CityU secures HK$11m in collaborative research fund - CityU Scholars

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City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has been granted more than HK$11 million in research funding for a project to enhance heat transfer on material surfaces and to establish a multi-function analytical facility for surface studies across disciplines.

Both projects were awarded under the Collaborative Research Fund Scheme (CRF) of the Research Grants Council.

Period	23 Jul 2018

Media coverage

Title	CityU secures HK$11m in collaborative research fund
Description	Professor Wang Zuankai, from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, is leading a team of scientists from different disciplines in a project titled “Bio-inspired surface engineering for phase change heat transfer: From fundamental understanding to practical applications”, which was awarded about HK$5.5 million. Professor Lee Chun-sing, Head of the Department of Chemistry and Chair Professor of Materials Chemistry, together with scientists from five other local universities, will use HK$5.7 million of the CRF grant to establish a multi-function surface analysis system with time-resolved two-photon photoemission (TR-2PPE) spectroscopy.
Persons	Zuankai WANG Department of Mechanical Engineering Chun Sing LEE Department of Chemistry Department of Materials Science and Engineering Xi YAO Department of Biomedical Sciences
Media name/outlet	CityU NewsCentre
Media type	Web
Date	23/07/18
Link	https://newscentre.cityu.edu.hk/media/news/2018/07/23/cityu-secures-hk11m-collaborative-research-fund

Title	仙人掌豬籠草啟發城大研發新材料
Description	大自然往往帶來啟發，城市大學機械工程學系教授王鑽開的研究團隊，從仙人掌與豬籠草取得靈感，研究具凝結功能的新型材料，有助提升材料表面傳熱效率。研究獲研究資助局協作研究金撥款五百五十萬元，連同另一項由化學系系主任及材料化學講座教授李振聲聯同五所本地大學發展多功能分析系統的研究項目，城大合共獲撥款逾一千一百萬元。
Persons	Zuankai WANG Department of Mechanical Engineering Chun Sing LEE Department of Chemistry Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Media name/outlet	Sing Tao Daily
Place	Hong Kong
Media type	Web
Date	23/07/18
Link	std.stheadline.com/daily/news-content.php?id=1841815&target=2

Title	城大獲資助逾千萬展2項新研究
Description	香港城市大學昨日公布獲研究資助局協作研究金撥款逾1100萬港元，資助其兩項研究計劃：提升材料表面傳熱效率的項目，以及建立用作跨學科材料表面研究的多功能分析系統。其中，機械工程學系王鑽開教授領導的團隊負責項目「基於仿生表面工程的相變傳熱的基礎和應用研究」，獲撥款約550萬港元。化學系系主任及材料化學講座教授李振聲教授聯同其他5所本地大學的科學家，運用逾570萬港元的協作研究金撥款，建立配備有時間分辨雙光子光電子能譜（TR-2PPE）的多功能表面分析系統。
Persons	Zuankai WANG Department of Mechanical Engineering Chun Sing LEE Department of Chemistry Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Media name/outlet	Hong Kong Commercial Daily
Place	Hong Kong
Media type	Print
Date	23/07/18

Title	城大獲千萬撥款助研發
Description	香港城市大學獲研究資助局協作研究金撥款逾1,100 萬港元，資助兩項研究計劃，包括提升材料表面傳熱效率的項目，以及建立用作跨學科材料表面研究的多功能分析系統。
Persons	Zuankai WANG Department of Mechanical Engineering Chun Sing LEE Department of Chemistry Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Media name/outlet	Lion Rock Daily
Place	Hong Kong
Media type	Print
Date	23/07/18