Congratulations to the students from the College of Science (CSCI) for winning three awards at the 10th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition!
We are thrilled to announce that CSCI students have secured three awards in this highly competitive competition, which saw participation from 470 projects across 21 tertiary institutions. Such remarkable achievement highlights the innovation and creativity of our talented students.
The three award-winning teams and projects are all from the Department of Chemistry:
| Award and Category | Mentor | Project Name | Team members |
| First Prize in Life Sciences (Innovation Category) | Prof. Yung-kang PENG, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry | Fast and Sensitive Real-time Photonic PCR Assisted by Plasmonic Magnetic Nanoparticles | Hua MI, Xinyu WU, Zhanping XIAO |
| Second Prize in Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering (Innovation Category) | Prof. Zonglong ZHU, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry | Sustainable and Eco-friendly Recovery Technologies for Emerging Photovoltaic | Ning WANG, Baoze LIU, Zexin YU, Francesco VANIN |
| Third Prize in Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering (Innovation Category) | Prof. Yung-kang PENG, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry | One-Step Synthesis of CeO2 Nanozyme on Free-Standing Porous Host to Combat Biofouling on Steel Surface | Chao ZHAO, Tianqi CHENG, Xinyu WU |
Congratulations to all the CSCI winning teams!
The Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, which was first held in 2015, is currently the largest and most representative competition for university students in Hong Kong. The competition encompasses both “innovation” and “entrepreneurship” and serves as a link to two of the most authoritative and renowned national competitions: the “Challenge Cup” and China International “Internet+”.