Selected Projects
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
Career strategies of hotel senior managers in Hong Kong
Principal Investigator: Mr 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
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
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: Dr WANG Yuanhao (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
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
Study on the use of high percentage reclaimed asphalt pavement materials in road construction in Hong Kong
Principal Investigator: Dr LEUNG Lai Ming Gordon (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Perpetual pavement design, mechanistic analysis, fatigue resistance
Study of probiotic approach to reduce food process- induced toxicants using an in vitro digestion model
Principal Investigator: Dr CHOI Siu Mei Emily (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Bioaccessibility, acrylamide, probiotics, LC-MS/MS, ethyl carbamate
Development of a novel photocatalyic system for bacteria-resistant organics oxidation in wasterwater
Principal Investigator: Dr YAN Yuk Shing Dickson (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Wastewater treatment, advanced oxidation process, filtration, pharmaceutical, fields
Development of a method to quantify risks posed by multi-landslide hazards triggered by extreme rainstorm events
Principal Investigator: Dr ZHANG Shuai Isabella (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Risk assessment, slope stability, landslide, extreme rainfall
A mechanistic study on the combination uses of doxorubicin with Salvia Miltiorriza Bunge (Danshen) in treating drug-resistant hepatocellular carcinoma in vitro and in vivo
Principal Investigator: Dr CHAN Shun Wan (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Herb-drug interaction, P-glycoprotein, synergistic effect, metabolomics
The mechanism study of mass transfer in the liquid desiccant dehumidifier and regenerator with experiment and molecular dynamics simulation
Principal Investigator: Dr LUO Yimo Constance (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Dehumidifier and regenerator, air-desiccant interface, mass transfer, mechanism study, molecular dynamical model
Modelling country attractive factors that affect Hong Kong's textiles and clothing trade potential with One Belt One Road countries
Principal Investigator: Dr CHAN Man Hin Eve (Faculty of Design and Environment)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Gravity trade model, Indicator of trade potential, One Belt One Road countries, country attractiveness
Study of a low energy input-high water recovery wastewater treatment technology by forward osmosis (FO) using a novel FO draw solution synthesized with hydrophilic and magnetic nanoparticles (MNP)
Principal Investigator: Dr CHAN Cho Yin Joe (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Draw solution, hydrophilic magnetic nanoparticles (MNP), water resource and water reuse, wastewater treatment
Development of a high-efficiency and low-cost UV-LED/chorine process for removal of antibiotic resistant bactreia and their resistance genes in municipal wastewater disinfection
Principal Investigator: Dr WANG Chao Shirley (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Antibiotic resistant bacteria, antibiotic resistance genes, chlorine photolysis, UV-LEDs, disinfection
Treatment and catalytic upgrading of mixed oil wastes and wood/paper wastes to transportation fuels in Hong Kong
Principal Investigator: Dr TSANG Chi Wing Alex (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Heterogeneous catalytic system, wood wastes, cooking oil wastes, wastes conversion and management, bio-renewable fuels
The rise of youth activism
Principal Investigator: Dr NG Vitrierat Sophia (School of General Education and Languages)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Youth, protest, activism, politics
Colour fading effect on cotton by plasma-induced ozone treatment
Principal Investigator: Dr ZHONG Dan Tammy (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Plasma-induced ozone treatment, color fading, non-aqueous technology, cotton dyes
Synthesis of PHAs using carbon source from ferrous activated persulfate oxidation combined with alkaline fermentation of excessive activated sludge
Principal Investigator: Dr LIU Yaohui Keane (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Carbon source, alkaline fermentation, advanced oxidation
A study of shear strength and seismic performance of non-seismically designed reinforced concrete eccentric beam-column joint
Principal Investigator: Ir Dr WONG Ho Fai Simon (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme
Keywords: Ductility, seismic performance, eccentric beam-column joint, reversed cyclic load
Sustainable start-ups - seminars on designing innovation for start-ups and crowd-funding
Principal Investigator: Mr CHOY Yip Hong Sonny (Faculty of Design and Environment)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Inter-Institutional Development Scheme
Sustainable placemaking - seminar series on strategic approaches in design and environment
Principal Investigator: Ms KEE Yee Chun Tristance (Faculty of Design and Environment)
Funder: Research Grants Council - Inter-Institutional Development Scheme
