CityUHK X Sino Grand Challenges Scholars Program (CityUHK X Sino GCSP)
Overview
More than 120 U.S. engineering schools announced plans to educate a new generation of engineers expressly equipped to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing society in the 21st century. 14 Grand Challenges (GC) are identified through initiates including the White House Strategy for American Innovation, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Grand Challenges for Engineering, and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. The GCs are a call to action and serve as a focal point for society's attention to opportunities and challenges affecting our quality of life.
The CityUHK X Sino GCSP is a combined curricular and extra-curricular elements to prepare students to be the future engineers and scientists that solves the 14 GCs facing the world in this century. The elements will be embedded into the curriculum so as to maximize the learning experience of students, through participation in research projects, Entrepreneurship schemes, interdisciplinary courses, service learning activities and overseas exchange program. The program was endorsed by the NAE in February 2009. For further information about GCSP (NAE), please visit the website below:
NAE Grand Challenges Scholars Program
Grand Challenges for Engineering (Video)
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Five Curricular Components
- Hands-on Project or Research Experience: Related to a Grand Challenge
- Interdisciplinary Curriculum: A curriculum that complements engineering fundamentals with courses in other fields, preparing engineering students to work at the overlap with public policy, business, law, ethics, human behavior, risk, and the arts, as well as medicine and the sciences
- Entrepreneurship: Preparing students to translate invention to innovation; to develop market ventures that scale to global solutions in the public interest
- Global Dimension: Developing the students’ global perspective necessary to address challenges that are inherently global as well as to lead innovation in a global economy
- Service Learning: Developing and deepening students’ social consciousness and their motivation to bring their technical expertise to bear on societal problems through mentored experiential learning with real clients
- A well-connected program would be one where a single component can be linked to one or more of the other components; e.g., interning at an organization (Entrepreneurship) and/or performing research (Research experience) on global health or clean energy (Grand Challenge(s) / Service Learning).
- Each GC scholar should select or be assigned a faculty mentor to monitor student progress and ensure thematic continuity and connectivity.
14 Grand Challenges
Sustainability Grand Challenge Theme
- Make Solar Energy Economical
- Provide Energy from Fusion
- Develop Carbon Sequestration Methods
- Manage the Nitrogen Cycle
- Provide Access to Clean Water
Health Grand Challenge Theme
Security Grand Challenge Theme
Joy of Living Grand Challenge Theme
The Steering Committee
Chairman
| Name | Tel. no. | Office | |
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| Professor Jian Lu Dean College of Engineering |
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3442-4889 | YEUNG-B6502 |
Program Director
| Name | Tel. no. | Office | |
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| Professor H P Chan, Andy Associate Professor Department of Electrical Engineering |
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3442-8444 | YEUNG-G6512 |
Committee Member
| Name | Tel. no. | Office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor C W Lim Professor Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
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3442-7285 | FW-474 |
| Professor Chia-Hung Chen Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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3442-9547 | YEUNG-P7726 |
| Professor Chit Kit Siu Associate Professor Department of Chemistry |
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3442-2272 | YEUNG-P5105 |
| Professor Jijian Xu Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry |
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3442-4679 | YEUNG-P5316 |
| Professor Linqi Song Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science |
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3442-4231 | YEUNG-Y6425 |
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Professor Albert Sung |
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3442-9373 | YEUNG-G6354 |
| Professor Chan Hung Shek Professor Department of Materials Science and Engineering |
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3442-7798 | BOC-R7175 |
| Professor W C Ho, Daniel Chair Professor of Applied Mathematics Department of Mathematics |
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3442-8652 | YEUNG-Y6507 |
| Professor Wing Cheong Lo Associate Professor Department of Mathematics |
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3442-2578 | YEUNG-Y6628 |
| Professor Penghao Duan Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering |
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3442-9519 | YEUNG-Y7308 |
| Professor Condon Lau Associate Professor Department of Physics |
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3442-7882 | YEUNG-G6612 |
| Professor Xiaohan Du Assistant Professor Department of Systems Engineering |
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3442-8306 | YEUNG-P6616 |
Faculty Mentors
14 Grand Challenges
Sustainability Grand Challenge Theme
(1) Make solar energy economical
| Name | Tel. no. | Office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Mei-yung Leung Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
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3442-7142 | YEUNG-B6426 |
| Professor Wing Shing Chan Department of Electrical Engineering |
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3442-7804 | YEUNG-G6360 |
| Professor Roy He Department of Mathematics |
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3442-2964 | YEUNG-5129 |
| Professor Ya Yan Lu Department of Mathematics |
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3442-7436 | YEUNG-Y5136 |
| Professor Yinghao Chu Department of Systems Engineering |
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3442-4703 | YEUNG-G6607 |
(2) Provide energy from fusion
(3) Develop carbon sequestration methods
| Name | Tel. no. | Office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Chi Kit Siu, Andy Department of Chemistry |
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3442-2272 | YEUNG-G6622 |
| Professor Roy He Department of Mathematics |
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3442-2964 | YEUNG-5129 |
(4) Manage the Nitrogen Cycle
| Name | Tel. no. | Office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Roy He Department of Mathematics |
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3442-2964 | YEUNG-5129 |
(5) Provide access to clean water
| Name | Tel. no. | Office | |
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| Professor Ting Hsuan Chen, Cecil Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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3442-4114 | YEUNG-P6415 |
Health Grand Challenge Theme
(6) Advance health informatics
| Name | Tel. no. | Office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Minming Li Department of Computer Science |
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3442-9538 | YEUNG-Y6316 |
| Professor Shuaicheng Li Department of Computer Science |
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3442-9412 | YEUNG-G6520 |
| Professor Ho Man Chan, Rosa Department of Electrical Engineering |
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3442-7651 | YEUNG-G6356 |
| Professor Wing Shing Chan Department of Electrical Engineering |
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3442-7804 | YEUNG-G6360 |
| Professor Wing Cheong Lo Department of Mathematics |
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3442-2578 | YEUNG-Y5139 |
| Professor Weiyin Ma Department of Mechanical Engineering |
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3442-9548 | YEUNG-Y6707 |
(7) Engineer better medicines
| Name | Tel. no. | Office | |
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| Professor Ting Hsuan Chen, Cecil Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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3442-4114 | YEUNG-P6415 |
| Professor Dongan Wang Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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3442-9542 | YEUNG-P7718 |
| Professor Lidai Wang Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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3442-6157 | YEUNG-Y6619 |
| Professor Hongyan Sun Department of Chemistry |
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3442-9537 | YEUNG-B6705 |
| Professor Ho Man Chan, Rosa Department of Electrical Engineering |
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3442-7651 | YEUNG-G6356 |
| Professor Wing Cheong Lo Department of Mathematics |
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3442-2578 | YEUNG-Y5139 |
(8) Prevent nuclear terror
(9) Secure cyberspace
| Name | Tel. no. | Office | |
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| Professor Gerhard Petrus Hancke Department of Computer Science |
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3442-9341 | YEUNG-G7307 |
(10) Restore and improve urban infrastructure
| Name | Tel. no. | Office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor C W Lim Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
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3442-7285 | YEUNG-B6306 |
| Professor Mei-yung Leung Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
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3442-7142 | YEUNG-B6426 |
| Professor Cheng Liu Department of Systems Engineering |
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3442-8431 | YEUNG-Y6618 |
Joy of Living Grand Challenge Theme
(11) Reverse-engineer the brain
| Name | Tel. no. | Office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Chung Tin Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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3442-5145 | YEUNG-P6416 |
| Professor Lidai Wang Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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3442-6157 | YEUNG-Y6619 |
Department of Computer Science |
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3442-6509 | YEUNG-G7311 |
| Professor Ho Man Chan, Rosa Department of Electrical Engineering |
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3442-7651 | YEUNG-G6356 |
| Professor Roy He Department of Mathematics |
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3442-2964 | YEUNG-5129 |
| Professor Hongyu Liu Department of Mathematics |
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3442-7155 | YEUNG-Y6511 |
(12) Enhance virtual reality
| Name | Tel. no. | Office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Ho Man Chan, Rosa Department of Electrical Engineering |
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3442-7651 | YEUNG-G6356 |
| Professor Roy He Department of Mathematics |
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3442-2964 | YEUNG-5129 |
| Professor Hongyu Liu Department of Mathematics |
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3442-7155 | YEUNG-Y6511 |
| Professor Xiaosheng Zhuang Department of Mathematics |
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3442-5942 | YEUNG-Y5105 |
| Professor Weiyin Ma Department of Mechanical Engineering |
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3442-9548 | YEUNG-Y6707 |
(13) Advance personalized learning
| Name | Tel. no. | Office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Minming Li Department of Computer Science |
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3442-9538 | YEUNG-Y6316 |
| Professor Shuaicheng Li Department of Computer Science |
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3442-9412 | YEUNG-G6520 |
| Professor Ho Man Chan, Rosa Department of Electrical Engineering |
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3442-7651 | YEUNG-G6356 |
| Professor Roy He Department of Mathematics |
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3442-2964 | YEUNG-5129 |
| Professor Hongyu Liu Department of Mathematics |
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3442-7155 | YEUNG-Y6511 |
(14) Engineer the tools of scientific discovery
| Name | Tel. no. | Office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor C W Lim Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
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3442-7285 | YEUNG-B6306 |
| Professor Ting Hsuan Chen, Cecil Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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3442-4114 | YEUNG-P6415 |
| Professor Chung Tin Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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3442-5145 | YEUNG-P6416 |
| Professor Lidai Wang Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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3442-6157 | YEUNG-Y6619 |
| Professor Chi Kit Siu, Andy Department of Chemistry |
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3442-2272 | YEUNG-G6622 |
| Professor Hongyan Sun Department of Chemistry |
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3442-9537 | YEUNG-B6705 |
| Professor Hau Ping Andy Chan Department of Electrical Engineering |
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3442-8444 | YEUNG-G6512 |
| Professor Roy He Department of Mathematics |
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3442-2964 | YEUNG-5129 |
| Professor Hongyu Liu Department of Mathematics |
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3442-7155 | YEUNG-Y6511 |
| Professor Wing Cheong Lo Department of Mathematics |
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3442-2578 | YEUNG-Y5139 |
| Professor Xiaosheng Zhuang Department of Mathematics |
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3442-5942 | YEUNG-Y5105 |
| Professor Xiaoyan Zhong Department of Materials Science and Engineering |
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3442-6850 | BOC-R7124 |
| Professor Xiaohan Du Department of Systems Engineering |
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3442-8306 | YEUNG-P6616 |
