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HKUST 2011-2012 Annual Report
Progress was made on the construction of
the HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School
Building at Nansha IT Park. Located on a
36,000 sq m site, the five-storey building
provides state-of-the-art laboratories, central
research and teaching facilities. A topping-
out ceremony for the building was held in
November 2011.
Fostering Mainland-Hong
Kong partnerships
In December 2011, the second part of a
major HKUST Science and Technology Forum
entitled “Guangzhou’s ‘12th Five-year Plan’:
Integration of Hong Kong and the Pearl River
Delta” was held at the School. As part of the Forum program, the School co-established the National Engineering Research
Center for Industrial Automation (South China Branch) to support local industry upgrading. A smart green building
initiative was launched in collaboration with ARUP, Gammon Construction Company Ltd, and James Law Cybertecture to
harness the School’s research center technologies in demonstrating the latest green building technologies.
Research excellence recognized
Leading academics at the School received a number of prestigious Chinese honors in 2011-12. The School’s Dean, Prof
Lionel Ni, was awarded a State Natural Science Award, Second Class, by the Chinese Government and was also among
the first batch of Hong Kong scholars to be selected to join the Ministry of Science and Technology Expert Database.
Former Dean Prof Tongxi Yu received the Grand Prize in the First Nansha Outstanding Contribution Awards. Prof Qian
Zhang, Director of the Division of Internet of Things, was the only recipient from Hong Kong to receive the coveted bi-
annual award recognizing Chinese Youth in Science and Technology.
The School’s Digital Life Research Center research program was selected for an outstanding achievement award from over
100 projects and more than 10 institutes and enterprises at the China National Computer Conference. Research included
wireless sensor network applications, a remote healthcare monitoring system, and internet of things for medical services.
A joint lab with LED chip manufacturer APT Electronics Ltd was established and a cooperation agreement signed related to
silica materials for LED packaging and commercialization of related products.
Innovative postgraduate studies
During 2011-12, the School started recruitment for a self-financed MPhil in Innovative Technologies Leadership. Students
will spend their first year at HKUST’s Clear Water Bay campus and the second year primarily at the School’s Nansha research
centers.
hkust FOK YING TUNG GRADUATE SCHOOL
HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School, situated in Nansha, Guangzhou, continued to deepen
its research and interdisciplinary postgraduate education and to strengthen the University’s
relationships within Mainland China. As a platform in the Mainland for HKUST, its four research
divisions focus on internet of things, advanced manufacturing and automation, advanced
engineering materials, and environment and sustainable development. It secured 50 projects
during the year, bringing the total number of projects to 131. The School also registered eight
patents and copyrights.
