Project Title Investigator
Transport Phenomena in Alkaline Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells L An HKD 200,000
Modeling of Particle Transport TL Chan HKD 189,000
On Propagation Characteristics of Three-dimensional Elastic Waves Guided by Thick-walled Hollow Cylinder and Application to Detection of Damage in Train Axle L Cheng HKD 50,000
Dectection and Monitoring of Fatigue Cracks in Axles of High-speed Train Bogies Based on Nonlinear Acousto-Ultrasonic Waves and De-centralized Sensing L Cheng, ZQ Su and YQ Ni (CEE) HKD 322,802
Damage Detection of Structural Components Based on Local Dynamic Equilibrium with Strong and Weak Formulations L Cheng, ZQ Su and JL Guyader (Institut National des Sciences Appliquees de Lyon, Fance) HKD 189,000
Modeling, Monitoring and Control of Vibroacoustic System L Cheng HKD 315,000
Vibration Control and Structural Health Monitoring for High Speed Train Applications L Cheng HKD 500,000
Modelling, Manipulation and Control of Structural and Acoustic Waves L Cheng HKD 315,000
Correlating Physical and Chemical Properties of Particles Emitted by Motor Vehicles with Ambient Air Particles CS Cheung and Z Huang (Shanghai Jiaotong University, China) HKD 168,000
Experimental Investigation and Modeling on the Performance and Emissions of a LPG-Diesel Dual Fuel Engine CS Cheung, PK Wong (University of Macau) and N Zhi (The City University of Hong Kong, HK) HKD 150,000
Influence of Biofuels (Biodiesel and Alcohol Blended Fuels) on the Emissions of a Diesel Engine with Emphasis on Particulate Emissions CS Cheung and Z Ning (The City University of Hong Kong, HK) HKD 150,000
Spray, Combustion and Emission Characteristics of Pentanol/biodiesel Blends CS Cheung and ZH Huang (Xi’an Jiaotong University, China) HKD 168,000
Influence of Biofuels on the Particulate Emissions of a Diesel Engine CS Cheung and Z Ning (CityU of HK) HKD 189,000
Flexible Structures in Barriers for Reducing the Impact of Low Frequency Noise YS Choy and WK Tsui HKD 189,000
Broadband Flow Through Silencer with Model Actuation on Light Panel YS Choy HKD 150,000
Broadband Sound Insulation Panel Embedding with an Array of Tubular Cavities Covered by Membranes in Random Alignment YS Choy HKD 189,000
Noise Reduction of Ducted-fan Product by Using Composite Materials YS Choy HKD 315,000
Experimental & Analytical Investigation on the Size Effects of Micro/Meso-scale Thin Metallic Sheet’s Forming Limit Based on the Micro Damage Theory MW Fu and XM Lai (Shanghai Jiaotong University, China) HKD 168,000
Investigation on Ductile Fracture Behavior and Stress-induced Defects in Micro-Scale Plastic Deformation MW Fu HKD 189,000
Meso/Micro-scaled Forming of Ti-alloys at Elevated Temperature for Biomedical Application MW Fu HKD 150,000
Investigation of Undesirable Geometries and Inaccurate Dimensons of Microformed Parts and Development of Their Avoidance Methods MW Fu HKD 150,000
Plastic deformation based processing of advanced materials MW Fu HKD 315,000
Experimental & Analytical Investigation on the Size Effects of Interfacial Friction in Micro/Meso-scale Thin Metallic Sheet’s Forming Process MW Fu and XM Lai (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China) HKD 168,000
Size Effect Phenomena and Gradient Effect in the Micromechanics of Micro-scaled Plastic Deformation MW Fu HKD 200,000
Rationales and Principles for Superplastic Development of Micro Scale Tubular Parts of Mg-Li Alloy for Biomedical Applications MW Fu HKD 189,000
Characterization of Nonlinear Spatio-temporal Behaviors and Its Applications XJ Jing HKD 150,000
Nonlinear Analysis and Design in Vibration Suppression Systems: A New Frequency-domain Approach XJ Jing and L Cheng HKD 189,000
Modelling, Analysis and Design of Nonlinear Spatio-Temporal Systems and Its Application in Sound and Vibration Control XJ Jing HKD 150,000
Identification of Switched Nonlinear Systems: A Robust Control Approach XJ Jing HKD 80,000
Characterization of Nonlinear Spatio-temporal Behaviors and Its Applications XJ Jing HKD 150,000
Key Issues in Nonlinear Analysis and Design in the Frequency Domain XJ Jing HKD 150,000
Nonlinear Energy Harvesting Systems: Theory, Methods and Applications in Railway Systems XJ Jing HKD 500,000
High-Performance Vibration Isolation by Employing Bio-Inspired Structure Nonlinearity XJ Jing HKD 189,000
A Better Alternative Impinging Flame for Domestic and Commercial Applications CW Leung, CS Cheung and YS Choy HKD 189,000
Thermal, Explosion, Burning and Emission Characteristics of an Array of Premixed Flame Jets Burning Liquefied Petroleum Gas Enriched with Hydrogen CW Leung, P Zhang and ZH Huang (Xi’an Jiaotong University, China) HKD 150,000
Thermal, Explosion, Burning and Emission Characteristics of Premixed Flame Jets Array Burning Liquefied Petroleum Gas Enriched with Hydrogen CW Leung, P Zhang and ZH Huang (Xi’an Jiaotong University, China) HKD 189,000
Aeroacoustics of High-lift Airfoil with Trapped Vortex Cavity RCK Leung HKD 156,500
Simulation of Realistic Acoustic Environment for Optimal Beamformer Design for Hands-Free Communication Products RCK Leung, KF Yiu (AMA), SK Lau (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, US) and S Nordholm (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) HKD 150,000
Supersonic Impinging Flow in Cold Spray Materials Deposition: Analysis of Nonlinear Particle-Flow Interaction and Aeroacoustical Control of Particle Transport RCK Leung and CH Shek (The City University of Hong Kong, HK) HKD 158,343
Numerical Modeling of Aeroacoustic Generation by Flow Duct Side-Branches at Various Separations RCK Leung HKD 150,000
Low Dimensional Modeling of Duct Aeroacoustics with Multiple Side-Branches RCK Leung HKD 150,000
New Acoustic Source Localization Methodology in Realistic Reverberant Sound Fields Using Optimal Broadband Beamformer Design RCK Leung and KFC Yiu (AMA) HKD 146,278
A Study of the Mechanisms of Thermoacoustic Oscillations in Gas Turbine Combustion Chamber Installed with Bluff Flame Holder RCK Leung and M Zhu (Tsinghua University, China) HKD 168,000
A Study of the Effects of Aeroacoustic-Structural Interaction on Airfoil Trailing Edge Noise RCK Leung HKD 189,000
Pressure Drop of a Nanofiber Filter WWF Leung HKD 59,109
Investigating Loading and Cleaning of a Nanofiber Depth Filter for Capturing Submicron Aerosols WWF Leung HKD 189,000
Solid-State Dye Sensitized Solar Cells with High Conversion Efficiency using Electrospun TiO2 Nanofiber Photoanode WWF Leung HKD 150,000
High Performance Solid State DSSC with Perovskite as Light Absorber WWF Leung HKD 153,917
Solid-State Solar Cells with High Conversion Efficiency using Electrospun TiO2 Nanofiber Photoanode WWF Leung HKD 150,000
Charge Transport in Perovskite Solar Cell WWF Leung HKD 189,000
Numerical Model Development for Prediction of Silt Sediment of Yellow River at Delta Based on LIDAR Morphological Database Y Liu, XL Ding (LSGI) and ZL Li (LSGI) HKD 130,350
Investigating the Role of Stochastic Resonance in Computational Prediction of Upper Airway Surgery Y Liu, XY Luo (University of Glasgow, UK) and JY Ye (Beijing Tongren Hospital, China) HKD 189,000
Computational Prediction for the Upper Airway Surgery Y Liu, LX Huang (The University of Hong Kong, HK), XY Luo (University of Glasgow, UK) and JY Ye (Beijing Tongren Hospital, China) HKD 119,989
Using Stochastic Resonance to Predict the Outcome of Upper Airway Surgery for OSA Subjects Y Liu HKD 150,000
Effect of Arteriovenous Shunts and Vessel Leakiness on Flowmotion in Normal and Tumor Vasculature Y Liu and BM Fu (City College New York, USA) HKD 189,000
The Mechanism of Electroplasticity and Its Application for Emerging High-performance Alloys HH Ruan HKD 200,000
Towards Predictable Thermoforming of Glass – from Microscropic Understanding to Constitutive Modeling HH Ruan HKD 200,000
Nanomaterials and Phase Field Modelling SQ Shi HKD 250,000
Development of A Phase Field Modeling Framework for Corrosion Kinetics SQ Shi HKD 150,000
Study on the Electrocaloric Effect of Ferroelectric Materials SQ Shi HKD 150,000
Controlled preparation of nanoporous metals and their applications in advanced devices SQ Shi HKD 315,000
Study of High Strength, High Ductility Gradient Nanostructural Steels SQ Shi and HH Ruan HKD 700,000
Study of lntragranular Gas Bubble Behavior for High Burnup Nuclear Fuels Using Phase Field Methodology SQ Shi, SY Hu (Pacific Northwest National Lab, US) and YT Li (Pacific Northwest National Lab, US) HKD 189,000
Quantitative Characterization of Multiple Fatigue Cracks for Structural Integrity Monitoring (SIM) Using Nonlinear Acousto-ultrasonics and Active Sensor Networks ZQ Su, L Cheng and LM Zhou HKD 150,000
Modelling Dispersive Properties of Ultrasonic Waves ZQ Su HKD 50,000
Nonlinear Acousto-ultrasonics-based Quantitative Identification of Fatigue Cracks in Engineering Structures Using Probability-based Diagnostic Imaging ZQ Su, L Cheng and LM Zhou HKD 189,000
Development of A Novel Coated CNT-graphene Hybrid Sensor Network for Elastic-wave-based Damage Identification ZQ Su HKD 50,000
Monitoring Fatigue Damage in Axles of High-speed Trains Based on Nonlinear Acousto-utrasonics ZQ Su HKD 315,000
Development of Large-scale Smart Sensing Networks for Health Monitoring of Train and Railway Structures: From Fundamental Research to Real-world Engineering Application ZQ Su HKD 500,000
An Insight into Shock Wave Propagation under Hypervelocity Impact (>4 km/s) and Its Application to Characterizing Orbital Debris-induced Damage in Space Structures ZQ Su HKD 189,000
On Energy Harvesting from Open Channel Water Flows Using Self-sustained Oscillating Hydrofoils H Tang HKD 200,000
Development of a GPU-based Numberical Framework for Fluid-structure Interaction Problems H Tang HKD 100,000
Enhancement of Flapping-wing MAV Aerodynamic Performance Using Active Flow Control H Tang HKD 189,000
Design, Fabrication and Flight Test of Flapping Micro/Unmanned Air Vehicles CY Wen and XJ Jing HKD 400,000
Leading Edge Vortex Flow Control on a Delta Wing with Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Actuators CY Wen HKD 380,000
Investigation on Aerodynamic Breakup of a Liquid Droplet behind a Shock Wave CY Wen HKD 189,000
Design Optimization of Multiple Viscoelastic Dynamic Absorbers for Floor Vibration Abatement WO Wong, J Yuan and TY Ng HKD 189,000
Complex Power Flow Control in Vibrating Plates with Dynamic Vibration Absorbers WO Wong HKD 150,000
Cross-Modal Vibration Energy Method for Dynamic Force Identification WO Wong HKD 150,000
Biomimetic Study on the Reaction Chambers of Bombardier Beetles for Aeronautical Applications: Thermal Resistance and Pulsed Jet Propulsion HM Yao and P Zhang HKD 157,350
Bio-inspired Investigation on the Mechanics of Indentation-induced Cracking Morphologies in Hard Coatings HM Yao HKD 50,000
Bio-inspired Optimization of Interfacial Strength in Hybrid Materials HM Yao HKD 199,999
Hypergolic Ignition Mechanism of a Novel “Green” Propellant for Aerospace Propulsion: A Density Functional Theory Study of DMAZ/HNO3 System P Zhang  HKD 100,000
Dynamics of Unequal-size Droplet Collision P Zhang HKD 450,000
Computational Study on Slotted Swirl Combustor for Application in Gas Turbine Engines P Zhang HKD 200,000
Experimental Study and Large Eddy Simulation of Slotted Swirler Combustor Fueled with Natural Gas/Synthesis Gas Mixtures P Zhang and Y Yang (Peking University, China) HKD 189,000
Multi-scale Modeling of Size Effects on Mechanical Behaviors of Metallic Glasses GP Zheng HKD 105,000
Experimental and Theoretical Investigations on the Magnetocaloric Behaviors of (Fe, Co) – based Amorphous Alloys GP Zheng and CT Liu (The City University of Hong Kong, HK) HKD 150,000
Atomic-scale Experimental and Simulation Investigations on the Deformation Twinning in Nanostructured Titanium GP Zheng HKD 150,000
Multiscale Simulation Studies on the Processing and Mechanical Behaviors of Ultrafine and Nano-size Grained Magnesium Alloys GP Zheng HKD 189,000
Experimental Investigation and ab initio Simulation on the Pizoelectricity and Pyroelectricity of Graphene-ferroelectrics Heterostructures GP Zheng HKD 200,000
Development of Hybrid Supercapacitors using Nanofiber Electrodes LM Zhou and ZG Lu (South University of Science &Technology of China) HKD 189,000
All Solid State Quantum-dot-sensitized Solar Cells Based on Solution Processed Inorganic Semiconductors (G-YBDG) LM Zhou HKD 150,000
All Solid State Quantum-dot-sensitized Solar Cells Based on Solution Processed Inorganic Semiconductors (G-YBA1) LM Zhou HKD 150,000
CdSe QDs sensitized metal sulfide 2D nanosheet solar cells: Fabrication and photoelectric performances LM Zhou HKD 315,000
Advanced Composites and Functional Structures LM Zhou and L Ye (Sydney University, Australia) HKD 824,000
Design and Performance Study on Micro-mesoporous Three-dimensional Framework Materials for Lithium-sulfur Batteries with High Energy Density LM Zhou and HM Yao HKD 700,000
Bi-functional Metal Organic Framework-derived Porous Electrospun Nanofiber Materials for Lithium-sulfur Batteries LM Zhou and HM Yao HKD 700,000
Optimal Si-nanoparticle-based Nanocomposite Structure with Long-term Stability for Li-ion Batteries LM Zhou HKD 210,620.29
Thin Layer Elastic Material Characterization Using Ultrasonic Bessel Transducer J Zhu HKD 200,000
Two Dimensional Acoustic Rainbow Trapping Metamaterials J Zhu HKD 100,000
Two-dimensional Acoustic Metamaterial for Turbulent Boundary Layer Transition Delay of Hypersonic Vehicles J Zhu, L Cheng and CY Wen HKD 200,000