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CityUHK is committed to fostering an innovative and interactive educational environment by introducing the team-based learning approach in two pioneering university courses during the summer semester, allowing students and faculty to experience it first-hand in a practical classroom setting.
The pressing need for urgent solutions and approaches to the sustainability emergency dominated the opening keynotes, panel sessions, presentations and an exhibition spearheaded by teams from CityUHK at the Global Sustainable Development Congress in Bangkok held between 10 and 13 June.
Five research projects from CityUHK were granted funds from the HKSAR Government’s RAISe+ Scheme. This demonstrates CityUHK’s commitment to promoting excellence in high-quality research and innovation, driving the transformation of the University’s world-class scientific research into applications, thereby creating commercial and social value.
Professor Angus Yip Hin-lap, Associate Director of the Hong Kong Institute for Clean Energy at CityUHK, received the Hong Kong Engineering Science and Technology Award 2023 in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the advancement of renewable energy research.
The second seminar of the Pro-Chancellor’s Seminar Series, held on 1 March at CityUHK, delved into the dynamic realm of “Energy, Environment, and Sustainability: Local Strength and Global Impact”.
Professor Charles Xu Chunbao, Chair Professor of Advanced Biorefinery in the School of Energy and Environment at CityU, has been awarded the Humboldt Research Award 2023 in recognition of his research and academic achievements.
A research team comprising three PhD students from CityU won a Silver Award and the Best Sustainable Solution Award at the 3rd Chun Wo Innovation Student Awards with their novel Camel-Fur-Inspired Passive Sorbent Cooler System.
CityU recently made a significant breakthrough in developing a passive radiative cooling material. By reducing the thermal load of buildings and providing stable cooling performance, even in diverse weather conditions in all climates, the cooling ceramic developed by the team enhances energy efficiency and combats global warming.
Five young academics at CityU have been awarded the Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau) by the National Natural Science Foundation of China for 2023.
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by CityU and the National University of Singapore, marking a new milestone in their cooperation in promoting joint research and development activities in the areas of materials technology and climate sustainability.