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RISE Member Elected as a New Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering

Prof. Chen Guohua, Member of the Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Research Institute for Smart Energy (RISE), has been inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE). Prof. Chen is among 54 new Fellows elected into the academy this year. Election to the Canadian Academy of Engineering is one of the highest honours in engineering. Fellows of the CAE are nominated and elected by their peers, in view of their distinguished achievements and career-long service to the engineering profession. Read more: https://polyu.hk/HLnNF

RCSV Director featured on RTHK

Prof. To Chi-ho, Director of the Research Centre for SHARP Vision, was featured on an RTHK radio programme “Under the Sun” sharing the development of the Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments (DIMS) Spectacle Lens, an innovation that can slow down myopia progress by 60% in participating children. Review: https://polyu.me/3HwCBAR (00:00 - 36:01) - Chinese only

International Conference on Intelligent Wearable Systems 2022 held successfully

PolyU collaborates with Increasepharm (HK) Limited for CM-based new drug development

PolyU received generous support of HK $10 million from Increasepharm (HK) Limited to establish the PolyU – Increasepharm Joint Research Laboratory for New Drug Development (“The Joint Laboratory”). A signing ceremony was held on 15 June 2022 via hybrid mode. During the ceremony, Prof. Zhang Baoxian, Chairman of Beijing Increasepharm Corporation Limited stated that The Joint Laboratory would capitalise on the opportunities brought by the country’s development, further extend the strategic partnership towards the Greater Bay Area (GBA) and conduct cutting-edge collaborative researches on developing nanomedicine and aerosolized medications for treating ocular diseases and osteoporosis. The Joint Laboratory is under the PolyU Research Centre for Chinese Medicine Innovation (RCMI). Prof. Wong Man-sau, Director of RCMI, expressed her gratitude to Prof. Zhang and said, “The establishment of The Joint Laboratory would strengthen the current collaborative researches on osteoporosis drug development. On one hand, it would leverage the advantages of Increasepharm in synthetic chemistry and industrialisation of new drugs, making the pathway for the industrialisation of PolyU’s pharmaceutical research results. The Joint Laboratory would be committed to developing a series of herbal-based small-molecule drug, including innovative drugs for treatment of dementia and prevention of cognitive decline; On the other hand, it would explore and deliver innovative drugs for the treatment of ophthalmic diseases with the Novel Drug Delivery System. The Joint Laboratory would not only complement each other’s research strengths and technological capabilities but also provide a training base to all parties concerned.”

RCMI director featured on a TVB program “100 Health Tips”

Prof. Wong Man-sau, Director of Research Centre for Chinese Medicine Innovation, was featured in a TVB program “100 Health Tips” earlier talking about whether drinking cow milk, soy milk, tea and coffee can prevent osteoporosis or not.

RILS scholar wins in the first round of Public Policy Research Funding Scheme 2022/23

The project led by RILS' member, Dr Xiaolin ZHU, Assistant Professor of Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI), has been awarded a funding of HK$281,060 from the first round of the Public Policy Research (PPR) Funding Scheme, managed by the Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office. This project is one of the only two projects receiving funds out of 27 applications.   Illegal dumping of construction and demolition (C&D) materials can lead to severe environmental issues (e.g., destroyed wetlands), life and property risks (e.g., landslide), hygiene problems (e.g., clogging waterways), public health hazards (e.g., breeding germs), and urban planning issues (e.g., seizing public lands). Illegal dumping has become the third-largest source of pollution complaints in Hong Kong since 2020. With the anticipated saturation of the landfills’ capacity, public concern for illegal dumping becomes even more intensive. Illegal dumping of C&D tends to be stealthy, concealed and scattered, making it difficult to track the activities over a large area. Therefore, the capability for detecting illegal dumping should be enhanced urgently to maintain a clean and healthy city environment and to construct a liveable and competitive city.   Dr ZHU’s project provides not only an overview of the suspicious illegal dumping activities in Hong Kong, but also an effective approach to deploy manpower optimally across the relevant government departments for illegal dumping management. The departments can also determine their responsibilities based on the geographical distribution of the illegal dumping activities and other complementary data, such as land use maps. This project will not only contribute to detection of occurrence of illegal activities for the early warning but also to assessment of recovery works after a site is destroyed by illegally deposited C&D, as an essential part of illegal dumping management.   Please click here for more information about the research reports under PPR Funding Schemes.

RiFood featured on RTHK TV programme "Hong Kong Connection"

Dr Kevin Kwok Wing-hin, Associate Director of the Research Institute for Future Food (RiFood) and Assistant Professor of the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, was featured on RTHK TV programme “Hong Kong Connection” on 2 June to explain why plant-based meat is essential for the future and how these food is made. Dr Kwok also introduced the research on plant-based meat at RiFood and explained what “cultured meat” is. Watch now: https://polyu.me/3akQPIu (1:30 - 16:52)

RCDSE’s contribution to the Nation’s aerospace projects illustrated in the National Security Education Picture Book for Children

The Research Centre for Deep Space Explorations’ contribution to the Nation’s aerospace projects, including the camera system and sample collection device, were illustrated in the National Security Education Picture Book for Children, “Wonders of the Stars”, published by the HKSAR Government. The children picture book, created to promote the National Security Education Day, highlighted China’s great achievements in aerospace science and technology to bring out the basic concepts of outer space security, the essential elements of “holistic view of national security”. RCDSE is honoured to be part of it.

PAIR is now on various social media platforms!

We are pleased to announce that the PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research (PAIR) is now on various social media platforms! Connect with us and you will be able to receive first-hand information on our events and activities. Follow us now! FB page : https://www.facebook.com/PolyU.PAIR   Twitter : https://twitter.com/PAIR_PolyU   LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/pair-polyu-47224722b   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pair_polyu/ WeChat: PAIR_PolyU Douyin: 21802260873  

RI-IWEAR member develops ultrasensitive and portable detection sensor for rapid, easy and low-cost COVID-19 antibody test

A research team led by Prof. YAN Feng, Associate Director of the Research Institute for Intelligent Wearable Systems, has successfully developed an ultrasensitive and portable COVID-19 antibody detection sensor based on organic electrochemical transistor (OECT) technology. The sensor is designed for testing the antibody levels of people who have either received vaccination or have been infected with the virus. It is highly sensitive, portable, rapid, easy-to-use and low-cost. The whole detection process takes less than six minutes and the cost per test is only about HK$10. Read the whole story from: https://polyu.hk/BCifC