Department
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Research Areas and Contact Information |
Department of Applied
Biology and Chemical Technology
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| Biotechnology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
R&D on various drugs: anticancer, antibacterial, antiviral & antiparasitic; production & formulation of pharmaceuticals, herbal medicines & protein drugs; production of industrial enzymes; biosensor R&D; fermentation and cell culture technology; recombinant DNA technology; rational drug design; bioinformatics; molecular modeling and docking; protein & enzyme technology; preclinical studies of drugs; mechanisms of drug actions; discovery of cancer markers; high throughput drug screening and discovery; food biotechnology; studies of NO and immune system; mechanisms of iron intake; mechanisms of cell growth and cell death.
Contact:
Dr Thomas Leung Yun-chung (tel: 3400 8661; email: bctleung@polyu.edu.hk) |
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| Environmental
Science and Technology |
Removal of toxic metals and organics from industrial effluents; technologies for treating industrial wastewater and landfill leachate; waste utilization and recycling; bioplastic production; effect of landfill factors & land contamination on plant growth; and ozone technology.
Contact:
Dr Thomas Lo Wai-hung (tel: 3400 8724; email: bctlo@polyu.edu.hk) |
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| Food
Technology |
Description Application & development of preservation techniques; modified atmosphere packaging of fruits; ultrasound technology in food processes; thermal processing; novel extraction and separation techniques, biological treatment of industrial food wastewater, and food waste utilization.
Contact:
Dr Liang Han-hua (tel: 3400 8663; email: bchhliang@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Materials
Chemistry |
Compatibility of polymer mixtures; chemical modification & synthesis of novel functional polymers; design, synthesis and characterization of functional polymeric particles for applications in delivery of biomolecules, functional coatings, enzyme immobilization, chemical and biomolecular separations, as well as self-assembly to generate novel nanostructured materials; organometallic chemistry; and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy & imaging of polymeric materials.
Contact:
Dr Li Pei (tel: 3400 8721; email: bcpeili@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Traditional Chinese Medicine |
Novel asymmetric catalysis for the production of pharmaceuticals; the application of advanced analytical techniques (mass spectrometry, biosensors, etc.) in pharmacological studies; the immunomodulating effects of herbal mixtures; the development of Chinese medicine for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and the production of bioactive natural compounds in microbial and plant cell culture bioreactors.
Prof. Albert Chan Sun-chi (tel: 2766 5222; email: bcachan@polyu.edu.hk)
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Department of Applied
Mathematics
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Department of Applied
Physics
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| Smart
Materials and Devices |
Processing, characterization and applications of various types of ferroelectric and piezoelectric smart materials; the study of nanocomposites consisting of nanosized ceramic or metallic particles in a polymer matrix, nanotubes and nanowires of oxides, and high-k dielectrics; the study of electrical, piezoelectric, pyroelectric, optical, magnetic, mechanical, magnetostrictive, and magnetoelectric properties of materials; and the design and fabrication of smart devices, including ultrasonic motors, piezoelectric transformers, actuators, transducers and sensors.
Contact:
Prof. Helen Chan (tel: 2766 5692; email: apahlcha@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
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| Theoretical
and Computational Physics |
Electrical and mechanical properties of ferroelectric materials; elastic, thermal and electrical properties of advanced composite materials; self-assembled nano-structures in strained thin films; kinetic roughening of thin films; defect migration in semiconductors; dendritic and fractal growth; fluid flow in porous media; dewetting of polymer nanofilms; and electron transport in solid-state quantum computers.
Contact:
Dr C.H. Lam (tel: 2766 5681; email: apachlam@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
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| Thin
Films and Coatings |
Pulsed laser deposition; e-beam, ion-beam and magnetron sputtering; the sol-gel method; hard coatings; ferroelectric and other ceramic thin films; heterostructures; solar cells; and surface modification.
Contact:
Prof. K.H. Wong (tel: 2766 5677; email: apakhwon@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
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Department of Applied
Social Sciences
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| Children and Youth
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Youth employment and career development, school-to-work transition; youth developmental tasks and lifestyle assessment; student guidance and counselling; youth leadership training and development
Contact:
Prof. Howard Cheng Chi-ho (tel: 2766 5751; email: sshoward@polyu.edu.hk)
Dr Syrine Lam Yeung Kit-sum (tel: 2766 5729; email: sssyrine@polyu.edu.hk)
Deviant behaviours; youth and family policies
Contact:
Dr Shae Wan-chaw (tel: 2766 5709; e-mail: sswcshae@polyu.edu.hk)
Dr Ho Kwok Leung (tel: 2766 5741; email: ssdenny@polyu.edu.hk)
Special education; children and adolescents with special needs and specific learning difficulties and dyslexia; learning and psychological problems of youth; Chinese psychology and healthy life style
Contact:
Dr Alice Lai Cheng Cheng Gea (tel: 2766 6314; email: ssalai@polyu.edu.hk)
Dr Lee Tsor Kui (tel: 2766 5750; email: sstklee@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Health and Mental Health |
Subjective psychotic experience; psychiatric social work, mental health policy and service; Chinese culture and mental health; self help groups for mental health consumers and indigenization of social work practice; Health psychology; applied neuropsychology; cognitive-behavioral intervention
Contact:
Prof. Yip Kam Shing (tel: 2766 5733; email: ssksyip@polyu.edu.hk)
Dr Alma Au May Lan (tel: 2766 7944; email: ssalma@polyu.edu.hk)
Hospital-community health studies; health care policies; outcome studies and programme evaluation of community-based health and family services
Contact:
Dr Charles Chan Ching Hai (tel: 2766 7744; email: sschchan@polyu.edu.hk)
Dr Amy Ho Po-ying (tel: 2766 5790; email: sspyho@polyu.edu.hk)
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Department of Building and Real
Estate
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| Information Technology and
Construction Technology |
IT application in Construction and demolition waste technology and management
Contact:
Dr H.Q. Fan (tel: 2766 5788; email: bshfan@polyu.edu.hk)
Construction information management systems, building information model, virtual prototyping, group decision support systems, integrated information systems
Contact:
Prof. H. Li (tel: 2766 5879; email: bshengli@polyu.edu.hk)
IT systems relating to value management, project management and partnering
Contact:
Prof. Q.P. Shen (tel: 2766 5817; email: bsqpshen@polyu.edu.hk)
Building diagnostics, non-destructive testing
Contact:
Dr W.F. Tsang (tel: 2766 5812; email: bstwf@polyu.edu.hk)
Construction IT
Contact:
Dr K.D. Wong (tel: 2766 5831; email: bskdwong@polyu.edu.hk)
Building repair and maintenance
Contact:
Prof. K.W. Wong (tel: 2766 5821; email bskwwong@polyu.edu.hk) |
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| Planning, Development and Housing
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Sustainable development control, green and healthy development, urban renewal, conservation of built heritage
Contact:
Prof. Edwin H.W. Chan (tel: 2766 5800; email: bsedchan@polyu.edu.hk)
Land use planning, institutions and institutional change
Contact:
Dr B.S. Tang (tel: 2766 5816; email: bsbstang@polyu.edu.hk
Real estate market dynamics, housing policy and affordability: Hong Kong and Mainland, cross border housing and residential mobility, property, facility and shopping centre management, housing, planning and land issues
Contact:
Prof. C.M. Hui (tel: 2766 5881; email: bscmhui@polyu.edu.hk)
Sustainable development
Contact:
Dr Linda C.N. Fan (tel: 2766 5815; email: bsfan@polyu.edu.hk)
Sustainable construction practice, and environmental performance evaluation for construction projects
Contact:
Prof. L.Y. Shen (tel: 2766 5805; email: bsshen @polyu.edu.hk)
Housing affordability, industrialized housing, public housing policy and development
Contact:
Prof. K.W. Wong (tel: 2766 5821; email bskwwong@polyu.edu.hk) |
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| Procurement and Regulatory
Innovations |
Innovative contracting strategies/systems, dispute avoidance/resolution, green/healthy buildings evalaution, regulatory reform for sustainable development and the construction industry
Contact:
Prof. Edwin H.W. Chan (tel: 2766 5800; email: bsedchan@polyu.edu.hk)
Construction procurement, project partnering
Contact:
Prof. Albert P.C. Chan (tel: 2766 5814; email: bsachan@polyu.edu.hk)
Construction procurement systems, project partnering and strategic alliancing, Public Private Partnership (PPP), Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) / Target Cost Contracting (TCC)
Contact:
Dr Daniel W.M. Chan (tel: 2766 4387; email: bsdchan@polyu.edu.hk)
Construction quality assessment, project documentation, buildability
Contact:
Dr T.I. Lam (tel: 2766 5799; email: bsplam@polyu.edu.hk)
Partnering
Contact:
Prof. Q.P. Shen (tel: 2766 5817; email: bsqpshen@polyu.edu.hk)
Contract administration
Contact:
Dr K.D. Wong (tel: 2766 5831; email: bskdwong@polyu.edu.hk) |
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| Project and Construction
Management
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Project management, process success, construction safety, construction management economics
Contact:
Prof. Albert P.C. Chan (tel: 2766 5814; email: bsachan@polyu.edu.hk)
Construction time performance, construction safety management
Contact:
Dr Daniel W.M. Chan (tel: 2766 4387; email: bsdchan@polyu.edu.hk)
Quality management, strategic alliance
Contact:
Dr Linda C.N. Fan (tel: 2766 5815; email: bsfan@polyu.edu.hk)
Knowledge management, project mangement, value management, innovation and organizational behaviour
Contact:
Dr S.W. Fong (tel: 2766 5801; email: bspafong@polyu.edu.hk)
Sustainable development in built environment; Risk management for construction and real estate; Competition in construction
Contact:
Prof. L.Y. Shen (tel: 2766 5805; email: bsshen@polyu.edu.hk)
Value management, project management
Contact:
Prof. Q.P. Shen (tel: 2766 5817; email: bsqpshen@polyu.edu.hk)
Project management
Contact:
Dr K.D. Wong (tel: 2766 5831; email: bskwwong@polyu.edu.hk)
Construction safety management, fall of person from height, safety communication
Contact:
Prof. K.W. Wong (tel: 2766 5821; email bskwwong@polyu.edu.hk) |
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Department of Building
Services Engineering
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| Architectural Science and Advanced
Fire Engineering
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Computational fluid dynamics; Indoor aerodynamics; Thermal analysis for buildings; Atrium fires; Fire dynamics; Fire protection systems including detection, suppression and smoke management; Fire spreading; Sprinkler research; and Performance-based design.
Contact:
Prof. Chow Wan-ki (tel: 27665843; email: bewkchow@polyu.edu.hk) |
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| Building Environment Science and
Engineering
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CFD (Computational fluid dynamics) and room space air distributions; Building performance simulation and rating methods; Indoor air quality; Indoor air pollutant dynamics; Indoor environment modelling and control; Ventilation for health and infectious disease control; Low energy building design and environmental control; HVAC systems: radiant cooling, thermal energy storage.
Contact:
Prof. Niu Jianlei (tel: 2766 7781; email: bejlniu@polyu.edu.hk) |
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| Building System and Energy
Technology
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Energy efficient building and advanced system technology; Advanced humidity control and total heat recovery technologies; Building and building system modelling; Building automation, control and diagnosis; Integration of renewable energy sources: solar, wind energy and ground source heat pump technologies; Energy efficient operation and maintenance; Advanced building electrical and lighting systems; Facility management; Energy economics and policy.
Contact:
Prof. S.W. Wang (Tel : 27665858 ; email : beswwang@polyu.edu.hk)
Prof. H.X. Yang (Tel : 27665863 ; email : behxyang@polyu.edu.hk)
Prof. F.W.H. Yik (Tel : 27665841; email : bewhyik@polyu.edu.hk) |
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| Facility Management
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Strategic asset management and maintenance; Strategic facility planning and corporate real estate management; Facilities support service management; Economics for FM; Asset performance and measurement; Business-facility alignment; FM educational development.
Contact: Dr S.S. Then Danny (tel: 2766 4558; email: bessthen@polyu.edu.hk) |
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| Indoor Environmental Quality
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Designs for indoor environmental quality; Thermal comfort; Lighting quality; Building acoustics, noise and vibration control; Diagnosis of indoor air quality; Building audits and surveys; and Management of indoor environmental quality. Control of spread of disease via building services systems.
Contacts:
Prof. S.K. Tang (tel: 27667782; email: besktang@polyu.edu.hk) |
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Department of Chinese
and Bilingual Studies
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| Bilingual Communication and
Bilingual Education
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Comparative discourse studies, cross-cultural studies for business communication and relations, glocalization and multilingual media communication in Cultural China, languages in contact and change.
Contact:
Dr Doreen Wu Dongying (tel: 2766 7441; email: ctdwu@polyu.edu.hk)
Language policy and language planning, sociolinguistic issues of multilingualism, bilingual education and guided second language learning, role of previously known languages in learning an additional language, external (sociolinguistic) history of modern standard Chinese and corporate communication in Greater China.
Contact:
Prof Daniel So Wing-cheung (tel: 2766 7538; email: ctdaniel@polyu.edu.hk) |
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| Chinese Linguistics
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Cantonese grammar, phonetics & phonology and history of Chinese language
Contact:
Dr Roxana Fung Suk-Yee (tel: 2766 4783; email: ctsyfung@polyu.edu.hk)
Cantonese phonetics and phonology, Chinese dialect studies and Chinese script
Contact:
Dr Cheung Kwan-hin (tel: 2766 7442; email: ctkhcheu@polyu.edu.hk)
Chinese semantics, pragmatics and rhetoric
Contact:
Dr Jiang Yan (tel: 2766 7434; email: ctyjiang@polyu.edu.hk)
Chinese syntax, dialectal grammar and comparative grammar
Contact:
Dr Tang Sze-Wing (tel: 2766 7268; email: sw.tang@polyu.edu.hk)
Lexical semantics, Ontology of Chinese characters
Contact:
Prof Huang Chu-ren (tel: 2766 4832; email: ctcrh@polyu.edu.hk)
Syntactic and morphological structures of Mandarin and Cantonese, theories of syntax, the syntax-pragmatics interface, varieties of Chinese in Hong Kong and language contact and language change
Contact:
Prof Shi Dingxu (tel: 2766 7440; email: ctdshi@polyu.edu.hk) |
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| Language Assessment and Chinese
Language Education
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Chinese language curriculum and pedagogy, Chinese language testing, professional Chinese, action research, research methodology.
Contact:
Dr Zhu Xinhua (tel: 3400 3840; email: ctxhzhu@polyu.edu.hk)
Dr Chan Wing Sat (tel: 2766 7891; email: ctwschan@polyu.edu.hk)
Chinese language education, methods of Chinese-language pedagogy, Chinese-language testing and measurement, Putonghua in education, lexicology in education, sociolinguistic study of Chinese varieties, Chinese registers and Chinese for specific purposes.
Contact:
Prof. Chan Shui-duen (tel: 2766 7443; email: chsdchan@polyu.edu.hk)
Teaching Chinese for specific purposes, analyzing Chinese text and talk, contemporary Chinese(s) for business communication and relations.
Contact:
Dr Doreen Wu Dongying (tel: 2766 7441; email: ctdwu@inet.polyu.edu.hk) |
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| Teaching Chinese as a Second
Language and Second Language Acquisition
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Learner centered contrastive approaches to foreign language learning, psychology and neural aspects of language acquisition, learner tools (dictionaries, instructional materials, databases) creation and evaluation, intercultural mediation, acquisition of minority languages, philological language learning.
Contact:
Dr Jozsef Szakos (tel: 2766 7432; email: ctszaki@polyu.edu.hk)
Prof. Chan Shui-duen (tel: 2766 7443; email: chsdchan@polyu.edu.hk)
Pedegogical grammar for teaching Chinese as a foreign language.
Contact:
Prof. Shi Dingxu (tel: 2766 7440; email: ctdshi@polyu.edu.hk) |
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| Translation Studies
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Applied translation studies: theories, processes, principles, strategies, methods and criteria for translating specific genres in practical writing.
Contact: Dr Li Kexing (tel: 2766-7451; email: ctkli@polyu.edu.hk)
Empirical studies of translation, interpreting studies
Contact: Dr. Li Dechao (tel: 2766-7458; e-mail: ctdechao@polyu.edu.hk)
Translation studies and history of translation.
Contact: Prof. Chu Chi-yu (tel: 2766 7436; email: ctcychu@polyu.edu.hk) |
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Department of Chinese Culture |
| Chinese Intellectual History (AD
900-1800)
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Institutions and courses of learning, ways of intellectual inquiry and philosophical conceptualization, articulations for moral perfection and ethical harmony, the scholar’s aspiration and worldly pursuits, the scholar in civil examinations and government service, the scholar-official’s reconciliation of public service and personal interest, intellectual attitudes toward Buddhism and Daoism, building of an orthodoxy, canonization of Confucians, doctrinal debates of the Confucians, contact with learning from abroad, ideological constraints of men of letters.
Prof. Chu Hung-lam, c/o Ms Sharon Au (Tel: 3400 3119; email: Sharon.au@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
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| Government and Society in Ming China
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Government ideals and statecraft of the Ming founder, government organizational principles and administrative systems, institutions and policies to re-establish political and social order and foster stability, expansion and consolidation of territories, ethnic conflicts and acculturation, performance of the emperors and their high ministers, bureaucratic malpractices and partisan conflicts, means of social control and ideological indoctrination, presence of the state in local society, book printing and literacy and social mobility, social welfare and social discord, test of the Confucian claim and ideal.
Prof. Chu Hung-lam, c/o Ms Sharon Au (Tel: 3400 3119; email: Sharon.au@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
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| Neo-Confucian Philosophy and
Learning
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Man’s place in the universe, universal principles and their particularistic manifestations, knowledge and action in learning, perfection of the self, moral uplifting of the populace, articulations for social and cultural integration, articulations for a strong government, major Neo-Confucian schools and their doctrines, major works of Neo-Confucianism, the philosophies of Zhu Xi and Wang Yangming, the ideological rebels of late Ming, Confucian reflections in early Qing.
Prof. Chu Hung-lam, c/o Ms Sharon Au (Tel: 3400 3119; email: Sharon.au@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
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Department of Civil
and Structural Engineering
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| Coastal and Hydraulic Engineering
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Coastal Hydraulics, Water Quality Modelling, Circulation Modelling
Contact:
Dr. K.W. Chau (tel: 2766 6014; email:cekwchau@polyu.edu.hk)
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Coastal and Environmental Hydraulics
Contact:
Prof. C.W. Li (tel: 2766 6043; email: cecwli@polyu.edu.hk)
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Coastal Engineering
Contact:
Prof. Y.S. Li (tel: 2766 6069; email: ceysli@polyu./edu.hk)
Sediment Transport Phenomena and Modelling, Environmental Sediment Dynamics, Ecohydraulics, Greenroof Technology
Contact:
Prof. Onyx W.H. Wai (tel: 2766 6025; email: ceonyx@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Construction and Transportation
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Transport and Traffic Modelling, Vehicle Energy and Exhaust Emissions, Road Safety, Pavement Engineering, Tyre/road Noise, Railway Planning
Contact:
Dr. W.T. Hung (tel: 2766 6044; email: cewthung@polyu.edu.hk)
Transportation Engineering, Travel Demand Forecasting, Network Analysis, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Public Transport and Pedestrian Studies
Contact:
Prof. H.K. Lam (tel: 2766 6045; email: cehklam@polyu.edu.hk)
Construction Operations and Logistics Simulation, Construction Productivity
Contact:
Dr. M. Lu (tel: 2766 6040; email: cemlu@polyu.edu.hk)
Transportation Analysis, Network Optimization, Travel Demand Management, Transportation Network Reliability, Sustainable Transport Policy, Analysis Logistics
Contact:
Dr. A. Sumalee (tel: 3400 3963; email: ceasumal@polyu.edu.hk)
Construction Management, Water and Environmental Management
Contact:
Dr. S.L. Tang (tel: 2766 6068; email: cesltang@polyu.edu.hk)
Highway/Pavement Engineering, Transportation Planning
Contact:
Dr. W.G. Wong (tel: 2766 6067; email: cewgwong@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Environmental Engineering
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Water/Wastewater Treatment, Industrial Effluent Treatment and Design, Environmental Chemistry, Soil Remediation
Contact:
Prof. W. Chu (tel: 2766 6075; email: cewchu@polyu.edu.hk)
Environmental Biotechnology, Industrial Wastewater Treatment, IAQ/Odour Treatment
Contact:
Prof. H. Chua (tel: 2766 6072; email: cehchua@polyu.edu.hk)
Atmospheric Chemistry, Air Pollution, Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Geographic Information Systems
Contact:
Dr. T.M. Fu (tel: 2766 4489; email: cetmfu@polyu.edu.hk)
Physical and Chemical Treatment of Industrial Wastewater, Waste Minimization and Recycling, Wastewater Treatment Operation and Odour Control
Contact:
Mr. James P.C. Fung (tel: 2766 6028; email: cepcfung@polyu.edu.hk)
Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution, Photochemistry, Source Appointment, Ultrafine Particles, Bioaerosols, Vehicle Emissions
Contact:
Dr. H. Guo (tel: 3400 3962; email: ceguohai@polyu.edu.hk)
Education in Health and Safety, Promotion of Occupational Health and Safety
Contact:
Dr. K.Y. Kwok (tel: 2766 6060; email: cekykwok@polyu.edu.hk)
Air Quality Monitoring, Total Ozone Column, Solar Ultraviolet Radiation, Boundary Layer Dynamics and Chemistry
Contact:
Dr. K.S. Lam (tel: 2766 6071; email: cekslam@polyu.edu.hk)
Indoor Air Pollution, Toxic Air Pollutants, Emission Source Characterization, Carbonaceous Aerosol Characterization
Contact:
Prof. Frank S.C. Lee (tel: 2766 6011; email: ceslee@polyu.edu.hk)
Sediment Quality Assessment, Urban Environmental Geochemistry, Phytoremediaition of Contaminated Land, Air Pollution Monitoring and Assessment, Hazardous Waste Treatment
Contact:
Prof. X.D. Li (tel: 2766 6041; email: cexdli@polyu.edu.hk)
Water and Wastewater Treatment, Odour Pollution Control
Contact:
Prof. X.Z. Li (tel: 2766 6016; email: cexzli@polyu.edu.hk)
Sound Insulation and Absorption Materials, Ventilation Noise Control, Nonlinear Vibration
Contact:
Dr. C.F Ng (tel: 2766 6013; email: cecfng@polyu.edu.hk)
Eco-friendly Construction Materials, Concrete Technology, Waste Recycling and Management
Contact:
Prof. C.S. Poon (tel: 2766 6024; email: cecspoon@polyu.edu.hk)
Atmospheric Chemistry, Air Pollution Meteorology, Instrument Development, Field Measurements and Data Analysis
Contact:
Prof. T. Wang (tel: 2766 6059; email: cetwang@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Geotechnical Engineering
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Geomechanics, Damage and Fracture Mechanics, Continuum Mechanics, Rock Mechanics, Earthquake Engineering, Landslides, Rockfall, Debris Flow, Dynamic Impacts, Tsunami
Contact:
Prof. Kam Tim Chau (tel: 2766 6015; email: cektchau@polyu.edu.hk)
Numerical Methods, Discrete Element Analysis, Slope and Pile, Deep Excavation
Contact:
Dr Y.M. Cheng (tel: 2766 6042, email: ceymchen@polyu.edu.hk)
Computational Geomechanics, Civil Engineering Education
Contact:
Mr. S.T. Luk (tel: 2766 6064; email: cestluk@polyu.edu.hk)
Fracture Propagation, Seismic Study on Rock Failure, Slope, Foundation and Tunnel in Jointed or Fractured Rock Mass, Rock Fall and Toppling Study
Contact:
Dr. Robina H.C. Wong (tel: 2766 6057; email: cerwong@polyu.edu.hk)
Testing Study of Properties and Behaviour of Soils, Constitutive Modelling, Soft Soil Improvement, Geosynthetics-Reinforcement and Modelling, Slope Analysis and Stabilization, Monitoring of Geotechnical Structures Using Optical Fiber Sensors and Advanced Instrument, Soil/Structure Interactions, Geotechnical Numerical Analyses, Development of Advanced Soil Lab Testing Apparatus
Contact:
Prof. Jian-hua Yin (tel: 2766 6065; email: cejhyin@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Structural Engineering
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Steel Structures, Non-linear Solution Methods, Buckling, Stability, Advanced Nonlinear Design, Glass Structures, Non-linear Finite Element Analysis, Second Order Analysis, Steel and Bamboo Scaffolds and Structures
Contact:
Prof. S.L. Chan (tel: 2766 6047; email: ceslchan@polyu.edu.hk)
Steel Structures, Steel-concrete Composite Structures and Cold-formed Steel Construction, Code Development, Fire Engineering and Fire Protection, Fire Resistant Design, Development of Steel Building Products, Bamboo Structures
Contact:
Prof. K.F. Chung (tel: 2766 6063; email: cekchung@polyu.edu.hk)
FRP for Strengthening of Concrete Structures, Concrete Durability and Life Cycle Management of Coastal Concrete Structures, Fiber Reinforced Concrete
Contact:
Dr. J.G. Dai (tel: 2766 6026; email: cejgdai@polyu.edu.hk)
Structural Dynamics, Vibration Monitoring and Control, System Identification, Damage Detection
Contact:
Prof. J.M. Ko (tel: 2766 5036; email: cejmko@polyu.edu.hk)
Seismic Design and Analysis, Concrete Structures, Retrofitting and Strengthening, Construction Law
Contact:
Dr. Eddie S.S. Lam (tel: 2766 6058; email: cesslam@polyu.edu.hk)
Structural Dynamics, Bridge Engineering, Signal Processing, Structural Damage Detection, Damage Model, Model Updating, Non-linearity, Moving Loads Problem, Inverse Problem
Contact:
Dr. S.S. Law (tel: 2766 6062; email: cesslaw@polyu.edu.hk)
Structural Dynamics, Smart Materials and Structures, Structural Health Monitoring, Vibration Control, Nonlinear Oscillation and Identification
Contact:
Dr. Y.Q. Ni (tel: 2766 6004; email: ceyqni@polyu.edu.hk)
Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Construction, Seismic Assessment and Retrofit of Structures, Intelligent High-Performance Structures, Steel Structures
Contact:
Prof. J.G. Teng (tel: 2766 6012; email: cejgteng@polyu.edu.hk)
Concrete Materials/Structures, Composite Structures, Earthquake Engineering
Contact:
Dr. Y.L. Wong (tel: 2766 6009; email: ceylwong@polyu.edu.hk)
Structural Dynamics, Structural Condition Assessment and Damage Detection, FE Model Updating, Nonlinear Vibration of Cables
Contact:
Dr. Y. Xia (tel: 2766 6066; email: ceyxia@polyu.edu.hk)
Wind Engineering, Earthquake Engineering, Vibration Control, System Identification, Field Measurement, Health Monitoring, Bridge Aerodynamics
Contact:
Prof. Y.L. Xu (tel: 2766 6050; email: ceylxu@polyu.edu.hk)
Smart Material and Structures, Structural Health Monitoring, Hazard Mitigation, Performance-based Design Methodology
Contact:
Dr. S.Y. Zhu (tel: 3400 3964; email: ceszhu@polyu.edu.hk)
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Department of
Computing
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| Enterprise Information Systems
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HCI, Semantic Computing, Web 2.0, Information Retrieval, Knowledge Management, MIS, eLearning, eCommerce, Business Intelligence, Logistics and SCM, Software Engineering
Contact:
Prof. Keith Chan (tel: 2766 7282;
email: cskcchan@comp.polyu.edu.hk)
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| Mobile and Network Computing
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Computer networking; wireless and mobile communications; distributed systems; Internet computing and applications; mobile and pervasive computing; performance evaluation; TCP/IP protocols; Web mining.
Contact:
Prof. Jiannong Cao (tel: 2766 7275;
email: csjcao@comp.polyu.edu.hk)
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| Pattern Analysis and Machine
Intelligence
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Biometrics; computerized traditional Chinese medicine; image processing; case-based reasoning systems; chaos systems; document analysis and recognition; fuzzy systems; genetic algorithms; intelligent hybrid systems; machine vision; neural networks; pattern recognition; and telerobotics operation.
Contact:
Prof. David Zhang (tel: 2766 7271;
email: csdzhang@comp.polyu.edu.hk)
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Department of
Electrical Engineering
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| Energy Market Development and
Environmental Impact Analysis |
The focus area will concentrate on policy of energy/power market and related issue (such as emission trading), energy efficiency/saving/conservation techniques, new/renewable energy technologies, as well as analysis on their environmental impacts. All these disciplines are critical to the current hot issue on gobal warming effects and are also important in regional context. The department regards it as an area of great potential and also an area which we can make great contributions with our expertise.
Contact:
Dr Edward W.C. Lo
(Tel: 27666144, email: eewclo@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Power System Stability, Control,
and Operation
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The complexity of power transmission systems has increased drastically over the past few decades owing to continuing growth in interconnections, use of new technologies and controls, economic and environmental constraints as well as widespread deregulation. Development of sophisticated simulation design tools and application of advanced techniques aimed at improving the power system stability, operation and control of large-scale power systems are essential in order to ensure economic and secure supply of electricity to customers.
Contact:
Dr C. Y. Chung
(Tel: 27666165, email: eecychun@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Utility Asset Management and
Condition Monitoring
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Asset management is one of the key engineering concerns in industry nowadays. Power utilities and railways are typical examples of massive infrastructures in need of various advanced technologies and methodologies for condition monitoring, in order to maximize utilization, optimize performance, maintain reliability and extend system life-cycle. Excellent research on signal processing, control theory, intelligent computational techniques, remote sensing, fibre optics is essential in the realization of condition monitoring of different requirements and constrains and hence the provision of effective solutions to practical applications in the real world.
Contact:
Dr Mark Ho
(Tel: 27666146, email: eetkho@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Photonics |
Photonics is the science of generating, controlling, and detecting photons. The photonics research activities at the Department of Electrical Engineering covers a wide range of science and technology applications, including: speciality fibre desgin and manufacturing, fibre grating fabrication in silica and polymer fibres, biological and chemical sensing, structural sensing, electrical sensing, fibre lasers, optical fibre communications. The Faculty of Engineering’s Photonics Research Centre hosted by the Department houses many state of the arts facility such as clean rooms for photonic crystal fibre draw tower and polymer fibre draw tower, several fibre grating fabrication platforms for making fibre Bragg gratings up to 1.2-m long. The Department is also involved in many industrial R&D projects, including: the development of photonics sensor networks with MTR for railway applications, development of gas sensors with CLP Powers for condition monitoring of transformers, design and installation of a 120-fibre Bragg grating sensor network on the 610-m tall Guanghou TV and Sightseeing Tower for strain and temperature monitoring.
Contact:
Prof. H.Y. Tam
(Tel: 27666175, email: eehytam@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Power Electronics |
Power electronics is to use effective method of electronics to control the power processing. The major research areas include the static power conversion and motion control. Resonant power soft-switching DC-DC converters have the potential of high efficiency and high power density. This together with new control method, new machine and magnetic design will form the elements for power electronics innovation. Areas of study include converter topology analysis, switched-capacitor converters, integrated magnetics, low profile magnetics, high power converters, voltage-dip restorer, power quality control convetrer, energy storage processing using battery and ultra capacitor and multi-level converter topology. For the motion control areas, switched-reluctance machine design and driver analysis, resonant inverter drives, robotic control, generator design and control, and wind power processing are promising areas of future development. The department is also developing new areas in electric vehicle, alternative energy, medical power electronics.
Contact:
Prof. Eric Cheng
(Tel: 27666162, email: eeecheng@polyu.edu.hk)
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Department of
Electronic and Information Engineering
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| Multimedia Signal Processing
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Digital signal processing, speech, image and video technologies, coding and processing; transforms, fast computational algorithms, and intelligent systems; advanced video and image coding standards, video transcoding, multi-view and super-resolution videos; pattern recognition, object tracking, information storage, transmission and retrieval; software algorithms, signal processor structures, architecture, design and realization using EPLD, ASIC and SoC; biomedical imaging and DNA in signal processing.
Contact:
Ir Prof. Wan-chi Siu (tel: 2766 6229; email: enwcsiu@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Optical Communications and
Networks
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Optical fibre communication systems; next generation access networks; all-optical packet switching; optical networks; optical signal processing; fiber lasers; and optical fiber sensors.
Contact:
Prof. Alex P.K. Wai (tel: 2766 4256; email: enwai@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Optoelectronics and
Microelectronics
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Growth and characterization of GaN-based materials and optoelectronic devices using molecular beam epitaxy and metalorganic chemical vapour deposition; growth and characterization of copper-based chalcogenide photovoltaic materials and devices.
Contact:
Prof. Charles Surya (tel: 2766 6220; email: ensurya@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Power Electronics and Nonlinear
Systems
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Design of switching power supplies; analysis and modelling of power converter systems; bifurcation analysis and nonlinear system analysis; time-series analysis methods; biomedical applications of time-series analysis; chaos-based communication systems; circuit design for sliding-mode control applications.
Contact:
Prof. Michael Tse (tel: 2766 6246; email: encktse@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Wireless Communications
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Ultra-wideband communications; chaos-based communications; low-density-parity-check codes; turbo codes; multiple-input-multiple-output systems; space-time signal processing, smart antennas; computational techniques for electromagnetics; multilayered SAW devices antenna design; millimetre wave circuitry, equalization & synchronization, fading-channel modeling,
geolocation, interference suppression, offset-frequency division modulation (OFDM), polarization-diverse wireless communication.
Contact:
Dr Francis Lau (tel: 2766 6206; email: encmlau@polyu.edu.hk)
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Department of English
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| Applied Linguistics
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All areas of applied linguistics, including English language learning and teaching, needs analysis, language competencies, performance assessment, alternative assessment, programme evaluation, language test development, language learning styles, language acquistion, and language policy.
Contact:
Dr David Qian (tel: 2766 4382; email: egdavid@polyu.edu.hk)
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| English Language Studies
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All areas of English Language studies, including (critical) discourse analysis, conversation analysis, corpus-based translation, corpus linguistics, grammar, lexicology, lexicography, pragmatics, semantics, systemic functional grammar, phonetics, phonology, and discourse intonation.
Contact:
Prof. Martin Warren (tel: 2766 7559; email: egwarren@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Language Learning for and in
Professional Contexts
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All areas relating to Language in Education, including change management, curriculum renewal, second language acquisition, learning style, classroom discourse, language teaching expertise, pedagogical grammar, and language planning and policy.
Contact:
Dr Christopher Green (tel: 2766 7512; email: egchrisg@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Language policy and planning
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All areas of language policy and planning, including medium-of-instruction policy and practice, bilingual education, colonial language policy, language planning for specific purposes, English as a global lingua franca, new Englishes, language endangerment and revitalisation, status and corpus planning, language attitudes, and the economics and politics of language planning.
Contact:
Dr Stephen Evans (tel: 2766 7564; email: egsevans@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Languages in Professional Contexts
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All areas relating to Languages in Professional Contexts, including organizational discourses, corpus-driven studies of professional communication, cultural identities in the multilingual workplaces, intercultural communicative competences, and corpus-driven studies of intercultural and cross-cultural professional communication.
Contact:
Prof. Winnie Cheng (tel: 2766 7558; email: egwcheng@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Systemic Functional Linguistics
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All areas relating to Systemic Functional Linguistics, including analysis of individual texts in context and of corpora, description of languages and other semiotic systems (including translation, comparison and typology), theory of language and other semiotic systems, and applications to a wide range of contexts (including those of education, healthcare, the media, work places); and covering contextual, semantic, lexicogrammatical, phonological and multimodal studies.
Contact:
Prof. Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen (tel: 2766 7537; email: egcmim@polyu.edu.hk)
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Department of Health
Technology and Informatics
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| Biomedical Assessment for Health
Protection and Enablement
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Theme Co-ordinator: Prof. Benjamin Y. M. YUNG (tel: 3400 8655; email: htbyung@polyu.edu.hk)
The work of this thematic area aims to further knowledge and understanding of the underlying mechanisms of disease, help in the design, evaluation and application of novel preventive and therapeutic strategies for health protection and enhancement, inform and guide the development of innovative diagnostic tools and devices for health assessment, and inform and guide healthcare policy for health protection and enhancement.
Sub-themes and areas of interest within this research theme include: Cancer Biology & Therapeutics; Epidemiology of Infectious Disease; Assessment of Radiation Dose; Genetic Variation and Relationships with Multifactorial Disease; Scientific Evaluation of Health Benefits of Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicines; Biomarker Profiling for Health Assessment & Promotion; Role of Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress in Ageing and Age-Related Disease; Mechanisms of Renal Stone Formation. This theme extends also to the development and evaluation of cell-based and molecule-based biosensors and other novel biomarkers for health assessment.
Based on their research area of interest, applicants can specify up to 3 suitable supervisors from HTI and/or which topic area within the targeted thematic area that most interests them. Applicants are welcome to contact potential supervisors for further information. HTI staff profiles can be found on our HTI website.
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| Informatics for Health Protection
& Enablement
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Theme Co-ordinator: Dr Maria LAW (tel: 3400 8561; email: htmaria@polyu.edu.hk)
The major aims of this thematic area are to support research studies in health informatics with particular emphasis on imaging informatics that aid in the screening/detection of diseases such as scoliosis and intracranial haemorrhage as well as health issues such as bone age assessment. It also includes informatics involved in the treatment and management of patients in radiotherapy and other specialties. The integration of all information including image, graphics, biosignals and text into electronic patient record is an example. Through the network infrastructure with Internet-2 and the in-house PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System), the information and knowledge so obtained can be exchanged very efficiently with other local or overseas research/clinical institutions.
Currently, PolyU is the only institution in Hong Kong that has the PACS infrastructure for research, teaching and clinical application of imaging informatics. Through the PACS connection to hospital and research centres locally and overseas, data from different health information systems can be acquired and transmitted across the region for research and teaching.
Based on their research area of interest, applicants can specify up to 3 suitable supervisors from HTI and/or which topic area within the targeted thematic area that most interests them. Applicants are welcome to contact potential supervisors for further information. HTI staff profiles can be found on our HTI website. |
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| Innovative Medical Imaging and
Technology
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Theme Co-ordinator: Prof. ZHENG Yong-ping (tel. 2766 7664; email: yongping.zheng@polyu.edu.hk)
This thematic research area aims to design and develop new diagnostic devices and assays, imaging modalities, screening methods, and treatment approaches for use in health assessment and protection.
A key point of focus in this group is biomedical ultrasound instrumentation and application including 3D ultrasound imaging, tissue elasticity imaging and measurement, Doppler imaging, ultrasound tissue characterization, ultrasound biomicroscopy, ultrasound stimulation, ultrasound assessment for brain, heart, breast, liver, lymph node, skin, tendon, muscle, cartilage, bone, etc. This thematic area also encompasses application of MRI for brain research, quantitative imaging for bone adaptation, development of rapid and specific PCR-based assays for detection of disease-causing agents at the molecular level, design of novel methods for assessing and monitoring radiation dosage for use in radiotherapy, and development of cell-based and molecule-based biosensors for health assessment and enablement.
Based on their research area of interest, applicants can specify up to 3 suitable supervisors from HTI and/or which topic area within the targeted thematic area that most interests them. Applicants are welcome to contact potential supervisors for further information. HTI staff profiles can be found on our HTI website. |
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| Neuromusculoskeletal Science & Engineering
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Theme Co-ordinator: Prof. Ming ZHANG (tel: 2766 4939; email: htmzhang@polyu.edu.hk)
This thematic research area encompasses all relevant clinical and engineering sciences related to the neuromusculoskeletal system, from health protection against diseases and disability all the way to assistive technologies for rehabilitation and enablement. Two research centres and one specialist center that are directly associated with this theme have been recognized by PolyU. They are:
- Research Centre for Musculoskeletal Bioengineering
- The PolyU-ZhejiangU Collaborative Research Centre for Neuromotor System and Rehabilitation Engineering
- Jockey Club Rehabilitation Engineering Centre
This research grouping has long-time collaboration with a number of world-class programmes overseas as well as with the two medical faculties in the universities of Hong Kong.
Based on their research area of interest, applicants can specify up to 3 suitable supervisors from HTI and/or which topic area within the targeted thematic area that most interests them. Applicants are welcome to contact potential supervisors for further information. HTI staff profiles can be found on our HTI website.
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Department of
Industrial and Systems Engineering
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Department of Land
Surveying and Geo-Informatics
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| Digital Cartography |
Automated map generalization; cartographic visualization; design of dynamic maps for vehicle navigation; multi-media presentation; multi-scale cartographic databases; and symbol design for tourist maps.
Contact:
Prof Z.L. Li (tel : 2766 5960; email: lszlli@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Geodesy and Geodynamics
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Dynamic interaction between the solid earth, oceans, and atmosphere; El Nino; InSAR (Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar) for monitoring earth surface deformations; precise determination of the geoid; space geodesy; sea-level changes and impact assessment; applications of space geodetic techniques to study crustal deformations, atmospheric and environmental changes and the related natural hazards.
Contact:
Prof X.L. Ding (tel : 2766 5965; email: lsxlding@polyu.edu.hk), or
Prof C.M. Mok (tel : 2766 5953; email: lsemok@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Geographic Information Systems
(GIS)
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Applications of GIS in transportation, environment and facility management; spatial data structures, terrain modelling and computational geometry; data exchange and integration; dynamic marine GIS; multi-dimensional data models; scale theory; spatial databases; spatial data quality; spatio-temporal modelling; spatial decision support systems; and internet GIS.
Contact:
Prof W.Z. Shi (tel : 2766 5975; email: lswzshi@polyu.edu.hk), or
Dr S.C. Pun (tel : 2766 5959; email: lspun@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
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Applications of aerial and terrestrial photogrammetry and laser scanning; fusion of satellite images; high-resolution image compression; environmental applications of remote sensing; remote sensing of the urban thermal environment; two- and three-dimensional information extraction from high-resolution digital images.
Contact:
Prof J. Nichol (tel : 2766 5952; email: lsjanet@polyu.edu.hk), or
Dr B. King (tel : 2766 5976; email: lsbaking@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Surveying, Navigation and
Positioning
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Automation and enhancement of the cadastral systems of Hong Kong; improvement of accuracy, reliability, and efficiency in shallow water mapping using new technologies such as multi-beam echo sounders; development of GPS positioning technologies such as multi-antenna GPS; evaluation and modelling of GPS positioning errors; development of technologies for landslide and structure monitoring; multi-sensor and map matching techniques for navigation in high-rise urban areas; intelligent transport information systems; location-based computing and services; and fleet management.
Contact:
Prof W. Chen (tel : 2766 5969; email: lswuchen@polyu.edu.hk), or
Dr H.W. Tang (tel :2766 5963; email: lstang@polyu.edu.hk)
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Department of
Logistics and Maritime Studies
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| Maritime Studies
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Shipping and port management; Maritime safety and security; Maritime and logistics information technology; Regional competition in port and shipping; Maritime and port economics; Maritime environment.
Contact:
Prof. John J. Liu (tel: 2766 4066; email: lgtjliu@polyu.edu.hk)
Dr Meifeng Luo (tel: 2766 7414; email: lgtmluo@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Operations Management
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International operations; Operations strategy; Production planning and control; Project management; Quality management; Data envelopment analysis; Forecasting; Scheduling; Linear and nonlinear optimization; Productivity analysis; and Technology management.
Contact:
Prof. T. C. Edwin Cheng (tel: 2766 5216; email: lgtcheng@polyu.edu.hk)
Dr. Andy Yeung (tel: 2766 4063, email: lgtandyy@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Supply Chain Management
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Purchasing and outsourcing; Coordination and supply contract; Procurement auction and online auction; Inventory management; International supply chain; Maintenance supply chain; Supply chain design; E-business; and Time-series analysis of supply chain.
Contact:
Prof. Liming Liu (tel: 2766 5009; email: lgtliulm@polyu.edu.hk)
Dr Li Jiang (tel: 2766 7405; email: lgtjiang@polyu.edu.hk)
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Department of
Management & Marketing
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| Health Service / Public Sector
Management
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Corporate social and environmental responsibility in Hong Kong and China; public sector and health services management in Hong Kong and China; sustainable development and environmental management in Hong Kong and China; industrial pollution and control policy; health care assessment strategies; health care financing reform; and the evaluation of health care reform initiatives.
Contact:
Professor Carlos Lo (tel: 2766 7385; email: mscarlos@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Management Information Systems
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E-commerce; decision and management support systems; web-based supply chain management systems; RFID technology adoption; IT strategies; data mining; knowledge management; and e-CRM.
Contact:
Dr JJ Hsieh (tel: 2766 7359; email: msjj@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Marketing
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Cross-cultural marketing and innovation; impact of the Internet on the structure and performance of product and service markets; business-to-business marketing; channel and distribution management; international trade intermediaries; guanxi in the Chinese mainland; retail and brand management, customer relationship management (CRM); marketing financial services; service training/quality/loyalty; advertising strategies, integrated marketing communication in the Asia-Pacific region; eco-friendly consumption behaviour; partnering activities and cross-cultural negotiation; and pricing and competitive strategies.
Contact:
Professor Namwoon Kim (tel: 2766 7141; email: msnam@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Organisational Behaviour / Human Resource
Management
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Leadership, leader-member exchange theory, employee empowerment, cross-cultural management, organisational justice, top management team, performance appraisals, reward strategies, employee commitment, organisational communication and employee involvement, management of change, Industrial relations and trade union, age discrimination, equal employment opportunities, work-family conflicts, women in organisations, HRM and employee behaviour in China.
Contact:
Dr Xu Huang (tel: 2766 4067; email: mshuangx@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Strategic Management
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Entrepreneurial competency; entrepreneurship; strategies of small and medium-sized companies; strategies in the East Asia region; joint venture management; innovation management; corporate environmental strategies; business ethics; opportunity identification and exploration, high-tech ventures, creativity, technology development in China, enterprise reform in China, psychological analysis of strategic management, and mapping strategic cognitions.
Contact:
Dr Ivy Yang (tel: 2766 4021; email: msyhy@polyu.edu.hk)
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Department of
Mechanical Engineering
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| Combustion and Pollution Control
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Supporting the development of control devices and techniques for diesel engine emissions, solving air pollution problems of other moving and stationary sources such as on-road vehicles, domestic burners, industrial furnaces, and incinerators etc. In all cases, the links among combustion processes, thermal performance, and emissions and their formation & dispersion are addressed to improve understanding and provide bases for control before, and in some cases instead of, possible after-treatments.
Contact:
Prof. C.W. Leung (tel:2766 6651; fax: 2365 4703; email: mmcwl@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Flow-Induced Vibration and Vibro-Acoustics
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Research focuses on turbulent flows (including wakes, jets, boundary layers and complex flows), biofluids, flow-induced vibration, and their control in relation to wings, wind turbunes, buildings, cable-stayed bridges, moving vehicals, biomedical engineering, power equipment, heat-exchangers, micro and nano-scale structures, household appliances and products with innovation and technology values. Our research in fluid mechnanics and FIV is world-class and our experimental/computational facilities are at the scientific frontier.
Contact:
Prof. Y Zhou (tel: 2766 6662; email: mmyzhou@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Integrated Product Development
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Promote and conduct research on a broad spectrum of product development and innovation with the application of advanced technologies to products. Emphasized are innovative product analysis and design; the reliability assessment of products; flow, thermal, and noise management for products; condition monitoring of product components and infrastructures; the application of advanced material technologies for different key industrial sectors (such as nuclear power generation, aerospace and automotive); modern design methods for composite and smart products; environmental impact on product designs; innovative techniques emerging from nano-technology and the development of biomechanics based products
Contact:
Prof. L. M. Zhou (tel: 2766 6663; fax: 2365 4703; email: mmlmzhou@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
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| Other Research Areas
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Control engineering; laser treatment of metals; acoustics emissions; flowmeter modelling; and heat transfer enhancement.
Contact:
Prof. J. Lu (tel: 2766 6643; fax: 2365 4703; email: mmlily@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Sound and Vibration
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High-quality research and development meeting industrial, commercial and community needs in acoustics and vibrations; and the development of novel solutions to reduce noise pollution. Typical topics include environmental noise; computational acoustics; the design of silent acoustic products; structural acoustics; noise and vibration control; and the maintenance and diagnosis of dynamic systems.
Contact:
Prof. L. Cheng (tel: 2766 6769; fax: 2365 4703; email: mmlcheng@polyu.edu.hk)
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Department of
Rehabilitation Sciences
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Institute of Textiles and Clothing
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| Fashion & Textiles Business
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Consumer behaviors in fashion; Consumer psychology in fashion; Fashion branding; Fashion marketing and merchandising; Fashion retailing; Fashion supply chain management; International trade of textiles and clothing.
Contact:
Dr Jason Choi (Tel: 2766-6450; email: tcjason@inet.polyu.edu.hk
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| Fashion and Textile Design
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Inter-relationship between textiles and fashion; intergrations among design, technology and business in fashion and textiles; innovative and/or smart fashion and textiles; the cultural and contextual aspects of design and development; design semiotic and symbolism; visual literacy.
Contact:
Dr Joe Au (Tel: 2766-5529; email: tcjoeau@inet.polyu.edu.hk )
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| Textile and Apparel Materials and
Products
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Functional textile surface treatments, new and smart material fabrication based on nanotechnology and other chemical synthesis technologies, novel and biodegradable polymers synthesis and applications, ink-jet printing technology, colour quality evaluation and communication technology, eco-friendly dyeing, effluent treatment.
Contact:
Prof. John H. Xin (tel: 2766-6474; email: tcxinjh@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
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| Textile and Apparel Technology
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Structures and properties of advanced textile materials, objective evaluation techniques; biomechanical and thermal biological engineering design of textile structures; high-performance and biofunctional textile and apparel products; smart and intelligent textiles and apparel; sensory engineering, textile biotechnology and biomedical textiles.
Contact:
Prof. Yi Li (Tel: 2766-6479; email: tcliyi@inet.polyu.edu.hk )
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| Textile Chemistry Processing and Colour Technology
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Textile material technology; intelligent apparel manufacturing; CAD/CAM in textiles and clothing; sizing systems for clothing; 3D body scanning technology; apparel manufacturing knowledge base; apparel production technology and management; clothing comfort; clothing functional design, and apparel product development.
Contact:
Prof. Fan Jin-tu (tel: 2766-6472; email: tcfanjt@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
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School of Accounting
& Finance
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| Corporate Finance and Capital
Markets
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New issue offerings; information asymmetries in financial markets; dual listings and firm performance; corporate capital structures; mergers and acquisitions; privatization of state-owned-enterprises and restructuring in China and other emerging markets.
Contact:
Prof. Wilson Tong (tel: 2766 4399; email: afwtong@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
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| Corporate Governance and Auditing
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The impact of corporate governance, ownership structures and institutional arrangements on firm performance; the role of external monitoring and/or auditing in a capital market-based economy; impact on the informativeness of stock prices, corporate governance and external monitoring; auditor choice and audit quality; and earnings management.
Contact:
Prof. Ferdinand A. Gul (tel: 2766 7772; email: afgul@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
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| Economics and Law
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Research in this area can be conducted either on macro or micro topics in economics. Regulatory economics and political economy are the foundation courses of the research training. From a macro perspective, research can be in the direction of economic development or growth with an emphasis on regulatory and legal framework, instituional arrangement, and the role of the government. From a micro perspective, research may be in the direction of business environment (e.g. trade, direct investment, innovation) with an emphasis on competition policy and law, corporate law, investment law, trade law, banking credit and security law. In either directions, international and historical comparisons are encouraged.
Contact:
Prof. Mark Williams (tel: 2766 7099; email: afmarkw@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
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| Financial Reporting and
International Accounting
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The role of accounting and disclosures in capital markets; accounting reforms in China and other emerging economies such as India and Malaysia; value relevance of accounting disclosures across countries; disclosure quality and transparency in Asian capital markets; and the impact of disclosure quality on the cost of financing and foreign equity investments.
Contact:
Prof. Bin Srinidhi (tel: 2766 7032; email: afbin@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
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| Managerial Accounting and
Information Systems
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Strategic cost management and value-chain analysis; activity-based costing/management; balanced scorecards; enterprise resources planning; managerial incentive compensation and performance evaluations; environmental cost analysis and reporting; and cost allocations and transfer pricing in the principal-agent setting.
Contact:
Dr Susana Yuen (tel: 2766 7059; email: afsyuen@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
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School of Design
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| Asian Lifestyle and Chinese Design
Studies
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Applied research projects contributing to developing detailed knowledge about the social, cultural, and economic conditions in modern Chinese cities, and focusing on emerging lifestyles and experiences for design practice as well as its consumption. Projects investigating design thinking, values, and experiences, as these can be discovered in pre-modern texts, objects, images, and environments. Projects that propose the use of these findings as critical tools or as resources for contemporary innovation are especially welcomed.
Contact:
Mr. Benny Leong (tel: 2766 5458; email: sdbenny@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Design and Environment
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Design and Environment research area cumulates competence in addressing issues of human environments in urban settings, with a concentration on local and greater regional contexts. It tends to unite all streams of research dealing with the design of human environments, in order to enable research, consultancy and collaboration on spatial issues.
Contact:
Mr. Laurent Gutierrez (tel: 2766 5502; email: sdlgut@polyu.edu.hk)
Mr. Tim Jachna (tel: 2766 4453; email: sdtim@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Design and Technology
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Interaction Design / Interactive Systems Projects that contribute to the development of knowledge in the use experience of digital products and services, covering social, cultural, cognitive as well as technological aspects. Projects that apply such knowledge to inform the design of interactive experiences for users of digital media and technology products, as well as to investigate new approaches, methodologies, and models of interaction design.
Contact:
Ms Catherine Hu (tel: 2766 5493; email: sdcathhu@polyu.edu.hk)
Computational Tools and Methodologies in Design -This research area is for design and application of technology, enabling the integration of planning, development, and manufacture related to the needs of different product categories. Centred at the Design Technology Research Centre, the development of methodologies and model tools supporting design practice in Hong Kong/Chinese Mainland, especially the Pearl River Delta, is conducted.
Contact:
Prof. Tang Ming Xi (tel: 2766 5462; email: sdtang@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Design Education Studies
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Projects for developing new approaches and techniques for design teaching, especially at the university level and with relevance to Asia, including distance and online learning.
Contact:
Prof. Lorraine Justice (tel: 2766 5445; email: Lorraine.Justice@polyu.edu.hk)
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| Public Design
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Projects for developing new policies, directions, approaches, techniques, tools and case references for theoretical and applied research of public design (e.g., public policies, public environments and facilities, street furniture), especially related to the areas of Asian lifestyles, action research, participatory reseaerch and inclusive research.
Contact:
Prof. Michael Siu (tel: 2766 5455; email: m.siu@polyu.edu.hk)
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School of Hotel and
Tourism Management
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School of Nursing
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| Ageing & Health/ End-of-Life
Care
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End-of-life care
Contact:
Dr Helen Chan (tel: 3400-3802; email: hsylchan@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Institutional care for the elderly; pressure ulcer prevention
and palliative nursing interventions for the elderly
Contact:
Dr Enid W.Y. Kwong (tel: 2766-6385; email: hsenid@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Dementia care; long-term care issues; therapeutic interventions for older adults; the use of technology in care; quality standards in residential care settings and community care for elderly
Contact:
Dr Claudia K.Y. Lai (tel: 2766 6544; email: hsclai@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Psychosocial care of patients & families with cancer and chronic illnesses
Contact:
Dr Esther Mok (tel: 2766 6410; email: hsemok@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Cultural healthcare practices; nursing ethics and quality of life in end-of-life care
Contact:
Prof. Samantha M.C. Pang (tel: 2766 6409; email: hsspang@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Pain management; diet and health; health promotion and therapeutic intervention in elderly care
Contact:
Dr Mimi M.Y. Tse (Tel: 2766 6541; email: hsmtse@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
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| Family & Community Health
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Occupational health
Contact:
Dr Kin Cheung (tel: 2766-6773; email: hskin@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Adolescence and health; family caregivers' needs and school health nursing
Contact:
Dr Regina Lee (tel: 2766 6388; email: hsrlee@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Community health; smoking related studies; adolescents' health and women's health; health education and promotion
Contact:
Prof Alice Yuen Loke (tel: 2766 6386; email: hsaloke@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Antibiotic resistance; longitudinal studies for carriage of resistant bacteria and food microbiology
Contact:
Dr Margaret O'Donognue (tel: 2766 4955; email: hsmdonog@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Community health nursing; health promotion and screening
Contact:
Dr Alice K.Y. Wong (tel: 2766 4771; email: hsawong@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Clinical education: evaluation
Contact:
Dr Maria Wong (tel: 2766 6412; email: hsmwong@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
School health; health education and promotion; community program development and parental support of children with health risks
Contact:
Dr Cynthia Wu (tel: 2766 6545; email: hscwu@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
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| Integrative Digital Health
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Virtual reality and information technology and engineering in health care
Contact:
Dr Thomas Choi (tel: 3400 3214; email: hskschoi@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Pain & symptom management; telehealth & telecare and infection control
Contact:
Prof. Joanne Chung (tel: 2766 6548; email: hsjchung@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Sleep regulation
Contact:
Dr Ho Shuk Ching (tel: 2766 6387; email: hsjho@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Health informatics & intelligence; healthcare systems & technology; ontology engineering and knowledge management
Contact:
Dr Adela Lau (tel: 2766 4026; email: hsadela@inet.polyu.edu.hk )
Biostatistics; psychological perception; physiological response and infection control
Contact:
Dr Anthony Wong (Tel: 2766 4691; e-mail:hsaswong@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
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| Nursing Therapeutics
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Care of patients & families with cancer and chronic illnesses
Contact:
Dr Shirley Ching (tel: 2766 6393; email: hssching@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Care of mechanically ventilated patients; e-learning and health informatics
Contact:
Dr Meyrick C.M. Chow (tel: 2766 6547; email: hsmchow@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Towards a community-based familiy-centered care for families living with stroke after discharge home
Contact:
Dr Si Jian Li (tel : 3400-3915; email: hssjli@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Rehabilitation nursing; psychosocial intervention for clients with chronic disabling illness
Contact:
Dr Janet Sit (tel: 2766 6549; email: hsjsit@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Cardiovascular nursing
Contact:
Dr Alice Tsang (tel: 2766 6424; email: hstsang@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Women's health issues; community and public health nursing and infant feeding
Contact:
Dr Emmy Wong (tel: 2766 7913; e-mail: hsemmy@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
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School of Optometry
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| Myopia
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Myopia prevalence, heredity, environmental influences and prevention; molecular genetics of myopia; and clinical management
Vision function
Contact:
Prof. George Woo (tel: 2766 5071; email: sogwoo@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Clinical studies & genetics
Contact:
Prof. Maurice Yap Keng-hung (tel: 2766 6097; email: somyap@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Epidemiology & clinical trial
Contact:
Prof. Carly Lam Siu-yin (tel: 2766 6091; email: socarly@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Proteomics & biochemistry
Contact:
Prof. To Chi-ho (tel: 2766 6102; email: sochto@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Contact lenses and solutions
Contact:
Dr Pauline Cho Wong Hie-hua (tel: 2766 6100; email: sopaulin@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Etiology of refractive error
Contact:
Dr. Kee Chea-su (tel: 2766 7941; email: sokee@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
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| The Ageing Eye
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Aqueous humour production, ocular blood flow, retinal function, tearfilm physiology; and clinical diagnosis and management.
In-vitro eye
Contact:
Prof. Maurice Yap Keng-hung & Prof. To Chi-ho & Dr Henry Chan (tel: 2766 6097; email: somyap@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Aqueous humour formation
Contact:
Prof. To Chi-ho & Dr Do Chi-wai (tel: 2766 6102; email: sochto@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Ocular blood flow
Contact:
Dr Andrew Lam Kwok-cheung (tel: 2766 6109; email: sokclam@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Visual electrophysiology
Contact:
Dr Henry Chan Ho-lung (tel: 2766 7937; email: henryhl.chan@polyu.edu.hk)
Physiology and biochemistry of tears
Contact:
Dr Pauline Cho Wong Hie-hua (tel: 2766 6100; email: sopaulin@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
Psychophysics
Contact:
Prof. Maurice Yap Ken-hung & Dr Allen Cheong (tel: 2766 6097; email: somyap@inet.polyu.edu.hk)
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