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2017-06-27
Two Engineering Professors Elected CAE Fellows
Prof. Du Ruxu and Prof. Meng Qing Hu Max of the Faculty of Engineering have been elected Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) for their notable achievements in Engineering. This year, a total of 52 new international fellows were inducted, and Professor Du and Professor Meng were the only ... -
2017-06-14
Engineering Team Develops Ultra-Thin Wearable Blood Pressure Sensor
An ultra-thin, unobtrusive blood pressure (BP) sensor that can be worn as a wristband or weaved into clothing has been developed by a research team from the Faculty of Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Such devices are accurate and low on battery consumption. When connected to a wireless network, they can ... -
2017-04-03
Faculty of Engineering Honors 25 Distinguished Alumni
On the occasion of its silver jubilee, the Faculty was proud to honor its 25 distinguished alumni whose acheivements in their professional frields have brought remarkable impact to the University and society. The Awards Presentation Ceremony is held on university campus on 18 March 2017, and officiated by Dr. CHAN Yau Nam Ian, Director... -
2017-02-19
Prof. Wing Kin Ma Elected IEEE Fellow 2017
Prof. Wing-Kin Ma from the Department of Electronic Engineering has been elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2017 for his contributions to optimization in signal processing and communications. IEEE Fellow is the highest grade of membership and is recognized by the technical community as a ... -
2016-12-07
Prof. Xiankai Sun’s Research Named One of the World’s 30 Breakthroughs in Optics in 2016
Optical isolators allowing for unidirectional light transmission are an important building block in photonic computation and communication. Such devices are widely used in optical and photonic circuits and systems, e.g., to control the photon flow on a photonic chip or to prevent light from reflecting back into a laser emitter. ... -
2016-10-31
Faculty of Engineering Celebrates 25 Years of Excellence in Education and Innovation
The Faculty of Engineering staged a series of celebration events and showcased recent achievements in education and research to mark its 25th anniversary on 8 October 2016. The celebration day of the Faculty’s 25th anniversary began with an achievement exhibition featuring 20 ... -
2016-09-14
A Breakthrough in Storage and Transmission of Renewable Energy
Prof. Wong Ching-ping has been leading a cross-institutional research team to conduct a five-year research project entitled ‘Smart Solar Energy Harvesting, Storage and Utilization’. The research team of CUHK has successfully invented the most efficient supercapacitors and the flow batteries with the highest volumetric capacity reported ... -
2016-08-23
Pioneer in Research on Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning
The Chinese University of Hong Kong is one of the pioneers in the research on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Deep Learning. The *CUVideo* team from the Department of Electronic Engineering has recently shone in the ‘ImageNet Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge’ (ILSVRC), one of the ... -
2016-06-10
Faculty 25th Anniversary Alumni Banquet Held at Silicon Valley
In celebration of the Faculty 25th anniversary, an alumni banquet was held on 26 May 2016 at Crowne Plaza San Jose-Silicon Valley Milpitas Krystal Ballroom. The evening began with a welcoming reception, and the Dean of Engineering Prof. C. P. Wong with the two Associate Deans, Prof. Irwin King and Prof. John Lui, gave ... -
2016-05-30
CUHK Ranked No. 1 in HK in the Subject of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
The Chinese University of Hong Kong ranked no. 1 in Hong Kong in the subject of electrical & electronic engineering. For details, please refer to www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university [1] ... [1] http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2016/engineering-electrical-electronic
