新聞及香港科大故事

"We create our own happiness." Positive psychology is about creating our own happiness in a proactive manner. Psychological research suggested that we have a capacity to control our individual happiness. We hope by participating in the event, students would learn more about how these "happiness habit" work and then put them into practice in our daily life.

ORCID is a non-profit, cross-disciplinary effort to create and maintain a Registry of unique and persistent researcher identifiers. By the end of 2016, close to 3 million ORCID iDs have been created. Research funders and institutions worldwide are joining the effort to integrate ORCID iDs into their systems. At HKUST, EVPPO is requiring all faculty to have ORCID iDs and connect them to the HKUST Scholarly Publications Database (SPD).

With the support of Hong Kong Jockey Club and IBM Global Business Services (IBM GBS), 2016 fall term's Corporate Project "Go Paperless" is to help change work habits by reducing paper consumption in Hong Kong Jockey Club business units. The project aims at providing students with hands-on experience in solving complex real business problems and polishing their advanced skills in strategic thinking and executive communication.

香港科技大學（科大）的研究團隊，揭開了海洋底棲生物移遷及落戶棲息地機制的神秘面紗，這不僅有助團隊開發出可為航運業減少油耗的無毒防污損塗層，亦打開了未來研究之門，有望重整瀕危的海洋生態。 科大生命科學部講座教授錢培元，就生物膜如何影響珊瑚及貝類等海洋底棲動物尋覓棲息地的重大發現，獲中國國務院頒發2016年度國家自然科學二等獎。 一直以來，科學家集中研究環境變化如何影響海洋底棲生物，卻忽視了生物膜在底棲生物和環境之間的連接人角色。錢教授的團隊就這方面進行前瞻性研究，發現底棲生物的幼蟲於海洋中覓地進行繁衍時，主要是受到生物膜釋放的化學訊號影響而決定到那兒棲息，而非直接受環境所影響。因此透過操控這些訊號，科學家可將珊瑚、鮑魚及貝殼類等海洋生物，引領到較少污染的地區落戶繁殖，以確保它們可以健康成長，保護瀕危的物種免於滅絕，重塑海洋生態系統的平衡。 錢教授表示：「我們的研究成果為海洋資源的可持續發展提供了重要的參考價值，也展示了在全球氣候變化的影響下，海洋生態系統可能出現的變化趨勢。 」 錢教授亦利用有關成果，為生物污損的問題找到一種全新天然無毒的解決方案。海洋生物寄附於船身所引起的污損問題，不僅增加船舶燃料的損耗達40％，大大降低航行速度，甚至危害到國家安全，因為原本無法被雷達偵測的隱形軍艦，一旦受到海洋生物所黏附，行蹤便無所遁形。船舶和海軍軍艦一直以防污塗層作應對，但目前絕大多數坊間的塗層對海洋環境有害。而錢教授利用包括生物膜細菌所開發的天然防污塗料，卻不僅與傳統的同樣有效，且更為環保。錢教授至今已獲得12項防污天然化學品的專利。 傳媒查詢: 林淑媛 電話﹕2358 6313 電郵﹕anitalam@ust.hk

Illustrating the innovation at work at HKUST, Prof Neville Ka Shek Lee and his design team consisting of HKUST alumni have devised a novel way for seniors to wash in greater safety while retaining their independence The bathroom can be a dangerous place especially when you are a senior. The US National Institute of Aging has found that more than one in three aged 65 and over fall each year, with 80% taking place there. Heart attacks, scalding and fainting are other incidents that can frequently occur while bathing.

香港科技大學機械及航空航天工程學系應屆畢業生梁嘉朗，憑藉有關縮窄航運業與環保發展方針差距的論文，勇奪知名的國際工程大獎。 Arthur L Williston獎是美國機械工程師學會的年度獎項，而梁嘉朗則是首位獲得該項殊榮的香港人，亦為獎項成立62年來少數女性得獎者。她的獲獎論文名為「規管燃料選擇 — 縮窄國際海事組織現行標準與2025年溫室氣體排放目標的差距」（“Fuel Choice Regulation - The Way to Narrow the Gap Between Current IMO Marine Standard and 2025 Greenhouse Gas Emission Target”）。 機械工程學生及近屆畢業生可就專門公共服務範疇提交論文，獲選最佳論文的作者將贏得此獎項。梁嘉朗的論文聚焦於她對環境的關注，並闡述美國航運業如何能透過生物柴油、天然氣和核能降低二氧化碳排放，同時兼顧環保成效、技術成熟度、基建配套和生命週期成本等因素。 梁嘉朗表示：「雖然工程界一向由男性主導，但身為熱衷於環保工程的女性，我希望此獎項能使我獲得業界肯定。」 梁嘉朗表示科大幫助她了解到機械工程與日常生活息息相關，激發起她這方面的興趣。梁嘉朗希望以自身經歷鼓勵其他工程系女畢業生突破性別界限，勇於追求事業。「父母曾擔心我能否適應業界環境，但我認為現時業界對女性工程師已提供相當平等的工作環境。」 她又補充，「女性工程師最大的優勢是我們善於表達自己和傳達想法。 這正好彌補我們對比男性工程師體能上的不足。」 梁嘉朗在一家污水處理公司完成實習後，現已獲正式聘用，得以在業界一展所長。

The Division of Environment (ENVR) organized a one-day Climathon Conference titled Extreme Heat, Extreme Density - Problems and Solutions on 29 October 2016 which is the first time Climathon has launched their activity in Hong Kong. More than 100 undergraduate and postgraduate students, guests and members from the general public and intelligentsia (think tank, environmental NGOs, research institutes etc.) have registered and participated.

SCMP interviewed Prof. Jimmy FUNG, Head of Division of Environment, on 9 January 2017 for his comments on the air pollution peak problem in Hong Kong on last Sunday (8 January). Some people questioned if the toxic smog in northeast China could drift to Hong Kong with the arrival of monsoon winds. Prof. FUNG said that, based on the data from HKUST's Atmospheric and Environmental Database, there was no sign of connection between the very high PM2.5 concentration in northern China and that in Hong Kong. The data suggested that most of the pollutants were generated locally and regionally in Hong Kong and within the Pearl River Delta region.