Cross-departmental cooperation gained recognition

We are excited to announce that Dr Shih Yi-teng, Assistant Professor of PolyU Design is recently awarded a funding from the one-off Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) COVID-19 and Novel Infectious Diseases (NIR) Research Exercise for an amount of HK$2.78 million.

The funding provides great opportunities for Dr Shih as project leader to work with other universities' researchers. The project is named “The Effect of Distance Design Collaboration Necessitated by COVID-19 on Brain Synchronicity in Teams Compared to Co-Located Design Collaboration” and will last for three years.  This timely study examines changes in design behaviour (e.g., body language, thinking patterns, etc.) of design teams working remotely during COVID-19. The project outcomes are expected to contribute to academia and industry in the field of design.
 
The CRF is under government’s Research Grants Council (RGC) and supports Research Equipment and Research Projects for acquisition of major research facilities or equipment, and promoting group research across disciplines respectively.