Research Project Highlights
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HKU Photonics Team Develops an Axially Encoded Strategy for Breaking the Microscopy Speed Bottleneck
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Research Interests
Biomedical Engineering
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Power Electronics, Electrical Energy and Control Systems
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Intelligent Systems, Data and Networks
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Photonics and Electronics
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Research Projects
Achieve a significant breakthrough in neuroimaging with a novel high-speed microscope to capture brain neuro activities
April 29, 2020
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.
Research collaboration team from HKU and UC Berkeley was awarded funding from the US National Institutes of Health
June 17, 2019
Dr Kevin Tsia, Associate Professor of Dept. of EEE, was awarded a funding of over US$2 million from the BRAIN Initiative Fund of the US National Institutes of Health for a project to develop a high-speed optical imaging technology for recording fast neural activity throughout the living animal brain.
Are the Socially Deprived Exposed to More Air Pollution in Hong Kong? HKU-Cambridge CEERP reveals air pollution-induced environmental injustice
January 30, 2018
Poor air quality can result in extremely detrimental health consequences, such as cancer, stroke, asthma or heart disease [1, 2]. Interdisciplinary research conducted by the HKU-Cambridge Clean Energy and Environment Research Platform (HKU-Cambridge CEERP) revealed that there is a statistically significant, positive relationship between ambient PM2.5 …
HKU Chair of Power Electronics Professor Ron Hui led sustainable lighting systems research brings new LED products and theory breakthrough
December 8, 2017
The project led by Professor Ron S.Y. Hui, Chair of Power Electronics at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Hong Kong on sustainable...
HKU EEE AI Startup Fano Labs Announces Pre-A Round Led by Horizons Ventures
November 21, 2017
Fano Labs, a Hong Kong based artificial intelligence (AI) startup specializing in speech and natural language processing (NLP) technologies, has raised a Series Pre-A round led by Horizons Ventures.
Theme-based Research Project, entitled, “Big Data for Smart and Personalized Air Pollution Monitoring and Health Management,” has been awarded
July 21, 2017
The RGC announced on Wed July 19 that the Theme-based Research Project, entitled, "Big Data for Smart and Personalized Air Pollution Monitoring and...
Dr. Kevin Tsia with his research team achieve breakthrough in laser imaging 100 times faster than existing technology simply with an infinity mirror
April 25, 2017
Breakthrough in laser imaging 100 times faster than existing technology simply with an infinity mirror Dr. Kevin Tsia, Associate Professor in...
HKU scientists utilise innovative neuroimaging approach to unravel complex brain networks
February 1, 2017
Professor Ed X. Wu led a research team to develop innovative neuroimaging tools that interrogate the complex brain networks and functions.
Outstanding Young Researcher Award
May 17, 2016
Award Presentation Ceremony for Excellence in Teaching, Research & Knowledge Exchange 2015 Dr. Kevin Tsia is selected to be the recipient of the...
IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award
July 2, 2015
The Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE) has just announced that Professor Ron Hui would be the 2015 recipient of the IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award.










