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HKUST 2011-2012 Annual Report
Calendar of Events
2012
JAN
■
The
HKUST President’s
Outstanding Service Awards
were
presented to three non-teaching
staff members in recognition of their
exceptional service and dedication to
the betterment of the University.
■
A
Joint University Workshop
on Biomedical Engineering
was organized by the Division of
Biomedical Engineering and the
University of Tokyo.
■
The
Ocean Modeling Training
Workshop
was held at HKUST,
becoming the first workshop of
its kind in South and East Asia
to provide training in advanced
numerical ocean modeling to
scientists.
■
A
Joint Workshop and Executive
Forum on Intelligent Living
was held, focusing on the themes
of smart buildings, internet
infrastructure, mobile computing
and biomedical systems. The forum,
co-organized by HKUST and MIT, was
sponsored by Hong Kong Innovation
and Technology Commission.
■
Prof Nancy Ip, Dean of Science,
and her research team made
breakthrough discoveries in
signaling mechanisms in brain
development
with far-reaching
implications for biomedicine.
The findings were published in
Nature Neuroscience
.
FEB
■
A
running squad of HKUST
alumni
made its debut at the
Standard Chartered Hong Kong
Marathon. Spearheaded by President
Tony F Chan, the HKUST squad was
powered by the 1-HKUST spirit.
■
The
HKUST-NIE Social Media
Laboratory
, established with a
donation of HK$2 million from Mr
Bill Nie, was officially opened as Asia’s
first research laboratory specializing
in the study of social media culture
and technologies.
■
The Business Council of APEC
organized a
special session on
Innovation and Technology
Transfer
at HKUST. Prominent
international speakers from the APEC
Business Advisory Council and the
Skolkovo Foundation participated.
■
President Tony F Chan led a
delegation of School Deans with
Vice-President for Institutional
Advancement Dr Eden Y Woon to
visit seven universities and one
institution in North America
including Stanford, Caltech, UCLA,
USC and Google.
■
Prof Ching W Tang, the first Chinese
Wolf Prize Laureate in Chemistry
gave a HKUST Institute for Advanced
Study
Distinguished Lecture on
organic light emitting diodes
(OLEDs) and organic solar cells
.
Prof Tang is also referred to as the
father of OLEDs.
MAR
■
The
Alumni Endowment Fund
was
launched, and alumni Dr Jack Lau
and Mr Kent Hau pledged dollar-for-
dollar personal matching up to
HK$2 million each.
■
The
Long Service Award
was
presented to 237 staff members in
recognition of their 20 years’ loyal
service to the University.
■
The
4th Symposium on Risk
Management and Business
Intelligence
was held, featuring
prominent speakers from Cathay
Pacific Airways, CLP Power HK Ltd,
JP Morgan, Datatrade Limited, IBM
China/Hong Kong Ltd, BrainChild Inc
and Gartner Inc.
■
A
HKUST Environmental Forum
on Climate Change Adaptations
drew keynote speakers from the
University of Illinois, Academia Sinica
and HKUST’s Prof Joseph Lee, Vice-
President for Research and Graduate
Studies.
■
The School of Humanities and Social
Science signed a
Memorandum of
Understanding with Sun Yat-sen
University
to offer joint training
and research programs with a global
China focus.
■
The
HKUST LED-FPD Technology
R&D Center at Foshan
, jointly
established by HKUST and Nanhai
Government, was officially opened.
The Nanhai Government provided
start-up funding of RMB25 million
and 1,800 sq m of space.
■
The
HKUST Arts Festival 2012
was
organized by the University’s Center
for the Arts. Workshops, field trips,
seminars, talks, exhibitions, and
various types of performances were
included in the program.
■
The
Hong Kong Physics Olympiad
2012
attracted over 1,100 high
school students. The annual event is
run by the Department of Physics to
nurture talented youngsters.
