Congratulations to the four young PAIR members below for winning the PolyU Young Innovative Researcher Award (YIRA) 2023!
YIRA recognises and encourages young PolyU researchers under the age of 35 who have demonstrated novelty, contributed to technological advancement, and propelled transformational innovation into solutions to problems in society with a vision for positive change. Each awardee will receive research funding support of HK$500,000 and a personal cash prize of HK$20,000.
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Awardee |
PAIR Research Institute/Centre |
Title and Department |
Research Focus |
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Dr HEUNG Ho Lam |
Research Centre for Resources Engineering towards Carbon Neutrality (RCRE) |
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Building and Real Estate |
Robot-assisted recovery system for stroke survivors |
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Dr MA Yuan |
Research Institute for Intelligent Wearable Systems (RI-IWEAR) |
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
Flexible surface haptics technology to aid the visually impaired population |
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Dr ZHANG Shuowen |
Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence of Things (RIAIoT) |
Assistant Professor, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering |
Smart and reconfigurable 6G wireless networks aided by intelligent reflecting surface |
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Dr ZHENG Pai |
Research Institute for Advanced Manufacturing (RIAM) |
Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering |
Towards futuristic human-machine symbiotic manufacturing system |
