Faculty of Science and Technology

Research interests

• Reinforced Concrete Structures
• Earthquake-Resistant Design and Analysis
• Tall Building Design and Analysis
• Shear Strength and Ductility of Discontinuous Region
• Large-Scale Laboratory Testing of RC Structures and Components

Research interests

• Authentication of Chinese Materia Medica
• Standardization of Chinese medicine
• Herb-drug interaction
• Health care promotion

Research interests

• Pharmacology
• Cardiovascular Physiology
• Chinese Medicine
• Functional Food
• Food Safety
• Toxicology
• Microbiology
• Probiotics

Research interests

• Building Services Engineering
• Lighting Engineering
• Building Information Modelling
• Smart and Sustainable Built Environment
• Engineering Education

Research interests

• Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes
• Environmental Engineering
• Environmental Microbiology
• Environmental Biotechnology
• Membrane Separation Technology
• Chemicals/Proteins Separation and Downstream Purification

Research interests

• Chemical Analysis of Foods in Relation to Toxicology and Health Risk Assessment
• Isolation and Characterization of Food Protein/ polysaccharides
• Study of food toxicants/contaminants & food safety risk assessment
• Healthy food product development & sensory analysis

Consultancy areas

• Functional food R&D with TCM
• Exploration of Emerging Technologies in Food Processing

Research interests

• Chinese medicines Standards Establishment
• Pharmacological Studies of Chinese medicines
• Technology Application of Chinese medicines

Research interests

• Transition Metal Chemistry
• Kinetics and Mechanisms
• Catalysis
• Analytical Chemistry

Research interests

• Building Water Supply and Drainage System
• Green Roof and Vertical Greening
• Constructed Wetland Hydraulics
• Water and Wastewater Treatment
• Biodegradable Plastic Applications
• Vehicle Emission Monitoring and Modelling
• Stormwater Retention and Reuse
• Sludge Treatment and Recover
• Photocatalytic Oxidation Studies

Research interests

• Nanotechnology for Green Energy and Environment
• Bioenergy and Biofuel Generation from Waste
• Biotransformation of Recalcitrant Organic Compounds
• Sediment Remediation

Research interests

• Noise and Vibration
• Heavy metal study
• Indoor Air Quality

Research interests

• Building energy

Research interests

• Hydrogen Storage Materials
• Biomass Energy
• Bio-renewable Materials
• Recycling Technology
• Machine Learning for Environmental Applications

Research interests

• Vehicular Emission
• Renewable Energy
• Remote Sensing
• Indoor Air Quality
• Environmental Engineering

Research interests

• Combustion Experiments with Optical Diagnostics
• Turbulent Premixed Flame Structure and Dynamics
• Gas Turbine Emission and Sampling and Control
• Jet Fuel Thermal Stability in Gas Turbine Engines
• Accessibility Improvement for Aviation Industry
• Automation in Aircraft Maintenance

Research interests

• Engineers in Society
• Construction and Project Management
• Construction Law

Research interests

• Construction Management
• Project Management
• Construction Economics

Research interests

• Use of Natural or Herbal compounds as photosensitizers in the application of Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
• Nanotechnology in Chinese Medicine for treating Breast Cancer

Research interests

• Orthopaedic Biomaterials
• Bone Tissue Engineering
• Biomaterial Surface Modifications
• Biomedical Engineering

Research interests

• Reinforced Concrete Design
• Tall Building Analysis
• Computational Simulation
• Finite Element Modelling

Research interests

• Molecular and Cellular Basis of Neurodegenerative Disorders
• Development of novel treatment for Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease

Research interests

• Organometallic Chemistry
• Analytical Chemistry

Research interests

• Drug repurposing
• Drug resistance in cancer

Research interests

• Building Services Engineering
• Plumbing Engineering
• Construction Safety
• Fire Dynamics

Research interests

• Plumbing and Drainage
• Bioaerosols
• Indoor Environmental Performance
• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)