24 IN FOCUS Students Bioengineering PhD student PARK Byung Min ( BSc in Biology) has received a Fulbright-Lee Hysan Visiting Student Scholar award to study at the California Institute of Technology. His thesis research explores the potential of engineered proteins as bioimaging contrasts through the development of bioacoustic and photoacoustic tools and materials for safe, precise detection of various cancers. Student awards & achievements Division of Integrative Systems and Design undergraduate Mashiat LAMISA received an Empower Women Through Technology Prize at Vancouver’s all-female “cmd-f” -hour hackathon, while on exchange at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Together with two other UBC students, Mashiat created the Know Your Rights app to help women and other gender minorities get to know their workplace rights, including gender wage gaps and harassment. The event attracted teams and a total of participants. Dr. ZHU Shangqian (third le ) ( PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering) received the School of Engineering PhD Research Excellence Award for his research focused on electrochemical energy conversion and storage technologies that seek to address global climate change and energy depletion issues. His work had resulted in publications in top journals and over citations by June . He is now a Research Grants Council postdoctoral fellow at HKUST. A cross-disciplinary team received the Outstanding Students Award at the Autodesk Hong Kong Building Information Modeling (BIM) Awards . Their project investigated the integration of BIM and the internet of things for smart facility management at HKUST campus. Team members comprised Civil and Environmental Engineering PhD student Helen KWOK Hoi-Ling (not pictured) and PhD graduate CHEN Weiwei (third right), together with Dual Degree Program in Technology and Management graduates CHAN Sum-Chau (third le ) and Sampriti DWIVEDY (second le ). Four BEng graduates from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering won the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) Environmental Division Prize for Best Final Year Environmental Project . The team comprised FUNG Hiu-Tung (fourth le ), LAU Siu-Mei (third le ), LEUNG Ho-Fung (not pictured), and WONG Hon-Fai (second right). The students’ project looked at developing a combinative adsorption and photocatalytic unit for remediation of electroplating e luents.
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