Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme - 2002/2003 Supported Applications

New Grants

Project No. Project Title Hong Kong Partner/Institution German Partner/Institution Funding Period Amount Awarded by RGC (HK$)
G_HK001/02 Na Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation into Titanium for Improved Bioactivity Prof Paul K Chu/CityU Prof Dr Wolfhard Moller/Forschungszentrum Rossendorf 1 29,400
G_HK004/02 Secure Internet Communication Based on Chaos - Pattern Synchronization and Control Prof Guanrong Chen/CityU Prof Wolfgang A. Halang/University of Hagen 2 29,800
G_HK005/02 Perceived Endings, Mortality Salience and Goal Regulation Professor Helene Hoi Lam Fung/CUHK Professor Frieder R Lang/Humboldt University at Berlin 2 30,000
G_HK006/02 Automated Design and Prototyping of Communication Architectures for Heterogeneous Systems - on - a - Chip Professor Kin Hong Lee/CUHK Professor Manfred Glesne/Darmstadt University of Technology 2 29,200
G_HK009/02 The Role of Angiotensin and Endothelin in the Regulation of Fibrogenic/Anti - Fibrogenic Factors in Hepatic Kupffer Cells: Its clinical implications for hepatic fibrosis Professor Po Sing Leung/CUHK Professor Detlef Schuppa/University of Erlanger - Nuernberg 2 30,000
G_HK010/02 Characterization of a RING - H2 Finger Protein, ANAPC11, the Human Homologue of Yeast Apc11P Professor Mary Waye/CUHK Dr Rene Zimmermann/Research Group "Vascular Genomics", Kerckhoff - Klinik 2 30,000
G_HK011/02 Novel Catalysts for Polymerization of Olefins and Polar Monomers Professor Zuowei Xie/CUHK Professor Jun Okuda/Johannes Gutenberg - Universitat Mainz 2 30,000
G_HK012/02 Richard Wilhelm: The Connection Between His Liberal Christian Commitments and his Sinological Corpus - Phase I Dr. Lauren F. Pfister/HKBU Prof Wolfgang Kubin/University of Bonn 2 26,600
G_HK013/02 The Fate of Veterinary Medicines in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environmental Prof. Ming Hong Wong/HKBU Dr Ayfer Yedile/Institut fur Okologische Chemie 2 30,000
G_HK016/02 An investigation of the influence of implicit and explicit modes of learning on the interaction between decision making and motor output in human performance Dr. Richard Stanley William Masters/HKU Dr. Markus Raab/Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development 2 29,200
G_HK017/02 Wind - induced cross ventilation in buildings with large openings Dr. Yuguo Li/HKU Dr. Markus Roesler/Dresden University of Technology 2 26,600
G_HK020/02 China's WTO accession and its impact on the spatial restructuring of financial centers in mainland China and Hong Kong: a perspective of geography of finance Dr. Simon Xiaobin Zhao/HKU Prof. Eike W. Schamp/Johann Wolfgang Goethe - University 1 30,000
G_HK022/02 Efficacy of anti - snoring therapy in different ethnic group Prof. William Ignace Wei/HKU Prof. Karl Hormann/University of Mannheim 2 26,800
G_HK024/02 Exploration and search in geometric environments Prof Rudolf Hans Fleischer/HKUST Prof Rolf Ulrich Klein/University of Bonn 2 28,400
G_HK025/02 Model predictive control and its applications to the plastic injection molding industry Dr Furong Gao/HKUST Prof Frank Allgower/University of Stuttgart 2 29,800
G_HK026/02 Microfabrication of a novel biosensor chip for medical diagnostics Dr Dieter Wilhelm Trau/HKUST Dr Markus Meusel/Institute for Chemical and Biochemical Sensor Research, ICB 1 28,000
G_HK027/02 Removal of persistent organic pollutants in water and wastewater by a photochemically enhanced fenton process using a novel heterogeneous catalyst Prof Po Lock Yue/HKUST Prof Andre M Braun/University of Karlsruhe 2 29,800
G_HK029/02 Statistical Sensitivity Analysis of Gaussian Radial Basis Function Networks Trained by Gradient Descent Prof Daniel So Yeung/PolyU Prof Ian Cloete/International University of Germany 2 30,000
G_HK030/02 Investigation of Gallium Nitride and Related Compounds for Electronic and Optoelectronic App Dr Charles Surya/PolyU Prof Manfred Pilkuhn/University of Stuttgart 2 29,200
G_HK031/02 Sound Garden - A Tangible Interface Enabling Storytelling across Different Cultures and Languages Dr Gino Yu/PolyU Prof Monika Fleischman, Prof Wolfgang Strauss/Fraunhofer Institute of Media Communication 2 29,200
G_HK033/02 Cellular Regulation of Phosphoinositide - 3 - kinases by Monomeric and Heterotrimeric GTPases Dr Shing Shun Tony To/ PolyU Dr Bernd Nurnberg/Heinrich - Heine - Universitat 2 26,600
608,600


Release of 2nd Year Funds

Project No. Project Title Hong Kong Partner/Institution German Partner/Institution Amount Awarded by RGC (HK$)
G_HK004/01 Selectivity in energy transfer in Ln [ Au(CN)2 ] 3. 3H2O compounds Prof. Peter A. Tanner/CityU Prof. Dr. Hartmut Yersin/Universitat Regensburg 30,000
G_HK005/01 An Ion Microprobe Study of High - pressure Rocks From The North China Craton Dr. Min Sun/HKU Professor Alfred Kroner/University of Mainz 29,800
G_HK006/01 A Collaborative Research Project - Developing a Self Maintenance Therapy for elderly persons with Dementia in Hong Kong Professor Iris Chi/HKU Prof. Hans Forstl/Technical University, Munich 11,900
G_HK011/01 Study of strain - gradient plasticity in metal film bending by the microbridge testing method Prof Tongyi Zhang/HKUST Prof Huajian Gao/Max - Planck - Institut Fur Metallforschung in Stuttgart 26,600
G_HK012/01 Behaviour of cohesionless soils under monotonic and cyclic loading conditions Prof Xiang Song Li/HKUST Prof Stavros A Savidis/Technical University of Berlin 29,200
G_HK014/01 Optimization and Control of NMR Spin Systems Prof. Kok Lay Teo/PolyU Prof. Uwe Helmke/University of Wuerzburg 29,800
G_HK019/01 Trace Analysis of Polar Degradation Products of 2, 4, 6 - trinitrotoluene (TNT) in Environmental Waters by Using LC/MS/MS Dr. Zongwei Cai/HKBU Dr. Klaus Steinbach/Philipps University Marburg 29,800
G_HK021/01 Protein Sorting in the Plant Golgi Professor Liwen Jiang/CUHK Professor David G Robin/University of Heidelberg 30,000
217,100