Prof. Dan TSANG and Prof. LI Xiaomeng Awarded HK$9.8 Million in RGC’s Research Impact Fund 2024/25
Two projects led School of Engineering faculty members were awarded a total of HK$9.8 million under the Research Impact Fund (RIF) 2024/25 of the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC). They are:
Project title: 3D Printing of Self-Regulating Biochar-Enhanced Concrete for Low-Carbon Intelligent Construction
Project coordinator: Prof. Dan TSANG, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Project title: OrthoAI: Mobile Tools for Early Orthodontic Management & Education in Children with Multi-view Multi-modality Language-Vision Foundation Models
Project coordinator: Prof. LI Xiaomeng, Assistant Professor of Electronic & Computer Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering
A total of 14 projects from six universities were awarded funding in this round.
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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (https://hkust.edu.hk/) is a world-class research intensive university that focuses on science, technology and business as well as humanities and social science. HKUST offers an international campus, and a holistic and interdisciplinary pedagogy to nurture well-rounded graduates with global vision, a strong entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinking. Over 80% of our research work were rated “Internationally excellent” or “world leading” in the Research Assessment Exercise 2020 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee. We were ranked 3rd in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2022, and our graduates were ranked 23rd worldwide and among the best from universities from Asia in Global Employability University Ranking and Survey 2021.
