
Funding
Externally competitive funding of over HKD$16 million
2024-2026
STEAM for Creative Innovation: Practice based approach for integrating wearable technology in fashion design. Quality Education Fund (Project No.: 2023/0320 HKD$1.64 million)

2023-2025
Culture X AI: CreateSmart Initiative (Project Reference: CSI(D)/2201/0406 HKD$9.8 million)

2022-2023
Fashion X AI: 2022-2023 International Salon. CreateSmart Initiative (Project Reference: CSI(D)/2201/0406 HKD$7.4 million)

2021-2022
Laboratory Teaching Package for Advancing Design and Prototyping of High-Performance Apparel & Activewear (ITC-2). Large Equipment Fund (Project Reference: LEF2021-019 HKD$1.4 million) (Co-Investigator)

2020-2021
Design-Led STEM (D-STEM) with interdisciplinary practice of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and design. Quality Education Fund. (Project No: 2019/0531 HKD$1.49 million)

2019
Designing Future Techstyle. CreateSmart Initiative (Ref. No.- CSI(D)/1808/0259 HKD$1.29 million)

2016-2017
Beyond the Surface: Exploration of Design Finishing and Pattern Construction for Design Innovation and Technology Integration in Polymeric Optical Fibre (POF) Fashion and Textile Design (G-UA9J HKD$150000)

2012-2015
Longitudinal evaluation of the general university requirements (GUR) under the new 4-year requirements. Learning and Teaching Development Fund (HKD $2400000 as Co-Principal Investigator)

2013-2015
Development of three-dimensional Jacquard polymeric optical fibre textiles for interior furnishings. (Ref: GUC51 HKD$200000)

2012-2013
Interactive Walls: Photonic Textiles and Deployable Structures for Adaptive and Interactive Interiors. Research Grants Council GRF Fundable Rated 3.5. (Ref: GYM62 HKD$205000)

2011-2012
Surface Printing and Photonic Fibres for Interactive Interior Textiles. Research Grants Council (Ref: APK-86, HKD$105,833 as Principal Investigator)

2008-2010
Blooming Style: Maternity Fashion Styling for Hong Kong Body Shapes. Competitive Research Grant (Ref: 4-ZZ9Y, HKD199,800 as Principal Investigator)

2007-2011
Atelier ITC. Block Grant as Co-investigator (Ref: 1ZV64, HKD$3,291,700)

2024
Design-Led STEAM for Smart Fashion. SFT Internal Seed Fund for Quality Education Fund (QEF) Application (Project reference: 5.14.xx.88H7 HKD$60,000)

2023-2026
Grooming fashion talents and establishing a fashion hub in Guangdong, HK, Macao and GBA (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Grant Number: P0044719 HKD$8 million)

2022-2023
Fashioning STEM for Good: Inclusive fashion design and smart textiles for social good. Quality Education Fund. (Project No: 2021/0090 HKD$1.52 million)

2020-2024
Intelligent Textile Design for Interiors and Fashion. Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence in Design (AiDLab) (HKD$4.2 million)

2020
Multi-Sensory Environment Interactive Wall Pilot Study: Zhuhai. (Project ID: P0031022) (HKD$50,000) Collaborative Research Fund (Project ID: P0031022) with Humansa Ltd (New World Group) under Guangzhou Ageing Innovation Healthcare Limited (Subsidiary) February- July 2020.

2017-2019
Craft-Tech: Interdisciplinary Explorations of Technology Integration via Craft for Interactive Textiles. (1-ZVLT HKD$50000)

2015-2016
Crafting Fashion Photonics: Design and Exploration of Textured and Structural Interactive Polymeric Optical Fibre (POF) Textiles with the Dobby Loom (GUA5R HKD$ 150000)

2014-2015
Humanitarian Worker’s safety clothing design with interactive polymeric optical fibre (POF) textiles. (Ref: GUA1U HKD$ 150000)

2012-2013
O-Blanket-Phototherapy Device for Neonatal Jaundice (Prototype). Innovation and Technology Fund (Ref: ITT/013/11TT, HKD1,243,600 as Co-Investigator)

2012-2013
Design Perception of Polymeric Optical Fibre Textiles in Relation their light Emission Properties. Competitive Research Grant (Ref: APM28, HKD$150,000 as Principal Investigator)

2011-2012
Interactive Furnishings: Embroidery and Polymeric Photonic Fibers for Interior Furnishings. Research Grants Council GRF Fundable Rated 3.5 (POLYU 5277/10E Ref: APK42, HKD$105,000 as Principal Investigator)

2007-2009
Narrative Embellishments: The Utilisation of Textile Surface Embellishment Techniques in Narrative Fashion. Competitive Research Grant (Ref: APH58, HKD$117,300 as Principal Investigator)
