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“We are all different — but we share the same human spirit.”

- Stephen Hawking -

 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 

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Prof. Martin ZHU Yihao

Adjunct Professor

Department of Management,

College of Business, CityUHK

yihaozhu2@cityu.edu.hk

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

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Dr. Cherry BAI Shengxi

Post-doctoral Fellow

 

Office: G5316
shengbai-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

Research Interests:

Adsorption; Atmospheric water harvesting


Academic Qualifications:

PhD

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Dr. LI Xin

Post-doctoral Fellow

 

Office: LI2201

lixin.k@cityu.edu.hk

Research Interests:

Smart Window


Academic Qualifications:

PhD in Materials Science

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Dr. FIRDOUS Irum

Post-doctoral Fellow

 

Office: LI2201

ifirdous2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

Research Interests:

Self-powered wearable electronics, Advanced electroanalytical and electro-mapping


Academic Qualifications:

PhD in Energy and Environment

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Dr. FAHIM Muhammad

Post-doctoral Fellow

 

Office: LI2201

mfahim2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

Research Interests:

Perovskite solar cells


Academic Qualifications:

PhD in Energy and Environment

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Dr. LI Xinyue

Post-doctoral Fellow

 

Office: LI2201

xinyue.li@cityu.edu.hk

Research Interests:

Indoor built environment, IoT and building energy system control

 


Academic Qualifications:

PhD in Building Environment and Energy Engineering

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Prof. LIN Kaixin

Global Research Assistant Professor

School of Energy and Environment, CityUHK

 

Office: G7606

johnny.lin@cityu.edu.hk

Research Interests:

Passive radiative cooling, Thermal transfer, Coating, Green building, Building envelope material


Academic Qualifications:

PhD in Energy and Environment

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Dr. FU Yang

Post-doctoral Fellow

 

Office: LI2201

yang.fu@cityu.edu.hk

Research Interests:

Radiative cooling, Thermal management and Plasmonic heating


Academic Qualifications:

PhD in Materials Science and Engineering

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Dr. WANG Wenqi

Post-doctoral Fellow

 

Office: LI2201

wenqi.wang@cityu.edu.hk

Research Interests:

Radiative Cooling


Academic Qualifications:

PhD in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics

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Dr. JIANG Cancheng

Post-doctoral Fellow

 

Office: G5316

canjiang@cityu.edu.hk

Research Interests:

Radiative cooling, thermochromic smart windows


Academic Qualifications:

PhD in Thermal Energy

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Dr. LYU Dong

Post-doctoral Fellow

 

Office: G5316

donglv3-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

Research Interests:

Smart windows, water and energy harvesting


Academic Qualifications:

PhD in Biomedical Sciences

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Dr. Kelly CHEN Siru

Post-doctoral Fellow

 

Research Interests:

Passive radiative cooling, smart textile

 


Academic Qualifications:

PhD in Energy and Environment

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Dr. HO Tsz Chung

Post-doctoral Fellow

 

 

Office: G5316

TC.Ho@cityu.edu.hk

Research Interests:

Heat and Mass Transfer; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); Combustion

Academic Qualifications:

PhD in Mechanical Engineering

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Dr. WANG Chuyao

Post-doctoral Fellow

 

Office: LI2201

chuywang@cityu.edu.hk

Research Interests:

Solar PV/T utilization, Advanced building envelope, Indoor thermal/daylighting environment


Academic Qualifications:

PhD in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics

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Dr. DU Jiayu

Post-doctoral Fellow

 

Office: LI2201

jiayudu@cityu.edu.hk

Research Interests:

Droplet impact dynamics, Efficient liquid cooling, Superhydrophobic/superhydrophilic


Academic Qualifications:

PhD, Tsinghua University

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Dr. WONG Man Yi

Post-doctoral Fellow

 

Office: LI2201

mywong342-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

Research Interests:

Heat transfer, solar steam generation, advanced nano-technologies, water harvesting, and electrokinetic power generation


Academic Qualifications:

PhD in Energy and Environment

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Dr. TAN Jie

Post-doctoral Fellow

 

Office: LI2201

jie.tan@cityu.edu.hk

Research Interests:

Thermal energy storage, Electrowetting, Superhydrophobic surfaces, and Digital Mircofluidics


Academic Qualifications:

PhD in Mechanical Engineering

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Dr. LI Xiaojuan

Post-doctoral Fellow

Office: LI2201

xiaojli@cityu.edu.hk

Research Interests:

Superhydrophobic surfaces, solid-liquid systems


Academic Qualifications:

PhD in Materialogy

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PhD/MPhil Students

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Mr. Frank H. HE

PhD student, Cohort 2022

Office: LI2201

3304053493@qq.com

Research Interests:

Hybrid perovskites

Academic Qualifications:

BEng. South China University of Technology MSc. Hubei University

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Miss. KWOK Chui Ting

PhD student, Cohort 2023

Office: G5316

chuitkwok3-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

Research Interests:

Carbon dots as radiative cooling dyes


Academic Qualifications:

BSc in Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

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Mr. LI Ze

PhD student, Cohort 2023

Office: LI2201

zeli32-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

Research Interest:

Heat Transfer, Passive radiative cooling


Academic Qualifications:

Master degree in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics

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Mr. LI Hao

PhD student, Cohort 2024

Office: G5316

haoli258-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

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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Mr. HUEN Chun Pan

PhD student, Cohort 2025

Office: G5316

cphuen2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

Research Interest:

Passive Radiative Cooling


Academic Qualifications:

BEng in Mechanical Engineering

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Miss. QIU Yun

PhD student, Cohort 2023

Office: NSB

yun.qiu@my.cityu.edu.hk

Research Interest:

Techno-economic analysis, Life cycle analysis of technology


Academic Qualifications:

Bachelor of Economics

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Mr. LIANG Lin

PhD student, Cohort 2022

Office: G5316

linliang4-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

Research Interests:

Passive radiative cooling, Heat Transfer

Academic Qualifications:

BEng. Harbin Engineering University, MEng. Xi'an Jiaotong University

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Miss ZHOU Yiying

PhD student, Cohort 2023

Office: LI2201

yyjzhou2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

Research Interest:

Heat and Mass Transfer; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)


Academic Qualifications:

BEng. GuangXi University

MEng. Xi'an Jiaotong University

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Mr. ZHANG Rui

PhD student, Cohort 2024

Office: LI2201

rzhang339-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

Research Interest:

Perovskite Thermochromic Smart Windows


Academic Qualifications:

MSc in Chemical engineering

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Miss. LU Yu

PhD student, Cohort 2024

Office: LI2201

yulu57-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

Research Interest:

Radiative Cooling, Window, Building Energy Management


Academic Qualifications:

Master of Engineering (Vehicle Engineering)

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Mr. LI Haotian

PhD student, Cohort 2025

Office: LI2201

haotiali7-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

Research Interest:

Thermal Energy Management


Academic Qualifications:

Master of Energy and Power Engineering

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Mr. Luke CHAO

MPhil student, Cohort 2021

lukechao@cityu.edu.hk

Research Interests:

Mathematical simulation in various physical phenomena

Academic Qualifications:

Mathematical simulation in various physical phenomena

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Mr. CHEN Xu

PhD student, Cohort 2023

Office: LI2201

xche23-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

Research Interest:

Radiative cooling and smart window


Academic Qualifications:

Master degree

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Miss. SHI Qiuyi

PhD student, Cohort 2024

Office: LI2201

qiuyishi-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

Research Interest:

Thermochromic Smart Windows


Academic Qualifications:

BEng. China University of Mining and Technology

Msc. Imperial College London

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Mr. LIU Jiuwei

PhD student, Cohort 2025

Office: G5316

jiuweiliu2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

Research Interest:

Green Building Technology, Building Energy Conservation, Radiative Cooling


Academic Qualifications:

MSc in Building Performance and Sustainability, National University of Singapore (NUS)

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Miss. YANG Zixin

PhD student, Cohort 2025

Office: G5316

zixiyang8-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

Research Interest:

Building Environment


Academic Qualifications:

Master of Engineering in Architecture

Research Assistant

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Miss. Natalie CHUNG Ka Tung

Office: G5316

katchung2@cityu.edu.hk

Research Interests:

Passive radiative cooling

Academic Qualifications:

Master

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Miss. ZHOU Yue

Office: LI2201

yzhou947@cityu.edu.hk

Research Interests:

Passive radiative cooling, heat and mass transfer

Academic Qualifications:

Master

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