Taking Up a Large Share of HKUST’s Total

School of Engineering Secured HK$67.5 Million in Three Research Funding Schemes

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School of Engineering (SENG) faculty members achieved impressive results in three major research funding schemes, taking up a large share of the University’s total. In Collaborative Research Fund 2025/26, HKUST secured funding for 12 projects, including nine projects led by SENG faculty members. In Research Impact Fund 2025/26, HKUST received funding for one project, which is led by SENG. In the Green Tech Fund’s fifth round of applications, two HKUST projects were approved, where both are led by SENG. In total, SENG secured over HK$67.5 million in the 12 projects under these three funding schemes.

The awarded research projects are:

Collaborative Research Fund 2025/26: Collaborative Research Project Grant

Project title: Building Trustworthy Large Language Model (LLM)-Integrated Applications: A Full-Stack Lifecycle Approach
Project coordinator: Prof. WANG Shuai, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

Project title: Unraveling Fluid-Solid Interactions and Soft Propeller Mechanics Through Quantitative Optical Imaging
Project coordinator: Prof. Sherry CHEN, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Project title: Designing Functionalized Bio-carbons to Propel a Biorenewable Hydrogen Economy
Project coordinator: Prof. Dan TSANG, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Project title: Coordinated Autonomy and Smart Infrastructure for Low Altitude Economy System
Project coordinator: Prof. ZHANG Fumin, Chair Professor of Electronic & Computer Engineering and Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Project title: Federated LPWANs for Scalable IoT
Project coordinator: Prof. LI Mo, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

Collaborative Research Fund 2025/26: Collaborative Research Equipment Grant

Project title: Development of an Automated UAV Vertiport for Low Altitude Economy Research at HKUST
Project coordinator: Prof. MENG Zili, Assistant Professor of Electronic & Computer Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering

Project title: A Biaxial Centrifuge Shaker for Enhancing Research on Seismic and Climate Resilience of Infrastructure
Project coordinator: Prof. WANG Gang, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Collaborative Research Fund 2025/26: Young Collaborative Research Grant

Project title: Extreme-mission Microelectronic Passive Transducers
Project coordinator: Prof. YANG Yansong, Assistant Professor of Electronic and Computer Engineering

Project title: DeepSparseCT: An Ultra-Sparse X-Ray-Driven Foundation Model for Intraoperative 3D CT Reconstruction
Project coordinator: Prof. LI Xiaomeng, Assistant Professor of Electronic & Computer Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering

Research Impact Fund 2025/26

Project title: ZKDI: A Zero-Knowledge Proof-based Data Intelligence System for Financial and Web3 Data Analytics
Project coordinator: Prof. WANG Shuai, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

Green Tech Fund (Fifth round of application)

Project title: Direct Seawater Electrolysis for Green Hydrogen with An Active-flow Membraneless Electrolyzer
Project coordinator: Prof. CHEN Qing, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Project title: Development of Highly Efficient and Durable Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers
Project coordinator: Prof. SHAO Minhua, Chair Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

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