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2026-03-12
Professor Lu Yi-chun receives the 20th Chinese Young Women in Science Fellowship
Professor Lu Yi-chun of the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering has been awarded the 20th Chinese Young Women in Science Fellowship. This accolade recognises her exceptional contributions to electrochemistry, energy engineering and sustainable battery ... -
2026-03-02
Engineering Professors shine at 16th International Invention Fair in the Middle East Magnetic micro-robot breaks surgical boundaries to claim Grand Prize
Engineering Professors and their research teams achieved remarkable results at the 16th International Invention Fair in the Middle East (IIFME). Three projects led by Professors from the Faculty of Engineering won 8 accolades and scooped the event’s Grand Prize. The awards ... -
2026-01-16
Six Engineering projects funded by 2025/26 NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme and Collaborative Research Scheme
The Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong announced the funding results of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)/RGC Joint Research Scheme (JRS) and Collaborative Research Scheme (CRS) 2025/26. Six projects led by Engineering Professors received ... -
2026-01-08
Professor Ren Wei’s project secures RGC Research Impact Fund (RIF) 2025/26
Professor Ren Wei from the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering has been awarded HK$7.14 million under the Research Grants Council (RGC)’s Research Impact Fund (RIF) 2025/26. The project “Development of an in-situ ... -
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2025-11-21
Professor Huang Jie elected CAE International Member
Professor Huang Jie, Choh-Ming Li Research Professor of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, and Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty of Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), has been elected an International Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), in recognition of his ... -
2025-11-11
CUHK Team Won IMAV 2025 Champions
A team supervised by Professor Ben M. Chen and Professor Chen Xi from CUHK’s Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, with collaborators from Wuhan University and Tongji University, has won both the Indoor Competition Champion and the Outdoor Competition ... -
2025-10-14
CUHK’s InnoHK Hong Kong Centre for Logistics Robotics unveils Hong Kong’s first self-locally developed AI-powered quadrupedal robots and humanoid dual-arm platform
The Chinese University Hong Kong (CUHK)’s InnoHK Hong Kong Centre for Logistics Robotics (HKCLR) has unveiled Hong Kong’s first self-locally developed, AI-powered robotic platform. It comprises two core components, the LY 1 quadruped robot and the dual-arm embodied AI system ... -
2025-08-06
CUHK’s newly-created embodied intelligence platform successfully completes the world’s first multi-task surgical automation tests on a live animal
A multidisciplinary research team from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)’s Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) has developed new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered surgical robot automation techniques, successfully completing the world’s ... -
2025-07-25
Three Engineering Professors named RGC Senior Research Fellows and Research Fellow
Three scholars from Faculty of Engineering received awards from the 2025-26 Research Grants Council (RGC) Senior Research Fellow Scheme and RGC Research Fellow Scheme in recognition of their distinguished research achievements. ...
