Research Project Highlights
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
HKU Engineering Researchers Achieve Breakthrough in Cellular Force Imaging Using Diamond-based Quantum Sensing Microscope
The project, led by Professor Zhiqin Chu from the Department of Electrical and Electronic…
HKU Researchers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering Develop Novel Imaging Technology for Accurate Microplastic Detection
An interdisciplinary team, led by Professor Edmund Lam, has developed an innovative solution to address the environmental…
HKU Biomedical Engineering team untangles the brain memory mystery through imaging
The research team, led by Professor Ed X. Wu, Lam Woo Professorship in Biomedical Engineering…
Quantum-precision printing: HKU Engineering makes a breakthrough in the integration of diamond quantum devices
Nanodiamonds hosting nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers have emerged as a key element for quantum information processing, quantum computing, quantum...
HKU Engineering and Dentistry collaborative study reveals Nanodiamonds to be an effective agent in tackling oral infections
Dr. Z. Chu, Assistant Professor of the Dept of EEE; and Dr. Prasanna Neelakantan, Clinical Assistant Professor in Endodontics revealed that NDs work as an effective agent against both free-floating cells (planktonic cells) and attached cells (biofilm) of bacteria and fungi that are highly relevant in oral and systemic infections.
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...
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 …
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.
Research collaboration team from HKU and UC Berkeley was awarded funding from the US National Institutes of Health
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.