The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) achieved noteworthy results at the 5th Asia Exhibition of Innovations and Inventions Hong Kong (AEII), taking home 18 accolades from 16 participating projects and retaining the event’s Grand Award for the second consecutive year. The PolyU haul comprised one Grand Award, one Special Award, two Gold Medals with Congratulations of Jury, five Gold Medals, eight Silver Medals and one Bronze Medal. Among them, 11 projects were led by PAIR members:
| Project | Principal Investigator | PAIR Constituent Research Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Award and Gold Medal with Congratulations of Jury | ||
| Viromids: A Redosable, Low-Cost Gene-Delivery Platform for Ocular Therapy | Prof. HUANG Chien-ling Associate Professor, Department of Health Technology and Informatics |
Management Committee Member of Research Institute for Future Food (RiFood) |
| 1st Prize of Inventions Geneva Award and Gold Medal with Congratulations of Jury | ||
| PD-001R: A New Breakthrough for the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases | Prof. Simon LEE Ming-yuen Cally Kwong Mei Wan Professor in Biomedical Sciences and Chinese Medicine Innovation; Chair Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Food Science and Nutrition |
Management Committee Member of Research Centre for Chinese Medicine Innovation (RCMI); Member of RiFood, Research Institute for Smart Ageing (RISA) and Member of Mental Health Research Centre (MHRC) |
| Gold Medal | ||
| PolyPi: Edge-AI Empowered Autonomous Robot for Pipeline Inspection and Maintenance | Prof. CAO Jiannong Vice President (Education); Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Professor in Data Science; Chair Professor of Distributed and Mobile Computing, Department of Computing |
Founding Director of Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence of Things (RIAIoT); Management Committee Member of Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development (RISUD); Member of RiFood, Research Institute for Intelligent Wearable Systems (RI-IWEAR), Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Research Institute for Smart Energy (RISE), RISA, Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Smart Cities Research Institute (SCRI) and Research Institute for Quantum Technology (RIQT) |
| Intelligent Driving Training and Evaluation System for Heavy-duty Trucks | Prof. FU Xiaowen Professor and Head, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering |
Management Committee Member of Research Institute for Advanced Manufacturing (RIAM); Member of SCRI, Research Centre for Environmental, Social, and Governance Advancement (RCESGA) and Research Centre for Digital Transformation of Tourism (RCDTT) |
| Silver Medal | ||
| ProMuki — Wearable Ultrasound Monitoring and Analysing of Muscle Activities for Fitness, Sports, and Rehabilitation | Prof. ZHENG Yongping Henry G. Leong Professor in Biomedical Engineering; Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering |
Director of RISA; Member of RI-IWEAR, Research Institute for Sports Science and Technology (RISports) and Research Centre for SHARP Vision (RCSV) |
| MetaBridge: A 3D Gaussian Splatting and Blockchain Platform for Cultural Heritage Digital Assetisation and Immersive Experience | Prof. Peter NG Hiu-fung Assistant Professor, Department of Computing and Department of Rehabilitation Sciences |
Member of RISports and MHRC |
| A Proactive Early Warning System for Structural Health Monitoring of Wind Turbine Blades and Towers Based on Finite Element Simulation, Fiber Bragg Grating Sensing and Reinforcement Learning | Prof. YU Changyuan Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
Management Committee Member of Photonics Research Institute (PRI); Member of RISports, RI-IWEAR and Research Centre for Deep Space Explorations (RCDSE) |
| PipeInspect: Cutting-Edge Inspection on Water Distribution Network with Fiber-optic Positioning | Prof. DING Xiaoli Chair Professor of Geomatics, Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics |
Director of Research Institute for Land and Space (RILS) and Member of SCRI |
| Automated Freeform Eyeglass for Instant Refractive Control | Dr Elie Aymard Jonathan de LESTRANGE-ANGINIEUR Research Fellow, School of Optometry Prof. George WOO Emeritus Professor and Senior Advisor, School of Optometry |
Member of RCSV |
| Biomimetics Nanoplatform for the Treatment of Retinal Diseases | Prof. DO Chi-wai Associate Professor, School of Optometry |
Member of RiFood, RISA, RCMI and RCSV |
| Bronze Medal | ||
| Non-invasive, Ultrasensitive and Portable Saliva Glucose Sensors | Prof. YAN Feng Chair Professor of Organic Electronics, Department of Applied Physics |
Associate Director of RI-IWEAR; Member of PRI, RISE, RISUD and RISports |
Press release: https://polyu.me/457hCkP
Online coverage:
Wen Wei Po - https://polyu.me/3Yv8ouV; https://polyu.me/4pIdpN2; https://polyu.me/3MBgX52
Bauhinia - https://polyu.me/4rZgWb7
| Research Units | PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research |
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