Group News

Nov. 21, 2010

Professor Xia was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for his tremendous contributions to the present experimental knowledge and understanding of Turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard Convection. With a stringent evaluation by the Fellowship committee, the election to Fellowship is limited to no more than 0.5% of APS members and is considered one of the highest honors in Physics. This Fellowship signifies recognition of the excellent work by Prof. Xia and his research team from the professional peers. It's a great laurel. Congratulations to Prof. Xia!

Jan. 11, 2010

Professor Xia won the second-class award of the 2009 State Natural Science Award (SNSA) with his excellent work on 'Experimental Studies of Turbulent Thermal Convection'. This award, organized by the State Council, is the highest honour given by the Central Government in recognition of advancement in basic scientific research. It's a great achievement! Congratulations to Prof. Xia!

Nov. 2009

Hengdong Xi, an alumnus (PhD 2007) of our group and now a postdoctoral fellow in Max-Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-organization, Gottingen, Germany, was awarded with the Alexander von Humbodldt Research Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers in Nov. 2009. This fellowship will start from April 1st, 2010 and last for two years. Congratulations to Hengdong!

Apr. 2009

Quan Zhou, an alumnus (PhD2008) of our group, is now an Associate Professor of the Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Shanghai University. Congratulation to Quan!

Dec. 2008

Chao Sun, an alumnus (PhD2006) of our group, is now an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in the Physics of Fluid group in University of Twente, the Netherlands. Congratulations to Chao!

Apr. 18 2008

Zhou Quan (PhD candidate in Xia group) was awarded with 2008 C. N. Yang Scholarship for Graduate Students in the Physics Department in the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Congratulations to Quan!

Oct. 28 2006

SUN Chao in our group was awarded with 2006 Hong Kong Young Scientist Award for Physical/Mathematical Science

The awards reward young scientists and engineers in Hong Kong who show great promise in their field of study, with the hope that this will nurture the growth of science and technology in the region.

Three awards will be given annually at the HKIS Annual Meeting (usually held in October/November), one

in each of the following fields:

(a) Physical/Mathematical science

(b) Life science

Each award carries a cash prize of $10,000 and a certificate of recognition. Other short-listed candidates will receive certificates of recognition.

May 2006

Professor S.-Q. Zhou comes back our lab as research assistant professor in physics department. Welcome and congratulate Dr. Zhou.

Sept. 2005

Dr. Shang X.D. wins the honor of Hundred Scholar Project at South China Sea Institute of Oceanology. Congratulations X.D. Shang.

March 2005

Professor Xia is awarded with the Croucher Senior Research Fellowship for his contributions to thermal turbulence