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Supersite Helps to Clear the Air<br />
Prof Chak Keung Chan led a team of HKUST researchers<br />
in developing the HKUST Air Quality Research Supersite,<br />
which uses state-of-the-art real-time air quality instruments<br />
to understand the characteristics and formation pathways<br />
of atmospheric pollutants in Hong Kong and the Pearl River<br />
Delta. Launched in 2011, the site is being used as part of a<br />
major study seeking to find solutions for effective management<br />
of particulate matter exposure in Hong Kong. The 1,000m²plus<br />
Supersite facility is located at the shorefront of HKUST’s<br />
campus. Equipment includes an automatic weather station<br />
tower and outdoor plinths for samplers and equipment, a<br />
weather-proof air-conditioned modular house with multiple<br />
sample inlets and a sky-window for instrumentation. Many of<br />
the instruments are exclusive and the most advanced in the<br />
region.<br />
Moving Ahead in Battle<br />
Against Infection<br />
A smart anti-microbial coating developed<br />
by Prof King Lun Yeung and an<br />
interdisciplinary HKUST research team<br />
was unveiled in 2010. The revolutionary<br />
coating – a world first – is transparent,<br />
colorless and odorless, and can be<br />
sprayed onto a wide range of different<br />
surfaces where it is effective for at<br />
least 30 days. Tests showed the HKUSTdeveloped<br />
coating can kill 99.9% of<br />
bacteria within one minute. It can<br />
also sense when someone touches it,<br />
releasing a larger amount of disinfectant<br />
to inactivate the disease-causing microbes<br />
and protecting other people touching the<br />
same surface. It can be washed off by<br />
using a solution of water and detergent.<br />
Patent applications are underway in<br />
various countries and regions, including<br />
the US, Europe, India, Mainland China and<br />
Taiwan. Clinical field tests started in 2011<br />
at two public hospitals in Hong Kong.<br />
Citation Record<br />
Prof Gordon McKay’s paper “Pseudo-Second Order Model for<br />
Sorption Processes”, co-authored with post-doctoral fellow Y S<br />
Ho and published in Process Biochemistry (Vol 34 pp. 451-465<br />
[1999]) has received over 1,600 citations and was the most<br />
highly cited paper in the Science Citation Index (SCI) Chemical<br />
Engineering section from 2008-11. It was also the only paper<br />
in the section in both 2010 and 2011 to be cited more than 300<br />
times in any one year.<br />
Dean’s Message Generating Global Impact Inspiring Future Leaders Tackling the Grand Challenges Cultivating Wider Vision Empowering Excellence Driving the Future<br />
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