“We are all different — but we share the same human spirit.”
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Principal Investigator
Ir Prof. Edwin C.Y. TSO
Associate Dean (Internationalisation and Outreach)
Associate Professor
BEng(Hons), MPhil, PhD, CEng, YFHKEng, FInstMC, MHKIE, MCIBSE, MIMechE, MISIAQ, MHKGBC, MASME, RPE
RGC Research Fellow 2024/25
NSFC Excellent Young Scientist Fund (Cat. B) 2025 Recipient
Top 2% of the World’s Most Highly Cited Scientists
in Mechanical Engineering Since 2020
Programme Director:
Fostering Innovation for Resilience and Sustainable Transformation (FIRST),
UN International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development (2024-2033)
Office: YEUNG-G5441
Email: chiytso@cityu.edu.hk
Research Interests:
Passive Radiative Cooling; Thermochromic Smart Windows; Solar Energy and Water Harvesting; Heat Transfer; Building Thermal Management; Thermofluids; Energy Conversion; Indoor Built Environment; Energy Efficient Building Technology
Post-doctoral Fellows
Prof. Martin ZHU Yihao
Adjunct Professor
Department of Management,
College of Business, CityUHK
Research Interests:
Heat transfer, energy conversion, and engineered materials
Academic Qualifications:
BEng in Water Supply and Drainage Engineering, South China University of Technology;
MSc in Intelligent Building Management and Technology, HKUST;
PhD in Energy and Environment, CityUHK
Dr. Cherry BAI Shengxi
Post-doctoral Fellow
Office: G5316
shengbai-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Research Interests:
Adsorption; Atmospheric water harvesting
Academic Qualifications:
PhD
Research Interests:
Smart Window
Academic Qualifications:
PhD in Materials Science
Research Interests:
Self-powered wearable electronics, Advanced electroanalytical and electro-mapping
Academic Qualifications:
PhD in Energy and Environment
Research Interests:
Perovskite solar cells
Academic Qualifications:
PhD in Energy and Environment
Research Interests:
Indoor built environment, IoT and building energy system control
Academic Qualifications:
PhD in Building Environment and Energy Engineering
Dr. GAO Yikui
Post-doctoral Fellow
Office: G5316
Research Interests:
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs)
Academic Qualifications:
PhD in Materials Science
Prof. LIN Kaixin
Global Research Assistant Professor
School of Energy and Environment, CityUHK
Office: G7606
Research Interests:
Passive radiative cooling, Thermal transfer, Coating, Green building, Building envelope material
Academic Qualifications:
PhD in Energy and Environment
Research Interests:
Radiative cooling, Thermal management and Plasmonic heating
Academic Qualifications:
PhD in Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests:
Radiative Cooling
Academic Qualifications:
PhD in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics
Research Interests:
Radiative cooling, thermochromic smart windows
Academic Qualifications:
PhD in Thermal Energy
Research Interests:
Smart windows, water and energy harvesting
Academic Qualifications:
PhD in Biomedical Sciences
Dr. Kelly CHEN Siru
Post-doctoral Fellow
Research Interests:
Passive radiative cooling, smart textile
Academic Qualifications:
PhD in Energy and Environment
Research Interests:
Heat and Mass Transfer; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); Combustion
Academic Qualifications:
PhD in Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests:
Solar PV/T utilization, Advanced building envelope, Indoor thermal/daylighting environment
Academic Qualifications:
PhD in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics
Research Interests:
Droplet impact dynamics, Efficient liquid cooling, Superhydrophobic/superhydrophilic
Academic Qualifications:
PhD, Tsinghua University
Research Interests:
Heat transfer, solar steam generation, advanced nano-technologies, water harvesting, and electrokinetic power generation
Academic Qualifications:
PhD in Energy and Environment
Research Interests:
Thermal energy storage, Electrowetting, Superhydrophobic surfaces, and Digital Mircofluidics
Academic Qualifications:
PhD in Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests:
Superhydrophobic surfaces, solid-liquid systems
Academic Qualifications:
PhD in Materialogy
PhD/MPhil Students
Research Interests:
Hybrid perovskites
Academic Qualifications:
BEng. South China University of Technology MSc. Hubei University
Research Interests:
Carbon dots as radiative cooling dyes
Academic Qualifications:
BSc in Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Research Interest：
Heat Transfer, Passive radiative cooling
Academic Qualifications：
Master degree in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics
Research Interest：
Radiative Cooling and Evaporative Cooling
Academic Qualifications：
BEng. China University of Mining and Technology
Msc. National University of Singapore
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Research Interest：
Passive Radiative Cooling
Academic Qualifications：
BEng in Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest：
Techno-economic analysis, Life cycle analysis of technology
Academic Qualifications：
Bachelor of Economics
Research Interests:
Passive radiative cooling, Heat Transfer
Academic Qualifications:
BEng. Harbin Engineering University, MEng. Xi'an Jiaotong University
Research Interest：
Heat and Mass Transfer; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Academic Qualifications：
BEng. GuangXi University
MEng. Xi'an Jiaotong University
Research Interest：
Perovskite Thermochromic Smart Windows
Academic Qualifications：
MSc in Chemical engineering
Research Interest：
Radiative Cooling, Window, Building Energy Management
Academic Qualifications：
Master of Engineering (Vehicle Engineering)
Research Interest：
Thermal Energy Management
Academic Qualifications：
Master of Energy and Power Engineering
Research Interests:
Mathematical simulation in various physical phenomena
Academic Qualifications:
Mathematical simulation in various physical phenomena
Research Interest：
Radiative cooling and smart window
Academic Qualifications：
Master degree
Research Interest：
Thermochromic Smart Windows
Academic Qualifications：
BEng. China University of Mining and Technology
Msc. Imperial College London
Research Interest：
Green Building Technology, Building Energy Conservation, Radiative Cooling
Academic Qualifications：
MSc in Building Performance and Sustainability, National University of Singapore (NUS)
Research Interest：
Building Environment
Academic Qualifications：
Master of Engineering in Architecture
Research Assistant
Research Interests:
Passive radiative cooling
Academic Qualifications:
Master
Research Interests:
Passive radiative cooling, heat and mass transfer
Academic Qualifications:
Master
