Events

JUPAS Interviews for EE and TSE applicants

The JUPAS Interview was held last Saturday (15 June).  This was also the first time that the Department held the Parents’ Day together with the JUPAS interview. We are thrilled to have 70 parents visited the Department and talked to EE staff, students, and alumni.      The Department would like to express its sincere appreciation for those who greatly support the event with enthusiastic participation and effort in assisting the JUPAS Interview and the Parents’ Day.  In particular, the Department is very thankful to the alumni and student helpers for their tremendous support.

EE Research Seminar: Predictive Control in Power Electronics and Drives

Date: 13 Jun 2019 Time: 17:00 - 18:00 Venue: CF303, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University  Speaker: Prof. Jose Rodriguez

EE Research Seminar: Novel electrochemical systems for simultaneous energy storage, energy conversion and water desalination

Date: 11 Jun 2019 Time: 11:00 - 12:00 Venue: BC301, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University   Speaker: Prof. Matthew Suss

Research Student Gathering for 2018/19

The Department organized a Research Student Gathering for 2018/19 on 6th June 2019 (Thursday), in which it serves as a platform for all research students who are in different research disciplines to meet and share on their studies at PolyU.  In this half-day activity, 9 PhD students were invited to give a 15-minute presentation on their research topics while another 13 PhD/MPhil students were selected to join the poster session.  Professor Vladimiro Miranda (External Advisor of EE Departmental Review, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal), Department Head, DRC Chair and academic staff joined the event and shared valuable comments and ideas with participants to enhance their presentation skills.

EE Research Seminar: Solving complex problems with Evolutionary Swarms

Date: 05 Jun 2019 Time: 10:30 - 12:00 Venue: Room BC301, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University   Speaker: Professor Vladimiro Miranda

Alumni Re-Union Gathering

We are delighted to have your participation in our last Alumni Re-union Gathering held on 18 May 2019.  This is an annual platform for us to celebrate old relationships and form new ones.  Our big thanks to have your sharing with our current students and former teachers in this gathering.  We are also glad to hear your success and excitement in your jobs and new encounters.  Through this event, we also hope that you could be able to notice the changes and developments happened in the Department then and now. Thanks again for your keen participation as well as the support you have always extended towards your alma mater. Enjoy the photos posted here and please give us a “LIKE” in our EE Facebook.

Orientation for new students from Broad Discipline

Welcome to the family of the Department of Electrical Engineering! Hope you will enjoy the study here

Graduation Tea Reception 2019

Congratulations to the students graduating from the Department of Electrical Engineering in 2019 and we wish you all every success in your future endeavours.   In the tea reception, it is our great honour to have invited our donors to present the award and scholarships in Best Final Year Project Award in “Electric Vehicle Technologies” and Dolphin Concepts Limited Final Year Project Scholarship.  The Outstanding Final Year Project Awards were presented to graduating students who have excellent performance in the Final Year Project.   Also, our greatest appreciation to our student helpers and student representatives for their support to the Department throughout the

Staff Retreat

This retreat focuses on teaching and learning, held in Hotel ICON on 10 May 2019.  Staff members were first updated by Head of Department about the upcoming Departmental Review, DSE Interviews' new arrangement, space audit, and some admission statistics of the new cohort.  With the discontinuation of Broad Discipline, Dr Lo has worked out curriculum improvement and shared with staff members' comments.  In the meantime, TSE programme's curriculum will also be slightly reformed.  More sharing on the performance of large group projects, the arrangement on the Industrial projects, review on FYP, MSc Dissertation, Internship etc., were also given.  A thorough deliberation and fruitful discussion is observed and thank to staff members' active participation.

Singapore AUV Challenge 2019

Our department sent 7 students to join in the Challenge, organized by IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society, Singapore. Among 40 contributions teams from all over the world, our team entered the final round with other 15 teams. The team was ranked 7th in the final challenge. In the Challenge, students utilized their knowledge in computer vision, automated control, and system integration to send an autonomous underwater vehicle to the arena to complete different tasks.