Thesis Defense
PHD in Chemistry - Targeting Aberrant Glycans via Lectin‑Directed Protein Aggregation Therapy (LPAT) for Anti‑Metastatic Application of Breast, Colorectal, and Lung Cancers
Room 4472 (Lifts 25-26), 4/F Academic Building, HKUST
21 August 2026
MPhil in Physics - Oscillator-Based Ising Machines for Combinatorial Optimization: From Statistical Physics Analysis to Benchmark Applications
Room 4475 (Lifts 25-26), 4/F Academic Building, HKUST
21 August 2026
PHD in Civil Engineering - Advancing Infrared Thermography for Façade Inspection: Evaluating Environmental Variability and Defect Characteristics
Organized by Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Room 3574 (Lifts 27-28), 3/F Academic Building, HKUST
21 August 2026
PHD in Chemistry - Molecular Design and Device Fabrication for Organic Solar Cell
Room 5510 (Lifts 25-26), 5/F Academic Building, HKUST
21 August 2026
PHD in Electronic & Comp Engg - Reinforcement Learning for Automated Processor Design, Test, and Runtime Optimization
Room 4472 (Lifts 25-26), 4/F Academic Building, HKUST
21 August 2026
MPhil in Computer Science & Engg - Communication-Oblivious Permutation and Sorting
Room 3494 (Lifts 25-26), 3/F Academic Building, HKUST
20 August 2026
PHD in Chemistry - Ruthenium- and Palladium-Catalyzed Stereoselective Additions to Olefins and Alkynes
Room 4472, 4/F (Lifts 25-26) Academic Building, HKUST
20 August 2026
MPhil in Physics - Investigating the Motility of Myosin VI and its Mutant in Living Cell
Room 4475 (Lifts 25-26), 4/F Academic Building, HKUST
20 August 2026
PHD in Chemistry - Bond Valence Sum Analysis of Structural Frameworks and Ion Migration Pathways in Lithium All-Solid-State Electrolytes
Room 5506, 5/F (Lifts 25-26) Academic Building, HKUST
20 August 2026
MPhil in Operations Management - Momentum Horizon Selection via Fused Ridge Regularization
Room 5047, Lee Shau Kee Business Building, HKUST
20 August 2026
PHD in Physics - Dynamic Pattern Formation in Driven and Active Liquid Crystals with Broken Symmetry
Room 4475 (Lifts 25-26), 4/F Academic Building, HKUST
20 August 2026
PHD in Life Science - Cellular and Transcriptomic Features of Perfusable Vascularized Brain Organoids and Splicing Dysregulation in Aging Neurons
Room 4504 (Lifts 25-26), 4/F Academic Building, HKUST
20 August 2026
PHD in Chemistry - Harnessing the Digital Potential of DNA: From Genome Mining and Structure Prediction to Next-Generation Data Storage
Room 5506 (Lifts 25-26), 5/F Academic Building, HKUST
20 August 2026
PHD in Civil Engineering - Analytical, Modeling, and Experimental Investigations of Bamboo Structural Members and Connections: Approaching Design Standardization
Organized by Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Room 3574 (Lifts 27-28), 3/F Academic Building, HKUST
20 August 2026
PHD in Civil Engineering - 3D Digitalization of the Built Environment via VLM-Enhanced UAV Sensing: Geometric Fidelity, Semantic Enrichment, Photorealistic Rendering, and Physical Simulation.
Organized by Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Room 3598 (Lifts 27 & 28), 3/F Academic Building, HKUST
20 August 2026
PHD in Computer Science & Engg - Memory Isolation in Modern Computing System
Room 3494 (Lifts 25-26), 3/F Academic Building, HKUST
20 August 2026
PHD in Mechanical Engineering - Control-Oriented Modeling, In-Situ Monitoring, and Dynamic Compensation of Material Extrusion and Magnetic-Assisted Directed Energy Deposition Processes
Room 2550 + Room 2551 (Lifts 27-28), 2/F Academic Building; Zoom Link: https://hkust.zoom.us/j/94904243614?pwd=AG6w3bhiUAiual90GfpkXaGSywaSei.1 (Meeting ID: 949 0424 3614; Password: hkust), HKUST
20 August 2026
PHD in Civil Engineering - Engineering Biochar-Magnesia Concrete (BMC) for Enhanced Ambient-Level CO2 Sequestration
Organized by Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Room 3584A (Lifts 27-28), 3/F Academic Building, HKUST
20 August 2026
MPhil in Life Science - Structural Basis of Precise miRNA Cleavage Site Selection by DCL1
Room 4475 (Lifts 25-26), 4/F Academic Building, HKUST
19 August 2026
MPhil in Chemistry - Unveiling the Potential of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens for Aristolochic Acid Degradation and Soil Bioremediation
Room 5506 (Lifts 25-26), 5/F Academic Building, HKUST
19 August 2026