PolyU Recognises Six Young Innovators with the Young Innovative Researcher Award
Launching for the first time, the new PolyU Young Innovative Researcher Award (YIRA) is a university-level award to recognise young faculty members whose research demonstrate excellence in addressing global challenges. The committee has received many outstanding research with this year’s call, and six talented young researchers have made to their finals.
As a member of the assessment panel, Ir Professor Christopher Chao, Vice President (Research and Innovation) of PolyU remarked, “We are overwhelmed to see PolyU’s young innovators pursuing their innovations and research with such passion and dedication. Through this award, the University not only wants to recognise those young researchers with high potential, but also to encourage and nurture an innovative spirit within PolyU for scientific discoveries to make a positive impact to the world. We would like to take this chance to congratulate our award winners, and to acknowledge all participants’ efforts and great work.”
The research achievement of the six awardees have covered a wide-range of research areas, from supramolecular robotic system to robot-assisted training for children with autism spectrum disorder. Engineering-focused projects like the human vision-based solutions for lighting and imaging systems and data storage enhancement in ferroelectric materials that will lead future technology advancement. There are also innovative approaches that offer sustainability for a better future like the creation of multinuclear solid atomic catalysts and the research in transportation and humanitarian & social care in Tai O. The selected awardees have demonstrated advancing knowledge in their fields and developed a practical technology or innovation in a unique way to create benefits and bring impact globally.
The six awardees of the Young Innovative Researcher Award 2022 are as follows:
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Award Recipient / Position |
Faculty / School |
Research Area |
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Dr. Franco King-Chi Leung (Assistant Professor) |
Faculty of Applied Science and Textiles (Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology) |
Photo-responsive Amphiphiles for Supramolecular Robotic System |
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Dr. Tommy Minchen Wei (Associate Professor) |
Faculty of Construction and Environment (Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering ) |
Human vision-based solutions for lighting and imaging systems |
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Dr. Zibin Chen (Assistant Professor) |
Faculty of Engineering (Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering) |
Ferroelectric materials for new generation memory devices |
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Mr. Daniel Keith Elkin (Assistant Professor) |
School of Design |
Tai O Village Pedestrian Traffic Monitoring Project, Stilt House 3D Scanning Project, Lantau Conservation Fund Village Revitalisation Project |
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Dr. Benedict Tsz Woon Lo (Assistant Professor) |
Faculty of Applied Science and Textiles (Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology) |
Designing Multinuclear Solid Atomic Catalysts for Energy and Sustainability Applications |
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Dr. Si Chen (Assistant Professor) |
Faculty of Humanities (Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies) |
Robot-assisted training for children with autism spectrum disorder |
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