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(I) Integrated Computational Modeling of Air Pollution
The rapid economic development and population growth in recent years in the Pearl River Delta region have been accompanied by major environmental problems, including severe air pollution. The public demand for improved air quality is strong. It is, however, a major scientific challenge to better understand the processes of air pollution and to develop the capacity to predict its location and severity. This course will concentrate, from the perspective of a physicist, on computational air-pollution modelling by integrating atmospheric science, mathematics, computational technology and remote-sensing technology. Several examples of the air-pollution modelling studies being carried out at City University of Hong Kong will be presented.
(II) Rechargeable Batteries and Fuel Cells
Fuel cells and rechargeable batteries are two emerging products that have attracted the attention of many scientists and are becoming an indispensable part of our everyday life.
This course will look at the following topics:
1. What are fuel cells and rechargeable batteries?
2. The working principles of rechargeable batteries.
3. Why do some batteries explode?
4. Dreams of future batteries. |
