News & Events

06.10.2021

First RGC Review Visit

The Monitoring and Assessment Panel Member, Prof. William Worek, Prof. Sebri Cetin, and Dr. V. Diamantis, of RGC conducted a Review Visit via Zoom on 6 October, 2021.  Senior research members of the project team  presented relevant research & developments and latest progresses, while representatives of research postgraduate student team introduced their respectively  researches briefly. The review visit came to a successful end after the fruitful discussion with panel members on how to move forward and engage more with public, government and industry.
11.09.2021

TBR Workshop: Innovative technologies for converting wastewater to resource

A total of 27 speakers including 8 Post-doc and 19 Phd/Mphil students presented their progress of research works. TBR Workshop was organized by Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control and Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution (Hong Kong Branch), HKUST, in collaboration with HKU, CUHK, CityU, PolyU, TUDelft, UCT.
30.08.2021

First External Advisory Board Meeting

The first external advisory board meeting was held on 30 Aug through ZOOM. Principal Advisor, Prof. Nigel J. D. Garham and Board Member, Prof. Samir Kumar Khanal attended the online meeting. Project team members and ten student representatives reported their research progress, which were appreciated by the advisors.
27.08.2021

Seminar

Prof. Samir Kumar Khanal was invited to deliver a speech on Nanobubbles: An emerging frontier in environmental and agricultural applications. This seminar was organized by CNERC-CTHMP(HKB) by mixed-mode on 27 Aug 2021.
19.08.2021

Second Internal Group Meeting

The second internal group meeting was held on 19 Aug through ZOOM. The objective of this virtual meeting is to prepare for Review Visit and the External Advisory Board Meeting, and also discuss about the project updates, future plan for fundamental research and pilot-scale works.
28.06.2021

Introducing WWRF to delegations of Drainage Services Department.

The delegations of DSD included Ms. Alice Pang (Director), Mr. Wilson PANG (Deputy Director), Mr. Eddie PAK (Assistant Director), Ms. Sussana LAI (Chief Engineer).
16.06.2021

Introducing WWRF to delegations of Innovation and Technology Bureau.

The delegations of ITB included Mr. Alfred Sit (Secretary), Ms. Rebecca Pun (Commissioner), Mr. Arthur Au (Deputy Commissioner), Ms. Sandy Cheung (Principal Assistant Secretary), Ms. Fiona Au (Assistant Commissioner), Mr. Charlson Chiu (Assistant Secretary).
10.05.2021

Introducing WWRF to Director of Beijing-Hong Kong Academic Exchange Centre.

14.04.2021

Introducing WWRF to Director Mr. Zhiming Liu of Beijing-Hong Kong Exchange Personnel Center.

24.03.2021

Introducing WWRF to Deputy Director Xu Kai of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong SAR (CPGLO).