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A HKUST research team comprising Dr Liu Yun-hao and doctorate student Li Mo has developed the world’s pioneering wireless sensor network surveillance system to promote coal mine safety. The system development has won for this research team the Grand Prize of the Hong Kong ICT Awards’ Best Innovation and Research Grand Award 2007. The team has introduced some highly innovative features into the system, allowing it to detect and alert irregularities in the coal mine including gas leakage, water seepage and oxygen enriched spots. For the first time, the system provides data about the environment in the coal mines in case of emergency, facilitating rescue work and allowing more informed decisions on mapping out escape routes.

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HKUST is hosting Hong Kong’s first Frontiers of Science Symposium jointly sponsored by the Royal Society of Britain and the Croucher Foundation, covering key research areas such as stem cell research and infectious diseases.The conference organizers invited 70 of the best and brightest young scientists from the UK and from local universities for three days (16-18 January) of scientific dialogue and discussions.The Frontiers of Science is an important platform for bilateral sharing of major scientific ideas and techniques between countries, cities or regions. The US and the UK have each organized a series of such bilateral conferences with other countries or regions in recent years.

Two research teams involving HKUST faculty members have won the State Natural Science Award (SNSA), China’s highest honor for achievements in natural science. At the award presentation ceremony today (Tuesday) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the team leaders received their prizes from Chinese leaders Hu Jintao, Wen Jiabao, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang. Both teams won the Second Class Prize of the SNSA award. The first award winning team with participation from HKUST’s faculty members was led by Prof Zhang Tongyi, HKUST’s Professor in Mechanical Engineering. Prof Zhang’s team won the prize for their research into the fracture of “Piezoelectric Materials”, which are smart materials that can convert electric energy into mechanical energy. The other team members are Professor Cunfa Gao and Prof Minghao Zhao from the Mainland and Prof Pin Tong, a Professor Emeritus from HKUST.