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	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)	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)
		Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Peggy Ng (Principal Investigator) Dr Wilson Leung (Co-Principal Investigator) Dr Phoebe Wong (Co-Principal Investigator) Dr Pimtong Tavitiyaman Dr Jason Chan, MH, JP
		Project Title	Extended Reality on Smart Transport and Logistics: Embracing Innovative Theories and Technologies for Enhancing Operational Resilience and Efficiency
		Project Team Member (from CPCE)	Dr Joseph Lau (Co-Principal Investigator)
		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
	2020/21	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Andrew Wu (Principal Investigator) Dr Anthony Loh (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)	2021/22	Project Title	Circular Supply Chain Management with Bayesian Information Updating, Government Policies and Strategic Alliance for Sustainability Commitment
	2021/22	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Helen Wong (Principal Investigator)
	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
	2021/22	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Wilson Leung (Principal Investigator) Dr Ben Fong Dr Peggy Ng
	2021/22	Project Title	Destination Competitiveness in a Post-COVID-19 World
	2021/22	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Bill Xu (Principal Investigator) Dr Pamela Ho Dr Edmund Wut
	2021/22	Project Title	Creating Zero Medicine Wastage and Sustainable Healthcare Supply Chain: A Closer Cooperation between Private Clinics and Pharmaceutical Companies
	2021/22	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Simon Yuen (Principal Investigator) Dr Calvin Cheng Dr Helen Wong
	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
	2021/22	Project Team Member (from CPCE)	Dr Edmond Lam (Principal Investigator)
	2021/22	Project Title	Design and Implementation of Acoustic-controlled Ventilation Louvre with Metamaterial Technology
	2021/22	Project Team Member (from CPCE)	Dr Junot Liang (Principal Investigator)
	2021/22	Project Title	Modelling of Quantitative Dynamic Fit of Respirators for Healthcare Workers
	2021/22	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Zerance Ng (Principal Investigator) Dr Anthony Loh Ms Sally Ng
	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
	2021/22	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Andrew Wu (Principal Investigator) Prof Leung Chun-wah Dr Jason Chan, MH, JP Dr Joseph Lau
	2021/22	Project Title	Vertical Dispersion Model of Road Traffic-emitted Particulate Matters and Noise
	2021/22	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Anthony Loh (Principal Investigator) Dr Raymond Kwong Dr Wilson Kwan
	2021/22	Project Title	The Interrogative Systems in Tibeto-Burman Languages of the Cool Mountain Area
	2021/22	Project Team Member	Dr Melody Lu (Principal Investigator) Dr Hongdi Ding
	2021/22	Project Title	The Islamicate Soundscape of Hong Kong
	2021/22	Project Team Member	Dr Alicia Lie (Principal Investigator)
	2020/21	Project Title	Theoretical Investigation and Control Scheme Development of a Compact Desiccant-enhanced Evaporative Cooling System
	2020/21	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
	2020/21	Project Team Member (from CPCE)	Dr Daisy Lee (Principal Investigator)
	2020/21	Project Title	A Low Cost Autopilot System for Built Environment Applications
	2020/21	Project Team Member (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 Member (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 Member (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) Prof. 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 Member (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 Member (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
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
	2022	Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Karly Chan (Principal Investigator) Prof Peter Yuen Dr Ben Fong Dr Vincent Law
	2021	Project Title	Mechanistic characterization of the MT2-induced Pgp inhibition and the chemosensitization on combining MT2 with Taxol in treating multi-drug resistant cancer in vitro and in vivo
	2021	Project Team Member	Dr Anthony Lui (Principal Investigator)
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	2021	Project Title	Development of a Web-based Remote Laboratory for Science and Engineering Education
		Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Kenneth Lo (Contact Person) Dr Anthony Loh Dr Ken Tsang Dr Ricky Mak
		Project Title	Development of Virtual Reality (VR) Systems for Business and Tourism Education
		Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Peggy Ng (Contact Person) Dr Jack Lo Dr Simon Leung Dr Jason Chan, MH, JP Dr Helen Wong Dr Phoebe Wong Dr Chammy Lau Dr Jack Chow Dr Raymond Kwong
	2020	Project Title	International Experiential Learning and Application: Global Work-integrated Education (Global-WIE) and idea Generation Laboratory (iG-Lab)
		Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Macy Wong Mr Steve Hung
		Project Title	Improve student learning effectiveness by helping teachers to understand and implement blended learning
		Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Adam Wong (Contact Person) Dr Artie Ng Dr Edmund Wut
	2018	Project Title	Enhancing Students’ Academic Engagement in Mathematics through a Bilingual Integrated “Concept + Language Mapping” Approach
		Project Team Members (from CPCE)	Dr Jodie Lee (Contact Person) Dr Lorena Chan Dr Esther Tong
		Project Title	Enhancing teachers’ professional competencies in teaching business-related subjects in the digital era
		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 Member (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	2022/23 (First Round)	Project Title	Constructing A System of Interest for A Social Marketing Intervention to Nudge Plate Waste Reduction in Restaurants
	2022/23 (First Round)	Project Team Member (from CPCE)	Dr Daisy Lee (Principal Investigator)
	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
	2020/21	Project Team Member (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)

Research Directions and Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Smart Tourism in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA)

Extended Reality on Smart Transport and Logistics: Embracing Innovative Theories and Technologies for Enhancing Operational Resilience and Efficiency

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

Circular Supply Chain Management with Bayesian Information Updating, Government Policies and Strategic Alliance for Sustainability Commitment

Investigating the Motivators and Obstacles of Mobile Health Apps Adoption and Continuance by Elderly: A Longitudinal Study using Extended Expectation-Confirmation Theory

Destination Competitiveness in a Post-COVID-19 World

Creating Zero Medicine Wastage and Sustainable Healthcare Supply Chain: A Closer Cooperation between Private Clinics and Pharmaceutical Companies

Development of a Cloud-Based System to Facilitate End-User-Oriented Design (EOD) for Effective Sustainability Practices Implementation in High-Rise Residential Buildings

Design and Implementation of Acoustic-controlled Ventilation Louvre with Metamaterial Technology

Modelling of Quantitative Dynamic Fit of Respirators for Healthcare Workers

Development of a Multi-agent Behaviour Model and Optimization of Charging Station Map for Implementation of Electric Taxis in Hong Kong - a Pilot Study

Vertical Dispersion Model of Road Traffic-emitted Particulate Matters and Noise

The Interrogative Systems in Tibeto-Burman Languages of the Cool Mountain Area

The Islamicate Soundscape of Hong Kong

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

Effectiveness of Telehealth in Preventive Care: A Randomised Controlled trial of Tele-exercise Programme Involving Elderly with Possible Sarcopenia or At Risk of Fall

Mechanistic characterization of the MT2-induced Pgp inhibition and the chemosensitization on combining MT2 with Taxol in treating multi-drug resistant cancer in vitro and in vivo

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

AI Lab

STEM Maker Project

Development of a Web-based Remote Laboratory for Science and Engineering Education

Project Title

Development of Virtual Reality (VR) Systems for Business and Tourism Education

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 Students’ Academic Engagement in Mathematics through a Bilingual Integrated “Concept + Language Mapping” Approach

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

Constructing A System of Interest for A Social Marketing Intervention to Nudge Plate Waste Reduction in Restaurants

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