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南韩成均馆大学化学工程学院朴南圭教授于6月11日在香港城市大学主持最新一场高等研究院杰出讲座系列，题为「铅卤钙钛矿：光伏及其他」。朴教授指其团队研发了一个通用方法和界面纳米工程，用作消除迟滞现象。迟滞现象是指物件受力后延后出现反应。他指表面钝化剂和低维中间层显著提升稳定性，同时大大减少迟滞情况。

南韓成均館大學化學工程學院朴南圭教授於6月11日在香港城市大學主持最新一場高等研究院傑出講座系列，題為「鉛鹵鈣鈦礦：光伏及其他」。朴教授指其團隊研發了一個通用方法和界面納米工程，用作消除遲滯現象。遲滯現象是指物件受力後延後出現反應。他指表面鈍化劑和低維中間層顯著提升穩定性，同時大大減少遲滯情況。

The 12th Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award was awarded on 30 May to IAS Senior Fellow Professor Lu Jian, a materials scientist focusing on structural metallic materials at City University of Hong Kong (CityU). The Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology (EST) Prizes, composed of "Guanghua EST Achievement Award" and "Guanghua EST Award", are regarded as “the most prestigious award for engineering and technology achievement in China”. “I am very honoured to receive this top award in the engineering and technology sector in China,” said Professor Lu, who is also Vice-President (Research and Technology) and Dean of Graduate Studies at CityU.

香港城市大学（城大）副校长（研究及科技）兼研究生院院长、城大高等研究院资深院士、金属结构材料科学家吕坚教授，于5月30日荣获中国工程院颁发第十二届光华工程科技奖。光华工程科技奖被视为中国工程科技领域的最高奖项，设有「光华工程科技成就奖」和「光华工程科技奖」两个奖项。吕教授说︰「能够获颁这个国内工程科技界的顶级奖项，我深感荣幸。」

香港城市大學（城大）副校長（研究及科技）兼研究生院院長、城大高等研究院資深院士、金屬結構材料科學家呂堅教授，於5月30日榮獲中國工程院頒發第十二屆光華工程科技獎。光華工程科技獎被視為中國工程科技領域的最高獎項，設有「光華工程科技成就獎」和「光華工程科技獎」兩個獎項。呂教授說︰「能夠獲頒這個國內工程科技界的頂級獎項，我深感榮幸。」

The relatively simple phenomenon of a sliding drop on a surface is far from quantitatively understood, according to Professor Dr Hans-Jürgen Butt at the latest City University of Hong Kong (CityU) Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) Distinguished Lecture, which was held on 15 May.

Hans-Jürgen Butt教授5月15日于香港城市大学（城大）主持最新一场高等研究院杰出讲座，题为「湿润：一个多层面现象」，指出科学家仍未定量理解简单如滑落表面的液滴现象。

Hans-Jürgen Butt教授5月15日於香港城市大學（城大）主持最新一場高等研究院傑出講座，題為「濕潤：一個多層面現象」，指出科學家仍未定量理解簡單如滑落表面的液滴現象。

Attracting bright minds from around the world, the Institute of Advanced Study at the City University of Hong Kong pursues curiosity-driven research and spreads the importance of scientific knowledge.

Two Swedish scholars, Professor Karl H. Johansson (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology) and Professor Tomas Hökfelt (Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet), delivered lectures on cooperative road freight transport and the neuropeptide galanin system in depression disorder respectively as part of the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) Distinguished Lecture Series.