CUEngineering

Jul 2026 Issue 29


	Engineering Embodied AI for Polar and Marine Science
	The polar regions and the ocean are critical to climate science, environmental monitoring and the safe operation of future field missions.... This is where robotics and embodied AI can make a decisive contribution.


			Robot-assisted Endoluminal En Bloc Resection of Bladder Tumours (ERBT) Bladder cancer remains one of the most common cancers globally, with more than 600,000 new cases diagnosed annually. With limitations of the existing Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumour (TURBT) treatment, recurrence rate of bladder cancers remains high (50%). Clinicians advocate for en bloc resection of early-stage bladder tumours, as this technique allows for the complete removal of the growth in one piece.


			A novel “nanoworm” gene carrier for safer and more effective gene therapy Intracellular gene delivery mediated by nanoparticles forms the foundation of many important nanomedicines, such as the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, which have prevented deaths globally. However, a critical and longstanding challenge in gene delivery has been how to effectively deliver therapeutic genes into the cytosol and ensure that they function properly.


	Medical and Engineering Team Up for Agile Robotic Arms for Precise Tumor Removal Professor Ka-wai Kwok from the Faculty of Engineering and Professor Jason Chan from the Faculty of Medicine have developed a tiny and fully flexible dual-arm robot, specifically designed for endoluminal endoscopic surgery. Seamlessly compatible with existing endoscopes, the system enhances surgical dexterity and precision while lowering the training barrier. In its first-in-human clinical trial, it successfully treated bladder cancer, offering new hope for early cancer treatment.




	Awards winning projects in 16th International Invention Fair in the Middle East & 51st International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva Engineering Professors and their research teams achieved remarkable results at the 16th International Invention Fair in the Middle East (IIFME) and the 51st International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva.




	Prof. Zhou Yajin Honored with Test-of-Time Award at the 2026 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy Prof. Zhou Yajin from Department of Information Engineering has been honored with a Test-of-Time Award at the 2026 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, one of the premier conferences in computer security and electronic privacy.




	Engineering scholars awarded BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize 2026 and the 20th Chinese Young Women in Science Fellowship Professor Lu Yi-chun and Professor Lin Dahua from the Faculty of Engineering of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have been awarded the BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize 2026 (STIP). Professor Lu has also been awarded the 20th Chinese Young Women in Science Fellowship.




	CUHK establishes new InnoHK Research Centre to advance next-generation semiconductor manufacturing and electronic materials The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has established a new research centre in collaboration with National University of Singapore, under the third InnoHK research cluster, SEAM@InnoHK, after receiving approval from the Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) of the HKSAR Government.




	IE PhD graduate Dr. He Yuze receives prestigious ACM SIGBED Paul Caspi Memorial Dissertation Award PhD graduate (2022-23) from Department of Information Engineering, Dr. He Yuze, supervised by Professor Xing Guoliang and co-supervised by Professor Yan Zhenyu, has been awarded the ACM SIGBED Paul Caspi Memorial Dissertation Award.




	MAE Student team won the Best Fabrication Award at the 9th IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics Student team from Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, supervised by Professor Fang Guoxin, received the Best Fabrication Award at the 9th IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2026) for the project titled “Robot-Assisted Multi-Axis Embedded Silicone Printing for Free-Form Volumetric Model”.




	CSE PhD student Jiang Zhihan receives ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award in ICSE 2026 PhD student Mr. Jiang Zhihan in the ARISE lab under the supervision of Professor Michael R. Lyu from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering has received the ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award in ICSE 2026.




	CSE PhD student Wu Shaofeng receives NSDI’26 Community Award Prof. Xu Hong and his collaborators from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering received the Community Award from the 23rd USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI’26) for the paper “Offloading Cloud Network Services at Production Scale with SONiC DASH SmartSwitch.”




	CUHK Programming teams achieve outstanding results at the 2025 ICPC Asia East Continent Final Contest and ACM-HK Programming Contest 2026 The Programming Teams from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering achieved outstanding results at the 2025 International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) Asia East Continent Final Contest in Hangzhou. The gold medalist team has qualified for the 50th ICPC World Finals.

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