Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme - List of Funded Projects for 2011/2012
Project No. Project Title Hong Kong Partner/Institution German Parnter/Institution Funding Period (year) 1st Year Amount
Awarded
by RGC (HK$)
2nd Year Amount
Awarded
by RGC (HK$)
G_HK002/11 Micro-vision based 3D tracking for biological cell injection Dr You-fu Li/CityU Prof Sergej Fatikow/University of Oldenburg 2 30,000 30,000
G_HK003/11 Engineering the oxygen mobility of high performance catalysts for preferential oxidation of carbon
monoxide (CO-PrOx)
Dr Wey Yang Teoh/CityU Prof Lutz Mädler/University of Bremen 2 15,200 14,300
G_HK005/11 Nonlinear size effects of micro- and nano-structures
Dr Chee Wah Lim/CityU Prof Chuanzeng Zhang/University of Siegen 2 29,600 29,600
G_HK008/11 Mimicking anisotropic magnetic metamaterials with dielectric composites
Dr Jensen Tsan-hang Li/CityU Prof Thomas Zentgraf/University of Paderborn 2 15,200 14,300
G_HK011/11 Atomistic simulations of nitrogen oxides adsorption on metal oxides nanoparticles for photocatalysis Prof Rui-qin Zhang/CityU Prof Thomas Frauenheim/University of Bremen
2 15,200 15,200
G_HK013/11 Textual revision in second language writing Dr John Sie Yuen Lee/CityU Prof Anke Lüdeling/Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 2 30,000 30,000
G_HK015/11 Side-channel resistance of secure processor architecture
Dr Ray Chak-chung Cheung/CityU Prof Sorin A Huss/Technische Universität Darmstadt, CASED 2 29,600 29,600
G_HK016/11 Energy efficient schedules for multi-core architectures with voltage islands
Dr Minming Li/CityU Dr Jian-Jia Chen/Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2 29,600 29,600
G_HK018/11 Energy-Efficient Data Management with Novel Storage Technologies
Dr Jianliang Xu/HKBU Prof Theo Härder/University of Kaiserslautern 2 26,000 26,000
G_HK019/11 Liquidity constrained firms and international trade Prof Wing-keung Wong/HKBU Prof Udo Broll/Dresden University Of Technology 1 27,800 0
G_HK020/11 Phosphorescent Metallopolymers and their Applications in Energy Conversion
Prof Wai-yeung Wong/HKBU Prof Ulrich S Schubert/Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena 2 28,700 28,700
G_HK022/11 Phylogeography and Cryptic Diversity of Coastal Crabs from the Tropical West Pacific: A Comparative Study of the Influence of Habitat on the Potential Diversification Prof Ka-hou Chu/CUHK Prof Christoph Daniel Schubart/University of Regensbury 2 29,600 0
G_HK025/11 In vivo Imaging of Retinal Neurons in Thy-1 YFP Transgenic Mice after Traumatic Injury and Transorbital Alternating Current Stimulation Prof Christopher Kai-shun Leung/CUHK Prof Petra Henrich-Noach/Otto-von-Guericke University 2 29,500 29,500
G_HK026/11 Towards Urban Planning Strategies to Improve the Wind Environment in High Density Cities Based on Better Understanding of the Urban Morphology by Using Large Eddy Simulation Model (LES) Prof Edward Yan-yung Ng/CUHK Prof Siegfried Raasch/University of Hannover 2 29,600 29,600
G_HK029/11 Effects of Inflammatory Cytokines on the Cardiac Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells: Role of Reactive Oxygen Species
Prof Faye Suk-ying Tsang/CUHK Prof Heinrich Sauer/University of Giessen 2 29,600 29,600
G_HK030/11 Cycloheptatrienyl Dicarbollyl Zirconium Complexes as Building Blocks for the Preparation of Multidecker Sandwich Complexes
Prof Zuowei Xie/CUHK Prof Matthias Tamm/Technische University of Braunschweig 2 29,500 29,500
G_HK032/11 Ferroelectric Copolymer-Gated Organic Thin Film Transistors for Memory Applications
Dr Chi Wah Leung/PolyU Prof Bernd Ploss/University of Applied Sciences (FH) Jena 2 28,700 28,700
G_HK034/11 Identification of Barriers and Opportunities for Sustainable Building Development Dr Chi-kwan Chau/PolyU Prof Thomas Lützkendorf/Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2 17,000 17,000
G_HK035/11 Vibration-based Load Identification Using Structural Health Monitoring Data
Prof Yiqing Ni/PolyU Prof Claus-Peter Fritzen/University of Siegen 2 29,500 29,500
G_HK044/11 The IceAGE (Icelandic Marine Animals: Genetics and Ecology) project
Dr Moriaki Yasuhara/HKU Dr Saskia Brix/Senckenberg am Meer, University of Oldenburg 2 24,200 24,200