) by the Research Grants Council (RGC). The project title is “Quantitative Phase Imaging Promoting Cell Biology,...
