| Supervisor | Specialization |
|---|---|
| Prof. MW FU | Advanced materials processing; Computational materials science; Damage and fracture of materials; Finite element modelling and simulation; Micro-mechanics of materials |
| Prof. ZB JIAO |
Advanced structural materials; High-strength steels & alloys; High-temperature superalloys; Nanostructured metals & alloys; Innovative material processing |
| Dr Q LIU | Green Chemical Vapor Deposition, Conformal polymer coating for lithium-ion battery materials, Conductive polymers, LIBs material interfacial engineering |
| Prof. Y MA | Haptics metamaterials, micro/nano fabrication of textured surfaces for human-machine interactions, multi-physics modeling of material interfaces, biomechanics |
| Prof. YW MAI | Composites science, manufacturing processes and engineering applications; Multifunctional polymer nanocomposites; Materials for harsh environments; Fracture and fatigue mechanics |
| Prof. HH RUAN |
Non-equilibrium materials engineering; Amorphous materials and nanomaterials; Dynamic behavior of materials; Theory of non-equilibrium phase transformation; Constitutive modeling of advanced materials |
| Prof. LQ WANG |
Engineering materials with designed micro-/nano-structures to confer new properties; Microfluidics-enabled soft and smart manufacturing; Soft materials; Soft and micro actuators/motors/robots/sensors |
| Prof. ZK WANG | Nature-inspired surfaces and materials, additive manufacturing, energy harvesting, fluid dynamics, soft matter, interfaces and surfaces |
| Prof. HM YAO | Bio-inspired Mechanics & Structures; Soft Robotics; Multiscale Computational Mechanics; Adhesion Mechanics; Fracture Mechanics |
| Dr XL YU | Advanced electrode materials development; Nanostructured materials; Carbon based materials; Interface design of composite materials |
| Prof. BP ZHANG | Nature-inspired materials and interfaces; Membranes; Water harvesting; Solar desalination |
| Prof. X ZHANG | Structural engineering of novel 2D nanomaterials; Earth-abundant catalysts |
| Dr YY ZHANG | Structuring of Fluids, Soft and Smart Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing, Microfluidics, 3D Manipulation of Fluids, Flexible Electronics, Nonlinear Computation and Optimization |
| Prof. GP ZHENG | Computational materials science; Atomistic modeling and simulation; Amorphous alloys; Nanostructured materials; Two-dimensional materials |
| Supervisor | Specialization |
|---|---|
| Prof. L CHENG | Acoustics: sound propagation, noise control, passive and active control; Vibration: modelling, control and vibration reduction of structures. Structural wave manipulations; Structural health monitoring: vibration and wave-based damage detection methods; Smart structures with embedding sensor technology; Fluid-structure-sound interaction |
| Prof. S CHENG | Green Aviation, Rocket/Satellite/Space Shuttle Propulsion, Sustainable Aviation Fuels, Green Propellants |
| Prof. YS CHOY | Structural health diagnosis by non-contact method; Turbine blade-tip clearance assessment; Engine noise and vibration measurement; Airport noise assessment; Engine noise control |
| Prof. Randolph CK LEUNG | Aeroacoustics and aircraft noise; Aeronautical flow-induced noise and vibration; Computational aeroacoustics and CFD; Active flow noise control; Aeroacoustics source identification |
| Prof. ZQ SU | Structural health monitoring (SHM); Non-destructive evaluation (NDE); Smart materials and structures; Advanced composite materials; Sensor and sensor network |
| Prof. H TANG | Aerodynamics; Active flow control |
| Prof. LQ WANG |
Turbulence |
| Prof. X YU | Vibro-acoustic modelling; Acoustic metamaterial; Noise and vibration control; Advanced functional material; Lattice structure and porous material; Hearing and auditory perception; Active noise cancellation; Smart actuator; Acoustic black hole |
| Supervisor | Specialization |
|---|---|
| Prof. L AN | Fuel cells; Batteries; Advanced energy materials |
| Prof. S CHENG | Battery Technologies, Battery Fire Retardants, Carbon-Free Energy Storage and Transfer |
| Dr YQ FU | Wave energy conversion |
| Prof. MY LI | Energy meteorology, Physics and machine learning based solar forecasting, Solar-based poly-generation system design and control, Radiative heat transfer, High temperature electrolysis, Radiative cooling, Solar desalination |
| Dr Q LIU | Lithium-ion batteries, Electrochemical energy storage materials |
| Prof. H TANG | Wind / marine energy extraction |
| Prof. LQ WANG |
Nature-inspired and microfluidics-enabled engineering; Heat transfer with thermal waves and resonance; super thermal conductors |
| Prof. ZK WANG | Nature-inspired surfaces and materials, additive manufacturing, energy harvesting, fluid dynamics, soft matter, interfaces and surfaces |
| Prof. MC WU | Electrochemical energy storage and conversion; Advanced battery materials; Heat and mass transfer |
| Prof. HM YAO | Mechanical behaviors of energy-storage materials |
| Dr XL YU | Lithium ion batteries; Lithium sulfur battery; Lithium metal battery |
| Prof. BP ZHANG | Energy harvesting; Lithium/Hydrogen energy storage |
| Prof. X ZHANG | Electrochemical reactor design; CO2 capture and conversion; Electrochemical conversion of small molecules (e.g., H2O, O2, CO2, and N2, etc.) to high-value chemical/fuel feedstocks; Membrane electrode assembly technology |
| Prof. GP ZHENG | Nanoporous electrode materials; Solid-state refrigeration; Piezoelectric energy conversion |
| Supervisor | Specialization |
|---|---|
| Prof. S CHENG | AI-Enhanced Uncertainty Quantification, Machine Learning in Reverse and Forward Solution Mapping, Convex Optimization, Optimal Decision Making |
| Prof. Henry KH CHU | Soft Continuum Robots; Vision-based Control and Automation; Artificial Intelligence (AI); Collaborative Robots and Mechatronic Systems |
| Dr YQ FU | Soft robotics |
| Prof. Y MA | Haptics, wearable electronics, sensing and actuation for human-machine interactions, application of artificial intelligence to human-machine interface |
| Prof. David NAVARRO |
Robotic manipulation; Multi-agent systems; Machine intelligence; Sensor-based control; Robot perception |
| Prof. LQ WANG | Soft and micro actuators/motors/robots/sensors |
| Prof. D ZHANG | Synthesis and Optimization of Manipulator Mechanisms; Generalized Parallel Mechanisms Research; Reconfigurable Robots; Micro/Nano Manipulation and MEMS Devices (e.g., Sensors); Smart Biomedical Instruments (e.g., Exoskeleton Robots and Rehabilitation Robotics); AI/robotics/autonomous systems; Aerial and Underwater Robotics; New Developments for Humanoid Robots; Machine learning/Deep learning/Machine Vision for Robotics |
| Supervisor | Specialization |
|---|---|
| Prof. L CHENG | Acoustics: sound propagation, noise control, passive and active control; Vibration: modelling, control and vibration reduction of structures. Structural wave manipulations; Structural health monitoring: vibration and wave-based damage detection methods; Smart structures with embedding sensor technology; Fluid-structure-sound interaction |
| Prof. YS CHOY | Vibroacoustics ; Environmental noise control; Fan and duct noise control; Sound source identification; Soundscape and sound quality of product |
| Dr YQ FU | Vibration energy harvesting; Nonlinear vibration |
| Prof. Randolph CK LEUNG | Low noise design for fans and turbomachinery; Metamaterial duct flow silencer; Urban and environmental noise simulation and control; CPX technology for tyre/road noise control; Product sound quality and design |
| Prof. ZQ SU | Structural health monitoring (SHM); Wave propagation; Non-destructive evaluation (NDE); Sensor and sensor network; Smart materials and structures |
| Prof. HM YAO | Bio-inspired Mechanics & Structures; Soft Robotics; Multiscale Computational Mechanics; Adhesion Mechanics; Fracture Mechanics |
| Prof. X YU |
Vibro-acoustic modelling; Acoustic metamaterial; Noise and vibration control; Advanced functional material; Lattice structure and porous material; Hearing and auditory perception; Active noise cancellation; Smart actuator; Acoustic black hole |
| Supervisor | Specialization |
|---|---|
| Prof. S CHENG | Gas Phase Chemical Kinetics; Real-fluid Oxidation Chemistry; Low-carbon Oxidation Chemistry; Uncertainty Quantification and Optimization; Optimal Decision Making; Machine Learning |
| Dr YK JIN | Nature-inspired interfaces, Fluidic manipulation, Interfacial electrostatics, Icing control |
| Prof. H TANG | Fluid-structure interaction; Multiphase flow |
| Prof. LQ WANG |
Microfluidics; Droplets, bubbles and particles; Interfacial phenomena, Multiscale transport phenomena; Thermodynamics; Fluid mechanics; Heat and mass transfer |
| Prof. ZK WANG | Nature-inspired surfaces and materials, additive manufacturing, energy harvesting, fluid dynamics, soft matter, interfaces and surfaces |
| Prof. BP ZHANG | Interfacial fluid mechanics; Heat and mass transfer; Droplets and bubbles |
A student shall hold a Bachelor’s degree with first or second class honours of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University or a recognized university; or other academic qualifications which are deemed to be equivalent.
A student shall normally hold a postgraduate degree containing a significant research component, such as a dissertation, conferred by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University or a recognized university.
| MPhil | PhD | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full-time | 24 months | 36 months* | * 48 months for students admitted on the basis of a Bachelor’s degree |
| Part-time | 48 months | 72 months** | ** 96 months for students admitted on the basis of a Bachelor’s degree |
For full-time UGC quota PhD admission, preference will be given to applicants who apply for the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme, for which the application period starts in early September each year. All research postgraduate applicants are recommended to approach potential supervisors and preferably, put their names on the applications.
