SENG News

(From right) Ms. Dee Dee Chan, Director of the Seal of Love Charitable Foundation, Mr. Lawrence Chan, Founder of the Foundation and his wife Mrs. Lillian Chan, HKUST President Prof. Wei Shyy, and HKUST Provost Prof. Lionel Ni officiate the naming ceremony.
(From right) Ms. Dee Dee Chan, Director of the Seal of Love Charitable Foundation, Mr. Lawrence Chan, Founder of the Foundation and his wife Mrs. Lillian Chan, HKUST President Prof. Wei Shyy, and HKUST Provost Prof. Lionel Ni officiate the naming ceremony.  
Generous Gift to Support Student Innovative Service
Amrut (left) and Paddy at the global final of the IET Present Around The World Competition.
Amrut (left) and Paddy at the global final of the IET Present Around The World Competition. Paddy gave a presentation of their co-created device “Helen” and became the winner of the highly competitive contest. 
(From left) Andrea Madotto, Prof. Pascale Fung and Wu Chien-Sheng received an Outstanding Paper Award at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics for a paper co-authored with Salesforce Research collaborators.
(From left) Andrea Madotto, Prof. Pascale Fung and Wu Chien-Sheng received an Outstanding Paper Award at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics for a paper co-authored with Salesforce Research collaborators. 
Zhang Hongming (right), one of 12 MRSA 2019 awardees out of 101 applicants, received the award from Dr. Hon Hsiao-Wuen, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Asia-Pacific R&D Group, Microsoft Research Asia.
Zhang Hongming (right), one of 12 MRSA 2019 awardees out of 101 applicants, received the award from Dr. Hon Hsiao-Wuen, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Asia-Pacific R&D Group, Microsoft Research Asia. 
Emerging Leader Recognized
Prof. Patrick Yue demonstrates a wirelessly powered visible light communication (WP VLC) system designed by his graduate students.
Prof. Patrick Yue demonstrates a wirelessly powered visible light communication (WP VLC) system designed by his graduate students. 
Advancing Visible Light Communication
HKUST’s two humanoid robots performed a dance with music at the Intelligent Robot Contest 2019 in Seoul.
HKUST’s two humanoid robots performed a dance with music at the Intelligent Robot Contest 2019 in Seoul. 
Leveraging Computer Science to Turn Imagination into Reality
Leveraging Computer Science to Turn Imagination into Reality 
Women in Engineering – meet WEI Lili
The winning team: (from left) Mak Ka-Hei, Leung Pok-Man, Mak Kin-Wing, Lee Chun-Hei and Amrutavarsh Sanganabasappa Kinagi, with their autonomous biped robot in front
The winning team: (from left) Mak Ka-Hei, Leung Pok-Man, Mak Kin-Wing, Lee Chun-Hei and Amrutavarsh Sanganabasappa Kinagi, with their autonomous biped robot in front 
HKUST Dean of Engineering Prof. Tim Cheng (front left) and James M. McKelvey Prof. Aaron Bobick, WashU Dean of McKelvey School of Engineering (front right), sign the MoU under the witness of the WashU delegates and HKUST representatives.
HKUST Dean of Engineering Prof. Tim Cheng (front left) and James M. McKelvey Prof. Aaron Bobick, WashU Dean of McKelvey School of Engineering (front right), sign the MoU under the witness of the WashU delegates and HKUST representatives. 
International Partnership to Boost Research and Education
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.
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. 
Smart Hydrogel for Biomedical Applications