2012 Mr Armin and Mrs Lillian Kitchell Undergraduate Research Award - List of Awardees

Award Name of 
Awardee
Major Title of Project Faculty 
Supervisor
Award

Champion

Name of 
Awardee
Qifeng CHEN
MajorCOSC+MATH Title of ProjectKNN Matting Faculty 
Supervisor
Prof Chi Keung TANG (CSE)
AwardFirst Runner-
Up
Name of 
Awardee
Zhiwei QIU
MajorMECH Title of ProjectSnO2/Graphene Nanocomposite as an Anode Material in Lithium-ion Batteries Faculty 
Supervisor
Prof Jang-Kyo KIM (MECH)
AwardFirst Runner-
Up
Name of 
Awardee
Tong ZHANG
MajorIS Title of ProjectCorporate Campaign Contributions and Political Favoritism Faculty 
Supervisor
Prof Michael ZHANG (ISOM)
AwardSecond 
Runner-Up
Name of 
Awardee
Yuliang LI
MajorCOMP Title of ProjectMining Generalized Order-Preserving SubMatrices from Gene Expression Data Faculty 
Supervisor
Prof Wilfred NG (CSE)
AwardSecond 
Runner-Up
Name of 
Awardee
Zitao WANG
MajorPHYS Title of ProjectAlgebraic Methods in Network Reliability and Stability Faculty 
Supervisor
Prof Kwok Yip SZETO (PHYS)
Award

Merit

Name of 
Awardee
Kwan Ho LI
MajorECON Title of ProjectThe Effect of Other Faces on Emotioon Recognition Faculty 
Supervisor
Prof Michelle YIK (SOSC)
Award

Merit

Name of 
Awardee
Wai Ming LI
MajorRMBI Title of ProjectVariable and Interaction Selection from a Large Number of Predictors: Evidence from News analytics Faculty 
Supervisor
Prof Mike SO (ISOM)
Award

Merit

Name of 
Awardee
Yuk Ting YEUNG
MajorRMBI Title of ProjectA Vine Copula GARCH Model and Its Application to Hong Kong Stock Data Faculty 
Supervisor
Prof Mike SO (ISOM)