Selected Projects
A sticky problem: functional analysis of three alcohol dehydrogenase involved in biofilm matrix production in the emerging human fungal pathogen Candida dubliniensis
Principal Investigator: Dr TSANG Wai Kei Paul (School of General Education and Languages)
Funder: Food and Health Bureau - Health and Medical Research Fund
Keywords: oral candidiasis, Candida dubliniensis, in vitro models
Air purification and carbon sequestration by urban park trees in Hong Kong
Principal Investigator: Dr ZHANG Hao Allen (Faculty of Design and Environment)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Urban forests, air quality, ecosystem services
Asylum-seeking journeys among refugees in Hong Kong: processes, meanings and impacts
Principal Investigator: Dr SHUM Chun Tat Terence (School of General Education and Languages)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Asylum-seeking, refugee, migration
Business sustainability and corporate governance - performance, reporting and assurance
Principal Investigator: Prof CHENG Shu Tong Peter (Faculty of Management and Hospitality)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Inter-Institutional Development Scheme
Keywords: business sustainability, corporate governance, conference
Career strategies of hotel senior managers in Hong Kong
Principal Investigator: Dr LEUNG Ching Man Johnny (Faculty of Management and Hospitality)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Hong Kong hotel industry, human resources management, hospitality
Chemical and toxicological characterization of particulate emissions from diesel vehicles
Principal Investigator: Dr WANG Bei Helen (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: chassis dynamometer, particulate matter, toxicological evaluation
Development of fluorinated Si/C composites with porous and micro/-nanoarchitectures for advanced Lithium ion batteries
Principal Investigator: Dr LU Xiaoying Helen (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Nano-bubble templates, porous materials, Si/C composites
Enhanced biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons and energy harvest from field contaminated marine sediment by coupling sediment microbial fuel cell with nitrate induced biostimulation
Principal Investigator: Dr YAN Yuk Shing Dickson (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Microbial community, total petroleum hydrocarbons, acid-volatile sulfide
Expression of refusals by Cantonese preschoolers
Principal Investigator: Prof LEUNG Cheung Shing Sam (School of General Education and Languages)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: pragmatic development, preschool children, Cantonese
Fermentative production of tetrodotoxin TTX from marine microorganisms for pharmaceutical and medical applications
Principal Investigator: Prof YU Hoi Fu Peter (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: puffer fish, tetrodotoxin, marine microorganisms
Formation, fate and toxicity of chlorination byproducts generated in seawater desalination by reverse osmosis
Principal Investigator: Dr WANG Chao Shirley (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: chlorination byproducts, seawater desalination, reverse osmosis
How public are the public spaces? The effect of management regime on public space quality
Principal Investigator: Sr Prof HO Chi Wing Daniel (Faculty of Design and Environment)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Urban public space, publicly-owned, Privately-owned
Improvement of indoor and outdoor air quality by clear photocatalytic-film-coated glass curtain walls for high-rise buildings
Principal Investigator: Prof LEE Kin Man Amazon (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: outdoor air pollution, indoor air quality, glass curtain walls
Made-to-order: engineering and optimization of “tunable” yeasts for phytate hydrolysis
Principal Investigator: Dr TSANG Wai Kei Paul (School of General Education and Languages)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Whole cell catalyst, Pichia pastoris, process development
Modelling age composition and survival of high-rise building stock for sustainable urban management
Principal Investigator: Dr LAU Wai Kin Elvis (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Building lifetime, demolition, policy Delphi
Molecular characterization of endocytic recycling in plant cells
Principal Investigator: Dr LAW Ho Yin Angus (School of General Education and Languages)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: plasma membrane recycling, protein trafficking, endosome
Psychological fit: A new method of apparel sizing system in mass customization
Principal Investigator: Dr LI Wang Hei Travis (Faculty of Design and Environment)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Clothing design, clothing psychology, clothing fit
Seminar series on “Urban green infrastructure – enhancing ecosystem services and biodiversity”
Principal Investigator: Dr LAW Man Yee Caroline (Faculty of Design and Environment)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Inter-Institutional Development Scheme
Keywords: Healthy urban spaces, landscape design, biotechnical techniques, slope upgrading
Soil microbial community in plantations in Hong Kong and Dongguan
Principal Investigator: Dr ZHANG Hao Allen (Faculty of Design and Environment)
Funder: Dongguan Institute of Forestry Science
Keywords: horticulture, soil microbial characteristics, ecological function of plantations
Study of the performance of asphalt with high-volume plastic waste for highway pavement in Hong Kong
Principal Investigator: Ir Dr WONG Ho Fai Simon (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Recycled plastic wastes, sustainable waste management, sustainability
Study on the transient response performance of liquid desiccant dehumidifier and regenerator under the coupling effect of different control algorithm
Principal Investigator: Dr ZHONG Dan Tammy (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Dynamic model, dehumidifier and regenerator, transient response performance
The synergistic effect of using pioglitazone in combination with piceatannol in treating nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in rats
Principal Investigator: Dr CHAN Shun Wan (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: High fat diet, autophagy, metabolomics
Transnational migration and reconsturcting "Home": The African diaspora in Hong Kong
Principal Investigator: Dr SHUM Chun Tat Terence (School of General Education and Languages)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: migration, transnationalism, African diaspora
Working hand-in-hand: building engineered yeasts for semi-synthetic cephalosporins
Principal Investigator: Dr TSANG Wai Kei Paul (School of General Education and Languages)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: cell-surface enzymes, yeast, bioprocess technology