[November 2024 issue]
Researchers from CUHK have won 11 awards at the Silicon Valley International Inventions Festival (SVIIF) 2024, including three NA-affiliated Professors who were awarded Gold Medals, Prize of the China Association of Inventions (CAI) and Prize of the United Inventors Association of America (UIA). Details are as follows:
| Award | Principal Investigator | Faculty/Department | Project Title |
| Gold Medal, Prize of the CAI and Prize of the UIA | Professor Tong Kai-yu Raymond | Department of Biomedical Engineering | Transforming Rehabilitation with Wearable Soft Robotics: XoMuscle Empowering Movement in Patients with Disabilities |
| Gold Medal | Hope4Care’s Markerless Augmented Reality Training System: An Interactive Platform with Real-time Gait Analysis and Visual Feedback | ||
| Gold Medal | Professor Wang Chi-chiu Ronald | Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | ProEGCG: A Prodrug to Relieve Menstrual Discomfort and Prevent Endometriosis |
| Gold Medal | Professor Lui Po-yee Pauline | Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology | A Breakthrough Discovery in Tendinopathy Treatment: the World’s First Injectable Fatty Acidbinding Protein 4 Inhibitor-loaded Hydrogel |
From left: Professor Tong Kai-yu Raymond, Professor Wang Chi-chiu Ronald, Professor Lui Po-yee Pauline
