Awards and Patents

Patent Inventions

1.    US Patent: NC Cheung, JF Pan, JM Yang, “Two-Dimensional Variable Reluctance Planar Motor” US Patent 7,170,203, Date granted: 30 Jan 2007.

2.    Australian Patent: M.F. Rahman, N.C. Cheung and K.W. Lim, "Non contact position estimation," 95/533, Aug 1995.

3.    Australian Patent: M.F. Rahman, N.C. Cheung and K.W. Lim, "Proportional solenoid drive," 95/497, Aug 1995.

4.    X.D.Xue, K.W.E.Cheng, N.C.Cheung, “In-wheel switched reluctance motor”, US patent (under filing process)

5.    K.W.E.Cheng, Y.K.Cheng, S.K.Ki, N.C.Cheung, K.F.Kwok, “LED head-lamp and tail-lamp for automotive using classical SMPS topologies with reduced components, Mar 2008, China patent filed.  200810007700.8

Awards

1.  IEEE IEEE Industry Application Society Paper Prize Award: M.F. Rahman, N.C. Cheung and K.W. Lim, "Position estimation in solenoid actuators," IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol 32, No.3, May/Jun 1996, pp 552-559.

2. IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Best Presentation Award: W.C. Gan, N.C. Cheung, "A Low-Cost Linear Switched Reluctance Motor with Integrated Position Sensor for General-Purpose Three­ Phase Motor Controller," The 27th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society IECON'01, 29Nov-2Dec 2001, Denver, Colorado, USA.

3.  Chinese Power Supplies Society Top 10 Outstanding Paper Award: S.W. Tam, N.C. Cheung, "An all-digital high-performance drive system for linear permanent-magnet synchronous motor," The 14th Chinese Power Supplies Society Annual General Meeting, 24-27 September 2001, Beijing, China.

4.  The Most Valued Product Development Award in 2003: N.C. Cheung, "Development of a series of high performance linear switch reluctance motor for industry," The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Feb 2003.

5.  The Donald Julius Groen Prize 2004, from The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Mechatronics, Informatics, and Control Group: JM Yang, KC Chan, NC Cheung, XM Jin, J Wi, "Passivity-based control for a variable-reluctance finger gripper" Proc. Of IMechE Part I: Systems and Control Engineering, Vol. 218, p 99-109, 2004.

6.  The Paul Harris Fellow: NC Cheung, Rotary Club Foundation of Rotary International, Sep 2005.

7.  The Most Valued Product Development Award in 2005: N.C. Cheung, M.H.L. Chow, "The Ultra­sonic Beads Pattern Welding Machine," The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, April 2006.

8.  Outstanding Performance/Achievement for Non-Academic Staff Team Award 2005/06, "The Automatic Vehicle Clearance System," The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Dec 2006.

9.  The President's Awards for Excellence Performance/Achievement 2005/06, "The Automatic Vehicle Clearance System," The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Dec 2006.

10.  Faculty Merit Award -  “Development of Electric Vehicle,” E Cheng, NC Cheung, Edward Lo, BP Divakar, X.D.Xue, K.Ding, W.W.Chan.

11.  2016 August – GOLD Medal – for the invention of “Direct Drive Linear Switched Reluctance Actuator for Automobile Active Suspension Systems” – 2016 International Invention Innovation Competition, iCAN.

12.  2015 November – Gold Prize – “Body Integration Super-capacitor for Next Generation of Electric Vehicles” – Seoul International Invention Fair SIIF.