Prof. Yang CHAI develops optoelectronic graded neurons for perceiving dynamic motion

Leading a research team, Prof. Yang CHAI, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Science and Professor in the Department of Applied Physics, developed optoelectronic graded neurons for recognizing and perceiving dynamic motion agilely with limited hardware resources. This advanced machine vision system can perform high information transmission rate and fuse spatial and temporal information at sensory terminal while the conventional sensors can only output “spatial” frames without fusing “temporal” information. Compared to recognition performed with traditional image sensors (~50%), the accuracy of action recognition approaches 99.2%.   To learn more: https://www.polyu.edu.hk/rio/news/2023/20230529-optoelectronic-graded-neurons-for-perceiving-dynamic-motion/

AP received prestigious prizes at the 48th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva

It is our pleasure to announce that three PolyU AP professors were awarded honors at the 48th International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva, including 2 Gold Medals and 1 Silver Medal.   The gold award-winning projects include: "A Portable Non-invasive and Ultrasensitive Saliva Glucose Sensor" managed by Prof. YAN Feng and "Durable, High-Selectivity, and Energy Efficient CO2 Electroreduction System" led by Prof. Daniel LAU Shu-ping. Prof. HAO Jianhua was also awarded a silver prize for his research project, "All-in-one Luminescence-based Point-of-care Testing Device for Virus Diagnosis".   The Geneva Inventions Expo this year attracted about 1,000 inventions from about 40 countries and regions. To learn more about PolyU's impactful innovations, please visit: https://polyu.hk/tqAvq

AP Researchers won the PolyU Young Innovative Researcher Award 2023

Congratulations to Dr. Songhua Cai and Dr. Kathy Leng for receiving the PolyU Young Innovative Research Award (YIRA) 2023! Their research projects are titled “Towards next-generation halide perovskites: in situ STEM characterizations assisted structure engineering” and “Scalable growth of 2D hybrid perovskite film” respectively. The Young Innovative Research Award (YIRA) recognizes young PolyU researchers under the age of 35 who have demonstrated innovative thinking, contributed to technology advancement, and turned innovative ideas into solutions for social problems, bringing forth positive changes. Let us applaud their outstanding performance and contributions to PolyU!

2023 Departmental Outstanding PolyU Young Alumni Award in Entrepreneurial Achievement

We are delighted to share that Dr. HUI Yeung Yu has been awarded the 2023 Outstanding PolyU Young Alumni Award in Entrepreneurial Achievement of the Department of Applied Physics. He graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy from the Department of Applied Physics, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in 2015. He is currently the Manager (Business Strategy & Success Delivery) of the Hong Kong Jockey Club and was the founder and project manager of Nanothink Limited (2015–2016) and DreamsAI Limited (2019–2022) respectively. He has taken on different roles in supporting AP, such as being a member of the Departmental Advisory Committee for AP since 2021. AP has developed a new undergraduate programme titled “BSc (Hons) in Physics with a Secondary Major in AI & Data Analytics (AIDA) or Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IE)” in 2021. Dr. Hui shared his insights in a video, highlighting the important features of the new programme as an industrial representative and creating a positive impact on admission. Congratulations to Dr. Hui for his significant contributions to AP, the Faculty, the University and the community!

2023 Departmental Outstanding PolyU Alumni Award in Professional Achievement

It is our great honour to announce that Mr. SIN Tak Yin won the 2023 Outstanding PolyU Alumni Award in Professional Achievement of the Department of Applied Physics. Mr. SIN Tak Yin graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic in 1990 and is currently the Senior Sales Director in Synaptics. He was a contributor for 2.5G/3G Mobile Phone Solution product definition and Go-To-Market strategy development in Motorola from 2000 to 2006. He also worked as the Corporate VP of Sales in DSP Group, where he and his team leveraged deep expertise in DECT-based technologies, wireless chipset solutions, and converged communications to create market-leading products that provide HD-voice quality and value-added multi-line, multi-handset services for residential subscribers. Mr. Sin was invited as a guest speaker for the FAST1000 Freshers' Seminar at AP in 2017, where he generously shared his story and experiences with our students.   Congratulations to Mr Sin for his significant contributions to AP, the Faculty, the University and the community!

Outstanding Student Award and Presidential Student Leadership Award 2022

Congratulations to Mr. Ong Chin Yuan and Mr. Tsao Yu-jui, students of BSc (Hons) in Engineering Physics, on receiving the Outstanding Student Award of Faculty 2022 and the Presidential Student Leadership Award of Department 2022 respectively. The Outstanding Student Award aims to motivate students to excel in their academic pursuits as well as to strive for personal development. We are pleased to announce that this award went to Mr. Ong Chin Yuan at the Faculty level. The Presidential Student Leadership Award aims to recognise and honour outstanding student leaders who possess, display, and apply exemplary leadership qualities and skills, demonstrated in both the University and the wider community. Mr. Tsao Yu-jui received the Departmental Award in recognition of his impressive leadership capabilities. Let's applaud them for their excellent work and contributions to the PolyU so far!  

Prof Yang CHAI's research was recognized as one of the Top Ten Hong Kong Innovative Technology News 2022

Prof. Yang CHAI, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Science and Professor of the Department of Applied Physics, led a research project to develop new vision sensors that emulate and even surpass the human retina’s ability to adapt to various lighting levels. His research “Advanced Vision Sensor with Human Eye Adaptability” was publicly recognized as one of the "Top Ten Hong Kong Innovation and Technology News 2022”.  The Beijing-Hong Kong Academic Exchange Centre is the organizer of selecting “The Top 10 Hong Kong Innovative Technology News 2022”. Universities in Hong Kong were invited to nominate research news related to local science and technology innovation. The Advisory Board which is composed of academicians in Hong Kong from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering Sciences selected thirty of the most influential news for public voting.   The research was published in Nature Electronics. The list of the Top 10 Hong Kong Innovative Technology News 2022 (Chinese Only)

PolyU research discovers nanoscale ferroelectric new materials exhibiting potential for making computer memory with low cost and low energy consumption

PolyU AP Sets Up the "Department of Applied Physics Retiree Scholarship" for excellent undergraduates

Our Department is honoured to receive a donation of HK$ 1 million for establishing the "Department of Applied Physics Retiree Scholarship". AP wishes to expresses sincere gratitude to the donor for his generous support, and pledges to continue cultivating top talents for the society. The "Department of Applied Physics Retiree Scholarship" aims at recognizing and encouraging undergraduate students with outstanding performances in any academic-related extracurricular activities or open competitions. Such activities include patent publications, being the lead authors on articles published in high-impact journals, receiving awards or funding from open competitions, etc. Each awardee will receive a scholarship up to HK$10,000. For further information, please feel free to contact Dr. Peter Tsang via phone (+852 2766 5676) or email (yuen.tsang@polyu.edu.hk).   香港理工大學應用物理學系衷心感激捐款人慷慨捐贈100萬元港幣，以作成立「應用物理學系退休員工獎學金」。本學系會繼續作育英才，培育頂尖畢業生，推進社會發展。 「應用物理學系退休員工獎學金」旨在表揚和鼓勵本學系於學術性課外活動或公開比賽中表現超卓的本科生。該等活動包括：專利發表、以主要作者身份在著名期刊上發表文章、於重要公開競賽中獲得奬項/資助。每位獲奬學生將最多獲發一萬港元獎學金。 如欲了解更多資訊，歡迎致電+852 2766 5676 或電郵至yuen.tsang@polyu.edu.hk，跟曾遠康博士查詢。

Prof. Jianhua Hao awarded Key Programme Funding Support from the National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Prof. Jianhua HAO, Chair Professor of Materials Physics and Devices of AP received Key Programme Funding Support from the National Science Foundation of China (NSFC). Prof Hao's team collaborates with researchers from Nankai University and Sichuan Normal University to perform the study of multifunctional ultrathin ferroelectric integrated materials and devices for neuromorphic computing and artificial visual system. The study is to effectively integrate ferroelectric polarization with multifunctional characteristics of electronic properties of semiconductor, photodetection and rare-earth ion luminescence, to develop multimodal and novel synaptic devices. The developed materials and devices in this project will help overcome the bottleneck in information technology development. 應用物理學系材料物理與器件講座教授郝建華教授所帶領的「面向神經形態計算和人工視覺的超薄鐵電多功能集成材料與器件」研究項目， 獲國家自然科學基金重點項目資助。 郝教授團隊聯合合作單位南開大學及四川師範大學的研究人員，展開面向神經形態計算和人工視覺的超薄鐵電多功能集成材料與器件的研究。 此項目將鐵電極化與半導體電子特性、光電探測和稀土離子發光的多功能特性有機結合起來，從而發展具有多模式的新型神經突觸器件，所研發的材料和器件希望能有助于解決資訊科技發展的瓶頸問題。   Read more: https://www.polyu.edu.hk/rio/news/2022/20220927-nsfc-key-program-prof-jianhua-hao/