Research Projects

Innovation and Technology Fund, Hong Kong, Innovative Concrete Technology with Man-made Lightweight Geopolymer Aggregates from Full Volume Solid Wastes, 01/01/2024 to 31/12/2025, Funding Ref. GHP/144/21GD, HK$1,309,200 (167,648 USD) for main research funding, and HK$1,309,200 (167,648 USD) for research personnel (Sole PI) under Research Talent Hub Scheme

Innovation and Technology Fund, Hong Kong, Research on CO2-cured carbon-negative construction materials produced from municipal solid waste incineration ash, 01/2025 to 12/2026, Funding Ref. GHP/354/22GD, HK$ 1,469,700 (188,992 USD) for main research funding, and HK$ 1,469,700 (188,992 USD) for research personnel (Sole PI) under Research Talent Hub Scheme

Start-up Fund for RAPs under the Strategic Hiring Scheme, PolyU (UGC), Incineration ash-based geopolymer artificial aggregates, 01/08/2023 to 31/07/2025, Project ID. P0046103, HK$ 250,000 ($32,000 USD), (Sole PI)

National Foreign Expert Individual Program (Category Y), Shanghai University, Study on Carbon Sequestration Regulation and Structural Application of Modern Concrete Materials, 01-2025 to 12-2026, 200,000 RMB (Co-PI)

Hong Kong Science and Technology Park Ideation Programme, Green-Crete, Ideation ID.  Partner-23-269, 01/06/2023 to 31/05/2023, HK$ 50,000 HK$ (6413 USD), (Sole PI)

PolyU Student Entrepreneurial Proof-of-Concept (POC) Funding Scheme 2023_cohort 2, POC-23(2)-053_Green-Crete, (2024, HK $15,000), (Co-PI)

Research and Development on Waste Ash/Slag-based Artificial Aggregates for Applications in Concrete, Project Code. N_PolyU542/2, Co-I (2021-2023)

Design principle of concrete with full crop stalks aggregates and its mechanism of regulation for air condition characteristic (National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, China), Grant No. 51778363.) (SJTU, China), Co-I (2017-2021)

Study on the waste-based phosphor-silicate cement and its mechanism in ecological consolidation of mucky soil (National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, China), Grant No. 51972209) (SJTU, China), Co-I (2017-2021)

Research on design principle of immature soiled based foam concrete and its mechanism of air condition (National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, China), Grant No. 51378309) (SJTU, China). Co-I (2017-2021)