Prof Derrick Jiang (Associate Professor), Dr Ben Zhang (Postdoc), Dr Zhou Jiayu (Postdoc), Mr Zhu Zhaozheng (PhD student), and scholars from Hefei University of Technology, Nanjing Institute of Technology, Harbin Engineering University, and Southeast University has won the Best Paper Award at the 2026 IEEE 9th International Electrical and Energy Conference (CIEEC 2026). The winning paper is titled “A Node-Level Pulse Density Modulation-Based Control for Wireless Power Transfer in Networked AUV Energy Supply Systems”.
CIEEC provides a technical exchange platform for the academic and engineering communities in the field of electricity and energy. The Best Paper Award is presented to papers demonstrating outstanding originality, technical contribution, and potential impact in the field.
Prof Din-ping Tsai (Chair Professor) has published a paper in the journal – Science Advances on 6 May 2026. The paper titled “Optical corner detection with azimuthal Hilbert transform metasurfaces” is a collaborative work with his Postdoc and scholars from Nanjing University.
You may get a glimpse of the research work in the paper located at Science Advances.
Prof Din-ping Tsai (Chair Professor) has published a paper in the journal – Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering on 31 March 2026. The paper titled “Challenges and opportunities of metalenses” is a collaborative work with his Postdoc and scholars from Nanjing University.
You may get a glimpse of the research work in the paper located at Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering and Weixin.
Prof Arindam Basu (Professor of EE) has been elected the Fellow of the International Academy of Artificial Intelligence Sciences (AAIS) 2026, a global recognition of his significant contributions in AI-related fields.
AAIS aims to build a broad AI industry to promote the development and application of AI in different fields of science and technology. AAIS gathers top scientists in different disciplines that integrate with AI, AI-focused institutions, and entrepreneurs applying AI to drive innovation, development and application of AI.
| Project Title: | Intelligent Wireless Power Network for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles |
| Team Members: | Prof Derrick Jiang, Associate Professor Dr Ben Zhang, Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Wang Yibo, Postdoctoral Fellow Mr Yang Fengshuo, Research Assistant Dr Guo Weisheng, Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Wang Xiaosheng, Postdoctoral Fellow Mr Yang Yong, Hanjiang Laboratory Prof Cai Changsong, Wuhan University |
The exhibition is the world’s most important event exclusively dedicated to inventions. It offers a unique opportunity for universities, inventors and researchers, industrial and commercial companies, associations, private and state organisms and institutions to present the results of their research, their inventions, and their new products. The 51st IEIG, held from 11 to 15 March in Switzerland, featured more than 1,000 inventions from 35 countries and regions around the world.
More details about this good news can be found at CityU NewsCentre.
Prof WU Gengbo (Assistant Professor) has published a paper in the top journal – Light: Science and Applications on 9 March 2026. The paper titled “High-dimensional multiplexing through vortex electromagnetic wave manipulation by space-time-coding metasurfaces” is a collaborative work with the Postdoc and Senior Engineer from State Key Laboratory of Terahertz and Millimeter Waves, CityUHK, as well as scholars from University of Alberta, and University of Electronics Science and Technology of China.
You may get a glimpse of the research work in the paper located at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41377-026-02232-6.
Prof WANG Cheng (Associate Professor), Prof Alex YU (Assistant Professor), and Prof FENG Hanke (Research Assistant Professor) have published a paper in the top journal – Nature Communications, on 9 March 2026. The paper titled “Integrated photonic ultrawideband real-time spectrum sensing for 6G wireless networks” is a collaborative work with their Postdoc and research students, as well as scholars from State Key Laboratory of Terahertz and Millimeter Waves, CityUHK, Peking University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen.
You may get a glimpse of the research work in the paper located at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-70389-0.
Prof Din-ping Tsai (Chair Professor), Prof Stella Pang (Chair Professor), and Prof Zhang Jing Cheng (EE PhD graduate 2025 and Professor at Northwestern Polytechnical University) have published a paper in the top journal – Nature Photonics on 4 February 2026.
You may get a glimpse of the paper “Non-local bound states in the continuum for nanoscale alignment” here.
Prof Din-ping Tsai (Chair Professor) has published a paper in the top journal – Light: Science & Applications on 12 January 2026. The paper titled “Meta-device for sensing subwavelength lateral displacement” is a collaborative research work with scholars from Harbin Institute of Technology and Nanjing University, as well as Postdoctoral Fellow and PhD student under Prof Tsai’s supervision. The paper can be found here.
Prof Din-ping Tsai (Chair Professor) has published a paper in the top journal – Nature Communications on 26 January 2026. The paper titled “Intensity-asymmetric wavefront shaping in nonlocal meta-lens” is a collaborative research work with a scholar, Prof Xiao Shumin, from Harbin Institute of Technology, and a dedicated team of research staff and students supervised by Prof Tsai.
You may get a glimpse of the paper's research work here.