Awards Received by Staff
External Awards
(Arranged in reverse chronological order)
- Distinguished International Research Fellowship 2007, University of Calgary, Canada -- Prof. C.K. Michael Tse
The Distinguished International Research Fellowships are awarded to researchers who are internationally recognized leaders in their fields of expertise. Incumbents are invited to visit the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary for a short period of time to promote research collaboration. - Fellowship of the IEEE 2006 -- Prof. C.K. Michael Tse
The Fellowship of the IEEE is conferred upon individuals with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in a field of interest of the IEEE, and the total number of elected Fellows in any one year does not exceed 0.1% of the total voting membership. It is now one of the most prestigious honours for scientists and engineers. The citation for Prof. Tse issued by IEEE reads "for contribution to power electronics circuits and applications". - Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and
Engineering 2005 -- Prof. David Feng
- IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society,
2005-2006 --- Prof. C.K. Michael Tse
This award allows Prof. Tse to deliver lectures in different geographical regions including his own. The appointment is, according to IEEE, "an important society distinction, which is conferred upon very few individuals every year". 
Grand Champion, Efficiency Challenge 2004 ---
Dr Martin Chow, Prof. Y.S. Lee, Mr C.P. Lee, Mr Y.L. Cheng
Awarded by California Energy Commission's PIER program and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR program, for a power supply design that achieves the highest efficiency. The citation reads as follows: "Hong Kong Polytechnic University team's power supply design for an external stand alone AA battery charger was named both Grand Champion and Best in Class in the Open Category. With an output power of 2.5 W, an output voltage of 6.25 V and an output current of 0.4 A, the team's design delivered an average active power efficiency of 74 percent. The design was implemented using the NCP1215A variable OFF time switch mode power supply (SMPS) controller from ON Semiconductor. The judges noted that the design's low part count was impressive, that it delivered an extremely good efficiency for such a low output power and that the no load power consumption of 0.16 W was remarkable."- Best Paper Award (announced and awarded 2005), International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications --- Prof. C.K. Michael Tse
Awarded by the European Circuits Society to the best paper published in its Transactions during 2003. The award-winning paper is on circuit theory of power factor correction. - Honorable Mention Winner, 30th Annual Pattern Recognition Society Award 2004 -- Dr Kenneth Lam and Prof. Wan-Chi Siu (with student K.H. Lin)
Awarded by IEEE Pattern Recognition Society for a paper published in Pattern Recognition in 2003. - Fellowship of the IEEE 2003 -- Prof. David Feng
The Fellowship of the IEEE is conferred upon individuals with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in a field of interest of the IEEE, and the total number of elected Fellows in any one year does not exceed 0.1% of the total voting membership. It is now one of the most prestigious honours for scientists and engineers. The citation for Prof. Feng issued by IEEE reads "for contribution to modeling and data processing for biomedical and multimedia applications". - First Prize, Dynamics Days Europe Best Poster Presentation 2002 -- Dr Michael Small and Prof. C.K. Michael Tse
Awarded by Dynamics Days Europe 2002 for the best presentation in the poster session. - First Runner-up, Best Paper Award 2002 -- H.S. Ma, Dr Jimmy To and Dr C.K. Li
Awarded by 3rd International Network Conference. - IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Prize Paper Award 2001 -- Prof. C.K. Michael Tse and Dr Martin Chow
Awarded by IEEE Power Electronics Society as one of the best three papers published in the Transactions in 2001. The award-winning paper is on the general synthesis method of efficient power-factor-corrected voltage regulators. - IEEE Third Millennium Medal 2000 -- Dr David Cheng and Prof. Wan-Chi Siu
Awarded by IEEE, for invaluable contribution to IEEE Hong Kong Section. - Asian Innovator 1999 -- Prof. Michael C.K. Tse
Awarded by EDN magazine for invention of fast transient circuit for uP power management. - ISAP'96 Young Scientist Award 1996 -- Dr Wai-Yip Tam
Awarded by the organizer of International Symposium on Antenna and Propagation, for the paper "Weighted Wavelet-like Basis for Electromagnetics". - URSI Young Scientist Award 1996 -- Dr Francis Lau
Awarded by the organizer of General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science. - Third Prize, Excellent Research Achievement 1996 -- Dr L.X. Xu
Awarded by Fujian Research Council. - URSI Young Scientist Award 1995 -- Dr Francis Lau
Awarded by the organizer of General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science. - Second Prize, Excellent Paper 1995 -- Dr L.X. Xu
Awarded by Fujian Research Council.
(Arranged in reverse chronological order)
- Merit Award (Individual), Faculty Award in Research and Scholarly Activities 2006/2007 -- Dr Francis Lau
Awarded by the Faculty of Engineering for excellent performance in the research area of 'chaos communications'. - Merit Award (Individual), Faculty Award in Teaching 2006/2007 -- Dr Jimmy To
Awarded by the Faculty of Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - Outstanding Award - Individual 2005/2006 -- Dr C.K. Leung
Awarded by the Faculty of Engineering for outstanding performance and achievements in teaching. - Most Active Department in Product Development Award 2005 -- Department
Awarded by PTeC of Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - Merit Award, Most Active New Consultant Award 2005 -- Dr Michael Small
Awarded by PTeC of Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - Most Valued Product Development Project Award 2005 -- Dr Martin Chow and Dr Nobert Cheung (EE)
Awarded by PTeC of Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - Faculty Research Grant Achievement Award 2005 --- Dr Y.L. Chan
Awarded by the Faculty of Engineering in recognition of achievements in attracting CERG in the past five years. - Merit Award (Team), Faculty Award in Teaching 2004/2005 --- Dr Jimmy To (Team Leader), Dr Yui-Lam Chan, Dr Bonnie Law, Dr Frank Leung, Dr Chi-Kin Leung, Dr Daniel Lun, Dr Kwok-Fai Wan, Mr Shing-Ching Yip and Mr Simon Kwan
Awarded by the Faculty of Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - Outstanding Award (Team), Faculty Award in Services 2004/2005 --- Dr Martin Chow (Team Leader), Prof. Yim-Shu Lee, Mr Yiu-Lam Cheng and Mr Chung-Ping Lee
Awarded by the Faculty of Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - Faculty Research Grant Achievement Award 2004 --- Prof. Charles Surya and Prof. C.K. Michael Tse
Awarded by the Faculty of Engineering in recognition of achievements in attracting CERG in the past five years. - The President's Award for Outstanding Performance/Achievement 2003 (Research and Scholarly Activities) -- Prof. Chung-Ho Woo
Awarded by Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - Faculty Research Grant Achievement Award 2003 --- Prof. Charles Surya, Prof. Yim-Shu Lee and Dr M.W. Mak
Awarded by the Faculty of Engineering in recognition of achievements in attracting CERG in the past five years. - The Most Valued Project Award, Outstanding Professional Services and Innovation Awards 2003 -- Dr C.K. Leung (and staff from other PolyU departments)
Awarded by PTeC of Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - The Multi-departmental Participation Award, Outstanding Professional Services and Innovation Awards 2003 -- Dr C.K. Leung (and staff from other departments)
Awarded by PTeC of Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - Faculty Award 2002/2003 (Research and Scholarly Activities) -- Prof. Wan-Chi Siu
Awarded by the Faculty of Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - The Best Teacher Award 2002/2003 -- Prof. Wan-Chi Siu
Awarded by Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - The President's Award for Outstanding Performance/Achievement 2001 (Research and Scholarly Activities) -- Dr Charles Surya
Awarded by Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - The Most Valued Project Award 2001 (Team Award) -- Dr Wai-Kin Lam, Dr Chi-Kin Leung, Dr Siu-Chung Wong and Prof. Yim-Shu Lee (as Programme Leader and members of the Advanced IT Training Course team)
Awarded by PTeC of Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - The Best Teacher Award 2000/2001 -- Prof. C.K. Michael Tse
Awarded by Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - The Excellent Teacher Awards 2000/2001 -- Dr Chris Chan and Dr Simon Hau
Awarded by Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - The President's Award for Outstanding Performance/Achievement 2000 (Professional Services to the University) -- Ms Phyllis Cheung
Awarded by Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - The President's Award for Outstanding Performance/Achievement 2000 (Research and Scholarly Activities) -- Prof. C.K. Michael Tse
Awarded by Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - First Runner-up, Faculty of Engineering Best Consultant Award 2000 -- Dr Chris Chan
Awarded by Faculty of Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - Faculty of Engineering Best Researcher Award 2000 -- Prof. C.K. Michael Tse
Awarded by Faculty of Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - The Best Teacher Award 1999/2000 -- Dr Martin Chow
Awarded by Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - The Excellent Teacher Awards 1999/2000 -- Dr Simon Hau and Prof. Michael C.K. Tse
Awarded by Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - Distinguished Presenter Award 1997 -- Prof. Wan-Chi Siu
Received at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Management Workshop for presentation on "From our understanding, confidence and research to quality teaching and learning". - The Best Teacher Award 1997-98 -- Dr Kenneth Lam
Awarded by Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - The Excellent Teacher Awards 1997-98 -- Prof. Yim-Shu Lee and Prof. Michael C.K. Tse
Awarded by Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - The President's Award for Achievement 1996/97 (Research and Scholarly Activities) -- Prof. Michael C.K. Tse
Awarded by Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
