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News and Events in 2024

Best Paper in Control Award in RCAR 2024

Best Paper in Control Award in RCAR 2024

Prof. LIU Lu and her research team, including Postdoctoral Researcher Dr. HAO Yahui and PhD Student Ms. ZHENG Boyin, won the Best Paper in Control Award at the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics.

Success in General Research Fund (GRF) / Early Career Scheme (ECS) Projects 2024-25

Ten projects have been awarded General Research Fund (GRF) / Early Career Scheme (ECS) for 2024-25, with a success rate of 47.6% which is the highest among sister departments in the College of Engineering. The funded amount is $12.7M, which is 19.15% of the College total. Among the ten awarded projects, four of them are listed as highly-ranked applications.

Prof. HU Jinlian receives highest honour in China’s engineering field

Prof. HU Jinlian receives prestigious award in China’s engineering field

Congratulations to Prof. HU Jinlian on being conferred the 15th Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award by the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) in recognition of her contributions in textile materials science.

Outstanding Student Paper Award in ICCA 2024

Outstanding Student Paper Award in ICCA 2024

Ms. WANG Lu, a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. LIU Lu, has been honored with the Outstanding Student Paper Award at the 18th IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation (ICCA 2024) for their paper titled “Cooperative Source Seeking for Uncertain Networked Euler—Lagrange Systems Over Unbalanced Digraphs”.

COCHE and Yan Chai Hospital Board forge strong partnership to enhance community health and promote awareness

COCHE and Yan Chai Hospital Board forge strong partnership to enhance community health and promote awareness

Hong Kong Centre for Cerebro-cardiovascular Health Engineering (COCHE) and the Yan Chai Hospital Board signed MOU on 12 June 2024, establishing a long-term strategic partnership to promote the development of innovative technologies and solutions for cerebro-cardiovascular health in Hong Kong.

Wireless Magnetic Impact Needle Robot That Can Output a Large Force to Penenate Tissues

Wireless Magnetic Impact Needle Robot That Can Output a Large Force to Penetrate Tissues

Mr. XIANG Yuxuan (PhD candidate in Prof. ZHANG Jiachen's group) has led a team to develop a wireless magnetic impact needle robot (MINRob) based on a triple-magnet system. Utilizing reversible and repeatable magnetic collisions, this small-scale robot accomplishes a ten-fold increase in force output compared with existing magnetic miniature robots.

COCHE Establishes Strategic Partnership with Vtech Communications

COCHE Establishes Strategic Partnership with Vtech Communications

Hong Kong Centre for Cerebro-cardiovascular Health Engineering (COCHE) has joined forces with VTech Communications Limited to enhance the development and production of cutting-edge devices for early detection of cardiovascular diseases.

CityU-HKU-NUS Joint Symposium 2024

CityU-HKU-NUS Joint Symposium 2024

The CityU-HKU-NUS Joint Symposium 2024 was held successfully at CityU on 24 April with the theme of “Innovations in Healthcare: Advanced Technology for Disease Diagnostics and Treatment”. We were honored to invite four plenary speakers and 15 invited speakers from CityU, HKU and NUS to share their expertise and research findings on that day.

Prof. Kannie Chan Received the Most-cited Author in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Prof. Kannie Chan Received the Most-cited Author in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Congratulations to Prof. Kannie CHAN on being awarded as one of the most-cited authors in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine with her paper titled “Deep neural network based CEST and AREX processing: Application in imaging a model of Alzheimer's disease at 3 T”.

Outstanding Results in the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva

Outstanding Results in the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva

The 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, held from 17 to 21 April in Switzerland, featured over 1,000 inventions from 38 countries and regions. This year, we have three teams that have been awarded Gold Medals. All award-winning teams are starts-up under HK Tech 300.

35-gram Hopcopter Revolutionizes the Robotics Industry

35-gram Hopcopter Revolutionizes the Robotics Industry

Led by Prof. Pakpong CHIRARATTANANON, the research team has developed a 35-gram hybrid robot called Hopcopter. The Hopcopter can jump, fly, and spin with incredible speed and precision. The robot consists of a typical mini-quadcopter with a passive telescopic leg.

Super permeable wearable electronics for stable, long-term biosignal monitoring

Super permeable wearable electronics for stable, long-term biosignal monitoring

Prof. YU Xinge and his research team have developed super wearable electronics that are lightweight, stretchable and increase sweat permeability by 4,000-fold. The wearable electronics provide continuous and stable monitoring of vital signs without causing discomfort or signal disruption brought about by sweat and air permeability.

MSBME Students Visited HKSTP

MSBME Students Visited HKSTP

To provide MSBME students a better understanding of the biomedical engineering field and the career prospects in Hong Kong, the Department arranged a technical visit to the Hong Kong Science Park (HKSTP) for them on 27 March.

Dr. LIU Junchen

Research Student Received HKMHDIA Student Research Award 2023/24

Congratulations to our PhD graduates Dr. LIAO Junchen, under the supervision of Prof. KHOO Bee Luan, on receiving the Hong Kong Medical and Healthcare Device Industries Association (HKMHDIA) Student Research Award 2023/24. The title of Dr. LIAO’s awarded thesis was “Early Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections Using Microfluidic-based Biochips”.

Professor Yong Zhang Received the Global STEM Professorship

Professor Yong Zhang Received the Global STEM Professorship

We are delighted to announce that Prof. Yong Zhang, Chair Professor and Head of Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), City University of Hong Kong (CityU), has been awarded the prestigious "Global STEM Professorship" by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The Global STEM Professorship is awarded to accomplished scholars in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

MSc Biomedical Engineering Spring Lunch

MSc Biomedical Engineering Spring Lunch

The Department organized a MSc Biomedical Engineering Spring Lunch at the Faculty Lounge, CityU on 23 February 2024. The event was well attended by more than 80 guests, including Prof. John MOK and Mr Keith LEUNG, the Industrial Advisor of the MSBME programme, faculty members and students.

Symposium on Miniaturized Systems for Biomedical Applications

Symposium on Miniaturized Systems for Biomedical Applications

The Symposium on Miniaturized Systems for Biomedical Applications was successfully held on 19 January 2024 in CityU with over 150 participants attended.

Last modified on 12 July 2024