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mr colin tsang
, Division of Life Science, received
the Grand Prize, Audience Choice Award and Voice
Choice Award at FameLab Hong Kong.
ms emily
ming wai Siu
, Division of Life Science, became first
runner-up. HKUST was named Best Institution for
sending the largest number of contestants to the
competition.
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PhD candidate
mr Siyuan wang
,
Department of Chemistry, was one
of eight recipients of the 2012-13
RGC-Fulbright Hong Kong Junior
Scholar Award. He will be
affiliated with the Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry at the
University of Colorado Boulder
for 10 months to conduct PhD
dissertation research.
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mr Kin lam
, Department of Physics, won the
Best Poster Award for “Information Processing by
Dynamical Synapses in Continuous Attractor Neural
Networks” at the 15th Annual Conference of the
Physical Society of Hong Kong. He discovered a
mechanism by which spiking neurons can enhance
the resolution of the neural system. PhD student
mr Ying Hoi lai
, Nano Science and Technology
Program of the School of Science, received the Best
Student Presentation Award for his talk on “MgS
Schottky Barrier Devices: a Candidate for Solar-blind
UV Sensing” at the same conference. He successfully
prepared novel materials and determined exceptional
properties that are suitable for a number of civilian
and military applications.
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ms Hiu tung to
,
mr nelson lik ching leung
and
mr Jung Ho Park
, Department of Chemistry, were
the second runner-up in the Hong Kong Chemistry
Olympiad 2012.
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ms Yonnie Ying Kiu Fu
,
Department of Physics, represented
Hong Kong at the World Archery
Youth Championship 2011 in
Legnica, Poland.
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A
HKUSt team
won the Best Presentation Award
at the Asia Regional Jamboree of the International
Genetically Engineered Machine Competition and
was one of 18 teams to go to MIT for the final
competition.
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PhD student
mr daniel Yiu wing
mo
, Department of Industrial
Engineering and Logistics
Management, was awarded the Sir
Edward Youde Memorial Fellowship
2010-11.
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