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It was transformed into virtual workshops this year due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The workshops held on 27 July 2020 attracted about 30 students from top universities in mainland China joining us. Apart from the introduction of the Department and the PhD programme, twelve 15-min research seminars presented by EE professors were arranged, covering topics in the area of Applied Electromagnetics, Optoelectronics, Electronics, Power, Nanotechnology, Biosystems, Networking, Wireless Communications, Computer Engineering and Control Systems. The discussion and exchange over the Zoom platform was lively. We look forward to having face-to-face exchange with these students at CityU when they join our PhD programme next year.

The following faculty participating in the workshop :

Dr Leanne Chan, Dr Nelson Chan, Dr W S Chan, Dr Ray Cheung, Dr Young Jin Chun, Prof Lin Dai, Dr Joshua Lee, Dr Ehsan Nekouei, Dr Yanni Sun, Dr Chaoliang Tan, Dr Cheng Wang, Dr Alex Wong, Prof Hong Yan

Close to 220 F.6 students who were serious in their final choice of studies joined the event, which comprised an inspirational talk in EE discipline, a programme information session about JS1205 and the bloom of EE sector in the recent job market, student sharing on their university life and different enriching learning opportunities. The event ended with a breakout group interviews with the faculty. In the hours of event, the participants showed to us their enthusiasm in EE studies and how they are impressed by the prevailing technologies and their applications in all areas of life.

Another Student Recruitment Session was held a week after with a smaller student group for a more in-depth exchange and sharing. The Head of EE Department Prof Stella Pang kick-started the session by exposing to the students the endless opportunities and prospects in different technological fields. What followed were a sharing session by our graduate, and conversations with the admission team.

Best wishes to all the F.6 students in their DSE results and future studies!

The following faculty participated in the sessions:

Dr Sammy Chan, Dr Rosa Chan, Dr Leanne Chan, Dr Ray Cheung, Dr Bernard Chiu, Dr Derek Pao, Prof H C So, Dr Wallace Tang, Dr Steve Wong, and Dr Alex Wong

Dr. LM Cheng joined EE in 1989, he served as the Team Leader of Computer Engineering and worked on industrial relations and industrial projects. Dr. SH Leung joined EE in 1987, he contributed substantially as EE Associate Head, Team Leader of Digital and Mobile Communications, and Lead of EE Laboratories. Dr. Alan Yeung joined EE in 1990, he was the Director of EE Computer and Networking Support Team and IE Assistant Programme Leader. They are devoted faculty, very helpful to students, and very supportive of the department.

A farewell party was organized for them on June 18, 2020 to thank their untiring services. The party was joined by more than 90 faculty and staff. Some sharing faculty joined on site and the others joined through Zoom. In the party, our EE Head, Professor Stella Pang acknowledged their contributions and dedicated services for over three decades. Dr. Cheng, Dr. Leung and Dr. Yeung also provided sharing of their long career and their retirement plan. All the participants enjoyed this warm moment and sent their blessings to them for a happy retirement life.

(From left to right) Dr. Alan Yeung, Dr. SH Leung, Professor Stella Pang, Professor Lin Dai and Dr. LM Cheng	Participants joined the party on site and via zoom

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Please access the EE sharing and Q&A sessions here:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/UrIgUwmwyhA
https://www.youtube.com/embed/LAlLb4q1CYQ
https://www.youtube.com/embed/R9yAUmPFRnQ

The PNS scheme aims to
1) Promote the importance of engineering study;
2) Engage the nominated F4 / F5 / F6 students from the school principals and provide mentorship;
3) Attend Guest lectures by EE Faculty members;
4) Gain hands-on experience in Lab session;
5) Develop CityU-EE Principal Nomination Scheme (PNS) community at High Schools.

The topic is “The Road from Engineering Students to Serial Entrepreneur”.

Soft skill is one of the crucial attributes for success in career. In the seminar, Dr Lam shared with students the different skills that add value to a university student, the considerations for the choice of further studies or starting a company, how to transfer a research project idea into a final product, and his own journey from engineering start-up to a successful entrepreneur.

Presentation materials are available here .

Under this research, a library of spreading profiles and corresponding model parameters is to be established based on the current results obtained for more accurate estimation of future outbreak in a specific population. Current progress has included Europe, Japan, South Korea, Iran, and more.

News release in Sing Tao Daily on March 19, 2020.

In order to maximize student learning through this new mode of class delivery, EE organized two ZOOM sharing sessions held on 5 February and 27 March where faculty actively shared their best practices on online teaching for lectures, labs, projects, presentations, and tests. To prepare faculty for the upcoming examinations held in May, apart from all best practices shared at the briefing, it also served as a good opportunity to collect different suggestions from faculty in formulating the departmental guidelines on online tests/examinations.

Our faculty’s resilience in the face of adversity is indeed admirable. We all adapt differently and we will all adapt together.