Introduction
As one of the founding departments of the University in 1937, the Department of Mechanical Engineering has been at the forefront of the vast evolvement of its field.
The Department takes pride of its focus on grand challenges in the international arena and is actively collaborating with various overseas institutions addressing these challenges. Our global connections broaden the perspectives of the future generations opening their minds to discover new knowledge that benefits the society. The Department’s world-class faculty and internationally renowned programmes draw students across the globe. The Department has also published numerous important research findings in world-leading journals.
The Department has made significant achievements in International University Rankings by discipline in recent years, based on its academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact.
All PhD applicants for ME Research Studentship must also apply for the HK PhD Fellowship Scheme.
Research Areas
| Supervisor | Specialization |
|---|---|
| Prof. GH CHEN | Electrode materials R&D; Materials green production; Chemical vapor deposition |
| Prof. MW FU | Advanced materials processing; Computational materials science; Damage and fracture of materials; Finite element modelling and simulation; Micro-mechanics of materials |
| Dr ZB JIAO | Advanced structural materials; High-temperature and high-strength alloys; Nanostructured and nanocrystalline alloys; Material processing and mechanical behavior; 3D Atom probe tomography characterization |
| Prof. Wallace WF LEUNG | Novel nanofiber technology for filtering and disinfecting COVID-19 virus; Nanofibers for tissue engineering; Semiconductor nanofibers with superb charge conductivity for solar cells, harmful gas breakdown and disinfection |
| Dr Q LIU | Green Chemical Vapor Deposition, Conformal polymer coating for lithium-ion battery materials, Conductive polymers, LIBs material interfacial engineering |
| Dr 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. SQ SHI | Advanced materials development; Computational materials design & modeling; Nanomaterials and nanotechnology; Environmental degradation of materials |
| Dr 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 |
| Dr GP ZHENG | Computational materials science; Atomistic modeling and simulation; Amorphous alloys; Nanostructured materials; Two-dimensional materials |
| Dr J ZHU | Structured materials; Material characterizations |
| 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 |
| Dr 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 |
| Dr XJ JING | Vibration based fault detection; Structure health monitoring; Micro-vibration/vibration control |
| Prof. Wallace WF LEUNG | Novel nanofiber technology for filtering and disinfecting COVID-19 virus; Nanofibers for tissue engineering; Semiconductor nanofibers with superb charge conductivity for solar cells, harmful gas breakdown and disinfection |
| Dr Randolph CK LEUNG | Aeroacoustics and aircraft noise; Aeronautical flow-induced noise and vibration; Computational aeroacoustics and CFD; Active flow noise control; Aeroacoustics source identification |
| Dr Y LIU | Turbulence modeling; Fluid-structure interaction; Dissipative particle dynamics; CFD |
| Prof. ZQ SU | Structural health monitoring (SHM); Non-destructive evaluation (NDE); Smart materials and structures; Advanced composite materials; Sensor and sensor network |
| Dr H TANG | Aerodynamics; Active flow control |
| Prof. CY WEN | Aerothermodynamics and boundary layer transition of hypersonic / supersonic vehicles; Shock / droplet and shock / bubble interactions; Detonation; UAV/MAV technology research and development; Experimental fluid mechanics and CFD |
| Dr P ZHANG | Theoretical and numerical combustion; Chemical kinetics; Droplet and spray dynamics; Rarefied gas dynamics |
| Supervisor | Specialization |
|---|---|
| Dr L AN | Fuel cells; Batteries; Advanced energy materials |
| Prof. GH CHEN | Lithium ion batteries; Lithium sulfur battery; Electrochemical energy conversion |
| Prof. Wallace WF LEUNG | Novel nanofiber technology for filtering and disinfecting COVID-19 virus; Nanofibers for tissue engineering; Semiconductor nanofibers with superb charge conductivity for solar cells, harmful gas breakdown and disinfection |
| Dr MY LI | Energy Meteorology, Solar energy resourcing and forecasting, Remote sensing, Radiative heat transfer, Mass transfer, Renewable power systems, Large scale energy storage, Passive cooling, Desalination |
| Dr Q LIU | Lithium-ion batteries, Electrochemical energy storage materials |
| Prof. SQ SHI | Nuclear materials; Hydrogen storage |
| Dr H TANG | Wind / marine energy extraction |
| Dr HM YAO | Mechanical behaviors of energy-storage materials |
| Dr XL YU | Lithium ion batteries; Lithium sulfur battery; Lithium metal battery |
| Dr GP ZHENG | Nanoporous electrode materials; Solid-state refrigeration; Piezoelectric energy conversion |
| Supervisor | Specialization |
|---|---|
| Dr Henry KH CHU | Contact and Non-contact Manipulation; Vision-based Control and Automation; Microsystem Design and Fabrication; Robotic Microassembly; Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering |
| Dr XJ JING | Navigation and motion planning; Control & structural design of robots; Mobile robot systems; Construction robots; Exoskeleton; Intelligent systems; Robust control; Nonlinear signal processing; Nonlinear system identification; Nonlinear analysis and design; Nonlinear frequency domain methods |
| Dr David NAVARRO-ALARCON | Adaptive robot behaviour; Sensor-based control; Multimodal perception |
| Dr YX SUN |
Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Autonomous Driving, Deep Learning |
| 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 |
| Dr YS CHOY | Vibroacoustics ; Environmental noise control; Fan and duct noise control; Sound source identification; Soundscape and sound quality of product |
| Dr XJ JING | Nonlinear vibration control / isolation / suppression; Nonlinear vibration energy harvesting; Anti-vibration structures; Sensor design; Quasi-zero or zero stiffness; Nonlinear damping; Nonlinear dynamics |
| Dr 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 |
| Dr Tuo LIU | Physical acoustics, acoustic metamaterials, non-Hermitian acoustics |
| Prof. ZQ SU | Structural health monitoring (SHM); Wave propagation; Non-destructive evaluation (NDE); Sensor and sensor network; Smart materials and structures |
| Dr WO WONG | Structural analysis; Vibration diagnostics; Vibration absorber design and optimization; Laser diagnostics; Laser interferometry |
| Dr HM YAO | Bio-inspired Mechanics & Structures; Soft Robotics; Multiscale Computational Mechanics; Adhesion Mechanics; Fracture Mechanics |
| Dr J ZHU | Acoustic metamaterials; Acoustic metasurface; Physical acoustics; Ultrasound; Transducers |
| Supervisor | Specialization |
|---|---|
| Prof. TL CHAN | Multiphase and multi-component complex systems with micro- and nanoscale; Aerosol science & technology; Transport and formation of nano / microparticles and gaseous pollutants; Combustion & emissions formation; Thermal-fluids science & engineering |
| Prof. Wallace WF LEUNG | Novel nanofiber technology for filtering and disinfecting COVID-19 virus; Nanofibers for tissue engineering; Semiconductor nanofibers with superb charge conductivity for solar cells, harmful gas breakdown and disinfection |
| Dr Y LIU | Cell adhesion; Microflow; Molecular signaling; Lung and airway; Molecular dynamics; |
| Dr H TANG | Fluid-structure interaction; Multiphase flow |
| Prof. CY WEN | Active flow control; Urban environment simulation |
| Dr P ZHANG | Theoretical and numerical combustion; Chemical kinetics; Droplet and spray dynamics; Rarefied gas dynamics |
| Dr H ZHAO | Biofuels and propellants, Combustion chemistry, Supercritical combustion, Fuel-lean combustion, Advanced power/propulsion systems, Non-equilibrium reactive flow, Plasma-assisted combustion and chemical synthesis, Advanced battery material synthesis and fire safety |
Admission Information
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.
Ms Lily Tam
Email: lily.tam@polyu.edu.hk
Tel: (852) 2766 6643
Distinguished Scholars
The Department’s reputation for all-round excellence is fortified by the remarkable achievements of its internationally reputed faculty members.
The Department has organised/co-organised a series of symposiums and international conferences to pursue knowledge through interactions among the world’s foremost scientists and scholars. To further elevate its research quality and academic standing, the Department has also invited top-notch scholars to serve as visiting chair professors under the Distinguished Chair Professor Scheme.
Research Facilities
The Department aims to provide advanced teaching and research accommodation for both undergraduates and postgraduates in state-of-the-art laboratories and facilities.
Exchange Opportunities
The Department offers student exchange opportunities to enhance students’ global outlook, languages skills and personal development. Every year, the Department arranges research attachments (from three to six months) for students to visit overseas universities with financial support.
With the aim of advancing research by exchanging knowledge and ideas within the field of Mechanical Engineering, the Department also provides additional financial support to research students to attend international conferences.
Dr AHMAD Shakeel
Dr LI Wenting
Dr YANG Haopeng