Research Center
Center For Electrical Energy Systems International Research center For Electric Vehicles Biomedical Engineering Research center
Center For Electrical Energy Systems
The Center for Electrical Energy Systems has been established with an objective to promote the applications of appropriate advanced technologies and management sciences to future electric energy system developments in Asia.
The central piece of the research component of the center is a collection of computer-aided planning and design tools for power system analysis, optimization and simulation. The tools are developed specifically for the financial and regulatory environments unique to this region, and are suitable for incorporating the emerging roles of new technologies in power system developments.
The center is committed to international collaboration to assist regional universities to develop technical expertise and to facilitate technology transfer through university-industry cooperation throughout the region. It has extensive research collaboration with institutions like, Electric Power Research Institute (USA), Electric Power Research Institute, China, etc. The education and technology transfer functions of the center are carried out through a series of short courses, workshops, special training sessions and faculty exchanges.
The Director, Professor Felix Wu, welcomes approaches and enquiries on any matter pertaining to the center's activities.
International Research Center For Electric Vehicles
The International Research Center for Electric Vehicles was founded in 1986 in collaboration with the University of Hawaii and with the support of the US Department of Energy and Electric Power Research Institute.
- Strength of Center: Prof. K.T. Chau (Director), Prof. C.C. Chan (Honorary Director), Prof. J.Z. Jiang, Dr. Q. Jiang, Dr. J. Chen, Prof. M. Cheng, Dr. W.X. Shen, Dr. Herman T.W. Ching, Dr. S.Z. Jiang, Dr. J.Y. Gan, Dr. Y. Wang, Dr. Y. Gao, Dr. Q. Sun, Dr. B. Shi, Dr. W. Cui, Dr. Y.B. Li, and about 10 PhD/MPhil students.
- Area of Development: Electric Vehicle Technology (EVT) - a multidisciplinary technology comprising electrical & electronic engineering, automobile & mechanical engineering, and chemical & environmental engineering.
- Mission: To pursue excellence in research and technology transfer in EVT - internationally, the team becomes an authority in the arena of EV technology; regionally, the team catalyses the collaboration between industries and universities for the promotion of EVs in China and Southeast Asia; locally, the team serves as the prime agent for EV technology transfer and consultancy for Government, utilities and industries.
- Achievements: Starting from the last decade, the Center has pioneered the research and development of ac motor drives for modern EVs, and has been an active Center in the arena of EV technology, in particular electric propulsion systems. During the past 10 years, the Center has involved in advising major EV projects in Japan, USA, and China and interacted with over 100 engineers and scientists. Regionally, it is a unique center to catalyze the collaboration between industries and universities for the promotion of EVs in Mainland China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. Locally, it has received high reputation from Government, utilities and industries, and has served as advisor for government agencies and industries. The Center has received research grants and contracts of over 10 million HK dollars from Hong Kong Research Grants Council, University Research Grants as well as local and overseas industries. Within the last 15 years of research and development of EVs, the major achievements of the center are summarized as follows:
- Pioneered the development of ac propulsion systemsfor EVs.
- Designed, built and tested 4 EVs - Mark 1, Mark 2, Mark 3 and U2001.
- Hosted the 10th International Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS-10) in Hong Kong.
- Worked closely with Electric Vehicle Association in Asia Pacific (EVAAP).
- Linked closely with World Electric Vehicle Association (WEVA).
- Defined the concept of EV drives and EV power converters.
- Coordinated the development of EVs in Hong Kong.
- Served as EV consultancy in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Japan, and USA.
- Co-organised the 16th International Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS-16) in Beijing.
- Produced over 10 PhD/MPhil graduates serving in both academia and industries in Hong Kong and overseas that desire the specialism in EVT.
- Future Outlook: In terms of academic research activities, our research will be streamlined to the following directions - EV Motors, EV Power Converters, EV Motion Control, EV Simulators, Impact of EV Infrastructure to Power System, Battery Management Systems for EVs. In terms of professional activities, our research center aims to be an international technology transfer center in EV technology, especially serving China and Southeast Asia region. Targeted activities are to catalyze international collaboration for the promotion of EVs and to educate specialists for the coming EV industry.
Biomedical Engineering Research center
Director: Prof. Paul Y S Cheung
This centre coordinates the biomedical engineering research activities in the University of Hong Kong. Existing projects involve other experts from Departments of Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery, Anatomy, Neurophysiology, Physiology, Periodontology and Public Health, and Pathology in the University of Hong Kong. Past and current collaborators include experts from University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Iowa, National Cheng Kung University, Veterans' General Hospital in Taipei, Concordia University, South East University, University of Science and Technology in China, University of New Brunswick, South China University of Science and Technology.
The main research area is in the application of computing, electronics and other technology in biomedical field, especially in medical signal processing related to health care. One active area is to extract and detect changes of very weak evoked potential signal from high noise background by adaptive filtering, artificial neural network filters and wavelet methods. Other projects include fast and sensitive non-evasive detection of venous air embolism; analysis and modeling of the multi-catheter multi-channel electrode signal in heart chambers, and blind signal method for signal estimation.
In the medical image processing area, projects include detection of tumours in MRI images, processing of pathological images, thermogram images analysis, and matching of x-ray images.
Some of the current project descriptions and the research activities by the members of the Biomedical Engineering Research Group can be found at the following website:
http://www.eee.hku.hk/research/research_be.htm
For more information about the Centre, you are welcome to contact Professor Paul Cheung on cheung@eee.hku.hk or 2859-2700.