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News and Events in 2022

Professor HU Jinlian elected as Fellows of National Academy of Inventors
14 DEC 2022
Professor HU Jinlian has been elected as Fellow of National Academy of Inventors (NAI) in recognition of her tangible impact on the economic development and the welfare of society. This is the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors.
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Smart Mask improves personal and public health by detecting breathing, coughing and speaking
31 OCT 2022
Dr. Yu Xinge and the collaborators from sister departments have developed an Internet of Things (IoT) Smart Mask integrating an ultrathin nanocomposite sponge structure-based soundwave sensor, which can detect and classify various respiratory sounds (breathing, coughing and speaking) using deep learning, thus helping to improve personal and public health.
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New paper published on Encoding of Tactile Information in Hand via Skin-integrated Wireless Haptic Interface in Nature Machine Intelligence
17 OCT 2022
Dr. Xinge Yu, Dr. Lidai Wang and their collaborators published their work on encoding of tactile information in hand via skin-integrated wireless haptic interface in Nature Machine Intelligence. The team introduced a soft, ultrathin, miniaturized and wireless electrotactile system (WeTac) that delivers current through the hand to induce tactile sensations as the skin-integrated haptic interface.
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Dr Xinge YU Awarded Outstanding Research Award for Junior Faculty
12 OCT 2022
Dr Xinge YU has been awarded the Outstanding Research Award 2022 for Junior Faculty. The award is a recognition of research excellence at CityU. It aims to emphasize the University’s commitment to create an environment conducive to high quality research at an internationally competitive level and to enhance the University’s performance in the delivery of its research agenda.
Real-time Detection of Patients with Biofilm-associated Infections (BAI)
7 OCT 2022
Dr. Bee Luan KHOO and her collaborators published their work on real-time detection of patients with biofilm-associated infections (BAI) in Chemical Engineering Journal.
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BME Competition 2022
24 AUG 2022
The BME Competition was launched for the first time on 24 August 2022. The theme of the 2022 competition was “Myoelectric Game”. The IEEE Hong Kong Consumer Technology Society (CT) / Oceanic Engineer Society (OES) Joint Chapter was the technical sponsor of the competition.
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Dr LIU Lu Awarded NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macao)
22 AUG 2022
Dr. LIU Lu has been awarded the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) – Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macao) 2022. The Excellent Young Scientists Fund is one of the most prestigious honors for young scientists in China.
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BME Fair 2022
30 JUL 2022
The BME Fair 2022 was held on 30 July 2022. It aims to offer an occasion for our industrial advisors or partners, alumni, faculty members and students to meet, exchange and learn about the industrial and research developments as well as prospects in Biomedical Engineering.
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Magnetically-powered Microwalker
24 JUL 2022
Prof. SUN Dong and his team have developed a magnet-driven microwalker that is made of two, equal-length rigid segments connected by a joint. It can move in surface in a nonliquid-filled environment, and climb a slope driven by the planar magnetic field.
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Dr Kannie CHAN Awarded RGC Research Fellowship Scheme
13 JUL 2022
Dr Kannie CHAN has been granted the Research Fellows (RFS) by the Research Grants Council (RGC) in 2022/23. The award is a recognition of the contribution and potential impact of the proposed research projects.
Success in General Research Fund (GRF) / Early Career Scheme (ECS) Projects 2022-23
8 JUL 2022
The projects of 10 faculty members have been awarded General Research Fund (GRF) / Early Career Scheme (ECS) totaling $10.22M for 2022-23, with a success rate of 50% which is the highest among all engineering departments (together with another department). Among the 10 awarded projects, half of them have been funded over $1M.
List of Successful General Research Fund (GRF) / Early Career Scheme (ECS) Projects – 2022-23

MATE World Championship 2022

23-25 JUN 2022

The CityU Underwater Robotics Team formed by students from the BME department as well as students from sister engineering departments, supervised by Dr. Pakpong Chirarattananon, Dr. Yajing Shen and two other faculty members from the Department of Electronic Engineering, participated in the MATE World Championship 2022.

Prof. SUN Dong Elected to Prestigious Science Academy
21 JUN 2022
Congratulations to Prof. SUN Dong for being elected as a Fellow of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE) for his outstanding contributions in robotics manipulation of cells.
Dr King LAI Received Teaching Excellence Awards
14 JUN 2022
Dr King LAI received the Teaching Excellence Awards (TEA) with the team led by Prof. Henry CHUNG from the Department of Electrical Engineering this year for their outstanding teaching practice.
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New Microfluidic Device to Visualize COVID Antibody Levels
3 JUN 2022
Dr Cecil CHEN and his team have developed an accurate rapid-test device that allows someone to read their antibody levels following vaccination.
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Two BME Teams Won the Regional Entrepreneurship Competition
30 MAY 2022
The 8th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition was organized successfully in May. Congratulations to two BME teams for being awarded First Prize and Third Prize in Entrepreneurship.
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Dr YU Xinge Received an ITC Fund
16 MAY 2022
Congratulations to Dr YU Xinge for being awarded the Innovation and Technology Fund, which is administered by the Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission. The project focuses on electronic skin and haptic interfaces for intelligent prosthesis.
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Lightweight Two-wing Micro Drone Inspired by Maple Seeds
11 MAY 2022
Dr CHIRARATTANANON Pakpong and his research team have developed a lightweight two-wing micro drone recently. The drone, with weight of 35.1 grams only, uses less electricity that allows it to roughly double its flight time.
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Monitoring Wound Healing Status with mRNA Nanosensors
22 APR 2022
Compared with the existing laborious, resource-intensive and disruptive methods for monitoring the wound healing status, Dr XU Chenjie and his collaborators have developed mRNA nanosensors (i.e. NanoFlare) that can reveal the healing status through targeted and semi-quantitative examination of the mRNA biomarkers in skin cells.
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Dr HUANG Jianpan Awarded the ISMRM Junior Fellow 2022
15 APR 2022
Congratulations to Dr HUANG Jianpan, Postdoc of Dr Kannie CHAN, for being awarded as a Junior Fellow of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) 2022.
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Dr CHEN Chia-Hung Received Health and Medical Research Fund
7 APR 2022
Congratulations to Dr CHEN Chia-Hung for receiving HK$1.50M from the Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) with his research project on “Single-cell hydrogel droplet screening to investigate intratumor heterogeneity for precision cancer intervention”.
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Dr KHOO Bee Luan Awarded CENG Outstanding Teaching Award 2021-22
31 MAR 2022
Congratulations to Dr KHOO Bee Luan for being awarded the CENG Outstanding Teaching Award 2021-22. College of Engineering is committed to providing students with a professional education experience that strengthens their knowledge foundation and inspires creativity and innovation.
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International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva 2022
29 MAR 2022
Our faculty members received various awards in the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva 2022. The exhibition is the world’s most important annual event devoted exclusively to inventions. This year, Around 785 inventions from 25 countries and regions were evaluated by the jury specialists.
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Advanced Robotic VR System Teleoperates Robots for COVID-19 Swab Tests
2 MAR 2022
Dr YU Xinge and his research team have developed an innovative human-machine interface system, Robotic VR, in which teleoperated robots can imitate the user’s actions and perform complicated tasks. This technology demonstrates the potential for conducting COVID-19 swab tests and nursing patients with infectious diseases.
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