Summer 2020 - Issue 1 | Excel x Impact@PolyU

Cover Story

Coming Together to Combat COVID-19

How PolyU harnessed innovation and the technical expertise of its researchers to fight a deadly new virus Since the start of COVID-19 at the end of 2019, tens of millions of people across the world have been infected and hundreds of thousands of...

Dialogue

A Conversation with Council Chairman Dr Lam Tai-fai - Unleashing the Power of Education

Dr Lam Tai-fai graduated from the then Hong Kong Polytechnic with a Higher Diploma in Textile Technology 40 years ago. He subsequently started his career as a trainee in the fashion and clothing industry, rising to leading roles in business and...

Dialogue

A Conversation with President Jin-Guang Teng - Excellence and Impact

Professor Jin-Guang Teng is an internationally renowned scholar in the field of structural engineering. Starting his university st...

Research & Innovation

A different kind of fish story

While looking for the causes of leukaemia, Dr Alvin Ma of PolyU made a discovery that could change the way researchers investigate disease For nearly 50 years, the zebrafish commonly seen in Hong Kong’s tropical fish stores have been prized not...

Research & Innovation

Big Data in a tiny package

A team of PolyU researchers is pioneering a new method that could revolutionise how we store data When scientists discuss peptides, it is usually in relation to biomedical research and the development of new pharmaceutical drugs. But now, a team...

Research & Innovation

PolyU researchers create radiation-free device to assess scoliosis

Researchers at the University have found a safer and more cost-effective way of assessing and monitoring the spinal deformity in children and adolescents A team of researchers from PolyU’s Department of Biomedical Engineering has invented a way...

Education

Learning and teaching during a time of social distancing

After the first confirmed case of COVID-19 on 23 January 2020, social distancing quickly became the new norm across the city. And while many businesses and schools shut down, PolyU remained open by offering classes in what has become one of the...