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HKUST 2012-13 Annual Report
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MPhil and PhD programs in Environmental
Science, Policy and Management were launched
in Fall 2012, with high-caliber students from Hong
Kong and Mainland China. Students included a
Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme awardee.
The Division of Biomedical Engineering worked
closely with the Schools of Science and
Engineering on major and minor programs in
Bioengineering. The programs facilitate the
close integration of biological, physical, and
computational sciences, and engineering.
EARLY BUSINESS VISION
Students from the Dual Degree Program in
Technology and Management formed teams with
peers from the University of Illinois to participate
in the Technology and Management International
Business Plan Competition 2013 in South Africa.
Highlights included learning about global
business development and entrepreneurship
opportunities in developing countries through
research and discussion, and cultural visits.
In a separate activity, Dual Degree students took
part in company-sponsored projects, providing
the students with business experience and
deeper insights into economic and technological
developments in Hong Kong.
CONFERENCES AND
COLLABORATIONS
Eminent scholars from overseas and Mainland
China gave more than 30 seminars during the
year, organized by the Division of Biomedical
Engineering. A short course on Physico-chemical
Concepts in Immunology and Virology was also
held, with Prof Arup Chakraborty, Robert T Haslam
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
and Biological Engineering at MIT, as the invited
speaker. Faculty, researchers, and students from
HKUST and other local universities participated.
The University’s first International Conference on
Biomedical Engineering and the Joint Scientific
Symposium of the Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong
University and Chiba University took place
in January and April 2013 respectively. The
conferences gathered together leading scientists
from around the world to exchange ideas and
promote academic-industrial and international
collaborations.
The Division of Environment held a workshop on
climate research opportunities with
Prof Peter Brimblecombe, University of East
Anglia, Dr Yi Ming, NOAA/Geophysical Fluid
Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton University, and
Prof Shaw Liu, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. It also
worked with the Division of Social Science and
National Taipei University on urban transport and
air pollution and CO
2
emissions. In addition,
Profs Chak Chan, Chi Ming Chan and Jian Yu
began collaborating with Profs Seinfeld and
Flagan of California Institute of Technology on
secondary atmospheric aerosols.