Achievements

Student Achievements

IEEE MTT-S Undergraduate/Pre-graduate Scholarship 2007

Mr Chen Jia Shu, our BEngECE Year 3 student supervised by Prof C H Chan, has been awarded the IEEE MTT-S Undergraduate/Pre-graduate Scholarship 2007 by the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, USA for his project "An On-Chip Differential Active Bias Technique for RFIC Gilbert-Cell Mixer Linearization". There are only about 10 award receivers each year from universities worldwide.

Championship in IET Hong Kong Younger Members Exhibition/Conference (YMEC2007)

Our MPhil student Miss SUN Yuting, Sunnie, supervised by Dr K F Tsang, has clutched the Championship in the postgraduate section of the Institution of Engineering and Technology Hong Kong Younger Members Exhibition/Conference (YMEC2007), for her paper "QoS Prediction for High Speed Packet Access Networks".

Other prizes swept up in the YMEC2007

Our PhD student Mr CHIN Ching-hong, Kevin, supervised by Dr Xue Quan, has won the 1st Runner-up for his paper "Novel Broadband Patch Antenna Using a Vertical Plate Pair as a Differential Feeding Scheme". Our BEngECE Year 3 student Mr CHEN Jia Shu, supervised by Prof C H Chan, has clutched the Championship in the undergraduate section for his paper "An On-Chip Differential Active Bias Technique for RFIC Gilbert-Cell Mixer Linearization".

EE MPhil student receives University Fellowship to study in Yale University

Our MPhil student, Mr Xueyuan SU, has passed through rigorous selections to be admitted as a full-time student in the PhD programme of the Department of Computer Science, Yale University, commencing in the 2007- 08 academic year. His supervisor is our Associate Professor, Dr Sammy C H Chan. Mr Su has also been offered a University Fellowship that will cover his tuition fee, and he will continue to pursue research in wireless ad hoc networks.

PhD student receives a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service

Mr Chengqing Li, our PhD student, has received a scholarship from the prestigious science foundation, the German Academic Exchange Service (known as DAAD, ie, Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst), to undertake post-graduate study and academic visit in Germany for six months in 2007. Mr Li's academic supervisor is our Chair Professor, Prof G. Ron Chen.

First Prize in the HK Underwater Robot Challenge 2007

A team of 6 EE students including Ke Jiangbo, Lin Jing, Tang Chengcheng, Dai Bo, Li Shuo, our BEngECE Year 1 students and Li Boyan, our BEngCE Year 1 student, supervised by the Team Instructor Dr Robin Li, has won the First Prize of the university / college group in the HK Underwater Robot Challenge 2007. The team will be sponsored to attend the ROV Challenge International Finals held in Newfoundland, Canada in late June.

Hong Kong Jockey Club Scholarship

Mr. Chen Yongdong, our BEngECE Year 1 student, has recently received the Hong Kong Jockey Club Scholarship. Only 3-4 scholarships will be given out annually to CityU students, and the awardees will be named Jockey Club Scholars. Mr. Chen was selected because of both his good academic performance as well as his strength on leadership.

First Prize in the IEEE Hong Kong Section 2006

Our PhD Student Mr Chiu Leung, supervised by Dr Xue Quan, has clutched the First Prize in the IEEE Hong Kong Section 2006 Student Paper Contest for his paper "An integrated antenna module achieving high radiating efficiency and adaptive beam control". Chiu Leung has been actively participating in different open competitions and has received a few honors in 2006.

Best Student Microwave Prize in the 2006 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference

Our PhD student, Dr. Wong Hang supervised by Prof K M Luk, has won the Best Student Microwave Prize in the 2006 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference held from 12-15 December 2006 in Yokohama, Japan, for his paper "Unidirectional Antenna Composed of a Planar Dipole and a Shorted Patch". This year, a total of 694 papers from 42 countries were accepted, which is the largest number in APMC's history held in Japan.


Best Mobile Game Award in Hong Kong ICT Awards 2006

Mr. Jack Li Pak Kei, our BEngIE Year 1 student, has won the Best Mobile Game Award in the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2006 (Digital Entertainment) for his actively involved project 3G Mopas, under the name of his company 3 Dynamics (Asia) Limited. Mr. Wallis Wong, the Founder & Business Development Director of 3 Dynamics is our 2001 BEngEE graduate.

Gold Award in Hong Kong ICT Awards 2006

Mr Wong Ka-wai and Mr Chiu Leung, our BEngECE fresh graduate and PhD student respectively, have clutched the Gold Award in the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2006: eYouth (Hardware) Award category for their joint project "Retrodirective Arrays for Mobile Communication Systems".

BEngECE Student awarded Prestigious Fulbright Science and Technology Fellowship

Mr Chen Jia Shu, our BEngECE final year student, has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright Science and Technology Fellowship award. The Award, funded by the US Department of State, is among the most prestigious U.S. international scholarships in science and technology. Mr Chen will be sponsored to pursue his PhD study in one of the top U.S. institutions such as Stanford, UC Berkeley and MIT upon graduation from CityU.

HKIE Outstanding Paper Award for Young Engineers/Researchers 2006

Mr. Chiu Leung, our PhD student supervised by Dr Xue Quan, has been awarded the HKIE Outstanding Paper Award for Young Engineers/Researchers 2006 for his paper entitled "A high efficiency circularly-polarized Van Atta analog adaptive array for full duplex communications".

Championship in IET Hong Kong Young Member Exhibition/Conference (YMEC2006)

PhD student Mr Chiu Leung, supervised by Dr Xue Quan, has won the championship in the postgraduate section for his paper "High Performance Analog Adaptive Arrays for Modern Wireless Communications" at the Institution of Engineering and Technology Hong Kong Young Member Exhibition/Conference (YMEC2006).

Other prizes swept up in the YMEC2006

PhD student Mr Steven Yang, supervised by Prof K M Luk, has won the 2nd runner-up for his paper "Design of Wideband Table-shaped Reconfigurable Antennas. BEngECE fresh graduates Miss Chan Yi-wah, supervised by Prof K M Luk, has won the first runner-up for her paper "The Study of Ultra Wideband Monopole/Dielectric Resonator Antenna" while Mr Wong Ka-wai, supervised by Dr Xue Quan, has won the second runner-up, the best presentation award and the most supported award for his paper "2-Dimensional Retrodirective Array for Mobile Communication Systems".

IEEE MTT-S Undergraduate/Pre-Graduate Scholarship by the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, USA

Mr Xiaojun (James) Chen, our BEngECE Year 3 student supervised by Prof C H Chan, has just been awarded the prestigious IEEE MTT-S Undergraduate/Pre-Graduate Scholarship by the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, USA for his project "A new technique that improves the efficiency of a linear power amplifier. James is the only winner from the Asia Pacific area among the 10 award receivers from universities worldwide.

First Prize of the 2005 IEEE Student Paper Contest (Undergraduate)

BEngECE fresh graduate Ms. Vinci Chang Wan-si, who is our present MScEIE student, has won the First Prize in the 2005 IEEE Student Paper Contest (Undergraduate) with her paper "Retrodirective Array for RFID and Microwave Tracking Beacon Applications". She is invited to join the IEEE Region 10 Student Paper Contest 2006.

PhD student awarded Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowships & Scholarships 2005/2006

One of our PhD students, Mr YANG Shing Lung Steven, has been awarded recently with Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowship in amount of HK$30,000 for the year 2005/2006. Objective of the fellowship scheme is to encourage and assist full-time students pursuing postgraduate studies by research. With strong interest in electronics and especially research field in antennas, student YANG was one of the twenty successful candidates awarded with the Fellowship for the year 2005/2006.

Best Paper Award at the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology 2005

Mr T M Chan, student supervised by Prof K F Man, has won "The Best Paper Award" at the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (IEEE ICIT2005) for his paper, "Multi-objective Optimization of Radio-to-fiber Repeater Placement Using a Jumping Gene Algorithm" co-authored with Professor K F Man, Dr K S Tang and Dr Sam Kwong (CS). The conference has received over 300 submissions from more than 35 countries, and the best paper is selected by a panel of five world-renowned professors from the US, Portugal and Hong Kong.

Best Student Paper Award at the 2005 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference

Mr Li Pei, Professor K M Luk's PhD student, has won "The Best Student Paper Award" at the 2005 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC 2005) with his paper, "Novel Wideband Dual-frequency Patch Antenna Array for Dual-polarization Operation". Among all the papers received from 309 students of 40 countries, only four best student papers were selected.

Certificate of Excellence of 2005 Hong Kong Young Scientist Awards

Dr Kenji Yum received the Certificate of Excellence for the 2005 Hong Kong Young Scientist Awards organised by the Hong Kong Institution of Science (HKIS).

Best Student Paper Award of the 6th IEEE (HK) (AP/MTT) Postgraduate Conference

BEngECE fresh graduates, Miss Chang Wan-Si Vinci and Miss Mak Ka-Ming, have won the championships and Mr Kong King-Cheung was awarded 1st runner in AP Session. Cheng Tsan-Fung, 2004 BEngECE graduate, was awarded 1st runner-up in MTT section.

Competition / Conference	Award	Year
International Prizes
IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (IEEEICIT 2005)	Best Paper	2005
Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC 2005)	Best Paper	2005
International Conference on Electronic Packaging (ICEP)	Young Award	2004
IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, USA	Fellowship Award	2004
	Undergraduate/ Pre-Graduate Scholarship	2006
IEEE International Microwave Symposium Student Paper Competition, USA	1st Prize	2004
	3rd Prize	2003
Young Inventors Award Competition organised by the Far Eastern Economic Review, Singapore	Silver Award	2000
IEEE Region 10 (Asia Pacific*) Postgraduate/Undergraduate Student Paper Contest	1st Prize	2004, 1999, 1996
*Countries include Australia, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan	2nd Prize	2004, 1995
	3rd Prize	1998
National Prizes
8th Challenger Cup Competition, China	Distinction Award	2003
	Second Class Award	2003
China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modelling	1st Prize	2003
Regional Open Competitions
IEEE (HK/Macau) AP/MTT Postgraduate Conference	1st Prize (AP)	2004, 2005
	1st Prize (MTT)	2004
	2nd Prize (AP)	2004, 2005
	2nd Prize (MTT)	2005
IEEE (HK) AP/MTT/LEOS Postgraduate Conference	Best Paper	2002
Regional Inter-University Postgraduate Electrical and Electronic Engineering Conference	Best Paper	2003
Competitions/Awards open to students and graduates from all engineering and computer departments in HK
HKIE Outstanding Paper Award for Young Engineers/Researchers 2006	Outstanding Paper Award	2006
Hong Kong Young Scientist Awards (HK Institution of Science)	Certificate of Excellence	2005
IEEE HK Section Postgraduate Student Paper Contest	1st Prize	2004, 1999, 1998
	2nd Prize	2002
	3rd Prize	2003
IEEE HK Section Undergraduate Student Paper Contest	1st Prize	2005, 2003, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995
	2nd Prize	2002, 2001, 2000
	3rd Prize	2003, 1999, 1997, 1996, 1995
IEE Younger Members Section Postgraduate Student Paper Contest/ IEE HK YMS Exhibition/Conference/ IET HK Young Member Exhibition/Conference	1st Prize	2006, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1998
	2nd Prize	2006, 2000, 1997
	3rd Prize	2006
IEE Younger Members Section Undergraduate Student Project Competition/ IEE HK YMS Exhibition/Conference/ IET HK Young Member Exhibition/Conference	1st Prize	2005, 2004, 2003, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1997
	2nd Prize	2006, 1999, 1998
	3rd Prize	2006
HKIE’s Mobile Multimedia Communication Design Contest – Wireless Internet Category	Silver Award	1999
HSBC Young IT Entrepreneur Award	Gold Award	2001
SmartApps-To-Go Competition (Organised by Ericsson and Smartone)	Gold Award	2002
YDC Entrepreneurs Challenge 2003 Business Plan Competition	Grand Prize	2003