(From left) Prof. Yeung King-Lun, Director of HKUST-CIL Joint Laboratory of Innovative Environmental Health Technologies (HKUST-CIL Lab); Mr. Hamilton Hung, Chief Marketing Officer of Chiaphua Industries Limited; Prof. Joseph Kwan and Prof. Han Wei, Associate Directors of HKUST-CIL Lab; and a research team member have improved the formula of the antimicrobial coating MAP-1, launched at the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, pushing the coating’s durability from three months to five years.
The research team found that despite the number of epitopes encompassing Omicron mutations are nonetheless notably higher than other virus variants, Omicron, like other variants, is still unlikely to escape human's T cell responses.
The project of Prof. Shao Minhua on “Development of High Performance and Long Life Hydrogen Fuel Cell Stacks” received the largest amount of funding in the 14 projects approved to date in the Hong Kong government’s Green Tech Fund.
Improving Performance and Durability of Fuel Cells
The Third HKUST Faculty Recognition Ceremony acknowledged the outstanding achievements of 36 faculty members, including 23 from the School of Engineering or who have a joint position in the School.