Past events

Our previous events

TechTalk

Innovation in MRI: Back to the Future?
All members of the HKU community and the general public are welcome to join!
Speaker: Professor Jürgen Hennig, Department of Radiology and Medical Physics, University Medical Center Freiburg
Date: 2nd March 2023 (Thursday)
Time: 4:30pm
Venue: Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing Two
Mode: Mixed mode with limited on-site participants 

Inno Wing Two
Second Research Exhibition

DIGITIZATION

Thirteen cutting-edge engineering research projects led by Professors in the Faculty of Engineering are exhibited in the Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing Two and Metaverse.
Four of them will be displayed in Metaverse.

Time: 9:30am – 7pm on weekdays, and 9:30am – 1pm on Saturdays
Venue: Innovation Wing Two / Metaverse

TechTalk

Adaptable AI-enabled Robots to Create a Vibrant Society – Moonshot R&D Program in Japan –
All members of the HKU community and the general public are welcome to join!
Speaker: Professor Yasuhisa Hirata, Professor, Department of Robotics, Tohoku University
Date: 23rd February 2023 (Thursday)
Time: 4:30pm
Venue: Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing Two
Mode: Mixed mode with limited on-site participants 

TechTalk

Understanding the Turkey-Syria Earthquakes with Methane Gas Refined Fault Theory of Tectonic Earthquakes
All members of the HKU community and the general public are welcome to join!
Speaker: Professor Zhong-qi Quentin YUE, Professor in Geotechnical Engineering Department of Civil Engineering, HKU
Date: February 14, 2023 (Tuesday)
Time: 4:30pm
Venue: Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing Two
Mode: Mixed mode with limited on-site participants 

TechTalk

Defect Tolerant Brain-inspired Computing with Memristors
All members of the HKU community and the general public are welcome to join!
Speaker: Dr Can Li, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, HKU
Date: February 9, 2023 (Thursday)
Time: 4:30pm
Venue: Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing Two
Mode: Mixed mode with limited on-site participants 

TechTalk

Search and Rescue in Rubble Piles
All members of the HKU community and the general public are welcome to join!
Speaker: Professor Satoshi Tadokoro, Director and Professor of Tough Cyberphysical AI Research Center, Tohoku University
Date: February 21, 2023 (Tuesday)
Time: 3:00pm
Venue: Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing Two
Mode: Mixed mode with limited on-site participants 

Workshop

Build Your Dream House in Virtual World

Date: February 15 and 22 (Wednesday), 2023
Time: 3:00 – 5:30 pm
Venue: Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing One, HKU

Workshop

Using content creator suite to create VR application

Date: February 1 and 8 (Wednesday), 2023
Time: 2:30 – 6:00 pm
Venue: Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing One, HKU

Tech Talk

Non-Fourier Phonon Heat Conduction: Ballistic, Coherent, Localized, Hydrodynamic, and Divergent Modes
All members of the HKU community and the general public are welcome to join!
Speaker: Professor Gang Chen , Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: January 19, 2022 (Thursday)
Time: 2:30pm
Venue: Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing Two
Mode: Mixed mode with limited on-site participants 

Pitching

Pitch your innovative ideas 2023

Pitch your ideas and grow your own community of passion and interest. An opportunity to get a maximum of HK$100K funding support to further develop the ideas.

Proposal submission deadline: 11:59pm, January 31st, 2023

Sharing

Sharing by Inno Wing robot teams
Date: January 18, 2023 (Wednesday)
Time: 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Venue: Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing One

Workshop

2-day beginner workshop
Robot - Firmware
Date: December 16 (Monday) & 20 (Friday), 2023
Time: 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Venue: Makerspace A, Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing One

Tech Talk

(RE)-Ba-Cu-O Single Grain Bulk Superconductors with Improved Superconducting and Mechanical Properties
All members of the HKU community and the general public are welcome to join!
Speaker: Professor David Cardwell, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Strategy and Planning and Professor of Superconducting Engineering, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Date: January 16, 2023 (Monday)
Time: 2:30pm
Venue: Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing Two
Mode: Mixed mode with limited on-site participants 

Student-initiated courses

Technology-related courses available in Sem 1, 22/23

Research Highlight
(new exhibition)

High-speed Laser-scanning Biological Microscopy using FACED
Principal Investigator: Professor Kevin Tsia, Professor (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering) and Program Director of Biomedical Engineering Program
Venue: Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing Two

 

Tech Talk

Mechanomaterials: connecting mechanics to materials innovations and challenges
All members of the HKU community and the general public are welcome to join!
Speaker: Professor Huajian Gao, Distinguished University Professor of Nanyang Technological University and Scientific Director of Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR
Date: December 14, 2022 (Wendesday)
Time: 2:30pm
Venue: Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing Two
Mode: Mixed mode with limited on-site participants 

Tech Talk

An Innovative Way of Water Resources Management for Sustainable Development: Utilization of Atmospheric Water Resources
All members of the HKU community and the general public are welcome to join!
Speaker: Professor Ji Chen, Professor of Water and Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, HKU
Date: December 15, 2022 (Thursday)
Time: 4:30pm
Venue: Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing Two
Mode: Mixed mode with limited on-site participants 

The 7th Engineering InnoShow

Let your Dreams Fly​
  • Project submission: by 12:00nn, Nov 21, 2022 (Monday) 
  • Showcase date: November 30, 2022 (Wednesday), 4:00pm – 6:30pm
  • Venue: Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing One (Physical showcase) 
  • Award ceremony at 6:00pm (Physical ceremony + broadcast on metaverse)

Workshop

"Push It To The Limit"
A RC car experience event

Date: November 23, 2022 (Wednesday)
Time: 3:00 – 5:00pm
Venue: Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing One, HKU