2017 - 2018
| Project No. | Principal Investigator | Project Title/Brief | Approved Grant ($) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2017-01 | Dr LAI Ka Man, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University | Control and prevention of mould contamination in Hong Kong indoor environments | 498,000.00 |
| 2. | 2017-03 | Professor QIU Jianwen, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University | Thermal and salinity thresholds of bleaching in Hong Kong corals | 909,600.00 |
| 3. | 2017-04 | Dr SUNG Yik Hei (from 2018-03-01 to 2018-06-30) and Professor Chris WONG Kong Chu (with effect from 2018-07-01), Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University | Filling the knowledge gap – current status of endangered freshwater turtles | 497,720.00 |
| 4. | 2017-28 | Dr HUI Ho Lam, Jerome, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Development of environmental DNA (eDNA) protocol for detection of horseshoe crabs | 499,680.00 |
| 5. | 2017-33 | Professor Edward NG Yan Yung, School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong | PLEA2018: Smart and healthy within the 2-degree Limit | 500,000.00 or 70% of the total actual expenditure, whichever would be the less |
| 6. | 2017-42 | Dr Put Ang, Jr., School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Restoration of Hong Kong coral habitats using coral sexual recruits | 915,080.00 |
| 7. | 2017-49 | Dr Tony Shien-Ping FENG, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong | Direct solar conversion of CO2 to hydrocarbon fuels: Development and application of earth-abundant CuOx/Fe,Cu-doped Ni(oxy)hydroxide/TiO2 photocatalysts | 1,636,000.00 |
| 8. | 2017-66 | Dr James Kar-Hei FANG, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | The application of multiple bioindicators on marine pollution monitoring | 495,000.00 |
| 9. | 2017-70 | Professor LI Heng, Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Construction waste sorting and recycling robot | 1,987,360.00 |
| 10. | 2017-81 | Professor Jian-Guo DAI, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Development of an energy-saving coating system for sustainable building envelope | 1,299,240.00* |
| 11. | 2017-83 | Dr LAI Siu Kai, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Smart noise barriers/enclosures for dual active and passive control of construction noise | 837,080.00 |
| 12. | 2017-84 | Dr Zhen LENG, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Value-added collective recycling of waste plastic and waste tyre rubber into durable asphalt pavements | 1,273,240.00 |
| 13. | 2017-85 | Dr Shao-Yuan LEU, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Incorporating metabolites based organosolv pretreatment in reducing the recalcitrant of lignocellulosic biomass to saccharification in food/yard/timber waste treatment processes | 1,152,800.00 |
| 14. | 2017-86 | Dr Daniel C W TSANG, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | The 4th international conference on contaminated land, ecological assessment and remediation 2018 (CLEAR2018) | 498,000.00 or 70% of the total actual expenditure, whichever would be the less |
| 15. | 2017-87 | Dr Daniel C W TSANG, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Enhancing water resilience with blue-green infrastructure: A pilot-scale study on bioretention systems for stormwater harvesting in new development areas | 2,499,280.00 |
| 16. | 2017-92 | Dr Shuaian WANG, Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Optimal deployment of drones for monitoring air pollution from ships in the Pearl River Delta domestic emission control area | 484,000.00 |
| 17. | 2017-99 | Professor YU Jianzhen, Department of Chemistry & Division of Environment and Sustainability, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Tracking particulate matter pollution in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta: Ten-year variations (2008-2017) | 1,669,630.00 |
* Jointly funded by the Environment and Conservation Fund and the Woo Wheelock Green Fund on an equal share basis.