教資會批1.5億 助七大研抗疫 - 文匯報

The President's Award for Outstanding Achievement 2019/2020 - Research and Scholarly Activities

Congratulation to Dr. Yang CHAI has received the President's Award for Outstanding Achievement 2019/20 - Research and Scholarly Activities. 

消毒燈，可殺新冠病毒？- 大公報

PolyU launches the first dedicated interdisciplinary master programme in medical physics to nurture future clinical and academic talents

PolyU announced in a press conference yesterday (23 September) its launch of the first Master of Science in Medical Physics (MScMP) programme in Hong Kong to meet the future demand for Medical Physicists. The curriculum is designed to cover various aspects including health technology, physics and engineering, offering interdisciplinary training for professionals who are keen to pursue a career in the field of medical physics. According to Professor David Ho-keung Shum, Dean of the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences of PolyU, the demand for healthcare services is increasing as our society ages. With the advancement of technology and patients’ growing expectation of higher service standards, we are in need of additional workforce. Professor Shea-ping Yip, Head of the Department of Health Technology and Informatics of PolyU, added that the market in the mainland China for radiotherapy is expected to grow by 11 to 13% in the coming years, and it is estimated that an additional 2,500 Medical Physicists are required in order to sustain the current equipment level. However, a higher degree programme in Medical Physics was previously not available in Hong Kong or nearby regions. According to Dr Michael Chi-hang Lee, President of the Hong Kong Association of Medical Physics, half of the practicing Medical Physicists in Hong Kong obtained a relevant higher degree overseas, while the other half pursued their master degree in physics or engineering in Hong Kong, and received “on-the-job” training while working as a Resident Physicist. In 2018, the Department of Health Technology and Informatics of PolyU received positive responses from the industry regarding the introduction of an MScMP programme in Hong Kong. After two years’ preparation, the inaugural 2020/21 cohort of 26 students has enrolled, among which 70% have a physics or engineering-related degree while 20% are graduates in radiotherapy. The majority are working adults, and one-fifth of them are in the healthcare/medical field. Starting salary point of around HK$40,000 could be expected for MScMP graduates entering the public healthcare system. Professor Jing Cai, programme leader and Professor of the Department of Health Technology and Informatics, said the programme is taught by an interdisciplinary team, aiming to broaden students’ perspectives in medical science and technology development, and equip them with professional knowledge, relevant skillsets as well as research capabilities. Professor Kwok-yin Wong, Vice President (Education) of PolyU, sees the interdisciplinary trends in higher education. He said, “We are considering switching some of our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes from single-disciplinary to interdisciplinary, so as to better address societal needs.” (Sing Tao Daily F01, Sky Post P06, Ta Kung Pao A09, Wen Wei Po A21, Lion Rock Daily P10)   Online coverage: HK01 - https://bit.ly/3mPdCOn Headline Daily - https://bit.ly/3kFvx88 Bastille Post - https://bit.ly/3cs6rqu Hong Kong Commercial Daily - https://bit.ly/3hSaAoR Yahoo! Finance - https://yhoo.it/2G2oNlS  WorkSmart Asia - https://bit.ly/2FLUq3r  WindowtoNews - https://bit.ly/3kLqRxJ  WalasTech - https://bit.ly/2FYcVBg  NewsBlaze US - https://bit.ly/33QgKAR 

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Congratulations! Our Student obtained The Hong Kong Jockey Club Scholarships

We are very pleased to inform all of you that our undergraduate student  - LIU Yu, has received the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) Scholarship funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust (the Trust). LIU has obtained the scholarship covering his tuition fee and living allowance for 2 years. Also, LIU is the only Chinese mainland students in Hong Kong who received the award this year.   The Hong Kong Jockey Club Scholarships Established in 1998, the Hong Kong Jockey Club Scholarships are dedicated to nurturing local talent. Under this Trust-Initiated Project, some HK$400 million in scholarships has so far been awarded to more than 500 young people to pursue their studies. The project has grown significantly over the past twenty years, expanding to include students with special educational needs, vocational education students and postgraduate students at the University of Oxford and Harvard University. The Scholarships reward outstanding students, known as JC Scholars, for their intellect, character, leadership qualities and commitment to service. A Scholarship Secretariat has been set up to provide the Scholars with opportunities for learning, personal development and social service. It endeavours to help them become future community leaders.

Congratulations to Professor Dai Jiyan has received the first-class prize in the 2019 Guangdong Province Science and Technology Award

PolyU researchers shine in the 2019 Guangdong Province Science and Technology Award, a total of five out of 179 researches on the award list are honoured from PolyU, received two first class prizes on natural science, one second-class prize on natural science and two second-prizes on scientific and technological progress. Professor Dai Jiyan, Professor of the Department of Applied Physics (AP) rewarded the first-class prize on natural science with the study of ferroelectric and dielectric physics. Prof. Dai and the research team were working on the project since early 2000, which has developed a new series of perovskite ferroelectric materials (in the form of thin film, nanotube, and nanowire) with low dielectric loss, high-quality factor and large piezo-response. These excellent properties have been attributed to relaxation-type ferroelectric characteristics forming polarized nanodomains which greatly improve ferroelectric energy storage density. Such materials have high potential applications in 5G microwave devices such as dielectric tuning, phase shifter, as well as dynamic random-access memory and piezoelectric transducers. In this project, Prof. Dai’s group has done pioneer works in fabrication and piezoelectric microscopy (PFM) study of lead zirconate titanate nanowires and bismuth ferrite nanotubes. Compared with ferroelectric thin films, these nanostructured piezoelectric materials are expected to achieve larger piezo-response with potential applications in miniatured transducer devices. Such pioneer works have been followed up by many research groups demonstrating their high impact. Two research papers had being listed among 10 selected papers for the award, as well as that was cited many times worldwide.     Figure 1 &2. SEM images of PZT nanowires Figure 3 &4. SEM images of BFO nanotubes in nanochannel porous alumina Figure 5. Piezoelectric hysteresis loop of a single BFO nanotube measured by pirzoresponse force microscopy.       News coverage: 理大港大參與粵科研獲年度大獎 粵科技獎出爐港校七項目奪殊榮 涉5G新材料生物醫學灣區合作成果湧現     For media inquiries and interviews with the scientists, please send an email to apdept@polyu.edu.hk.

粵科技獎出爐 港校七項目奪殊榮 - 大公報

理大港大參與粵科研 獲年度大獎 - 商報