Professor Wei-Hsin Liao, Chairman of MAE Department, recently won the 2023 Leonardo Da Vinci Award from the Design Engineering Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Professor Liao is the first scholar from Hong Kong to win the ASME Leonardo Da Vinci Award in its 45-year history. The ASME commended Professor Liao for […]

The research of Professor Yi-Chun Lu and her team on sustainable batteries has been published in Nature Sustainability, an online journal that publishes the best research about sustainability from the natural and social sciences, as well as from the fields of engineering and policy. The team use hydrotropic solubilization (common strategy in pharmaceutical science for […]

A research team jointly led by Professor Ben Chen and Professor Jie Chen from Tongji University’s Shanghai Research Institute for Intelligent Autonomous Systems has successfully invented the TJ-FlyingFish, an unprecedented amphibious drone capable of exploring underwater environments. Launched in early February 2023, this remarkable creation is a game-changing tool for a wide range of industries. Can be used […]

We are pleased to announce that 9 projects from the MAE Department have been awarded 1 Gold Medal with Congratulation of the Jury, 1 Gold Medal, 5 Silver Medals, and 2 Bronze Medals at the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva 2023. Congratulations to all awardees! The International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva is the largest […]

Congratulations to Mr. Chen Jibiao and Mr. Yan Junyan, Ph.D. students of Professor Cheng Shing-shin, on receiving the Gold Prize in the “science and technology innovation and future industry” category at the 13th Challenge Cup China College Students’ Entrepreneurship Competition (第十三屆「挑戰杯」中國大學生創業計劃競賽). The gold prize project: A Robotic Cannula for Minimally Invasive Intracerebral Hemorrhage Evacuation Neurosurgery […]

After three years of battling the COVID-19 pandemic, online learning has become more and more popular, promoting the development of innovative educational approaches. Dr. Han Dongkun and his team designed and assembled 12 robotic arms from scratch to form the “Flipped online laboratory”, a new pedagogical approach to eLearning that allows students to use cross-platform […]

Multi-material 3D fabrication at nanoscale has been the holy grail of nanotechnology and a key enabler for the development of new technologies, including photonic, electronic, and biomedical devices. Professor Chen Shih-Chi and his team, in collaboration with Professor Zhao Yongxin from Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Biological Sciences and Professor Zhao Ni from CUHK’s Department […]

The research of Professor Li Zhang on magnetic slime robot has been selected as Top 10 Innovation and Technology News in Hong Kong in 2022. The magnet particles in the slime give it conductivity and the capability to change its shape to navigate through narrow tubes and complex mazes, self-heal and grab objects driven by […]

With Hong Kong’s construction industry plagued by manpower shortages over the past few years, safety has never been more important. As a first, a research team led by Professor Darwin Lau Tat Ming has developed a cable-driven robot which accurately mimics human movement to clean building windows and paint facades. The system is expected to replace […]


