PolyU took home a record number of top prizes this year at the 40th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva. The most distinguished award, the Grand Prix Du Salon International Des Invention De Genève, went to the robotic “Hand of Hope” jointly developed by PolyU and a Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTPC) participant, Rehab-Robotics Company Limited. A press conference was jointly held by PolyU and HKSTPC on 24 May to announce the outstanding achievements of local innovators. Details>>
PolyU’s winning projects are:
Award |
Project |
Principal Investigator/ Inventor |
Department/Division |
Gold Medal
The Prize of the Chinese Delegation |
Preparation of Selenium Nanoparticles with Strong Anti-Tumor Activity Using Tiger Milk Mushroom |
Dr Wong Ka-hing |
Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology |
Gold Medal
Mau Award for the best Educational Innovation from
Mehr Alborz University in I.R.IRAN |
3D Ultrasound Imaging for Spine Scoliosis |
Prof. Zheng Yongping
|
Inter-disciplinary Division of Biomedical Engineering |
Gold Medal
Special Prize –
Gold Medal from Association “Russian House for International Scientific and Technological Cooperation” |
Hygienic Socks with Antifungal Microcapsules for Patients with Tinea Pedis (Athlete's foot) |
Prof. Marcus Yuen Chun-wah and Dr Joanne Yip Yiu-wan |
Institute of Textiles and Clothing |
Gold Medal |
A Novel QPAR Technique for Extracting Valuable Information from Herbal Medicine |
Prof. Chau Foo-tim
Dr Daniel Sze Man-yuen |
Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology
Department of Health Technology and Informatics |
Gold Medal |
Lead-free Ferroelectrics Based Microrefrigerator |
Dr Zheng Guang-ping
|
Department of Mechanical Engineering |
Silver Medal
Special Award from Romanian Association for Nonconventional Technologies, Bucharest Romania |
Functional and Decorative Textile Products through Sputtering Technology |
Dr Kinor Jiang
|
Institute of Textiles and Clothing |
Silver Medal |
A Novel inline Hydropower System
for Power Generation
from Water Pipelines |
Prof. Yang Hong-xing, Mr Chen Jian and Dr Lu Lin |
Department of Building and Services Engineering |
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