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Publication on Nature Communications was selected as Editors’ Highlights under the topic of devices

A paper “19.31% binary organic solar cell and low non-radiative recombination enabled by non-monotonic intermediate state transition” published by Prof. Gang Li’s research team on Nature Communications on 30 March 2023 was selected as the Editors’ Highlights under the topic of devices. Non-radiative recombination loss suppression is critical for boosting performance of organic solar cells. Here, the authors regulate self-organization of bulk-heterojunction in a non-monotonic manner, and achieve device efficiency over 19% with low non-radiative recombination loss down to 0.168 eV. The paper is available at https://www.nature.com/collections/bjiiabbacg.

Invitation to PolyU Engineering Project Competition 2023

We are pleased to invite school team(s) from your school to join our PolyU Engineering Project Competition 2023. The Engineering Project Competition invites team of 4 student members to join our competition workshop and complete a STEM-based project. Winners of the projects will be showcased and will be presented with trophies and certificates. This is a good opportunity for interested students to learn more about Computing and Engineering and experienced hands on laboratory experiences. All artefacts of the competition can be brought back to their own schools. Details can be found at our website: www.polyu.edu.hk/feng/competition and via the poster below. The registration is now open, from 10 April to 12 May 2023. An online briefing of the competition will be held on 5 May 2023 4:30 p.m., teachers/ studentsif interested in the competition are welcome to learn more about the competition at the briefing, please register: https://polyu.hk/hgfYN.   If you wish to learn more about the competition, welcome to discuss with us (Enquiry: 2766 5064 ( phone) / denquiry@polyu.edu.hk (email))   With best regards Faculty of Engineering The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Outstanding Research Postgraduate Alumni Award 2023

The Graduate School (GS) will organise the PolyU Graduate School Outstanding Research Postgraduate (RPg) Alumni Award to publicly recognise our distinguished PhD/ MPhil alumni’s distinctive accomplishments and impactful contributions to the professions, research and entrepreneurship.   Please visit the below link for the details: https://www.polyu.edu.hk/gs/news-and-events/outstanding-rpg-alumni-award-2023_call/

PolyU Outstanding Student Award of Faculty of Engineering 2022

Congratulations to Miss Fang Jiaying, our BEng in EIE student, on winning the PolyU Outstanding Student Award of Faculty of Engineering 2022! The Outstanding Student Award aims to motivate students to excel in their academic pursuits as well as to strive for personal development. Miss Fang received the award at the presentation ceremony in the Chiang Chen Studio Theatre on 20 March 2023 for recognizing her achievements in academic studies, active participation in extra-curricular activities and passion for community service.

Congratulations to Professor Changyuan Yu for winning the Faculty of Engineering Research Grant Achievement Award!

  Congratulations to Professor Changyuan Yu for winning the Faculty of Engineering Research Grant Achievement Award! The award was given by the Faculty Research Committee to recognize Professor Yu’s outstanding performance in securing external competitive research grants for the period between 2017 and 2021.

Results and photo album for the Microcontroller Application Design Contest (2022-23)

16 teams of finalists presented the designs of their microcontroller-based electronic products in the EIE Microcontroller Application Design Contest (2022-23) in February. Please find the results and the photo album of the Contest at https://www.eie.polyu.edu.hk/event/madc2022-23/.

Outstanding Alumni Award of PolyU Department of Electrical Engineering 2023

The enhanced three-level Outstanding PolyU Alumni Award (OPAA) introduced last year has achieved great success. The Department of Electrical Engineering (EE) is pleased to announce that the new round of departmental OPAA 2023 is now calling for nominations until 31 March 2023 (Friday). The departmental OPAA aims to publicly recognise outstanding graduates of EE for their professional achievements and significant contributions to the community and their alma mater. The departmental awardees will be officially honoured by the department and be nominated for the Faculty Awards or above. Award Categories and Selection Criteria There are four achievement categories, namely “Professional Achievement”, “Entrepreneurial Achievement”, “Scholarly Achievement” and “Community Service Achievement”. Selection is based on the nominee’s accomplishments in his/ her personal achievements in the field, contributions to the community, and support and contributions to PolyU. Special recognition to young alumni awardees in the award category is added. A candidate who is aged under 40 by the end of the award year can be considered under the Outstanding PolyU Young Alumni stream. The Award will be conducted at three levels: Department level, Faculty/School level and University level. The recipients of the Department Award will be nominated for the Faculty Award. All Faculty/School awardees will be considered for the University Award. Eligibility The nominated candidate must be a bona fide graduate who has successfully completed the full-time or part-time programme offered by PolyU (or its forerunners: Hong Kong Government Trade School, Hong Kong Technical College, Hong Kong Polytechnic; and its constituent units: School of Professional Education & Executive Development and Hong Kong Community College) which led to academic award accredited by the respective Institution.   The proposer can be a PolyU graduate, Honorary Graduate, University Fellow, PolyU staff, current PolyU Council and Court member and current Advisory Committee member. There is no limit to the number of nominations to be submitted by each proposer. However, the proposer cannot be the candidate himself/ herself or a direct relative of the candidate.   Nomination and Selection Schedule The nomination form could be downloaded here. Please return the completed form to eenotice@polyu.edu.hk with all required supplementary documents on or before 31 March 2023. Panel of Judges and Result Announcement Selection for Department Award will be conducted by end of April 2023. A panel of judges, comprising both internal and external members, will be formed to examine the nominations and assess candidates’ qualifications and performance for the awards. The result will be announced on our website and social media platforms in early May.   Enquiries Department of Electrical Engineering The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Email: eenotice@polyu.edu.hk

Outstanding Alumni Award of PolyU Department of Electronic and Information Engineering 2023 is open for nominations

The Department of Electronic and Information Engineering (EIE) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, formerly known as the Department of Electronic Engineering, was established in 1974. Since then, the Department pursues a wide range of teaching and research activities in numerous fields of electronic and information engineering. We nurture generations of graduates who devote their time and effort for the betterment of society. To recognize outstanding graduates of EIE for their professional, entrepreneurial and scholarly achievements, as well as their contributions to the community, the Department is inviting nominations for the Outstanding Alumni Award of PolyU Department of Electronic and Information Engineering for 2023. Please find more details about the Award at https://www.eie.polyu.edu.hk/eieoaa and submit the nomination form to EIE via email at eie.oaa@polyu.edu.hk by 17 March 2023.

IEEE HITC 2022 Award for Excellence in Hyper-Intelligence (Early Career Researchers)

Dr Wenjuan Li won the IEEE HITC 2022 Award for Excellence in Hyper-Intelligence (Early Career Researchers) presented by the IEEE Hyper-Intelligence Technical Committee (HITC) for her contributions on hyper-intelligent and distributed system security! HITC is a technical committee within the IEEE Systems Council, which aims at fostering research and education in hyper-intelligent systems with applications. This award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding, influential, and potentially long-lasting contributions in the field of hyper-intelligent systems. The candidates are within 5 years of receiving their PhD degree as of 1st January of the year of the award typically.

eLearning Forum Asia 2022 Exemplary Teaching and Learning Silver Award

Dr Pauli Lai won the eLearning Forum Asia 2022 Exemplary Teaching and Learning Silver Award for recognizing her initiative on the development of online coding platform! Established in 2019, the eLearning Forum Asia Awards abide to the mission of eLearning Forum Asia to promote the nexus between education and technology, through facilitating the exchange of challenges and successes experienced by different institutions. Dr Lai and her project team members, Mr Ivan Lau and Mr Richard Pang, developed an online coding platform, Codatus, which allows students to use a browser to work on the coding exercises. Codatus allows teachers to customize the question sets and answers for auto-grading. The platform also features an issue tracking function to let students tie their enquiries to the relevant questions and previous attempt records. It also provides a collaborative code-writing feature to pair up students for collaborative editing. This winning project is innovative in reinventing the process of practical coding classes supported by Codatus's unique features. Students also find the platform useful and convenient to facilitate their learning.