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Recent Examples of Research Work funded by the RGC |
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| Engineering |
| Project No. |
Project Title |
| CPHK 811/95E |
The influence of typhoons on structural dynamic behavior |
| HKP 67/95E |
Numerical simulation and optimal control of the thin slab casting process in steel industry |
| HKP 68/95E |
Multi-stage fuzzy reasoning neural network and its applications |
| HKU 286/95E |
New induction techniques for knowledges discovery in databases |
| CUHK 479/95E |
Information coding in decision and control systems |
| HKUST 652/95E |
Lopsided trees: Analyses, algorithms and applications |
| HKU 298/95E |
Thin dielectrics for VLSI applications |
| CUHK 504/95E |
Investigations of inorganic ferroelectric films by scanning probe microscopy |
| HKUST 690/95E |
Performance study of ATM switches and its optimization with discrete event system theory |
| CPHK 847/95E |
Design of millimeter wave dielectric resonator antennas and arrays |
| CPHK 854/95E |
Integrated-optic current sensors |
| HKUST 706/95E |
Theoretical development of the adaptive partitioned random search for global optimization |
| HKUST 711/95E |
Warpage analysis of integrated circuit packages |
| HKUST 713/95E |
Residual stresses and fracture of thin films |
| PolyU 52/96E |
Analysis of Fire Hazard in Airport Terminal Buildings |
| PolyU 66/96E |
Stability and Strength of Steel Silo Transition Buildings Junctions |
| PolyU 119/96E |
Reliable and Fast Digital Signal Processing Algorithms and Data Compression for Irregularly Sampled Biomedical Signals with Applications to the Generation of Human Brain Functional Images |
| CUHK 332/96E |
Multilevel Diversity Coding |
| CUHK 342/96E |
Path Switching - A Quasi-Static Routing Scheme for Large-Scale ATM Packet Switches |
| CUHK 345/96E |
Information Security in Communication and Computing Networks |
| CUHK 356/96E |
New Scheduling Models with Applications to Berth Allocation |
| CUHK 368/96E |
Development of an Automatic Recognition System for Continuous Cantonese Speech |
| Engineering |
| Project No. |
Project Title |
| HKU 564/96E |
Computer-aided power system planning and design |
| HKU 572/96E |
Modelling non-planar dislocation cores using a Peierls-Nabarro Approach |
| HKUST 729/96E |
Instrument tone matching with double and nested FM |
| HKUST 738/96E |
Motion sickness with virtual reality systems: Experimental studies of the effects of visual scene movement, head movement, and display parameters |
| HKUST 763/96E |
Efficient visible light emitting diodes with laser deposited gallium nitride-based ternary semiconducting films |
| HKUST 765/96E |
Research and development of dimmable electronic ballast with power factor correction front end |
| HKUST 787/96E |
Solid-state integrated micromechanical gyroscope |
| HKUST 811/96E |
Dynamic failure of imperfect and pre-loaded structures under impact or pulse loading |
| CityU 1028/96E |
Modular Development of High-Power Switched Mode Converters with Power Factor Correction and EMI Suppression |
| CityU 1034/96E |
Fabrication of Thin SIMOX (Separation by Implantation of Oxygen) by PIII (Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation) |
| CityU 1039/97E |
Implement Measured Equation of Invariance to Problems of Multilayer and Multiconductor Interconnects in Very High Speed Integrated Circuits |
| CityU 1108/97E |
A Human-Oriented Password System |
| CUHK 4111/97E |
Experimental study of dye-doped sol-gel derived silica as tunable solid state laser materials |
| CUHK 4125/97E |
New Challenges in Optimization of Stochastic Diffusion Processes |
| CUHK 4145/97E |
Wireless ATM: Issues in Multi-Rate Multiple Access |
| CUHK 4147/97E |
Theoretical study of partitioning techniques for iterative methods in circuit simulation |
| CUHK 4162/97E |
An Intelligent Virtual Environment for Bronchoscopy Simulation |
| HKUST 6003/97E |
Fuzzy system compensators for backlash and deadzone |
| HKUST 6005/97E |
Technology and modeling of nanometric short-channel and narrow-width silicon MOSFET's for high speed and low power applications |
| Engineering |
| Project No. |
Project Title |
| HKUST 6006/97E |
Generalized boolean filters and their applications in communications |
| HKUST 6035/97E |
Analysis of rainstorm characteristics in Hong Kong |
| HKUST 6041/97E |
Methodology for structural model updating and damage detection using vibration monitoring |
| HKUST 6047/97E |
Dynamic resource allocation and planning for container transportation systems |
| HKUST 6050/97E |
Application of piezoelectric composites for linear and rotary actuators |
| HKUST 6063/97E |
Studies on networks of inventory-queues |
| HKUST 6102/97E |
High quality ultrathin oxide on polished amorphous and poly-crystalline silicon and its applications |
| HKU 7068/97E |
The integration of photovoltaic cells into the facades of tall buildings in tropical urban environments |
| Physical Sciences |
| Project No. |
Project Title |
| HKU 257/95P |
Coupling reactions of alkylidyne ligands |
| HKUST 589/95P |
Antihormonal substances and inhibitors of 5 - reductase and aromatase from natural source |
| HKUST 590/95P |
Design and synthesis of analogs of enediyne anticancer antibiotics. An investigation on the mechanism of action of kedarcidin and C-1027 chromophores |
| HKUST 599/95P |
Theoretical studies of bleomycin action. Design of new anti-cancer drugs |
| HKUST 602/95P |
New porphyrin isomers and analogues: Electronic and optical properties by resonance raman spectroscopy |
| CPHK 802/95P |
Reactivities of transition metal nitrido complexes |
| HKUST 674/95P |
Bayesian estimation of monotone densities and hazard rates |
| CPHK 808/95P |
Uniform asymptotic expansion of pollaczek polynomials |
| HKU 264/95P |
Soluble polymetallic materials with acetylide and sulfur linkages |
| CUHK 450/95P |
Synthesis of sesquiterpenoids furanoeudesmanes by utilizing a 3, 4-disubstituted furan as a pivotal precursor |
| HKUST 587/95P |
Sub-100 nm size domain chemistry for molecular assembly |
| HKUST 609/95P |
Reflectance difference spectroscopy study of wide band gap II-VI semiconductor surfaces and interfaces |
| HKU 260/95P |
Surface crystallography by diffractions and imaging techniques |
| HKU 261/95P |
Quantum transport in mesoscopic system |
| HKUST 608/95P |
Numerical study of fundamental problems in solar physics - convection and differential rotation |
| HKUST 612/95P |
Energy level distribution and electrical transport in metallic particle systems |
| HKUST 668/96P |
Photocatalytic treatment of wastewater by a novel "fountain photoreactor" |
| PolyU 34/96P |
The Design, Synthesis, and Application of Novel Bimetallic and Multimetallic Chiral Homogeneous Transition Metal Catalysts |
| CUHK 303/96P |
Synthesis and Characterization of Functional Rare Earth Complexes with Organic Ligands |
| Physical Sciences |
| Project No. |
Project Title |
| CUHK 306/96P |
The Chemistry of Highly Electrophilic Cationic Organolanthanide Complexes |
| CUHK 308/96P |
Syntheses and Biological Evaluation of Pseudo-disaccharides as potential Glycosidase Inhibitors |
| HKUST 694/96P |
Theoretical study of the surface morphology and the growth mode of bimetallic thin films |
| HKUST 701/96P |
Direct Lyapunov approach in the Theory of Hydrodynamic Stability |
| CUHK 325/96P |
Analytic Problems on Complete Manifolds |
| CUHK 358/96P |
Saddle Point Generation in Nonconvex Optimization |
| HKU 518/96P |
Bounds for small solutions of some diophantine equations |
| HKUST 713/96P |
Unitary representations of semisimple Lie groups |
| CityU 967/96P |
Complexity and Real Computation |
| CityU 968/96P |
Inverse Optimization Problems |
| CityU 971/96P |
Uniform Asymptotic Expansions of Integrals with Applications to Elastic Waves |
| CityU 1005/97P |
Thermomechanical Analysis of In-vessel Melt Retention |
| CUHK 4207/97P |
Fast Iterative Methods for Integral Equations |
| HKUST 6128/97P |
Step flow growth instabilities |
| HKUST 6135/97P |
Lasing from multiple energy level systems in semiconductor heterostructures -- principle and practice |
| HKU 7096/97P |
High-valent nitrido and imido complexes of ruthenium and osmium for nitrogen atom transfer reactions |
| HKU 7110/97P |
Lower crust of the Sino-Korean Craton: its significance in continental accretion and mantle-crust interaction |
| HKU 7123/97P |
Cones of rational curves and complex structure |
| Biology & Medicine |
| Project No. |
Project Title |
| HKU 181/95M |
Metabolic disturbances after traumatic brain injury - A study by microdialysis |
| HKU 184/95M |
Characterization of an insertional mutation affecting the regulation of pigmentation and behaviour |
| HKU 196/95M |
Use of DNA fingerprint to access the environmental influences on the genetic structure of the green mussel, Perna viridis (L.) in Hong Kong |
| HKU 198/95M |
Investigation of the roles of a novel human protein, gC1qR, in the complement system and the coagulation system |
| HKUST 560/95M |
Role of electrostatic interactions in the structure and function of proteins |
| HKUST 563/95M |
Development and application of multidimensional NMR signal processing procedures and experimental methods for structure determination of macrobiomolecules |
| HKUST 575/95M |
Mechanism and regulation of ethylene biosynthesis |
| CUHK 405/95M |
Apoptosis of photoreceptor cells |
| CUHK 420/95M |
Detection of tumour specific variants of Alphafetoprotein by isoelectricfoucsing; sensitivity and specificity as a diagnostic marker |
| CPHK 789/95M |
Modelling and forecasting mortality and incidence rates for lung cancer based on the effect of trends in tobacco consumption in Hong Kong |
| CUHK 200/96M |
Activin Regulation of Pituitary Gonadotropin Gene Expression and Oocyte Development in Goldfish, Carassius auratus |
| HKUST 638/96M |
Hydrodynamics of globular proteins |
| HKUST 646/96M |
The characterization of Sft1p. and Sft2p. two Golgi localized integral membrane proteins that show genetic interactions with Sed5p, the t-SNARE for ER-Golgi traffic |
| CUHK 243/96M |
Biocompatibility of 1-lactate/pyruvate buffered PDS: its effect on the host defense mechanism and viability of the peritoneal mesothelial cells |
| CUHK 284/96M |
Analysis of T1x gene functions in oncogenesis and development using gain-of-function and loss-of-function mutants in transgenic mice |
| HKUST 653/96M |
Oncogenic mechanisms of G protein-coupled receptors: Integration with the MAP kinase pathway through PI3K and receptor tyrosine kinase |
| HKUST 6199/97M |
Study of in vivo signal transduction: Pathways linking Ca(2+) signal with cell division |
| Biology & Medicine |
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| Project No. |
Project Title |
| HKU 7222/97M |
Defining the role of Sox9 in chondrogenesis by tissue-specific gene inactivation |
| HKU 7241/97M |
The importance of colour vision for foraging strategies of primates and their relationship to the evolution of trichromatic colour vision |
| HKU 7257/97M |
Signal transduction in the cardiac k-opioid receptor: physiological relevance and alternation upon tolerance |
| HKU 7278/97M |
Osmotic responsive transcriptional regulation of the aldose reductase gene |
| Humanities, Social Sciences & Business Studies |
| Project No. |
Project Title |
| CUHK 314/95H |
Cooking up Hong Kong identity: A study of food culture, changing tastes and identity in popular discourse |
| CPHK 321/95H |
Knowledge acquisition for spatial inference using genetic algorithms |
| CUHK 331/95H |
Corporate finance in Hong Kong and China: Instruments,incentives and performance |
| HKUST 521/95H |
Sample size determination and achieved power using the augmented variance estimator (AVE) |
| HKUST 533/95H |
A structural analysis of organizational decision making performance: With applications to selected nuclear power plants |
| HKUST 535/95H |
Negotiation processes in the Asia Pacific Region: Building a common understanding |
| HKUST 537/95H |
A longitudinal investigation of the development of supervisor-subordinate exchange relationships in the United States and Hong Kong |
| HKUST 551/95H |
Group identification and intergroup dynamics during political transition: The case of 1997 |
| CPHK 741/95H |
A naturalistic investigation of the organizational behaviour-related phenomena affecting the adoption and impact of codes of ethics by Hong Kong businesses |
| CPHK 760/95H |
The impact of deindustrialization on manufacturing workers in Hong Kong |
| HKBC 128/95H |
Chinese perspectives on suicide: An ethical analysis of some traditional views |
| CPHK 769/95H |
Cantonese-first language academics writing for publication in English: Problems and strategies |
| CPHK 770/95H |
Changing patterns of genres and identity in Hong Kong public discourse |
| HKU 169/95H |
Concepts of effective citizenship and the implementation of civic education: An international IEA study of civic education in Hong Kong and other school systems |
| PolyU 6/96H |
The Relationship between Market Research Information and Channel Structure: Theory and Empirical Tests |
| PolyU 12/96H |
Is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Culturally Determined? - A Comparison of Perceptions of Hyperactivity by Teachers and Mental Health Professionals in Hong Kong, China & Canada |
| CUHK 144/96H |
Auditory Word Recognition in Chinese |
| Humanities, Social Sciences & Business Studies |
| Project No. |
Project Title |
| HKU 391/96H |
Hong Kong Trade unions bracing for the future: Environmental changes and organizational dynamics |
| HKU 394/96H |
Indicators of social development: Hong Kong 1997 |
| HKUST 617/96H |
Integration and coordination of management decisions |
| CityU 896/96H |
Japanese Multinationals in China: Globalisation of Strategic Control in Personnel and Production |
| CityU 907/96H |
The Performance Evaluation of Equity Mutual Funds in Hong Kong |
| CUHK 175/96H |
Tokharian Influence on Altaic Languages |
| CUHK 177/96H |
Chinese Legal Tradition and the Rule of Law: Legal Thoughts and Values in the Legal System of Song China and Their Modern Implications |
| CUHK 180/96H |
A Computerised Database of the Entire Body of Oracular Inscriptions on Tortoise Shells and Bones |
| CUHK 185/96H |
The Acquisition of Focus Particles in Cantonese |
| HKU 399/96H |
The min dialect of Chaozhou and comparative Chinese grammar |
| HKUST 623/96H |
Writing the (Anti-)colonial selves: Taiwan writers during the Japanese occupation |
| CityU 933/96H |
Endangered Language of South China |
| HKU 403/96H |
Transition from planned to market economy: Post-compulsory education in Shanghai |
| HKU 405/96H |
Changing Hong Kong's Primary Schools: An evaluation of the target oriented curriculum (TOC) |
| HKBU 860/96H |
A Study of the Large-scale Implementation of Information Technology in Assisting the Management of Schools |
| CUHK 192/96H |
An integrated Approach for Improving Urban Housing Quality in China |
| CUHK 193/96H |
The rule-based wood frame construction system of the Yingzhao fashi |
| CityU 1018/97H |
From Transition to Integration: The Coorientation of Public Opinion and Mass Media between Hong Kong and China beyond 1997 |
| CityU 1194/97H |
Competition Policies and International Trade: The Case of Pacific-Basin Economies |
| CityU 1206/97H |
Implementation of Legal Bilingualism in Hong Kong and Jurilinguistic Engineering (continuation) |
| Humanities, Social Sciences & Business Studies |
| Project No. |
Project Title |
| CUHK 4031/97H |
Language Socialization in Urban and Rural China |
| HKUST 6113/97H |
Temporary labor migration: A catalyst to rural development |
| HKUST 6223/97H |
Cost-benefit accounting and success measures for Hong Kong/China information technology investments |
| HKUST 6236/97H |
Brand choice as a sequential optimal option search |
| HKU 7185/97H |
Looking for ancient rice paddies in the middle Yangze valley |
| HKU 7186/97H |
Cantonese narrative songs |
| HKU 7212/97H |
The "information superhighway" and personal data: towards a new legal and conceptual framework for the protection of privacy in a digital world |
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