A recent study by the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI) has found that contact tracing was an effective measure for reducing local virus spread. To help fight the pandemic, a team of LSGI researchers has developed a mobile app using the Global Navigation Satellite System, Bluetooth Low Energy and Data Analysis Technology.

To strengthen local universities’ capability in recruiting outstanding research talent worldwide, the Global STEM Professorship Scheme was launched by the HKSAR government in 2020. The Scheme is expected to build up the universities’ capacities in commercialising and applying their research discoveries, encouraging knowledge transfer and spearheading innovation and technological development in Hong Kong.

To support the HKSAR Government’s policy to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality by 2050, a new University Research Centre for Resources Engineering towards Carbon Neutrality (RCRE) is established with the support of PolyU’s Areas of Excellence Committee.

A paper co-authored by Prof. Hongxing Yang of the Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering (BEEE) and two of his former research students, Dr Jia Liu and Dr Yuekuan Zhou, has received the Best Paper Award from the 2020 Applied Energy Symposium on low carbon cities and urban energy systems.

In recognition of their outstanding performance in research and scholarly activities, four assistant professors in the Faculty of Construction and Environment (FCE) have been selected for the Dean’s Awards for Outstanding Young Researchers.

Nominated by their respective departments for the awards, the winners were chosen for the significance and innovation of their research, their presentation skills and responses to questions from the Working Group of the Faculty Research Committee, as well as their academic performance and publication track records.

On 16 Aug 2021, Ir Dr Wallace Lai of the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI) gave a webinar for the continuing professional development (CPD) of industry practitioners at the invitation of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE).

On 9 September 2021, PolyU Council member Ms Julia Man-kwan Lau, who is a registered architect in Hong Kong and has worked in the local real estate industry for nearly three decades, visited the Remote Sensing Laboratory of the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI) to keep abreast of the latest developments in the department.