Free Lecture on Solutions to Environmental Protection

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[evdate 1994-03-17] Office of Public Affairs THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Tel: (852) 358 6316 Fax: (852) 358 0537 For immediate release 17 March I994 Free Lecture on Solutions to Environmental Protection A free public lecture on innovative solutions to environmental protection will bc given at the Hong Kong Science Museum on Sunday, 20 March. Professor PO-Lock Yue of the Departmcnt of Chemical Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Scicnce and Technology (HKUST) will present several physical and chemical methods currently developed by engineers to detoxify refractory pollutants originating from municipal sewage, industry and agriculture. "Chemical cnginccrs arc dcvcloping novel methods to solve the environmental problems. The success with these solutions will depend not only on sound understanding of the scientific principles underpinning the methods, but also on the ability to build engineering systems for large scale environmental control in practice, " said Professor Yuc. I' ._ . '. - Prof. Yue obtained both his BEng and his PhD from McGill University. Before joining HKUST, Prof. Yue headed at the University of Bath one of the world's most active research groups in the field of detoxification of pollutants by photocatalysis. Prof. Yue is now the Head of the Chemical Engineering Department at HKUST. This lecture is jointly sponsored by HKUST and the Hong Kong Science 1 Museum. Programmc details arc as follows: Topic: Chemical Engineering: Innovative Solutions to Environmental Protection Time: 11:00 am- 12:30 pm, Sunday, 20 March Venue: Lccturc Hall, Hong Kong Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, Tsimshatsui East Language: Cantonese (No ticket needed, free admission) (Direct enquiries to the Office of Public Affairs at 358 6320 or pager 1163388 call 2652) Clear Water Bay. Kowloon, Hong Kong 'c 2 h I& 5~ * #