Selected Projects

A mechanistic study on the combination use of esculetin and probiotics in preventing Parkinson's disease in mice

Principal Investigator:  Dr CHAN Shun Wan (Faculty of Science and Technology)

Funder:  Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme

Grant total: HK$ 1,226,387

Keywords:  Metabolomics, Probiotics, Gut microbiota, Esculetin, Parkinson's disease

Modelling Relevance using Document-Context and Deep Neural Networks in Ad-hoc Information Retrieval

Principal Investigator:  Dr CHEONG Kai Yuen (Faculty of Design and Environment)

Funder:  Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme

Grant total: HK$ 565,836

Keywords: Information Retrieval, Learning-to-Rank, Deep Learning, Document-Context, Relevance Feedback

Study of potential synergistic effect of probiotic formulas in reducing acrylamide and ethyl carbamate in selected foods

Principal Investigator:  Dr CHOI Siu Mei Emily (Faculty of Science and Technology)

Funder:  Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme

Grant total: HK$ 739,083

Keywords: Acrylamide, Ethyl carbamate, Synergistic effect, Probiotic formulas, In vitro digestion

Identifying Supply and Demand Gaps that Influence Employability and Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry

Principal Investigator:  Dr CHOY Wai Chun Monica (Faculty of Management and Hospitality)

Funder:  Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme

Grant total: HK$ 504,867

Keywords: Employability, Hospitality Industry, Supply and Demand, Sustainability, Vocational and professional education and training (VPET)

Establishment of a Food Innovation Centre to support the food industry in developing new and innovative food products with applications of advanced taste sensing and analysis and shelf-life stability test

Principal Investigator:  Dr FONG Lai Ying (Faculty of Science and Technology)

Funder:  Trade and Industrial Organisation Support Fund

Grant total: HK$ 2,388,470

Mechanistic studies of ferrate(VI) oxidation of pollutants and biological molecules in aqueous solutions

Principal Investigator:  Dr LAM Wai Yan William (Faculty of Science and Technology)

Funder:  Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme

Grant total: HK$ 823,500

Keywords: Mechanism, Ferrate, Iron, Amino acids, Antioxidants

Unlocking the paradox of dumping black gold -- a conjoint analysis of yard waste management preferences, strategies and facility siting in Hong Kong

Principal Investigator:  Dr LAW Man Yee Caroline (Faculty of Design and Environment)

Funder:  Environment & Conservation Fund - Environmental Research, Technology Demonstration and Conference Projects

Grant total: HK$ 823,500

Modelling building rehabilitation cost to combat the problems of ageing apartment buildings in Hong Kong

Principal Investigator:  Dr LAU Wai Kin Elvis (Faculty of Design and Environment)

Funder:  Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme

Grant total: HK$ 729,605

Keywords: Artificial neural network, Building maintenance, Building rehabilitation, Prediction, Regression analysis

Molecular Characterisation of Lipid-associated Protein Trafficking Pathway in Plant Cells

Principal Investigator:  Dr LAW Ho Yin Angus (School of General Education and Languages)

Funder:  Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme

Grant total: HK$ 746,304

Keywords: Endocytosis, Plasma membrane recycling, Protein trafficking, GPI-anchor proteins, Lipid Raft

Pioneering environmental sensing technologies in microclimate research: evidence-based study of urban green infrastructures combatting urban heat island and climate change

Principal Investigator:  Dr LEE Shing Him Louis (Faculty of Design and Environment)

Funder:  Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme

Grant total: HK$ 843,630

Keywords: Internet of things, Urbran green infrastructure, Green roof and green wall, Climate change, Large scale monitoring

Mapping the Development of Recording Studios in Postwar Hong Kong

Principal Investigator:  Dr LI Ka Leung Emil (School of General Education and Languages)

Funder:  Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme

Grant total: HK$ 381,900

Keywords:  Cantopop, Hong Kong Culture, Hong Kong History, Recording Studio

High-efficient Recycling of End-of-life Electric Vehicle Batteries for Energy Storage Material Regeneration

Principal Investigator:  Dr LU Xiao-ying (Faculty of Science and Technology)

Funder:  Innovation and Technology Fund - Partnership Research Programme

Grant total: HK$ 1,731,527.10

A Machine Learning Framework for Vulnerability Assessment of Buildings

Principal Investigator:  Dr LUK Sung Hei Henry (Faculty of Science and Technology)

Funder:  Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme

Grant total: HK$ 645,618

Keywords:  Non-linear analysis, Computation simulation, Structural design, Tall building systems, Machine learning

The fate and effects of PPCPs in soil-plant systems and their metabolization by plants with potential use in phytotreatment/remediation applications

Principal Investigator:  Dr PAN Min (Faculty of Design and Environment)

Funder:  Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme

Grant total: HK$ 1,058,123

Keywords: Degradation, Metabolization, PPCPs, Phytotreatment, Remediation application

Focus Interpretation and Prosodic Evidence of Nuclear Stress in Hong Kong Cantonese

Principal Investigator:  Dr TONG Man Shan Angel (School of General Education and Languages)

Funder:  Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme

Grant total: HK$ 859,862

Keywords:  Focus Interpretation, Nuclear Stress Rule, Prosodic (Re-)phrasing, Prosodic Syntax, Triadic Constructions

Hydrogen on demand - Development of hydrogel-based hydrogen generator using single atom Strategy for flexible power devices

Principal Investigator:  Dr TSANG Chi Wing  Alex (Faculty of Science and Technology)

Funder:  Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme

Grant total: HK$ 992,841

Keywords:  Heterogeneous catalysis, Hydrogel, Hydrogen storage materials, Lignin materials, Single atom catalyst

Establishment of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Food By-products Utilization (CIFU)

Principal Investigator:  Dr TSANG Wai Kei Paul (School of General Education and Languages)

Funder:  Research Grants Council - Institutional Development Scheme Research Infrastructure Grant

Grant total: HK$ 5,037,167

One School, One Traditional Chinese Medicine Garden

Principal Investigator:  Dr WANG Yanping (Faculty of Science and Technology)

Funder:  Chinese Medicine Development Fund

Grant total: HK$ 689,200

Soil Properties and Microbial Communities in Relation to Tree Performance across Urban Green Space (UGS) Types in Hong Kong

Principal Investigator:  Dr ZHANG Hao Allen (Faculty of Design and Environment)

Funder:  Research Grants Council - Faculty Development Scheme

Grant total: HK$ 881,427

Keywords:  Urban green space, Tree performance, Soil microbial communities, Soil properties, Metagenomics