Clean Energy and Air Pollution Conference

What is Clean Energy and Air Pollution

Conference

Clean Energy and Air Pollution Conference is a conference organized by graduate students and collaborators from the Clean Energy and Air Pollution Lab, led by Prof. Dennis Leung. The conference aims to bring together graduate students and researchers working in the field of clean energy and air pollution.

The conference will feature talks and presentations focused on various aspects of clean energy and air pollution, including research findings, technological advancements, and policy implications. Graduate students from the lab and other collaborating institutions will present their work, and there will also be plenary talks from invited speakers who are experts in the field.

To attend the Clean Energy and Air Pollution Conference, registration is required. The registration fee is 1450 HKD for providing attendees a sumptuous dinner. If you are interested in presenting your research at the conference, you can submit an abstract through the registration page. The deadline for abstract submission has been extended to July 31th.

For any inquiries or questions, please contact Dr. Pan at wdpan@connect.hku.hk. We look forward to your participation in the Clean Energy and Air Pollution Conference!

Conference Chair: Prof. Dennis Leung

Professor Dennis Leung is a full professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and in charge of the clean energy & air pollution Lab. He was the head of department during the period of 2020-2023. He has published more than 520 articles in this area including 360+ peer reviewed top SCI journal papers. His current h-index is 90 with total citations 43000+. He is one of the top 1% highly cited scientists in the world in energy field since 2010 (Essential Science Indicators) and named as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics from 2017-2023.
Prof. Leung is a chartered engineer, a fellow of the HKIE, IMechE, and Energy Institute, and a Past Chairman of the Energy Institute (HK Branch). Currently he serves as an editorial board member of a number of journals including Applied Energy, Applied Sciences and Energy Conversion and Management. He served as the Specialty Chief Editor of the Frontiers in Environmental Science and Associate Editor of Progress in Energy for a number of years. He also serves as a board member of the Hong Kong Institution of Science and Coolpoint Innonism, chairman and member of a few government committees and appeal panels related to sustainability and environment, and an external examiner of the THEi. Professor Leung received numerous awards including the Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award and Outstanding Earth Champion Hong Kong award in recognizing his contributions in protecting the environment.

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Guanyi Chen

Prof. Guanyi Chen is the Vice President of Tianjin University of Commerce, as well as a professor at Tianjin University. He previously served as the Dean of the School of Environmental Science and Director of the School of International Engineering at Tianjin University. Prof. Chen's research interests lie in the interdisciplinary fields of energy, environment, biology, chemical engineering, materials, and information technology. He is a member of the Overall Expert Group for the National Key R&D Program on "Innovation of Green and Livable Villages" and serves as the convener of the Biomass Gas Environment and Safety Working Group of the ISO International Organization for Standardization TC255 Committee. Additionally, he is the Director of the Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biomass Waste Utilization and holds positions in various national-level academic societies.
Prof. Chen has a strong educational background, having completed his undergraduate studies in Thermal Power Engineering at Xi'an Jiaotong University, followed by master's and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering Thermophysics from Zhejiang University. He has also held research positions at the University of Hong Kong and Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Prof. Chen has published numerous papers, received several awards, and led various research projects.

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Micheal Leung

Prof. Michael Leung started his academic career as a Lecturer in the Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management at the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) in 2000. In 2002, he joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Hong Kong as a Research Assistant Professor and later became an Assistant Professor. In 2010, he joined the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) at CityU as an Associate Professor. In 2015, he became a Professor. He served as an Associate Dean in SEE in 2012-2018, and now Associate Provost (Academic Affairs).
Prof. Leung is elected to be the Representative (China) in the International Solar Energy Society (ISES)/Board of Directors 2022-23. Prof. Leung is also a Registered Professional Engineer, Chartered Engineer, Fellow Member of HKIE, Past Chairman of HKIE Education and Examinations Committee, Past Chairman of the Energy Institute (Hong Kong Branch) and Editor of Applied Energy and HKIE Transactions.

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Meng Ni

Prof. Meng Ni received his Bachelor (2000) and Master (2003) degrees in Aero-engine Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 2007. Then Prof. NI stayed in HKU as a Post-doctoral researcher for 2 years, before joining the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as an Assistant Professor in July 2009. Prof. Ni was promoted to Associate Professor in 2012 and then Full Professor and Associate Head (Research) in July 2016. He was appointed as Associate Dean of Faculty of Construction and Environment in July 2021. Prof. Ni conducted collaboration research at the Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany in 2017, as a Humboldt Fellow.
Prof. Meng Ni’s research interests include fuel cells, rechargeable metal-air batteries, electrochemical water-splitting and electrochemical systems for low grade waste heat utilization. Prof. Ni is serving as an active reviewer for over 80 academic journals including Science, Nature Energy, Nature Communications, Joule, Advanced Materials etc. He served as Associate Editor for Science Bulletin in 2015-2017. Currently, he is a Co-Editor-in-Chief for Energy Reviews (Elsevier), a Senior Editor for Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments (Elsevier) and e-Prime (Elsevier) and an Associate Editor for International Journal of Green Energy(Taylor & Francis) and Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (Wiley).

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Jin Xuan

Professor Jin Xuan joined the University of Surrey as the Associate Dean of Research and Innovation for the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences in September 2022. He holds a Chair in Sustainable Processes and a prestigious EPSRC Open Fellowship at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. He is also a Turing Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute. Before moving to Surrey, he was the Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Loughborough University. Professor Xuan has won a number of prizes and awards in recognition of his research excellence. He is the recipient of the Philip Leverhulme Prize of Engineering in 2022 for his pioneering research on Energy and AI, and the Beilby Medal and Prize, jointly from the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI), the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), and the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) in 2020 for his work that ‘has exceptional practical significance in chemical engineering, applied materials science, energy efficiency or a related field’. He also led the UKRI CircularChem Centre winning the IChemE Global Award for Sustainability in 2023.
Professor Xuan actively takes leadership in the wider research community. He is an EPSRC Strategic Advisory Team (SAT) member for Energy and Decarbonisation, and a member of the Research, Innovation & Knowledge Transfer Committee of the Engineering Professors’ Council.

Peroid

August 1-4, 2024

Venue

CPD-2.19, Centennial Campus,

Organizers

Clean Energy and Air Pullution Conference is being organized by these Lab alumni: Prof. Meng Ni (Lead Organizer) and Prof. Jin Xuan (Lead Organizer), Prof. Huizhi Wang, Dr. Wending Pan, Dr. Yingguang Zhang.