Wind Energy Harvesting in Hong Kong's Landscapes (Wireless Sensor Networks, Energy Harvesting and RFID Asia 2010)

Dr. Ho-yin Chan received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2001 and 2003, respectively. In 2008, he was awarded a Ph.D. in the field of Electrical Engineering by the Michigan State University, US. His former work includes projects from the fields of robotics, polymer MEMS

actuators, diamond MEMS, and electrochemical sensing devices in bioMEMS.

 

After joining ASTRI in 2009, Dr. Chan worked on a MEMS 2D scanning mirror for pico projector applications. In 2010, he began work in the field of green energy, utilizing innovative ideas on electromagnetic wind energy harvesting. Currently, he is the project coordinator and investigator for a government-funded, concentrated wind charger project enabling energy harvesting from low speed winds through the use of a ferrofluid based power generator.

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region founded the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited (ASTRI) in 2001 to capture the promises of technological advances for Hong Kong through applied research. Its missions are to perform high quality R&D for technology transfer to industry worldwide, develop needed technical human resources and act as a focal point that brings together industry and university R&D assets.