Research Projects

(I) Externally-funded Research Projects

Funding Scheme	Funding Year	Project Details
Research Grants Council (Institutional Development Scheme)	2020/21	Project Title	Establish the Research Centre for Green Energy, Transport and Building in PolyU SPEED
	2020/21	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Jack Lo (Project Holder) Prof. Leung Chun-wah (Team Leader) Dr Anthony Loh Dr Artie Ng Dr Flora Zhang Dr Antony Lam Dr Edmond Lam Dr Junot Liang Dr Andrew Wu Dr Muhammad Asim
	2019/20	Project Title	Establish the Research Centre for Advanced Design, Materials and Manufacturing Technologies (RCADMM) in PolyU SPEED
	2019/20	Project Team Members	Dr Jack Lo (Project Holder) Prof. Leung Chun-wah (Team Leader) Dr James Chau Dr Udaya Kahangamage Dr Anthony Loh Dr Zerance Ng Dr Anand Vyas
	2018/19	Project Title	Establishment of Centre for Ageing and Healthcare Management Research (CAHMR)
	2018/19	Project Team Members	Dr Jack Lo (Applicant) Dr Ben Fong (Team Leader) Prof. Peter Yuen Prof. Warren Chiu Dr Artie Ng Dr Simon Cheung Dr Vincent Law Dr Tiffany Leung Dr Lo Man-fung Dr Pimtong Tavitiyaman Dr Adam Wong
Research Grants Council (Inter-Institutional Development Scheme)	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
	2020/21	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Andrew Wu (Principal Investigator) Dr Nancy Guo (Co-Principal Investigator) Dr Artie Ng
	2016/17	Project Title	From Social and Environmental Accounting to Sustainability Accounting and Responsible Investment: Emerging Research Agendas
		Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Artie Ng (Principal Investigator) Dr Tiffany Leung (Co-Principal Investigator) Dr Vincent Law
		Collaborative Institution	Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR) at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, the UK
Research Grants Council (Faculty Development Scheme)	2020/21	Project Title	Theoretical Investigation and Control Scheme Development of a Compact Desiccant-enhanced Evaporative Cooling System
	2020/21	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Prof. Leung Chun-wah (Principal Investigator)
	2020/21	Project Title	Motivating Seasonal Influenza Vaccination among College Students: A Social Marketing Intervention Study
	2020/21	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Daisy Lee (Principal Investigator)
	2020/21	Project Title	A Low Cost Autopilot System for Built Environment Applications
	2020/21	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr James Chau (Principal Investigator)
	2020/21	Project Title	Definiteness Marking, Topicalization and Disposal Variations in the Chinese: Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu, Xiang and Min Dialects
	2020/21	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Jennifer Yao (Principal Investigator)
	2020/21	Project Title	A Machine Learning Model for Recommendation System for Generic Competency Development in Higher Education
	2020/21	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Joseph So (Principal Investigator) Dr Ada Chan Dr Simon Wong Dr Adam Wong
	2020/21	Project Title	Promoting Children’s Pro-environmental Behavior: A Multilevel Analysis
	2020/21	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Peggy Ng (Principal Investigator)
	2020/21	Project Title	Environmental Communications: Interplay Effects between Heterogeneous Goal-framed Messages on Recycling Behaviors
	2020/21	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Phoebe Wong (Principal Investigator) Dr Calvin Wan
	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
	2020/21	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Wilson Leung (Principal Investigator) Dr Ben Fong
	2020/21	Project Title	Development of Plant Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites (PFRPCs) with Enhanced Mechanical and Flame-Retardant Properties
	2020/21	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Zerance Ng (Principal Investigator) Dr Leung Chun-wah Dr Oscar Chiu
	2019/20	Project Title	A Grammar of Niesu, a Southeastern Dialect of Nuosu in Sichuan
	2019/20	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Hongdi Ding (Principal Investigator)
	2019/20	Project Title	Develop the Most Sustainable, Safe, Reliable and Low-carbon Domestic Fuel for Hong Kong
	2019/20	Project Team Members	Prof. Leung Chun-wah (Principal Investigator) Dr Udaya Kahangamage
	2019/20	Project Title	Is the Same Price Always Fair? Consumer Attitudes and Behavior towards Reporting Suspected Price-Fixing Activities in Hong Kong
	2019/20	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Phoebe Wong (Principal Investigator)
	2018/19	Project Title	Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility Practice on Social Media Crises in Travel Industry
	2018/19	Project Team Members	Dr Edmund Wut (Principal Investigator) Dr Bill Xu
	2018/19	Project Title	Smart Tourism and Destination Image: Moderating Effect of Theory of Mind (ToM)
	2018/19	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Pimtong Tavitiyaman (Principal Investigator) Dr Rachel Lam Dr Lancy Tsang
	2017/18	Project Title	In Another’s Shoes: The Role of Perspective Taking in the Development of Ethical Creatives
	2017/18	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Prof. Warren Chiu (Principal Investigator) Dr Doreen Tse
	2017/18	Project Title	Recycling Behaviors: Making Sense of Place Attachment and Spillover Effect
	2017/18	Project Team Member (from CPCE)	Dr Calvin Wan (Principal Investigator)
	2016/17	Project Title	Design and Implementation of an Induction Programme to Encourage Teachers to Adopt Mobile Phone-based Student Response System
	2016/17	Project Team Members	Dr Adam Wong (Principal Investigator) Dr Simon Wong Dr Eric Woo
	2016/17	Project Title	The Use of Urban Green Spaces (UGS): The Impacts of Perceived UGS Characteristics and Socio-psychological Factors
	2016/17	Project Team Member (from CPCE)	Dr Calvin Wan (Principal Investigator)
	2015/16	Project Title	“Care or Fair”? A Social Comparison Perspective on Servant Leadership and I-deals
	2015/16	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Jonathan Kwok (Principal Investigator) Dr Macy Wong
	2015/16	Project Title	Is R&D Rewarded by the Stock Market? Evidence from China
	2015/16	Project Team Members	Dr Mindy Xu (Principal Investigator) Dr Artie Ng
Beat Drugs Fund	2020/21	Project Title	Pathway to Desistance: A Qualitative Study of Young Ex-drug Users in Hong Kong
Beat Drugs Fund	2020/21	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Louis Mok (Project Co-ordinator) Dr Stephanie Lee
Quality Education Fund of Education Bureau	2019/20	Project Title	AI Lab
	2019/20	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Jack Lo (Applicant) Dr Kwong-cheong Wong (Principal Investigator) Dr Gabriel Chan (Co-Principal Investigator and Contact Person) Dr Simon Wong
	2018/19	Project Title	STEM Maker Project
	2018/19	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Prof. Peter Yuen (Applicant) Dr Gabriel Chan (Project Co-ordinator) Dr Ben Fong Dr Anthony Loh Dr Artie Ng Dr Simon Wong Dr Eric Woo
Quality Enhancement Support Scheme of Self-financing Post-secondary Education Fund	2020	Project Title	International Experiential Learning and Application: Global Work-integrated Education (Global-WIE) and idea Generation Laboratory (iG-Lab)
	2020	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Macy Wong Mr Steve Hung
	2020	Project Title	Improve student learning effectiveness by helping teachers to understand and implement blended learning
	2020	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Adam Wong (Contact Person) Dr Artie Ng Dr Edmund Wut
	2018	Project Title	Enhancing teachers’ professional competencies in teaching business-related subjects in the digital era
	2018	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Phoebe Wong (Contact Person) Dr Jack Chow Dr Lo Man-fung Dr Peggy Ng Dr Calvin Wan
	2017	Project Title	Means to an End: Employability Competency Development in Work-Integrated Education (Project ECD-WIE Office)
	2017	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Macy Wong
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
	2021/22	Project Team Members	Dr Hongdi Ding (Principal Investigator) Dr Wendy Wu Dr Jennifer Yao
	2015/16	Project Title	Supporting Students’ Academic Discourse Development in Sub-degree Programmes: An Adjunct Language-across-the curriculum Instructional Model
	2015/16	Project Team Members	Dr Esther Tong (Principal Investigator) Dr Cecilia Pun Ms Phoebe Siu
Public Policy Research (PPR) Funding Scheme	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
Public Policy Research (PPR) Funding Scheme	2020/21	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Ben Fong (Co-Investigator)
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
	2013/14	Project Team Members	Dr Peggy Ng (Principal Investigator) Dr Jason Chan, MH, JP Ms Connie Mak Dr Phoebe Wong
	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
	2013/14	Project Team Members	Dr Macy Wong (Principal Investigator) Dr Jonathan Kwok Dr Peggy Ng
	2013/14	Project Title	Education Hub - Concepts, Targets, and Policy Implications: The Case of Hong Kong
	2013/14	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Prof. Peter Yuen (Principal Investigator) Dr Jason Chan, MH, JP Dr Vincent Law Dr Stephanie Lee

(II) Donation Project

Donor	Project Year(s)	Project Details
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust	2020/21	Project Title	Jockey Club Project Well-being
		Project Team Members	Prof Peter Yuen (Applicant) Mr Chang Hoi-wood (Project Holder) Mr Patrick Chan Dr Brian Hung Dr Vera Sun
		Project Title	Professional Traineeship Programme for First-time Job-seekers: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning research (MEL)
		Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Assessment-focused Research Team Dr Hester Chow Industry-focused Research Team Dr Ben Fong Dr Joseph Leung

(III) Consultancy Projects

Project Commissioned by	Project Year(s)	Project Details
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
		Project Team Members	Dr Francis Tong (Principal Investigator) Dr Jodie Lee
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
		Project Team Members	Prof. Peter Yuen (Principal Investigator) Dr Jason Chan, MH, JP Dr Florence Ho Dr Vincent Law
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
		Project Team Members	Prof. Peter Yuen (Principal Investigator) Dr Alex Chan Dr Jason Chan, MH, JP Dr Florence Ho Dr Vincent Law Dr Stephanie Lee Dr Artie Ng

Research Projects

(I) Externally-funded Research Projects

Establish the Research Centre for Green Energy, Transport and Building in PolyU SPEED

Establish the Research Centre for Advanced Design, Materials and Manufacturing Technologies (RCADMM) in PolyU SPEED

Establishment of Centre for Ageing and Healthcare Management Research (CAHMR)

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

From Social and Environmental Accounting to Sustainability Accounting and Responsible Investment: Emerging Research Agendas

Theoretical Investigation and Control Scheme Development of a Compact Desiccant-enhanced Evaporative Cooling System

Motivating Seasonal Influenza Vaccination among College Students: A Social Marketing Intervention Study

A Low Cost Autopilot System for Built Environment Applications

Definiteness Marking, Topicalization and Disposal Variations in the Chinese: Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu, Xiang and Min Dialects

A Machine Learning Model for Recommendation System for Generic Competency Development in Higher Education

Promoting Children’s Pro-environmental Behavior: A Multilevel Analysis

Environmental Communications: Interplay Effects between Heterogeneous Goal-framed Messages on Recycling Behaviors

To Give or Not to Give? Investigating the Effects of Trust on Time Banking Participation: A Longitudinal Study in Hong Kong Aging Population

Development of Plant Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites (PFRPCs) with Enhanced Mechanical and Flame-Retardant Properties

A Grammar of Niesu, a Southeastern Dialect of Nuosu in Sichuan

Develop the Most Sustainable, Safe, Reliable and Low-carbon Domestic Fuel for Hong Kong

Is the Same Price Always Fair? Consumer Attitudes and Behavior towards Reporting Suspected Price-Fixing Activities in Hong Kong

Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility Practice on Social Media Crises in Travel Industry

Smart Tourism and Destination Image: Moderating Effect of Theory of Mind (ToM)

In Another’s Shoes: The Role of Perspective Taking in the Development of Ethical Creatives

Recycling Behaviors: Making Sense of Place Attachment and Spillover Effect

Design and Implementation of an Induction Programme to Encourage Teachers to Adopt Mobile Phone-based Student Response System

The Use of Urban Green Spaces (UGS): The Impacts of Perceived UGS Characteristics and Socio-psychological Factors

“Care or Fair”? A Social Comparison Perspective on Servant Leadership and I-deals

Is R&D Rewarded by the Stock Market? Evidence from China

Pathway to Desistance: A Qualitative Study of Young Ex-drug Users in Hong Kong

AI Lab

STEM Maker Project

International Experiential Learning and Application: Global Work-integrated Education (Global-WIE) and idea Generation Laboratory (iG-Lab)

Improve student learning effectiveness by helping teachers to understand and implement blended learning

Enhancing teachers’ professional competencies in teaching business-related subjects in the digital era

Means to an End: Employability Competency Development in Work-Integrated Education (Project ECD-WIE Office)

Cantonese Abilities of Chinese Mainland University Students in Hong Kong: Testing their Grammatical and Communicative Competence

Supporting Students’ Academic Discourse Development in Sub-degree Programmes: An Adjunct Language-across-the curriculum Instructional Model

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

A Study of Strategic Enrolment, Graduation and Articulation (SEGA) of Self-financing Tertiary Education in Hong Kong

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

Education Hub - Concepts, Targets, and Policy Implications: The Case of Hong Kong

(II) Donation Project

Jockey Club Project Well-being

Professional Traineeship Programme for First-time Job-seekers: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning research (MEL)

(III) Consultancy Projects

A Study on the Proposed Green Deck at Cross Harbour Tunnel (CHT) – Assessment of Pedestrian Circulation and Vehicular Traffic Emissions

Continuous Professional Development and Lifelong Learning: Needs Assessment and Way Forward for Hong Kong’s Business and Industries

Analysis of Views for the Public Engagement Exercise for the West Kowloon Cultural District

“Care or Fair”? A Social Comparison Perspective on Servant Leadership and
I-deals