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Awards
2023
The top 2% of the world’s most highly cited scientists by Stanford University in 2022
ASME Outstanding Paper Award, ASME 17th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Washington DC, USA, 10 – 12 July.
Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days (IGED), Invention Name: Electricity-free Cooling Ceramic, Silver Medal.
Gold Award, TERA-Award Smart Energy Innovation Competition (US$1,000,000)
ASME Outstanding Paper Award, ASME 17th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Washington DC, USA, 10 – 12 July.
2022
CityU Outstanding Research Award 2022 for Junior Faculty
Selected by CityU to participate the 2022 InnoTech Expo <<創科博覽>> 香港特區成立25周年科研成果展, Dec 12 - 22, 2022
The top 2% of the world’s most highly cited scientists by Stanford University in 2021
Selected by HK government bureaus/departments to promote Daytime Passive Radiative Coolers and Thermochromic Smart Windows to the general public, Hong Kong Science Museum, Aug 30, 2022
ASME Outstanding Paper Award, ASME 16th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 11 – 13 July.
第7屆中國國際”互聯網+”大學生創新創業大賽 優秀創新創業導師
Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days (IGED), Special Edition 2022. Invention Name: An Intelligent and Thermal-responsive Window for Indoor Thermal Management and Energy-saving in Buildings, Gold Medal (金獎)
ASME Outstanding Paper Award, ASME 16th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 11 – 13 July.
2021
The top 2% of the world’s most highly cited scientists by Stanford University in 2020
The HKIE Best Transaction Paper Prize with Prof. Michael Leung and Prof. Wei Wu
International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada (iCAN 2021).
Invention Name: An Intelligent and Thermally-responsive Window (ITRW) for Indoor Thermal Management and Energy-saving in Buildings.
Gold Medal, Canadian Special Award, Best Invention Video Award
Selected by HK government bureaus/departments to promote Daytime Passive Radiative Coolers and Thermochromic Smart Windows to the general public, Hong Kong Science Museum, Aug 30, 2022
HKIE Environmental Division, Champion, Environmental Paper Award for the Paper
“An Energy-free and Low-cost Daytime Passive Radiative Cooling Paint for Energy Saving in Buildings and Decarbonization”
Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days (IGED), Special Edition 2021
Invention Name: An Energy-Free, Low-Cost and High Cooling Performance Passive Radiative Cooling Technology for Building Applications
GCJ Medal: Gold with Congratulations of the Jury (評審團特別嘉許金獎) (i.e. highest award received inby Hong Kong teams in IGED 2021, and a Congratulations Letter received from CityU President, Prof. Way Kuo)
2019
Hanson I&T Outstanding Awards & Best Innovation Award, “Low-Cost High Performance Daytime Passive Radiative Cooling in Building Applications” with Prof. Christopher Chao (Dean of Engineering and Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong), Energy Saving Championship Scheme, Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD), HKSAR
2018
The HKIE Best Transactions Paper Prize with Prof. Christopher Chao, Mr. X.J. Wang, and Mr. B. Traipattanakul
The Best Paper Award, 4(th) International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (COBEE 2018), Melbourne, Australia
2016
PhD Research Excellence Award, School of Engineering, HKUST
2015
Fulbright – Research Grant Council (RGC) Hong Kong Research Scholar Award
2014
Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowship for Postgraduate Study
2013
JEC Outstanding Engineering Project Award, Jardine Engineering Co., 2(nd) runner up
Research Paper Award (Third Prize), Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Conference on Low Carbon Town and Physical Energy Storage, Changsha, China
2012
HKUST One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition, 1(st) runner up
Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Award
Ove Arup Research Prize Award
2010
Final Year Design Project (FYDP): Development of a Torsional Wave Demonstrator (displayed in the Hong Kong Science Museum till 2018)
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