(From right) HKUST alumni Donald Lai and Winsor Lee, who earned Bachelor’s degrees from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and worked on research projects at the University, joined the same company after graduation where they continue to further their research and apply their engineering knowledge, which in turn has contributed to society during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The team has successfully made the prototype of the “super human eye” – an artificial visual system that uses a spherical biomimetic electrochemical eye with hemispherical retina made of a high-density perovskite nanowire array. From left: Swapnadeep Poddar, Shu Lei, Zhang Daquan, Prof. Fan Zhiyong, Dr. Gu Leilei and Long Zhenghao.
(From left) Alumni CHAU Wing-In, Stephen LUI Ka-Fai and Alan SHAM Ka-Yi have adapted to their new ways of life in Tokyo, Munich and San Francisco respectively.
By providing laboratories and state-of-the-art equipment for the team to carry out experiments and tests, HKUST seeks to aid early-stage entrepreneurs. From left: Yang Zhongguang, Wang Ri, and Wong Ka-Chin.