Research Areas – Overview

Electrical Engineering is recognized as an area of strength at CityUHK in terms of international competitiveness. Achievements by EE faculty members have received international recognitions from a number of prestigious professional bodies and national academies. The department currently boasts:

• Seventeen Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Two Fellows of the UK Royal Academy of Engineering
• One Elected Member of the Academia Europaea
• One Elected Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
• One Fellow of the American Vacuum Society (AVS)
• One Fellow of the Electrochemical Society (ECS)
• Four Fellows of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (FHKIE)
• One Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IARP)
• One Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
• Two Fellows of the Optica (formerly Optical Society of America (OSA))
• One Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
• Two Senior Research Fellows of the Croucher Foundation
• Two Fellows of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Science (FHKAES)
• One Awardee of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) - Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macao)

The profile of the faculty members of this level puts the department amongst the best in Hong Kong. Synergy of the faculty members has been enhanced through the following research themes:

• Antenna Design
• Big Data, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence
• Bioinformatics
• Biomedical Systems, Biosensors, and Bioelectronics
• Computer Engineering
• Control Systems and Optimization
• Microelectronic Devices and Circuits
• Nanotechnology and Nanodevices
• Networking and Internet of Things
• Photonics
• Power Electronics and Systems
• Signal and Image Processing
• Terahertz and Millimeter Waves
• Wireless Communications

Our excellence in research strengths and achievements have also enabled the establishments of a number of research centers including:

• State Key Laboratory of Terahertz and Millimeter Waves
• Centre for Chaos and Complex Networks
• Centre for Biosystems, Neuroscience, and Nanotechnology
• Centre for Smart Energy Conversion and Utilization Research

Notably, the State Key Laboratory of Terahertz and Millimeter Waves was established in 2008 with the support and approval of the Ministry of Science and Technology, PRC, as the only State Key Laboratory in Hong Kong in the engineering discipline.

Last Updated : 24 May 2024