Top Discoverers of the Future Recognized wireless networks through game theory and optimization models and solutions. Dr Chen has published more than papers in IEEE journals and conferences, and at present is a member of the iQua Research Group at the University of Toronto. Dr Yang’s research explored next-generation energy-e cient power conversion systems. She developed a technology to provide enhanced wide bandgap gallium nitride semiconductor device stability and reliability, and authored and co-authored more than papers. She is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering at HKUST. hree recent PhD graduates have received the School of Engineering PhD Research Excellence Awards for their outstanding work while at HKUST. The honorees were Dr Feng Xuan, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, a member of Prof I-Ming Hsing’s research group, Dr Yanjiao Chen, Computer Science and Engineering, who worked in Prof Qian Zhang’s team, and Dr Shu Yang, Electronic and Computer Engineering, part of Prof Kevin Chen’s research group. Dr Xuan, now a postdoctoral researcher at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, developed a series of strategies to realize “immobilization-free” electrochemical nucleic acid sensing with high sensitivity and selectivity while at HKUST. This work led to several high-impact publications, with his work cited times in the past three years. His research team received two General Research Fund grants totaling HK$ million based on his PhD thesis work and he has led two patents, demonstrating the commercial potential of his work. The focus of Dr Chen’s work was the interdisciplinary eld combining wireless networks and microeconomics. She investigated non-cooperative, competitive interactions among di erent parties in T experience of giving presentations and exchanged ideas on how to improve research presentation skills. n April, School of Engineering research postgraduate students entered into a concise war of words as nalists in the SENG Three Minute Thesis ( MT®) Competition battled to best present their ideas and research discoveries in just seconds. The exciting contest challenged contestants to explain their research projects to other students and a judging panel comprising SENG faculty and communication professionals, enabling participants to practice communicating the signi cance of their work in a succinct but compelling way to non-specialists as well as specialists. The skill is seen as highly bene cial to researchers who will later need to apply for funding or participate in public forums and speak convincingly in a short time span about the importance of their work to non-experts in their eld. More than universities from countries and regions around the world have held MT® competitions since it was originated by the University of Queensland, including the University of Cambridge, University of Massachusetts and University of British Columbia. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering PhD student Ping Geng won both the overall championship and the People’s Choice award, an honor voted on by the student audience. Second and third places went to PhD students Miao Yu, Bioengineering Graduate Program, and Belsy Yuen, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. During the event, the nalists, judging panel, and audience also shared their I Winning Ways with Words 19 IN FOCUS
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