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Ten PAIR members win PolyU Patents Achievement Award 2024

25 Sep 2025

Awards & Recognitions

Launched in 2023, the PolyU Patents Achievement Award aims to honour the exceptional achievements of departments and inventors who actively contribute to intellectual property (IP), research commercialisation and knowledge transfer.  This year, 11 scholars have been recognised with individual awards.  Among them, ten are PAIR members (in alphabetical order of surname):

Top Patents Filing Award and Most Active Patents Filing Award

Prof. Benny CHEUNG Chi-fai

Chair Professor of Ultra-precision Machining and Metrology

Associate Director of Research Centre for SHARP Vision (RCSV)

Management Committee Member of Research Centre for Resources Engineering towards Carbon Neutrality (RCRE)

Member of Research Institute for Advanced Manufacturing (RIAM)

 

Prof. HUANG Xinyan

Associate Professor of Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering

Member of Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Smart Cities Research Institute (SCRI)

Member of Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Research Institute for Smart Energy (RISE)

Member of Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development (RISUD)

Member of RCRE

 

Top Patents Filing Award

Ir Prof. NI Yiqing

Yim, Mak, Kwok & Chung Professor in Smart Structures

Chair Professor of Smart Structures and Rail Transit

Member of RISUD

 

Prof. John SHI Wenzhong

Chair Professor of Geographical Information Science and Remote Sensing

Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Professor in Urban Informatics

Director of SCRI

Member of RISUD

 

Top Patents Filing Award and Outstanding IP Commercialisation Award

Prof. TO Chi-ho

Visiting Chair Professor of Experimental Optometry

Member of RCSV

 

Outstanding IP Commercialisation Award

Prof. TAO Xiaoming

Vincent and Lily Woo Professor in Textile Technology

Chair Professor of Textile Technology

Director of Research Institute for Intelligent Wearable Systems (RI-IWEAR)

Member of RISE

 

Prof. Dennis TSE Yan-yin

Associate Professor of School of Optometry

Member of Research Centre for Chinese Medicine Innovation (RCMI)

Member of RCSV

 

Prof. WONG Ka-hing

Professor of Department of Food Science and Nutrition

Director of Research Institute for Future Food (RiFood)

Member of RCRE

 

Ir Prof. YANG Hongxing

Professor of Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering

Management Committee Member of RISUD

Member of RISE

 

Ir Prof. ZHENG Yongping

Henry G. Leong Professor in Biomedical Engineering

Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Director of Research Institute for Smart Ageing (RISA)

 


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