Introduction

Polymer-based micro thermal actuator for micromanipulation Successful grasping of a follicle from Danio rerio (~500um) at 60 degree Celsius.

Micro Power Generator  The AML vibration-based micro power converter generates 2V DC and was demonstrated to provide enough energy to dirve an IR remote control circuit and wireless transmit RF temperature signal with input amplitude of 2mm at 110Hz. Featured in IEEE Spectrum Magazine, September 2001 issue. Also published in Transducers 01' and Sensors and Actuators A: Physical.

Micro underwater robot fingers We are currently developing ICPF microactuators for cellular manipulation.

Micro/Nano Channels  Our current focus is to fabricate micro/nano fluidic devices for DNA/cell manipulation.

AML Student Honors and Awards

• Alan H. F. Lam has won the 2nd prize of the IEE Hong Kong YMS Paper Contest 2002  for his work on "Micro Input Devices System (MIDS): Virtual Input Devices Using Micro Sensors".
• Julia S. J. Qin has been appointed the Dean of Faculty of Science at Guizhou University.
• Victor (Tak Sing) has been appointed as the CUHK IEEE Student Branch President.
• Raymond has been appointed as the CUHK IEEE Student Branch Technical Coordinator.
• Mr. Allan P. Hui  has joined HK ASTRI to lead its MEMS fabrication efforts, October 2001.
• Raymond Hiu Wai LAM, "A Bone Reaming System with Tactile Temperature Sensation" Third Prize in the IEEE Hong Kong Section 2001 Student Paper Contest, December 2001.
• Victor Tak Sing WONG, Lucent Global Science Scholars Award, July 2001. 
• Winston SUN, Croucher Foundation Fellowship, to work as a Research Scientist at the Institute of Microtechnology, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, September 2001 to September 2003.
• James Jian-Ming Chen, Drs. R. Charles and E. Y. Lee Charitable Foundation Scholarship, to study for his PhD at CUHK, October 2000 to September 2003.
• Winston SUN, Information Technology Entrepreneurs Program Fellow, HKSAR Innovation and Technology Commission, October 1999 to April 2001.
• Carmen K. M. FUNG and King W. C. LAI, Best Student Paper Award, 2000 International Conference on Information Society in the 21st Century, Aizu, Japan, November 2000.
• Carmen K. M. FUNG, Chung Chi College FYP Dissertation Award, 1999.
• Pak King WONG, Chung Chi College FYP Dissertation Award, 1998.