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2020-05-14
Breakthrough in Battery Research: An Eco-friendly Electrolyte with Skin Cream Ingredients Enabling Stable and Non-flammable Aqueous Li-ion Batteries
A research team led by Prof. Yi-Chun has taken a critical step forward in improving high-energy batteries by introducing a novel electrolyte to the aqueous lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery. This electrolyte is commonly used in skin cream. It is inexpensive, non-flammable, less toxic and is eco-friendly, yet can create stable voltage for ... -
2020-02-21
Translating Basic Science Research to Clinical Application Microrobotic Swarms by CUHK Can Navigate in Bio-fluids
A research group led by Professor Li Zhang, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering has developed a strategy that selects the optimised bio-inspired microrobotic swarms in different bio-fluids. The swarms reported may have great potential in medical applications, and this work is an important ... -
2020-01-07
Two CUHK Engineering Professors Elected IEEE Fellows 2020
Prof. Guoliang Xing and Prof. Angela Yingjun Zhang from the Department of Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at CUHK have been elected Fellows of the prestigious Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in the class of 2020. Prof. Guoliang Xing was elected for his remarkable contributions to “sensor networks ... -
2019-12-20
Prof. Renjie Zhou Receives Croucher Innovation Award 2019 for Developing New Tomographic Phase Microscopy Technique for In Vivo Imaging
Professor Renjie Zhou, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering has been awarded the Croucher Innovation Award 2019 in the amount of HK$5 million in research expenses by the Croucher Foundation for his outstanding research achievements in optical diffraction tomography and in support of his future research works. ... -
2019-12-17
CUHK Faculty of Engineering and Hang Seng Bank Sign MOU for Nurturing FinTech Talents
Prof. Martin D. F. Wong, Dean of Faculty of Engineering, CUHK and Mrs. Eunice Chan, Chief Operating Officer of Hang Seng Bank signed a memorandum of understanding for collaboration between the two parties on 9 December 2019. This perfectly demonstrates the synergy between academic strength and practical expertise, the two parties join ... -
2019-12-11
Prof. Shih-Chi Chen Presents a Game-changing Nanoscale 3D Printing Technology – Femtosecond Projection Two-photon Lithography Boosts Printing Speed by up to 10,000 Times
Ultraprecise 3D printing technology is a key enabler for manufacturing precision biomedical and photonic devices. However, the existing printing technology is limited by its low efficiency and high cost. Professor Shih-Chi Chen and his team from the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering collaborated with the Lawrence ... -
2019-12-09
Prof. Zhou Bolei Listed as One of the 20 Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific by MIT Technology Review 2020
Prof. Zhou Bolei, Assistant Professor from the Department of Information Engineering has recently been named as one of the 20 honourees of the regional MIT Technology Review “Innovators under 35”. Prof. Zhou has been working on understanding deep neural networks and making Artificial Intelligence (AI) models more... -
2019-11-28
Financial Technology Conference
The Faculty of Engineering of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) recently hosted the “2019 CUHK Conference on Financial Technology (FinTech)”, supported by the Centre for Financial Engineering (CFE) and CUHK Business School. The conference titled “When Wall Street Met Main Street – Real vs Virtual Economy” drew close to 500 ... -
2019-11-26
Prof. C. P. Wong Named One of the Most Highly Cited Researchers 2019
Prof. WONG Ching Ping, Emeritus Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering has earned the honour of being named in the list of “Highly Cited Researchers 2019” as among the world’s top researchers who have demonstrated significant and broad influence reflected in their publication of multiple papers, highly ... -
2019-11-06
Investigating Click Interception on the Web
Malicious third-party advertisers or hackers expose web users to a security threat by injecting malicious JavaScript code to intercept user clicks and trick them into visiting untrusted web content. To investigate the problem of click interception, the research team led by Professor Wei Meng of the Department of Computer Science and ...
