Research Projects
(I) Externally-funded Research Projects
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| Research Grants Council (Institutional Development Scheme) | 2022/23 | Project Title | Research Centre for Green Business |
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| 2020/21 | Project Title | Establish the Research Centre for Green Energy, Transport and Building in PolyU SPEED | |
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| 2019/20 | Project Title | Establish the Research Centre for Advanced Design, Materials and Manufacturing Technologies (RCADMM) in PolyU SPEED | |
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| 2018/19 | Project Title | Establishment of Centre for Ageing and Healthcare Management Research (CAHMR) | |
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Research Grants Council | 2023/24 | Project Title | Building and Sustaining Integrated Waste Management in Hong Kong |
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| 2022/23 | Project Title | Building and Sustaining the Momentum of Cross-border E-commerce for the Greater Bay Area | |
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| 2021/22 | Project Title | Research Directions and Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Smart Tourism in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) | |
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| Project Title | Extended Reality on Smart Transport and Logistics: Embracing Innovative Theories and Technologies for Enhancing Operational Resilience and Efficiency | ||
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| Collaborative Institution | Hang Seng University of Hong Kong | ||
| 2020/21 | Project Title | Emerging Research Directions on Adoption of Electric Vehicles for the Development of Smart Cities through Complementary Policy and Green Financing: GBA as the Cluster for Technological Innovation | |
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2016/17 | Project Title | From Social and Environmental Accounting to Sustainability Accounting and Responsible Investment: Emerging Research Agendas | |
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Collaborative Institution | Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR) at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, the UK | ||
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| 2023/24 | Project Title | Towards a Resilient and Sustainable Supply Chain under Industry 4.0 Perspective: Lessons Learned from the Tourism Industry for Mitigating the Pandemic Disruptions |
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| Project Title | What Contributes to Hospitality Green Service Innovative Behaviour? A Multi-level Analysis of Adaptability, Technology Readiness and Organisational Cultures | ||
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| Project Title | Investigation of Hydrogen-enriched Low Calorific Value Landfill Gas Combustion in a Porous Medium Based Burner | ||
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| Project Title | CFD-based Autonomous System of Health Estimation and Maintenance Scheme for Electrical Apparatus of Power Substations in Hong Kong | ||
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| Project Title | An Innovative Hybrid Nanofluid Spray Cooling Based Thermal Management System for Efficient Cooling of Electric Vehicle High Power Electronics | ||
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| Project Title | Exploring the Use of Sonic Crystal in Noise Barriers | ||
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| Project Title | Development of Mycelium-Based Composites with Enhanced Mechanical and Thermal Properties for Diabetic Foot Insoles | ||
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| Project Title | Effectiveness of Early Support to At-risk Students Identified by using AI Prediction | ||
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| Project Title | A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Dynamic Handwritten Annotations as Visual Aids in Live Lecture Recording | ||
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| Project Title | Can a Transgender Storytelling (TGST) Workshop Change Students’ Empathetical Feelings and Attitudes about Transgender Individuals?: A Triangulation Approach | ||
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| Project Title | The Echoes of Air Raids: An Exploration of Wartime Soundscapes through Literature and Print Media | ||
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| 2022/23 | Project Title | Developing A Real-time Tourism Demand Forecasting System for Hong Kong | |
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| Project Title | Value Statements are More Than a Buzzword: Impact of Green Value Statement and Employee Green Values on Financial Performance and Employee Green Behaviors via Green Human Resource Management | ||
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| Project Title | Rebuilding Port and Resilient Maritime Supply Chain Networks in Asia | ||
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| Project Title | Prevention is Better than Cure? How the Gamification Elements of Gerontechnology Influence the Elderly Mental Well-being and Cognitive Health: A Longitudinal Study in Hong Kong | ||
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| Project Title | From Theories to Utilization: Development of a Learning-Based Aerial Swarm for Hong Kong Public Fire Services Applications | ||
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| Project Title | A Novel Real-Time HVAC Strategy based on Lightweight CFD Integrated with Reinforcement Learning for Public Transportation in Hong Kong | ||
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| Project Title | Time Series Artificial Intelligence for Energy Management of Chiller System | ||
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| Project Title | Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the Combustion and Emission Characteristics of Low to Medium Calorific Value Landfill Gas Blended with Hydrogen | ||
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| Project Title | Investigating Land Development and Land Tenure in the Greater Bay Area through Selected Case Studies: A New Path to China’s Territorial Development and City-Regionalization? | ||
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| Project Title | Development of Artificial Intelligence based Predictive Tool for Knee Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment: A Domain Adaptation Perspective | ||
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| Project Title | Street Audiences Feel the Same as Street Performers? A Psychological Approach | ||
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| Project Title | The Science of Design Thinking: Theories and Applications | ||
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| Project Title | A Projective Analysis of Rhythmic Organisation in Free-Rhythm Musical Performances in West Asian Art Music | ||
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| Project Title | Gamification or VR or Both? Examining Antecedents in Encouraging Continuance Pro-environmental Behavior | ||
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| Project Title | Teaching Undergraduate Social Sciences and Business Writing: Integrating the Reader’s Perspective and Data-driven Teaching and Learning Approach | ||
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| Project Title | Establishing Central Sinitic Languages as a Linguistic Sprachbund - Transitional and Area-specific Features | ||
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| 2021/22 | Project Title | Circular Supply Chain Management with Bayesian Information Updating, Government Policies and Strategic Alliance for Sustainability Commitment | |
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| 2021/22 | Project Title | Investigating the Motivators and Obstacles of Mobile Health Apps Adoption and Continuance by Elderly: A Longitudinal Study using Extended Expectation-Confirmation Theory | |
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| 2021/22 | Project Title | Destination Competitiveness in a Post-COVID-19 World | |
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| 2021/22 | Project Title | Creating Zero Medicine Wastage and Sustainable Healthcare Supply Chain: A Closer Cooperation between Private Clinics and Pharmaceutical Companies | |
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| 2021/22 | Project Title | Development of a Cloud-Based System to Facilitate End-User-Oriented Design (EOD) for Effective Sustainability Practices Implementation in High-Rise Residential Buildings | |
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| 2021/22 | Project Title | Design and Implementation of Acoustic-controlled Ventilation Louvre with Metamaterial Technology | |
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| 2021/22 | Project Title | Modelling of Quantitative Dynamic Fit of Respirators for Healthcare Workers | |
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| 2021/22 | Project Title | Development of a Multi-agent Behaviour Model and Optimization of Charging Station Map for Implementation of Electric Taxis in Hong Kong - a Pilot Study | |
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| 2021/22 | Project Title | Vertical Dispersion Model of Road Traffic-emitted Particulate Matters and Noise | |
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| 2021/22 | Project Title | The Interrogative Systems in Tibeto-Burman Languages of the Cool Mountain Area | |
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| 2021/22 | Project Title | The Islamicate Soundscape of Hong Kong | |
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| 2020/21 | Project Title | Theoretical Investigation and Control Scheme Development of a Compact Desiccant-enhanced Evaporative Cooling System | |
| Project Team Member (from CPCE) | Prof. Leung Chun-wah (Principal Investigator) | ||
| 2020/21 | Project Title | Motivating Seasonal Influenza Vaccination among College Students: A Social Marketing Intervention Study | |
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| 2020/21 | Project Title | A Low Cost Autopilot System for Built Environment Applications | |
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| 2020/21 | Project Title | Definiteness Marking, Topicalization and Disposal Variations in the Chinese: Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu, Xiang and Min Dialects | |
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| 2020/21 | Project Title | A Machine Learning Model for Recommendation System for Generic Competency Development in Higher Education | |
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| 2020/21 | Project Title | Promoting Children’s Pro-environmental Behavior: A Multilevel Analysis | |
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| 2020/21 | Project Title | Environmental Communications: Interplay Effects between Heterogeneous Goal-framed Messages on Recycling Behaviors | |
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| 2020/21 | Project Title | To Give or Not to Give? Investigating the Effects of Trust on Time Banking Participation: A Longitudinal Study in Hong Kong Aging Population | |
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| 2020/21 | Project Title | Development of Plant Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites (PFRPCs) with Enhanced Mechanical and Flame-Retardant Properties | |
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| 2019/20 | Project Title | A Grammar of Niesu, a Southeastern Dialect of Nuosu in Sichuan | |
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| 2019/20 | Project Title | Develop the Most Sustainable, Safe, Reliable and Low-carbon Domestic Fuel for Hong Kong | |
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| 2019/20 | Project Title | Is the Same Price Always Fair? Consumer Attitudes and Behavior towards Reporting Suspected Price-Fixing Activities in Hong Kong | |
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| 2018/19 | Project Title | Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility Practice on Social Media Crises in Travel Industry | |
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| 2018/19 | Project Title | Smart Tourism and Destination Image: Moderating Effect of Theory of Mind (ToM) | |
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2017/18 | Project Title | In Another’s Shoes: The Role of Perspective Taking in the Development of Ethical Creatives | |
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2017/18 | Project Title | Recycling Behaviors: Making Sense of Place Attachment and Spillover Effect | |
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2016/17 | Project Title | Design and Implementation of an Induction Programme to Encourage Teachers to Adopt Mobile Phone-based Student Response System | |
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2016/17 | Project Title | The Use of Urban Green Spaces (UGS): The Impacts of Perceived UGS Characteristics and Socio-psychological Factors | |
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2015/16 | Project Title | “Care or Fair”? A Social Comparison Perspective on Servant Leadership and | |
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2015/16 | Project Title | Is R&D Rewarded by the Stock Market? Evidence from China | |
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| Health and Medical Research Fund | 2022 | Project Title | Effectiveness of Telehealth in Preventive Care: A Randomised Controlled trial of Tele-exercise Programme Involving Elderly with Possible Sarcopenia or At Risk of Fall |
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| Beat Drugs Fund | 2020/21 | Project Title | Pathway to Desistance: A Qualitative Study of Young Ex-drug Users in Hong Kong |
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| Quality Education Fund of Education Bureau | 2020/21 | Project Title | Civic Education and Soft Skills Training Project for Secondary School |
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| 2019/20 | Project Title | AI Lab | |
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| 2018/19 | Project Title | STEM Maker Project | |
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| Quality Enhancement Support Scheme of Self-financing Post-secondary Education Fund | 2023 | Project Title | Opportunities in the Future Dual Metropolis City: Boosting Students’ Employability through Cross-Region Internships & Entrepreneurship |
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| Project Title | Improving the student learning experience by helping teachers develop and utilize chatbots | ||
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| 2022 | Project Title | Embracing the World of Industry 4.0: Career Learning through Virtual Knowledge Base (VKB) | |
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| Project Title | AI-Assisted Academic Writing Platform: An Interactive Cross-Disciplinary English Feedback System | ||
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| 2021 | Project Title | Development of a Web-based Remote Laboratory for Science and Engineering Education | |
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Project Title | Development of Virtual Reality (VR) Systems for Business and Tourism Education | ||
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| 2020 | Project Title | International Experiential Learning and Application: Global Work-integrated Education (Global-WIE) and idea Generation Laboratory (iG-Lab) | |
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| Project Title | Improve student learning effectiveness by helping teachers to understand and implement blended learning | ||
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| 2018 | Project Title | Enhancing Students’ Academic Engagement in Mathematics through a Bilingual Integrated “Concept + Language Mapping” Approach | |
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| Project Title | Enhancing teachers’ professional competencies in teaching business-related subjects in the digital era | ||
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| 2017 | Project Title | Means to an End: Employability Competency Development in Work-Integrated Education (Project ECD-WIE Office) | |
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Standing Committee on Language Education and Research | 2021/22 | Project Title | Cantonese Abilities of Chinese Mainland University Students in Hong Kong: Testing their Grammatical and Communicative Competence |
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2015/16 | Project Title | Supporting Students’ Academic Discourse Development in Sub-degree Programmes: An Adjunct Language-across-the curriculum Instructional Model | |
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| Public Policy Research (PPR) Funding Scheme | 2022/23 (Second Round) | Project Title | Motivating Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to Adopt Blockchain for Building A Smart Hong Kong: An Investigation of Blockchain Adoption Drivers and Implementation Support |
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| 2022/23 (First Round) | Project Title | Constructing A System of Interest for A Social Marketing Intervention to Nudge Plate Waste Reduction in Restaurants | |
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| 2020/21 | Project Title | The Innovative Combination of Hong Kong’s Brand Strength and the Mainland’s Advanced Manufacturing Technology in Developing the Greater Bay Area as a Centre of High-quality Proprietary Chinese Medicine | |
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| Lantau Conservation Fund | 2023 | Project Title | Educational Engagement Project on Coastal Defense Facilities of Ming and Qing Dynasties in Lantau Island |
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| Basic Law Promotion Funding Scheme for Tertiary Institutions 2022 | 2022 | Project Title | Promotion of Basic Law through Multi-media Resources and Student Engagements |
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Federation for Self-financing Tertiary Education | 2013/14 | Project Title | A Study of Strategic Enrolment, Graduation and Articulation (SEGA) of Self-financing Tertiary Education in Hong Kong |
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2013/14 | Project Title | A Study to Identify the Commonalities and Differences in the Perceived Graduating Students’ Competencies between UGC-funded and Self-financing Tertiary Institutions in Hong Kong | |
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2013/14 | Project Title | Education Hub - Concepts, Targets, and Policy Implications: The Case of Hong Kong | |
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(II) Donation Project
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The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust | 2022/23 | Project Title | Arts Tech Lab and Public Education Programmes |
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2020/21 | Project Title | Jockey Club Project Well-being | |
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| Project Title | Professional Traineeship Programme for First-time Job-seekers: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning research (MEL) | ||
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(III) Consultancy Projects
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PolyU Green Deck Task Force | 2013 - 2015 | Project Title | A Study on the Proposed Green Deck at Cross Harbour Tunnel (CHT) – Assessment of Pedestrian Circulation and Vehicular Traffic Emissions |
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PolyU Institute for Entrepreneurship | 2014 | Project Title | Continuous Professional Development and Lifelong Learning: Needs Assessment and Way Forward for Hong Kong’s Business and Industries |
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The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, the HKSAR Government | 2009 - 2011 | Project Title | Analysis of Views for the Public Engagement Exercise for the West Kowloon Cultural District |
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