11 IN FO IN F CUS CUS 13 Top Educators Recognized n the School of Engineering Teaching Excellence Appreciation Awards , two faculty members received accolades for their contribution to undergraduate education. The Distinguished Teaching Award was presented to Prof Marshal Liu, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, a versatile teacher who seeks to enable those in his classes to maximize their individual potential. Outside class, Prof Liu strives to build close bonds between students, alumni, and employers through industrial talks, plant visits, and internships. The Teaching Award went to Prof Francesco Ciucci, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. Prof Ciucci has been keenly involved in student mentorship and education development at the School, initiating a highly popular University Common Core course on energy systems in a sustainable world. The School views recognition of the work of outstanding educators as an important way to keep advancing students’ learning and encourage faculty to innovate and move forward in their teaching. I PhD Award-Winners Lead Way to the Future he School of Engineering PhD Research Excellence Awards ceremony took place in March with two innovative recent graduates receiving honors for their signi cant contributions to their eld during PhD studies at HKUST. Dr Langston Wai Leung Suen, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was selected for the award for his research into ultrasound technology focused on ocular drug delivery. Such technology will enable drugs to be delivered without pain to the eye, providing an exciting new method that avoids the invasive injection treatment currently used to treat retinal diseases. Dr Suen has published four papers in top journals and been granted one US patent. He also founded Sonikure Technology Ltd in to commercialize his work, becoming a Kairos Society Top Global Startup in and had his work accepted as a “moonshot” (a radical solution to a global problem a ecting millions of lives involving breakthrough technology) in Google’s Solve for X project. Dr Edwin Chi Yan Tso, Mechanical Engineering, focused on nanofluids, heat transfer and adsorption cooling systems, undertaking research and technology development that can assist in energy-e cient strategies for smart green buildings. During his PhD research, he developed a mathematical model for estimating the cooling performance of adsorption cooling systems and built a prototype model utilizing a novel composite adsorbent and high-performance adsorbate (nanofluids). He has published eight articles in leading journals, has been cited over 8 times in the past ve years, and had ve patents accepted, in the US (one), Mainland China (three) and Hong Kong (one). Edwin became a Research Assistant Professor at HKUST in September . T PhD student Liwen Jing, Electronic and Computer Engineering, became the winner of the annual SENG Three Minute Thesis Competition ( MT®), which challenges research students to succinctly sum up their research and ideas for a non-academic audience. Second and third places went to doctoral students Feng Ni and Daniel Villaroman, both Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The People’s Choice Award was won by Syed Mohsin Abbas, PhD student of Electronic and Computer Engineering. Eight students were selected to compete in the nal round. The concept for the competition originated at the University of Queensland and was organized at SENG by the Center for Engineering Education Innovation (E²I). Summing Up a Thesis in 180 Seconds!
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy NDk5Njg=