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Award in 2014 IEEE Hong Kong Student Paper Contest

The paper entitled “A Hybrid Approach for k-way Partitions in Smart Grid based on Laplacian Spectrum and Self-Organizing Map” by the PhD student Mr Jia Youwei supervised by Dr. Zhao XU, has been awarded as Third Prize in 2014 IEEE Hong Kong Student Paper Contest. This paper reports a newly proposed partitioning approach featuring high clustering accuracy and computational efficiency, which successfully lays out a promising groundwork for smart grid planning and control with “self-healing” capability enabled. This competition was organized by IEEE Hong Kong Section. It was well participated by a significant number of undergraduate and graduate students from The University of Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, City University of Hong Kong, The Open University of Hong Kong etc. Only top-3 ranked papers were shortlisted for this award.  An award certificate was presented to Mr Jia Youwei at the IEEE Hong Kong Section EXCO Meeting on 27nd March 2015.   This award reflects the significant achievement of the research group supervised by Dr Zhao XU in the development of novel and effective approaches to support smart grid planning and operation.

Competition - Design Your Ideal Laboratory - the NEW EF402

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Happy Retirement for Dr. HW Ngan

Date: 1st December 2014

Award from IEEE Power and Energy Society

The algorithm entitled “Differential Evolution Algorithm with a Modified Archiving-based Adaptive Tradeoff Model for Optimal Power Flow” by the team consisting of Dr Xu Zhao of EE Department, Winthrop Professor Kit Po Wong (the University of Western Australia), and Dr Xu’s research students, Mr. Niu Ming and Mr. Jia Youwei, has been selected as one of the five best algorithms for solving the complicated optimal power flow problem in power system operation in an international competition.    The competition was organized by IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES). It was well participated by over 50 teams from around the world. Only the top-5 ranked algorithms/teams were shortlisted and invited to present their algorithms and results in the IEEE PES General Meeting held in Washington DC, USA in July this year. An award certificate was presented to the team at the General Meeting.    This award reflects the significant international achievement of the team in the development of novel concepts and efficient algorithms for solving difficult power system optimization problems. We wish to send the team our heartiest congratulations and we wish them continual success in their future research.

Our Engineering Students Excel in National Competition

Date: 1st Aug 2014   A team from the Department of Electrical Engineering has won the second prize in 8th Mitsubishi Electric Cup, a nationwide electric automation competition organized by the Ministry of Education and the Chinese Association of Automation, held in Jinhua, Zhejiang from 1st August to 4th 2014.

Welcome Dr NF Chin

The Department is pleased to inform that Dr Chin Nyun Fook has been appointed as Adjunct Professor of the Department starting from July 2014 for a period of 3 years.   Dr Chin graduated from Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK with a 1st Class Honours BSc degree in 1974, and then worked for GEC (UK and HK) until 2001.   He obtained his PhD degree from the University of Bath, UK in power system protection in 1995.  In 2001, Dr. Chin started his company to provide consultancy on power protection projects.  He has also devoted much effort in developing and delivering training courses in power system protection for practicing engineers in the United Kingdom and Asia-Pacific countries.   Dr Chin is very active in professional societies and serves as committee member in several UK IET Boards, office-bearer in IEEE Hong Kong Section and IEEE PES Chapter, etc.  Amid of his busy schedule, Dr Chin has also taken up volunteer work in academic field, taking up appointments as external examiner, member in various advisory committees in PolyU, and other local tertiary institutes.   The Department is excited to have Dr Chin to participate in our teaching and research, particularly in the area of Power System Protection.     Welcome Dr Chin of joining the Department!

Forum on High-speed and Intercity Rail Technologies

Date: 4th July 2014 Time: 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Venue: Rm M1603, Li Ka Shing Building   Please register for the seminar online at:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JczANsS9JFISapiNiYSyANBkr0IxUwdMoZXO3xWfwRs/viewform

HKIE Hi-Tech Fiesta 2014

Date: 8th June 2014 Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Venue: 3/F Star Hall, Kowloon Bay International Trade and Exhibition Centre   HKIE has invited the Faculty’s participation at the event by subscribing a booth.  Our Department is also pleased to take this chance to promote our research strength there.  Please feel free to participate!

Thinner solar-power panel

Developed by Prof. Eric Cheng, new solar-power air-conditioning system installed will soon be launched in the market.  New solar-power panel with 70% height reduction have been installed for 20 vehicles. 3 mini-buses and 2 taxis with such installation are ordered.   New solar panel

InnoAsia 13

Topic: Tech Forum 5: Eco-City EcoMobility Speaker: Ir Prof. Alexander Wai, Vice President (Research Development), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Mr Paul Poon, Managing Director, CLP Power Hong Kong Limited Dr Zhao Xu, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic Mr Anthony Lo, Senior Smart Grid Business Manager, CLP Power Hong Kong Limited Prof. Derek S.W. Or, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Prof. Eric Cheng, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Ir. Y.M. Lam, Manager, EV Support and Development, The Hongkong Electric Company Limited Dr C.Y. Chung, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Prof. S.L. Ho, Chair Professor of Electricity Utilization, Department of Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Prof. K.K. Lee, Professor of Transportation Practice, Department of Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Date: 6 December 2013 Time: 09:00 - 12:30 Venue: Seminar Room 3 of Hall 1B, L1, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre