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ISE received the Outstanding Professional Service Awards 2016

A presentation ceremony for the Outstanding Professional Services Awards 2016 was held on 14 Feb 2017. Organized by PolyU’s Technology and Consultancy (PTeC) Co. Ltd, the awards honour departments and staff in licensing activities and consultancy. Prof. WB Lee, Head of State Key Laboratory of Ultra-precision Machining Technology, and his team were winner of the Technology Transfer Award in the category of licensing activities. The winning project “Light Field Camera with micro-lens Array” had the highest licensing income received for the 2015/16 financial year. In the category of consultancy activities, Prof. KL Yung, Associate Head of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, was awarded winner of the Most Valued Project. The winning consultancy project “Preparation of Surgical Robotic System for Pre-Clinical Testing” had the highest contract value for the 2015/16 financial year.

ISE won the 1st runner-up in the Most Favourite PolyU Research News of 2016

Following the achievement gained from the award of last year, the RFID Solutions Laboratory once again won the 1st runner-up in the Most Favourite PolyU Research News of 2016 organized by Communications and Public Affairs Office, PolyU. A celebration luncheon was held on 12 January, 2017, which was hosted by Prof. Timothy Tong, the President, and joined by Prof. Alexander Wai, Vice President (Research Development). A certificate was also presented to the winning team for their great influence and enhancement of the well-being of the society. Dr. George Ho, Mr. Burly Tan and Mr. Gabriel Lee are the key inventers of the project entitled “RFID-based Drug Management and Electronic Nursing Service Management Systems”. The research news was published widely in media by PolyU, and was even shortlisted to compete in a Facebook campaign for the title of “Most Favourite PolyU Research News of 2016”. Among over 500 comments and votes collected, the project team finally won the 1st runner-up, with a lot of supportive feedbacks showing the positive impacts of the project on the community, in the campaign. The Most Favourite PolyU Research News of 2016 is a Facebook campaign that inviting the public to vote to the shortlisted research news via the PolyU’s social media platform. In 2016, PolyU has released a wide variety of news about its innovative and impactful research and 10 of the most representative research news are selected for the competition. Please access the following URL for the campaign details: https://www.facebook.com/pg/HongKongPolyU/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10154850291919549

ISE offers new Bachelor programme in aviation

From 2017-18 onwards, the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering will offer the BSc (Hons) in Aviation Operations and Systems 航空營運及系统學(榮譽)理學士, which is a 2-year full-time government-funded top-up degree programme, to meet the increasing demand for qualified talents in the aviation industry. A media tea gathering was organised by Communications and Public Affairs Office of PolyU. Dean of PolyU’s Faculty of Engineering, Prof. H C Man and the programme leaders were invited to introduce the new top-up programmes (i.e. BSc (Hons) in Aviation Operations and Systems and the BSc (Hons) in Financial Technology) to be offered by the Faculty in the coming academic year. Application is now open and will be closed on 20 February 2017. Online media coverage: Apple Daily - https://goo.gl/10AUW4 On.cc - https://goo.gl/ktoSxH hk01.com - https://goo.gl/00GPMb Sina.hk - https://goo.gl/K7h6Dc Yahoo.hk - https://goo.gl/GZBbSQ