Faculty Knowledge Exchange Awards 2025
The Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Awards were introduced in 2011 to recognise each Faculty’s outstanding KE accomplishment that has made demonstrable economic, social or cultural impacts to benefit the community, business/industry, or partner organisations.
Nominations in each Faculty were considered by an Ad Hoc Faculty KE Award Selection Committee chaired by the Dean, and members included the Faculty representative serving on the KE Working Group, Director of the Knowledge Exchange Office (KEO) or his representative, and a member from outside the University.
The selection criteria include quality of the underpinning research and the impact with support of evidence, effectiveness of the engagement process with the community or partner organisations, and demonstration of cross- and multi-disciplinary impacts.
The following colleagues have won the Faculty KE Awards 2025:
Faculty of Architecture:
Professor Ivan Valin and team members – Mr Gavin Coates and Ms Ada Pui Yu Chung, Department of Architecture
‘HKU Digital Arboretum and Planting Knowledge Seminar 2025’
Faculty of Business and Economics (HKU Business School):
Professor Jingcun Cao, HKU Business School
‘Governance of Mobile App Ecosystem’
Faculty of Dentistry:
Professor Richard Yuxiong Su and team members – Professor John Adeoye, Professor Jane Jingya Pu and Professor Liwu Zheng, Faculty of Dentistry
‘Artificial Intelligence-based Web Tools to Improve Oral Cancer Screening and Clinical Decision-making’
Faculty of Education:
Professor Karen Man Kei Chan, Faculty of Education
‘Care for You - Carefood Project’
Faculty of Engineering:
Professor Ray Zhong and team members – Professor George Huang, Dr Yelin Fu, Mr Bing Li and Mr Wei Chen, Department of Data and Systems Engineering;
‘nD Blockchain for ESG Reporting’
Faculty of Law:
Professor Giuliano Castellano, Faculty of Law
‘Secured Transactions: Reshaping Standards, Policies, and Law Reform to Bridge the Credit Gap’
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine:
Professor Christopher Kai Shun Leung, Department of Ophthalmology
‘Global Implementation of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Optical Texture Analysis for Early Detection of Glaucoma’
Faculty of Science:
Professor Thiyagarajan Vengatesen, School of Biological Sciences
‘Delivering Climate Change Resilient Oysters and Influencing Government Policy and Industrial Strategy on Oyster Farming’
Faculty of Social Sciences:
Professor Kathy Kar Man Shum and team members – Professor Shui Fong Lam, Mr Denis Kwan, Mr Michael Su, Dr Jessie Chow, Dr Connie Koo, Mr Ken Wu and Miss Clare Cham, Faculty of Social Sciences
‘Jockey Club ‘Peace and Awareness’ Mindfulness Culture in Schools Initiative’
My heartiest congratulations to all the colleagues concerned on their stellar achievements in KE.
Professor Max Shen
Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research)
Acting Director of Knowledge Exchange Office