Under the supervision of Dr. Edwin Tso, the team formed by Miss Yuwei Du (PhD student), Dr. Sai Liu (Postdoc) and Dr. Yihao Zhu (Postdoc) won the Gold Award in the 8^th China International College Students 'Internet+' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.  This Gold Award winning team will be the only team representing Hong Kong to participate in the national Quarter Finals.

The winning team proposed an intelligent thermo-responsive window for building thermal management and energy-saving. This window features outstanding solar modulation ability, bringing in promising thermo-regulating and energy-saving performance. By demonstrating the competitive R&D advancement and full-fledged business plan, their potential to achieve remarkable commercialization and dissemination results was validated by the judging panels. It is expected that the successful implementation of their proposed idea can bring about 10% of building energy savings to Hong Kong, aiding in sustainable development and mitigating climate change.

Group photo with Professor Sun Dong, JP, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, HKSAR Government (6^th from right) and Professor Raymond Chan, Vice-President (Student Affairs), CityU (5^th from right).

The Gold Award winning team and Professor Raymond Chan, Vice-President (Student Affairs), CityU (2^nd from left).

Besides, Dr. Jiaxin Guo (Previously Postdoc), Mr. Jiawei Sun (PhD student), and Dr. Pak Wai Wong (Postdoc) from Dr. Alicia An’s research team won the Silver Award in the same competition after stringent selection. The award-winning project “A Novel Reusable Antivirus Non-Toxic Visible-light Driven Photocatalytic ZIF-8 Loaded Fabrics” aims at manufacturing advanced photocatalytic fibre which can inhibit the growth of pathogens to protect human health in the presence of visible light.

Under the supervision from Dr. Alicia An, SEE students and postdocs won the Silver Medal with the project “A Novel Reusable Antivirus Non-Toxic Visible-light Driven Photocatalytic ZIF-8 Loaded Fabrics”.

The Silver Award winning team.

Organised by Ministry of Education, the United Front Work Department of CPC Central Committee, Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, this competition provides an entrepreneurial platform for young talents to exchange their business idea with experts and professional judges. 

More details about this competition:  https://cy.ncss.cn