Thesis Defense
PHD in Industrial Engg & Deci Ana - Essays on Incentive Design in Supply Chains and Platform Markets
Room 5554 (Lifts 27-28), 5/F Academic Building, HKUST
14 August 2026
PHD in Chemistry - Application of Large Languange Model in Chemistry Education and Research
Room 5506 (Lifts 25-26), 5/F Academic Building, HKUST
14 August 2026
PHD in Civil Engineering - Development of Functional Adsorbent Materials for Phosphate Removal, Nutrient Recovery, and Sustainable Fertilizer Application
Organized by Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Room 3574 (Lifts 27-28), 3/F Academic Building, HKUST
14 August 2026
PHD in Humanities - Evidentiality across Borders: How Information Source and Access are Expressed in Tibeto-Burman
Room3301 (Lift2, Lifts 17-18), 3/F Academic Building, HKUST
14 August 2026
PHD in Economics - Essays on Human Capital and Public Policy
Room 5047, Lee Shau Kee Business Building, HKUST
14 August 2026
PHD in Atmospheric Envrl Science - Deep Learning-Based Subgrid Parameterizations for Unresolved Physics
Room 5402 (Lifts 17-18), 5/F Academic Building, HKUST
13 August 2026
MPhil in Bioengineering - Context-Aware Deep Learning for Virtual Histological and Immunohistochemical Staining
Room 5506 (Lifts 25-26), HKUST
13 August 2026
MPhil in Information Systems - PersonaFuse: A Situation-Aware Post-Training Framework for Adaptive LLM Behavior in Enterprise Tasks
LSK 4047, 4/F, Lee Shau Kee Business Building, HKUST
13 August 2026
PHD in Envrl Sci, Policy & Mgmt - Public Blockchain-based Carbon Management System: Supporting Upfront Embodied Carbon Reduction in the Construction Industry
Room 4504 (Lifts 25-26), 4/F Academic Building,, HKUST
13 August 2026
PHD in Life Science - Dissecting Innate Lymphoid Cells in Zebrafish
Room 4504 (Lifts 25-26), 4/F Academic Building, HKUST
13 August 2026
PHD in Bioengineering - Label-Efficient AI Frameworks for Generalizable Computational Pathology
Room 5506 (Lifts 25-26), HKUST
13 August 2026
PHD in Bioengineering - Microfluidic Liquid Maneuver for Automated Biomolecular Diagnostics and Cellular Studies
Room 5560 (Lifts 27-28), HKUST
13 August 2026
PHD in Operations Management - Operations and Economics of Digital Content Platforms
Room 4047, Lee Shau Kee Business Building, HKUST
12 August 2026
PHD in Civil Engineering - Optimal Design and Control of Building Energy Systems under Uncertainty
Organized by Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Room 3574 (Lifts 27 & 28), 3/F Academic Building, HKUST
12 August 2026
PHD in Atmospheric Envrl Science - Projected Heatwaves and Extreme Precipitation in the Pearl River Delta under Global Warming using Kilometer-Scale Dynamical Downscaling of CMIP6 Models
Room 2302 (Lifts 17-18), 2/F Academic Building, HKUST
12 August 2026
PHD in Life Science - Design of CRISPR-Based Programmable RNA-Responsive Protein Materials
Room 5506 (Lifts 25-26), 5/F Academic Building, HKUST
12 August 2026
PHD in Computer Science & Engg - Controlling Factors of Variation in Lip-to-Speech Synthesis: Space, Time, Content, and Speaker
Room 3494 (Lifts 25-26), 3/F Academic Building, HKUST
12 August 2026
PHD in Physics - Exploring Quantum Potential of Solid-State Spins
Room 3494 (Lifts 25-26), 3/F Academic Building, HKUST
11 August 2026
PHD in Chemistry - Organic Transformations Mediated by Electrochemical Oxidation of Sodium Chloride
Room 5506, 5/F (Lifts 25-26) Academic Building, HKUST
11 August 2026



