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2019 Second Place Prize Paper Winner: IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
The research paper from the research group of Prof. Ron Hui has been selected among the 1027 published papers and awarded the 2019 Second Place Prize Paper Award for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. Paper: "Minimum Active Switch...
Profession Ron SY Hui’s research project has been selected in the 10th round RGC Theme-Based Research Scheme
The Research Grants Council (RGC) Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS) 2020/21 Funding Results was out. HKU got excellent results on a number of competitive peer-reviewed research funding schemes. From which, Profession Ron SY Hui’s research project...
Happy Retirement
Dr. W.H. Lam, Mr. W.K. Lee and Dr. Grantham K.H. Pang are celebrating their retirement with Prof. K.T. Chau (our head of Department). We would like to give our sincere thanks to the three teachers, for their dedication and support to the Department...
HKU develops non-destructive method of analysing molecules in cells: Fibre laser microscopy for use in clinical application
Prof. K.Y. Wong collaboration with Bielefeld University in Germany, has developed a compact fibre laser …
Feature story in the column StartUpBeat of Hong Kong Economics Journal (HKEJ)
“ClearBot” team interviewed by Hong Kong Economics Journal (HKEJ)
Dr. Grantham Pang participated in the Croucher Science Week 2019 as one of the Croucher Scholars
Dr. Grantham Pang of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, HKU, has been selected to be one of the Croucher Scholars for the Croucher Science Week 2019. Croucher Science Week is an annual science festival running every spring in...
Dr. K.B. Huang has been invited by IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTC) to join 2020 DL class
Dr. K.B. Huang has been invited by IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) to join the 2020 Distinguished Lecturer (DL) program as the Distinguished Lecturer starting from July 2020. The IEEE VTS Distinguished Lecturer (DL) Program provides...
Develop a novel 3D imaging technology to make fluorescence microscopy more efficient and push the boundaries of living cells research
A new optical imaging technology – Coded Light-sheet Array Microscopy (CLAM) – which can perform 3D imaging at high speed and is power efficient and gentle to preserve the living specimens during scanning at a level that is not achieved by existing technologies.
Achieve a significant breakthrough in neuroimaging with a novel high-speed microscope to capture brain neuro activities
A novel solution with their super high-speed microscope – two-photon fluorescence microscope, which has successfully recorded the millisecond electrical signals in the neurons of an alert mouse.
HKIE Innovation Award 2020 – Certificate of Merit (Category I)
Ir Dr. Philip Pong has received the Certificate of Merit for the HKIE Innovation Award (Category I - An Invention) for his invention "Non-Intrusive Monitoring of High-Voltage Multi-Phase Multi-Core Distribution Cables Based on Magnetic-Field...
BEng CE final year students received the start-up fund from HKSTP, turning their project into business
Have you ever thought about your initial idea in your project or course assignment can turn into reality? Here is a successful story from two of BEng Computer Engineering (CE) students. We just got the good news from our CE final year students, Chi...
3 EEE teachers got outstanding achievement on research
HKU just announced the annual/biannual distinguished awards on research. 3 professors in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering got the outstanding researcher awards in 2018-2019. Professor Ron SY Hui was awarded the Distinguished...
Top 1% Scholars
Congratulations to our 10 EEE teaching staff, who have been recognized as the world’s Top 1% scholars. They are: Professor S.C. Chan Professor K.T. Chau Professor W.C.H. Choy Professor D.J. Hill Dr. K.B. Huang Professor R.S.Y. Hui Dr. C.K. Lee...
Prof. H.S. Philip Wong receives IEEE Electron Devices Society J.J. Ebers Award
Prof. H.S. Philip Wong, the Willard R. and Inez Kerr Bell Professor in the School of Engineering of Stanford University and our HKUEEE distinguished alumni, has been awarded the IEEE Electron Devices Society J.J. Ebers Award. This is the highest...
2019 IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific Outstanding Paper Award
Dr. Kaibin Huang and his former PhD student, Dr. Changsheng You, received the IEEE Communication Society’s 2019 Asia-Pacific Outstanding Paper Award for their following joint paper with their industrial collaborators: C. You, K. Huang, H. Chae...
Dr. N. Wong winning the 3rd Prize in “WU WENJUN Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Award”
Dr. Ngai Wong has been awarded the 3rd Prize in the 2019 nationwide "WU WENJUN Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Award" in a teamwork with Profs. YU Hao of Sustech, ZHOU Jun of UESTC and CHEN Haibo of SJTU. The award is mainly...
Highly Cited Researcher for 2019
Dr. K.B. Huang has been recognized by Clarivate Analytics in its list of “Highly Cited Researchers 2019” among the world’s top researchers. His papers have been highly cited by his fellow of elites and ranked in the top 1% by citations in his field...
HK team “ClearBot” got the 1st runner-up at the Student Competition of 2019 Global Grand Challenges Summit (GGCS) in London
The HKU team “ClearBot” was coached by Dr. Hayden K H So of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, got the 1st runner-up at the Student Competition of 2019 Global Grand Challenges Summit (GGCS) in London
EE graduate won the Silver Award in HKEIA Innovation & Technology Project Competition Award 2019
Congratulations to Sharif Mohammed Nawaj, our BEng(EE) graduate, for another achievement! His outstanding final year project (ELEC4848 Senior Design Project), titled “Design and Implementation of a practical, compact and low-cost wireless power...
Fellow of AdvanceHE
Dr. Joe C H Yuen and Dr. Vincent W L Tam have been awarded the fellowship (FHEA) of the AdvanceHE.
Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
Prof. David J. Hill has been elected as a Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) for his contributions to stability theory and distributed control theory with applications to power systems. The IFAC Fellow Award is given...
Honorable Mention Award in 2019 ACES
Mr. Heming YAO, PhD student of Dr. Lijun JIANG, has received the Student Paper Competition Honorable Mention Award at the 2019 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium - China (ACES) in Nanjing, China in August, 2019....
Teaching Assistant Award 2019
Congratulations to the following RPG students for winning the EEE Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award of the academic year 2018-2019. - Mr. Hou Xiangyu - Mr. Shi Jiawei - Miss Feng Pingping - Miss Liang Huiwen Rebecca - Mr. Siu Man Dik Dickson -...
HKU iClass LMS acquired by Hailiang Education Group
iClass LMS Interactive Learning Platform will be enhanced, marketed and operated by Hailiang Group. The collaboration will make good contributions to the technology education for the Greater China and the world.
Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award 2018-2019 (Team Award)
In recognition of the excellence in teaching, a team of EEE teachers has been selected for the Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award 2018-2019 (Team Award). The team includes Dr. K S Lui (Leader), Prof. Edmund Lam, Dr. Vincent Tam and Dr. Joe Yuen....