News and Events
News and Events in 2019
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Disease Curing Nanorobots
7 NOV 2019The research team led by Prof SUN Dong has successfully deployed drug-carrying tiny robots to control the spread of cancerous tumours in mice. These cell-sized tiny robots, with just one billionth of a metre wide, are widely used in health care applications.
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Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies Outstanding Doctoral Research Award
30 OCT 2019Congratulations to Mr. LU Haojian, PhD student of Dr. Yajing SHEN, for being awarded the Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies Outstanding Doctoral Research Award this year.
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Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macao)
29 OCT 2019Congratulations to Dr. Yajing SHEN on receiving the Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macao), which is the first time for the National Natural Science Foundation of China to be opened for young scholars from the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions.
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Tea Gathering for New Research Students
29 OCT 2019The Department has organised a tea gathering on 29 October 2019 afternoon at CityU to welcome new Research Students as well as to offer opportunities for senior students and graduates to share their research and job seeking experience with their younger fellows.
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Students Excelled in HKEIA Innovation & Technology Project Competition Award 2019
24 OCT 2019Congratulations to the group of LAM Yan Lok, LEE Pang Kam and UTOMO William Budi, who have won the Merit Award and a scholarship of HK$3,000 from the HKEIA Innovation & Technology Project Competition Award 2019.
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Scientific Agreement that Promotes Health Engineering
23 OCT 2019A memorandum of understanding (MOU) aiming at strengthening collaboration in health engineering was signed on 5 September 2019 by Professor Way Kuo, CityU President, and Professor Louise Richardson, Vice-Chancellor at University of Oxford, on behalf of both institutions. A number of guests including Professor Yuanting ZHANG attended the signing ceremony.
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Prof Dongan WANG being admitted as a Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry
23 OCT 2019Congratulations to Prof. Dongan WANG, for being admitted as a Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) recently. The Royal Society of Chemistry, a long-established chemical society in the United Kingdom, has the goal of "advancing the chemical sciences".
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Top Ten Technological Progress of Intelligent Manufacturing of China 2019
17 OCT 2019A project led by Professor SUN Dong named "Magnetic Control Microrobot Advanced Manufacturing System" by the Centre for Robotics and Automation was included in the "Top Ten Technological Progress of Intelligent Manufacturing of China 2019" by the Intelligent Manufacturing Alliance of CAST Member Societies.
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Prof. Gary FENG received the Outstanding Research Awards from CityU
26 SEP 2019Congratulations to Prof. Gary FENG on being awarded this year’s Outstanding Research Awards which is for recognizing and rewarding the excellence in research at the University.
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Summer Internship 2018-19
SEP 2019The Department provides various internship opportunities to enable students to get hands-on work related experience in the industry under the Summer Internship Scheme (SIS).
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5-day Summer Exchange Program with Zhejiang University
12-16 AUG 2019Our Department jointly organized a 5-day Summer Exchange Program with the College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science of Zhejiang University (ZJU) during 12-16 August 2019. This exchange program aims to facilitate the intellectual exchange between students from CityU and ZJU.
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Visit from Zhejiang University
8 AUG 2019A group of 35 undergraduate students and two faculty members of the College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University (ZJU) from Hanzhou of China visited the Department and its laboratories on 8 August 2019.
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Best Poster Award for 19th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology
25 JUL 2019Congratulations to Miss Xiaoting Megan LI, PhD student under the supervision of Dr. King W. C. LAI, on winning the Best Poster Award for their paper entitled "Investigation of Ultra-Flexible Structure" at The 19th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology held in Macau during 22-26 July 2019.
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CityU Team Ranked 5th in 2019 MATE International ROV Competition (University-level)
3 JUL 2019Congratulations to the CityU team of undergraduate students on achieving Rank No. 5 in the 2019 MATE International ROV Competition under the supervision of Dr. Yajing SHEN, Dr. Pakpong CHIRARATTANANON, and faculty members from the EE Department.
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Award-winning Final-Year Project in Student Project Exhibition 2019
28 JUN 2019Congratulations to Miss HUNG Shu Ting, who has won the Best Poster Presentation Award in the Student Project Exhibition (SPE) 2019 through her Final Year Project ‘Development of Wearable Smart Tee for Sitting Posture Detection’, under the supervision of Dr. King LAI.
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Prof Dong SUN elected Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering
24 JUN 2019Professor Dong SUN, Head and Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering, was inducted as Fellow into the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE), in recognition of his achievements in microrobotics for biological cell manipulation and cell surgery.
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Overseas Delegation to London
9 JUN 2019The twelve-days annual delegation ‘HKIESC CityU - UK Delegation 2019’, organized by the HKIE City University of Hong Kong Student Chapter, was held during 29 May to 9 June 2019 in London of the UK with the participation of 20 CityU engineering students, including two from BME. The theme of the delegation this year is ‘Discovery, Innovation & Culture’.
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Study Tour to Singapore
27-31 MAY 2019The study tour to Singapore that jointly organized by the IEEE-EMBS City University of Hong Kong Student Club and the Department was held during 27 to 31 May 2019.
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New Ultrafast Photography by Ordinary Optical Devices: Compressed Ultrafast Spectral-Temporal (CUST) Photography
22 MAY 2019Dr. Lidai WANG of CityU and Professor CHEN Feng of Xi'an Jiaotong University have jointly developed the novel compressed ultrafast spectral-temporal (CUST) photography.
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A Remotely Controlled Floating Robot for Targeted Drug Delivery
21 MAY 2019A soft robot with wings and shaped like a ‘flying whale’ developed by researchers at Dartmouth College and Dr. SHI Peng of CityU has proven to enable programmed drug delivery to targeted cells. This plane-like swimming robot is a combination of cardiac tissue engineering and 3D printing with photosensitive hydrogels, and can change its mechanical structure to control its motion status.
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Award Winning Presentation in RoboSoft 2019
2 MAY 2019Congratulations to Mr. SHU Jing (MTE student) and Dr. CHIRARATTANANON Pakpong on receiving the Best Late Breaking Result Award in the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft). The award winning entry was called "A Pill Bug-Inspired Foldable Quadrotor".
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Students’ Innovations Showcased in the CityU Employers’ Luncheon 2019
9 APR 2019Two groups of BME students, Mr. LAM Yan Lok, Mr. LEE Pang Kam and Mr. UTOMO William Budi (Supervisor: Dr. TIN Chung), Miss CHIU Man Ki and Miss TANG Kei Tung (Supervisor: Dr. Kannie CHAN) shared their innovative projects during the CityU Employers’ Luncheon 2019 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on 9 April 2019.
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Scanning Zebrafish Brain Activities Accelerates Discovery of New Drugs
18 MAR 2019A breakthrough research led by the team of Dr. SHI Peng, jointly operated among BME and BMS departments of CityU and research experts from the Harvard Medical School of the United States, has proven to save costs and enhance efficiency for developing new drugs via whole-brain activity mapping using zebrafish.
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The President's Awards 2018
8 JAN 2019Congratulations to our PhD graduates Dr. WANG Zixun, under the supervision of Prof. SHI Peng, and PhD student Mr. HUANG Jianpan, under the supervision of Dr. Kannie CHAN, on receiving the Hong Kong Medical and Healthcare Device Industries Association (HKMHDIA) Student Research Award 2019-20.
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Last modified on 28 December, 2020