Research & Innovation

(From left) Bioengineering undergraduate students Cheng Ting-Kai, Minato Kobashi, and Mark Alexander Ngai won the Gold Award of HKUST President’s Cup 2022.
(From left) Bioengineering undergraduate students Cheng Ting-Kai, Minato Kobashi, and Mark Alexander Ngai won the Gold Award of HKUST President’s Cup 2022. 
Excellence in Research and Innovation
Victory at HKUST President’s Cup 2022
Study co-leads Prof. Qu Jianan (first right), Professor at Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering (ECE), and Prof. Liu Kai (first left), Associate Professor at Division of Life Science; as well as the first author of the study Wu Wanjie (second right), PhD student of ECE.
Study co-leads Prof. Qu Jianan (first right), Professor at Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering (ECE), and Prof. Liu Kai (first left), Associate Professor at Division of Life Science; as well as the first author of the study Wu Wanjie (second right), PhD student of ECE. 
Advances in Optical Engineering
HKUST Researchers Develop Long-Term In Vivo Imaging Technique to Better Understand and Treat Spinal Cord Injury
(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.
(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. 
Fighting COVID-19
HKUST Develops New Smart Antimicrobial Coating with Long-Term Protection Against Omicron
Prof. Tim Cheng together with PhD student Wang Xiaomeng at work at the AI chip design center.
Prof. Tim Cheng together with PhD student Wang Xiaomeng at work at the AI chip design center.  
AI Chips… with Everything
Asia’s First Transnational R&D Center on AI Chip Design Set to Realize Ubiquitous AI Applications in Society
Prof. Gary Chan with his Dementia’s Secret Angel app and Bluetooth tag in its portable card format.
Prof. Gary Chan with his Dementia’s Secret Angel app and Bluetooth tag in its portable card format. 
Dementia’s Secret Angel
App Helps to Find Dementia Wanderers
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 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. 
Fighting COVID-19
T Cells Fit to Tackle Omicron, Suggests New Study
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.
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
Project Led by Prof. SHAO Minhua Received the Largest Grant in Green Tech Fund
Prof. Tim Cheng, HKUST’s Dean of Engineering and Founding Director of the AI Chip Center for Emerging Smart Systems (ACCESS), explains the specialty of the AI chip developed by the Center.
Prof. Tim Cheng, HKUST’s Dean of Engineering and Founding Director of the AI Chip Center for Emerging Smart Systems (ACCESS), explains the specialty of the AI chip developed by the Center. 
Realize Ubiquitous AI Applications in Society
HKUST Establishes Asia’s First Transnational R&D Consortium on AI Chip Design
Two projects of Prof. Chen Guanghao (left) and Prof. Francesco Ciucci (right) have been approved in the first round of applications in the Hong Kong government’s Green Tech Fund, among over 190 applications.
Two projects of Prof. Chen Guanghao (left) and Prof. Francesco Ciucci (right) have been approved in the first round of applications in the Hong Kong government’s Green Tech Fund, among over 190 applications. 
Promoting New Energy & Low-Carbon Waste Management
Prof. CHEN Guanghao & Prof. Francesco CIUCCI Received the First Green Tech Fund
The fabricated high-performance III-V photodetector on a monolithic InP/SOI platform for application in silicon photonics
The fabricated high-performance III-V photodetector on a monolithic InP/SOI platform for application in silicon photonics 
Driving High-Speed Data Communications
HKUST Scientists Demonstrated High-Performance Photodetectors (PDs) Grown on SOI for Silicon Photonics
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