VTech Innovation & Sustainability Award (2024/25)
The School of Energy and Environment (SEE) proudly announces the recipients of the “VTech Innovation & Sustainability Award”. This prestigious Award, made possible by generous donation of the VTech Group of Companies (VTech), recognizes outstanding students who have demonstrated exceptional performance, innovation, and impact in their Final Year Project (FYP) related to sustainability. We congratulate the following students on their remarkable achievements.
| Award | Student | Project Title | Project Supervisor |
| Champion | LAN Qingyang | Sustainable Off-shore Floating Platform for Synergetic Energy-Water-Food Nexus | Prof. Wei WU |
| 1st runner-up | SUN Songling | AI Manipulation of Robot Arms Computer Vision-Aided Robot Arm System for Waste Management | Prof. Chunhua LIU |
| 2nd runner-up | YAU Kai Ho | A High-efficiency Low-cost Electrochemical Method for Silver Recovery from Silicon Solar Panels | Prof. Jason LAM |
| Honorable Mentions | KWAN Yu Ching CHUI Hoi Ching Kelly |
Optimizing One-Pot Bioreactor for Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation in Sophorolipids Production Upcycling of plastic-containing wastewater using light-activated metal oxide semiconductor photoelectrodes |
Prof. Carol LIN Prof. Fatwa ABDI |
On 9 Jun 2025, the five finalists presented their FYP to the judging panel comprising of Dr. Allan WONG (Chairman & Group CEO, VTech), Dr. King PANG (Group President, VTech) Mr. Hillson CHEUNG (President of Telecommunication Products, VTech), Ms. Shereen TONG (Group CFO, VTech), Prof. Patrick SIT (Associate Dean (Undergraduate Studies) of SEE, CityUHK), and Mr. Andrew TO (Associate Director of Development Office, CityUHK) at the VTech Headquarters. A prize presentation ceremony was held immediately after the individual oral presentations.
Please join us in congratulating the awardees for their outstanding work. SEE looks forward to further collaboration with VTech in nurturing the next generations of professionals in sustainability!
The prize presentation ceremony was held at the VTech Headquarters on 9 June 2025.