Press Releases and Stories

2020

News
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Environmental Engineering: Environmental Sustainability, Energy
Novel Cathode Design Improves Battery Performance
A novel cathode design concept for lithium–sulfur battery substantially improves performance of next-generation battery used in smartphones, electric vehicles, and drones
Press Releases
Research, Pollution, Environmental Engineering: Environmental Sustainability
HKUST Study Finds City Lockdown Improves Air Quality May Delay 24,000 – 36,000 Early Death Cases
A team of researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) estimated that about 24,000 to 36,000 early mortality cases caused by air pollution may have been delayed due to Mainland China’s earlier mobility-restriction management (city lockdown*) to curb the spread of COVI

2019

News
Recognition, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Environmental Engineering: Environmental Sustainability
HKUST Professor ZHAO Tianshou Elected as Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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2017

News
Student Development, Partnership, Environmental Engineering: Environmental Sustainability, Teaching and Learning
Solar Energy Shines in Cambodia
To utilize the natural resources and reduce the operational cost of the orphanages, a group of HKUST students from Connect service learning program have spent the last two summers there to help build a solar energy system as the country is shiny for most of the time during the year.