Department Events 2022
JS1205 Programme Information Session and Interviews plus Special Recruitment Session 2022
During the event, all participants showed their enthusiasm in studying EE and how they were impressed by the prevailing technologies and their applications.
A Special Recruitment Session in mixed mode was held on 15 July 2022 for a more in-depth exchange and sharing. Our Head of EE Department Prof Stella Pang kick-started the session, followed by an alumni sharing, chit-chats with student ambassadors and a lab tour to our State Key Laboratory of Terahertz and Millimeter Waves or Team Projects Laboratory.
The following faculty participated in the sessions:
Dr Alex Wong, Dr Ray Cheung, Dr Leanne Chan, Prof Andrew Leung, Dr Bernard Chiu,
Dr Chan Wing Shing, Dr Katie Chan, Dr Andy Chan, Dr Leung Shu Hung, Dr Wang Cheng,
Dr Eric Wong, Dr Albert Sung, Dr Wong Hang, Mr Ting Chi Wang
Donation of $1 Million from Pong Yuen Holdings Ltd to Support Research in the Department of Electrical Engineering
With this generous donation, Prof Michael Tse, Associate Vice-President (Strategic Research) and Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering, will conduct indepth study of current status in the development of enabling technologies for information and energy infrastructures and will develop new technologies for sustainable development of smart society. Associated matching funds, if available, will also support the early career development of junior faculty in the Department.
In recognition of the generous support of Pong Yuen Holdings Ltd., a cheque presentation luncheon was held on 30 June 2022. The presentation was officiated by Prof Stella Pang, Head of Department of Electrical Engineering, and Prof Michael Tse. Guests attending the presentation included Mrs Lam Chau Shun Yin, Director of Pong Yuen Holdings Ltd.; Ms Hellas Wong, Managing Director; Mr Tony Choy, Director of Business Development, Mr Joseph Pang, Director of Technology Development and Ms Cecilia Tang, Development Manager of CityU’s Development Office.
Second Farewell Get-together for Three Technical Colleagues
Over 50 colleagues participated in the event to render their warm wishes and recalled together many good memories. The event ended in wholesome laughter and heartwarming greetings. We wish them all the best in their new page of life after their retirement.
Media Briefing for Microelectronics Engineering New Major
Prof Stella Pang (Head of EE Department); Prof Henry Chung and Dr Alex Wong briefed to the media friends about the new major, its objectives and curriculum, promising career path of graduates, and the co-curricular opportunities during student studies. Ir Dr H L Yiu, Head of Reindustrialization, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation shared about the HK government’s staunch support in re-industrialization of Hong Kong; global, regional and local market in IC design and development; role of industry in support of the market; and the high demand of professional engineers in the microelectronics engineering discipline.
The major provides students sound knowledge of the fundamental principles involved in the design and fabrication of integrated circuits (ICs), and a comprehensive understanding of electronics and information technologies. The curriculum includes application specific IC (ASIC) design for novel applications, nanotechnologies for high-performance devices and microsystems, and new designs and materials for ICs.
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EE Staff Retreat 2022
This year, 40 staff attended the retreat held at the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort on 17 June 2022. Group discussions on topics ‘Opportunities and Teams Identification for Large Collaborative Projects’ and ‘Faculty Recruitment – Focused Areas and Approaches’ have led to various implementation plans for action.
CityU EE Joint Lab Metaverse Career Fair 2022
Since CityU EE Joint Lab’s establishment in 2019, the CityU EE Joint Lab Programme has connected with a total of 28 CityU EE Joint Lab Partners. A series of cooperative and technical projects have been/will be launched with these partners. In order to support our partners for their talent acquisition, CityU EE organized the first metaverse career fair on 2nd June, 2022, 2:30-4:30pm.
The Virtual Career Fair was held on the Gather platform, a virtual scene that has delegated booths and zones for 8 CityU EE Joint Lab Partners to meet our EE students. Partners including ASTRI, Fujiflim, GP, LSCM, HKPC, Sengital, SmarTone and Suga joined this event. Around 50 people were in the Gather platform and each company had 12-15 interviews in this career fair.
Admission Interview and Information Session 2022 for Local Direct Applicants
EE Annual Awards
Nomination Period: 1 February 2022 – 31 May 2022
Please find more detail of the EE Annual Awards HERE.
Farewell Get-together for Three Long-serving Colleagues
A farewell get-together was held on 30 May 2022 to register department’s votes of thanks.
Some 60 colleagues participated in the event to render their warm wishes and recalled together many good memories. The event ended in wholesome laughter and heartwarming greetings.
City-EE is always open for EE friends to come back and visit us! Our best wishes to Peter, Sandy, and Candy for their new move in life! All the best!
CityU-EE Smartone Joint Lab Sky100 5G Lab Visit
CityU-EE Smartone Joint Lab Sky100 5G Lab Visit was held on 10 May 2022. 24 EE faculty members and postgraduates students visited the famous Sky100 at the tallest building in Hong Kong, International Commerce Centre (ICC), and visited the Smartone 5G Lab. During the visit, 4 research seminars were conducted, with an Introduction to Private 5G Network at the CityU EE x SmarTone Joint Lab presented by EdgeNectar. Finally, a fruitful discussion between CityU-EE and Smartone was carried out to explore the long-term partnership and potential research directions.