Innovative Microfluidic Platforms—Research Seminar Lecture
Professor Amy Q. Shen, Professor and Head of the Micro/Bio/Nanofluidics Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Japan, will deliver a lecture titled “Innovative Microfluidic Platforms: From Viscoelastic Fluid Dynamics to Advanced Biosensing” on 6 February. Professor Shen will highlight recent developments in microfluidic platforms that offer precise control and visualisation of complex flow. She will also elaborate on their versatility in investigating viscoelastic fluid instabilities and enhancing biosensing for diagnostics and personalised healthcare. For more details, please visit here.
Communication, Health Equity, and Social Policy—Distinguished Visiting Professor Lecture
Professor Jeff Niederdeppe, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development at the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy and Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Communication at Cornell University, will conduct a lecture titled “Bridging Theory-, Research- and Practice-Informed Approaches to Communication about Health Equity and Social Policy” on 10 February. In the lecture, Professor Niederdeppe will summarise a programme of research that has tested the impact of communication theory, applied messaging research, and practitioner-focused message guides on effective strategies to communicate about health equity and social policy. For more information, please visit here.
Tresca’s Memoirs on the Fluidity of Solids—HKIAS Distinguished Lecture Series
Professor Jean Salençon, Emeritus Professor at the École Polytechnique in France and Member of the French Academy of Science, will give a lecture titled “About Tresca’s Memoirs on the Fluidity of Solids (1864–1871): The Birth and the History of the Mathematical Theory of Plasticity” on 19 February. Professor Salençon will examine the work of Henri-Édouard Tresca, who identified a phenomenon that he termed the “fluidity” of metals when they were subjected to very high pressures. This lecture will highlight how the mathematical theory of plasticity has progressively evolved as a model for material behaviour within the small perturbation framework. For more information, please visit here.
Kudos
Professor Tsai Din-ping, Chair Professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering (EE), Professor Wang Jun, Chair Professor of the Department of Computer Science (CS), and Professor Chen Guohua, Chair Professor of the School of Energy and Environment, have been elected Fellows of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering (HKAE) 2024. Established in 1994, HKAE is dedicated to advancing engineering in Hong Kong and aims to foster collaboration, innovation and excellence.
Professor Wang Cheng from EE has been awarded the 2024 DAMO Academy Young Fellow Award by Alibaba DAMO Academy. He is one of 15 outstanding young scientists selected across the country. The award aims to support young scholars to become pioneers and leaders in innovation in key tech fields in China and help them lead core scientific research programmes so they eventually become the backbone of China's research in science and technology fields.
Xing Yile, PhD student in EE, has won the Third Prize at the 4th Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Best Postgraduate Thesis Competition. Supervised by EE’s Professor Hong Yan and Professor Ray Cheung, the winning thesis is titled “Low-Complexity Chromatic Dispersion Compensation Using High-Radix Fermat Number Transform”. The competition, organised by the Guangzhou Computer Society and Guangzhou Internet Society, fosters academic exchanges and promotes innovation among universities in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.
Students from CS have secured multiple awards at the 49th International Collegiate Programming Contest. Among the winning students are PhD students Gao Yixiong and Zheng Shangkun, and Bachelor of Science students Yan Yachao, Hong Chenhao, Gao Liyou, Wang Fan, Wong Ka-wa, Choi Kui-wang, and Yang Hans Ericson. The students were under the supervision of CS faculty Professor Li Minming, Professor Huang Jun, Professor Qiu Junqiao, Professor Zuo Jinhang and Dr Kenneth Lee.
CityUHK students participated in the Disney Imaginations Hong Kong Design Competition 2025, showcasing their innovative and creative designs. From the winning team, Hong Ryan Hiroshi and Li Yi-ching from the School of Creative Media (SCM) presented an innovative spacecraft that doubles as an animal conservation centre. Meanwhile, a team comprising Chen Tak-yin from the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering and Yang Lok-man of SCM, who created “Cove of Tides”, a building where guests can walk through seven zones to learn more about water pollution, secured the first runners’-up spot.
And to rugby where the women’s and men’s teams dominated the Inter-Collegiate Rugby Sevens Competition 2024/25, which was organised by the University Sports Federation of Hong Kong, China. The women’s team were named the champions after overpowering EdUHK in the finals 12-5. The men’s placed second after narrowly losing 10-7 to HKBU in the final.
The CityUHK fencing team also triumphed at the Inter-Collegiate Fencing Competition 2024/25. The men’s and women’s épée teams both took home gold medals, beating HKU and PolyU, respectively.