CityU X Sino Grand Challenges Scholars Program
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 CityU 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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Objective
CityU X Sino GCSP aims to prepare students to be the generation that solves the 14 GCs by embedding five curricular components into the program. It serves to pilot innovative educational approaches that will eventually become the mainstream educational paradigm for all science and engineering students.
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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| Prof. Xin WANG Dean College of Science |
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3442 8885 | YEUNG-B6715 |
Program Director
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| Prof. H P CHAN, Andy Associate Professor Department of Electrical Engineering |
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3442 8444 | YEUNG-G6512 |
Committee Member
| Name | Tel. no. | Office | |
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| Prof. C W LIM Professor Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
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3442 7285 | YEUNG-B6306 |
| Prof. Chia-hung CHEN Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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3442 9547 | YEUNG-P7726 |
| Prof. Chi Kit SIU, Andy Associate Professor Department of Chemistry |
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3442 2272 | YEUNG-G6622 |
| Prof. Linqi SONG Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science |
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3442 4231 | YEUNG-Y6415 |
| Prof. C Y CHUNG, Jonathan Associate Professor Department of Materials Science and Engineering |
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3442 7835 | BOC-R7123 |
| Prof. W C HO, Daniel Chair Professor and Associate Dean (Undergraduate Education) Department of Mathematics |
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3442 8652 | YEUNG-Y6507 |
| Prof. Wing Cheong LO Associate Professor Department of Mathematics |
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3442 2578 | YEUNG-Y6628 |
| Prof. Jun LIU Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering |
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3442 9520 | YEUNG-B6625 in B6614 |
| Prof. Condon LAU Associate Professor Department of Physics |
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3442 7882 | YEUNG-G6612 |
| Prof. 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 | |
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| Prof. Mei Yung LEUNG Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
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3442 7142 | YEUNG-B6426 |
| Prof. Wing Shing CHAN Department of Electrical Engineering |
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3442 7804 | YEUNG-G6360 |
| Prof. Jonathan C Y CHUNG Department of Materials Science and Engineering |
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3442 7835 | BOC-R7123 |
| Prof. Ya Yan LU Department of Mathematics |
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3442 7436 | YEUNG-Y6513 |
| Prof. 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 | |
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| Prof. Chi Kit SIU, Andy Department of Chemistry |
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3442 2272 | YEUNG-G6622 |
(4) Manage the Nitrogen Cycle
(5) Provide Access to Clean Water
| Name | Tel. no. | Office | |
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| Prof. 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 | |
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| Prof. Minming LI Department of Computer Science |
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3442 9538 | YEUNG-Y6316 |
| Prof. Shuaicheng LI Department of Computer Science |
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3442 9412 | YEUNG-G6520 |
| Prof. Ho Man CHAN, Rosa Department of Electrical Engineering |
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3442 7651 | YEUNG-G6356 |
| Prof. Wing Shing CHAN Department of Electrical Engineering |
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3442 7804 | YEUNG-G6360 |
| Prof. Wing Cheong LO Department of Mathematics |
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3442 2578 | YEUNG-Y6628 |
| Prof. 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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| Prof. Ting Hsuan CHEN, Cecil Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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3442 4114 | YEUNG-P6415 |
| Prof. Dongan WANG Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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3442 9542 | YEUNG-P7718 |
| Prof. Lidai WANG Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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3442 6157 | YEUNG-Y6619 |
| Prof. Hongyan SUN Department of Chemistry |
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3442 9537 | YEUNG-B6705 |
| Prof. Ho Man CHAN, Rosa Department of Electrical Engineering |
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3442 7651 | YEUNG-G6356 |
| Prof. Wing Cheong LO Department of Mathematics |
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3442 2578 | YEUNG-Y6628 |
Security Grand Challenge Theme:
(8) Prevent Nuclear Terror
(9) Secure Cyberspace
| Name | Tel. no. | Office | |
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| Prof. Gerhard Petrus HANCKE Department of Computer Science |
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3442 9341 | YEUNG-Y6409 |
(10) Restore and Improve Urban Infrastructure
| Name | Tel. no. | Office | |
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| Prof. Mei-yung LEUNG Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
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3442 7142 | YEUNG-B6426 |
| Prof. C W LIM Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
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3442 7285 | YEUNG-B6306 |
| Prof. Cheng LIU Department of Systems Engineering |
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3442 8431 | YEUNG-P6612 |
Joy of Living Grand Challenge Theme
(11) Reverse-Engineer the Brain
| Name | Tel. no. | Office | |
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| Prof. Chung TIN Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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3442 5145 | YEUNG-P6416 |
| Prof. Lidai WANG Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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3442 6157 | YEUNG-Y6619 |
| Prof. Antoni B CHAN Department of Computer Science |
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3442 6509 | YEUNG-G7311 |
| Prof. Ho Man CHAN, Rosa Department of Electrical Engineering |
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3442 7651 | YEUNG-G6356 |
| Prof. Hongyu LIU Department of Mathematics |
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3442 7155 | YEUNG-Y6511 |
(12) Enhance Virtual Reality
| Name | Tel. no. | Office | |
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| Prof. Ho Man CHAN, Rosa Department of Electrical Engineering |
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3442 7651 | YEUNG-G6356 |
| Prof. Hongyu LIU Department of Mathematics |
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3442 7155 | YEUNG-Y6511 |
| Prof. Xiaosheng ZHUANG Department of Mathematics |
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3442 5942 | YEUNG-Y6509 |
| Prof. Weiyin MA Department of Mechanical Engineering |
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3442 9548 | YEUNG-Y6707 |
(13) Advance Personalized Learning
| Name | Tel. no. | Office | |
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| Prof. Minming LI Department of Computer Science |
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3442 9538 | YEUNG-Y6316 |
| Prof. Shuaicheng LI Department of Computer Science |
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3442 9412 | YEUNG-G6520 |
| Prof. Ho Man CHAN, Rosa Department of Electrical Engineering |
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3442 7651 | YEUNG-G6356 |
| Prof. Hongyu LIU Department of Mathematics |
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3442 7155 | YEUNG-Y6511 |
(14) Engineer the Tools of Scientific Discovery
| Name | Tel. no. | Office | |
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| Prof. C W LIM Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
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3442 7285 | YEUNG-B6306 |
| Prof. Ting Hsuan CHEN, Cecil Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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3442 4114 | YEUNG-P6415 |
| Prof. Chung TIN Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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3442 5145 | YEUNG-P6416 |
| Prof. Lidai WANG Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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3442 6157 | YEUNG-Y6619 |
| Prof. Chi Kit SIU, Andy Department of Chemistry |
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3442 2272 | YEUNG-G6622 |
| Prof. Hongyan SUN Department of Chemistry |
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3442 9537 | YEUNG-B6705 |
| Prof. Hau Ping Andy CHAN Department of Electrical Engineering |
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3442 8444 | YEUNG-G6512 |
| Prof. Hongyu LIU Department of Mathematics |
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3442 7155 | YEUNG-Y6511 |
| Prof. Wing Cheong LO Department of Mathematics |
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3442 2578 | YEUNG-Y6628 |
| Prof. Xiaosheng ZHUANG Department of Mathematics |
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3442 5942 | YEUNG-Y6509 |
| Prof. Xiaoyan ZHONG Department of Materials Science and Engineering |
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3442 6850 | BOC-R7124 |
| Prof. Xiaohan DU Department of Systems Engineering |
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3442 8306 | YEUNG-P6616 |
