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HKUST Impact Case Studies
As part of UGC's Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in assessing the performance of the UGC-funded universities, HKUST submits impact case studies to showcase the University's local, regional and global research impact in health, technology, business, society and beyond, driven by world-class faculty and research excellence.
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Novel Approaches and Therapeutic Strategies for Meeting the Challenges of Dementia
- Field: Biological Sciences
- Faculty Involved: Prof Nancy Ip, Prof Karl Herrup
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Sustaining the Bird's Nest Industry and Development of Skincare and Skin Repair Products through Biotechnology
- Field: Biological Sciences
- Faculty Involved: Prof Karl Tsim, Prof Raymond W K Wong
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Nurturing Future Scientists and Engineers through Outreach Science Education
- Field: Physics and Astronomy
- Faculty Involved: Prof Michael Kwok Yee Wong, Prof Iam Keong Sou
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Aggregation-induced Emission Luminogens: Smart Materials with Hi-tech Applications
- Field: Chemistry
- Faculty Involved: Prof Benzhong Tang
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Tracking air pollution in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta - Foundation Laying for Evidence-based Air Quality Control Policies
- Field: Chemistry
- Faculty Involved: Prof Jianzhen Yu
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Addressing Pollution and Climate Change in Hong Kong's Marine Ecosystem and South China Waters Through Ocean Modeling
- Field: Mathematics and statistics
- Faculty Involved: Prof Jianping Gan
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Creating a High-resolution Air Quality Forecasting System for Hong Kong
- Field: Mathematics and Statistics
- Faculty Involved: Prof Jimmy FUNG
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Statistical and Computational Methods for Analyzing Genetic Data of East Asian Populations
- Field: Mathematics and statistics
- Faculty Involved: Prof Can Yang
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Innovative Location-based Technologies to Enable a Smart City: Wherami, Streamphony and Lavinet
- Field: Computer studies/science
- Faculty Involved: Prof Gary Chan
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IoT-based Healthcare Exploiting Novel Sensing and Asymmetric Communication System
- Field: Computer studies/science
- Faculty Involved: Prof Qian Zhang
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Implementation and Dissemination of LED Solid-state Lighting Enabled by Research on Advanced Packaging and Assembly Technologies
- Field: Mechanical engineering
- Faculty Involved: Prof Ricky Lee
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Geometric Optimization for Value Engineering in Architectural Design
- Field: Mechanical engineering
- Faculty Involved: Prof Ajay Joneja
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Towards the Future of Smart Green Buildings
- Field: Mechanical engineering
- Faculty Involved: Prof Christopher Chao, Prof Huihe Qiu
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Environmental Health Technologies for Healthier Living
- Field: Chemical engineering
- Faculty Involved: Prof King Lun Yeung
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The SANI® ™ Process – A Paradigm-shift Technology for Hong Kong Sewage Management
- Field: Civil engineering
- Faculty Involved: Prof Guanghao Chen
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Improving Equity Investment Practice in China's Financial Sector and Regulation of US Financial Disclosure
- Field: Accountancy
- Faculty Involved: Prof Haifeng You
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Corporate Governance Regulation
- Field: Economics and Finance
- Faculty Involved: Prof Kasper Meisner Nielsen
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Enhancing Education and Productivity by Addressing Myopia Among Rural School Children in China
- Field: Economics & Finance
- Faculty Involved: Prof Albert Park
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Informing Central Banks and Policymakers on Corporate Finance and the Real Economy
- Field: Economics & Finance
- Faculty Involved: Prof Vidhan Goyal
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Marketplace Implications of Consumer Beliefs About Obesity
- Field: Business
- Faculty Involved: Prof Anirban Mukhopadhyay
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Novel Quantitative Tools to Manage Viral Marketing Campaigns
- Field: Business
- Faculty Involved: Prof Ralf van der Lans
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Opening China’s Telecommunications Market for Hong Kong Investors
- Field: Business
- Faculty Involved: Prof Yan Xu