Annual Report 2001–02

理學院重要發展 Major Events in the Faculty of Science 口材料科學課程易名為材料科學及工程學課程。此外，學院 又開設材料科學及工程學，以及分子生物技術學的碩士和 博士學位課程。風險管理科學課程則於本年度誕生首批本 科畢業生，並將於二零零二至二零零三年度起開辦相關的 碩士學位課程，供學生繼續深造。 口該院贏得多項敎育署訓練計劃的公開招標承辦合約，包 括： •二零零一至二零零二學年科學新知進修課程（物理） (十九萬港元） •二零零一至二零零二學年中學生科學硏究計劃（十六 萬八千三百港元） •二零零一至二零零二學年高級程度生物課程學習和敎 學技巧工作坊（十八萬八千港元） 口該院開展一系列問卷調查，收集各方對下列問題的意見： •僱主對理科畢業生工作表現 •該院理科畢業生的職業狀況 口該院自一九九九年舉辦的科學鐵人盃比賽，今年獲得大學 敎育資助委員會撥款合共五十一萬港元，作為未來三年的 經費。 口學院敎師硏究成就卓越，學術報告之素質獲得同業確認， 更爭取到不少外界的硏究資助。例子包括： •統計學講座敎授兼風險管理科學學科主任陳毅恒敎授 獲選為國際數理統計學會院士。 •生物化學系王駿敎授等的中草藥鑑證方法取得專利 權。 •環境科學學科主任余濟美敎授獲創新及科技基金撥款 五百六十萬港元資助其環保硏究項目。 •物理系黃景揚敎授獲創新及科技基金的廠校合作硏究 計劃撥款近四百萬港元。 •生物系趙紹惠敎授與生物化學系吳子斌敎授合作的硏 究項目，獲創新及科技基金資助三百二十萬港元。 • The undergraduate Materials Science Programme was renamed Materials Science and Engineering. Both this programme and the Molecular Biotechnology Programme launched a M.Phil. and a Ph.D. programme during the year. The Risk Management Science Programme produced its first batch of graduates in the summer of 2001-2. These graduates can pursue an M.Phil. Programme in Risk Management Sciences, to be launched in 2002-3. • The faculty has won open bids for three projects commissioned by the Education Department of the HKSAR government: • Science Update Programme for Secondary School Teachers in the 2001-2 School Year (Physics Programme) (HK$190,000) • Pilot Science Research Programme for Secondary School Students in the 2001-2 School Year (HK$168,300) • Workshop on Learning and Teaching Strategies for A-Level Biology in the 2001-2 School Year (HK$188,000) • The faculty launched two surveys to collect views from relevant bodies: • Employers' views on the performance of science graduates; • Views of the alumni of the Science Faculty's departments/programmes on their career development after graduation. • The Iron Man of Science Competition initiated by the faculty in 1999 was awarded an allocation of HK$510,000 by the UGC to sponsor activities for the next three years. • Faculty members published important papers and won many competitive grants, prizes, and awards during the year: • Prof. Chan Ngai Hang, professor of statistics and director of studies of the Risk Management Science Programme, was elected a fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. • Prof. Jun Wang et al of the Biochemistry Department obtained a US Patent for 'Polymerase Chain Reaction — Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Test for the Authentication of Traditional Chinese Medicine'. • Prof. Jimmy Yu, director of studies of the Environmental Science Programme, won an allocation of HK$5.6 million from the Innovation and Technology Fund for his project 'Development of Advanced Photocatalytic Nano-coating Technologies for Environmental and Health Industries'. • Prof. Wong King-young of the Physics Department and his team obtained close to HK$4 million from the Innovation and Technology Fund's University-Industry Collaboration Programme for their project 'Technology and Materials Innovations in Using Electrically Luminous Plastics in the Display Industry'. • Prof. Chiu Siu-wai of the Biology Department and Prof. Ng Tzi-bun of the Biochemistry Department won close to HK$3.2 million from the Innovation and Technology Fund for their project 'Biotechnological Improvement of a Microbial Cultivar and Evidence-based Diversification of Microbial Products'. 學術發展 a c a d e m i c d e v e l o p m e n t 32