Jointly organized with the CAD, EVD and AMC

Programme Highlights

Introduction for : What is gas? Typical Application for Enose / Gas Detector.

Hong Kong provides a conduit between the east and western realm for integrating the use of nanotechnology

to solve problems creating business opportunity with means to achieve profitability. Since the invention of Taguchi Gas Sensor (TGS) in Japan (1962), very little progress has been made to integrate electronic noses into industry. In this presentation, we discuss new breakthroughs in electronic nose technology over the last decade which achieve breakthroughs in specifications, performance, features and functionality. It is the impact of applications in which makes this technology attractive as it can be miniturised to the forefront of industry, where it stands as a new class of sensor and detector instrument for commercial integration in the coming decade. The talk will focus on prospective applications in food safety and quality, smart and green infrastructure in the western markets, and big health (大健康), big agriculture(大农业)and big data (大数据)in the eastern markets.

Language

The power point and presentation will be major in English + Chinese

Speaker

Dr. Jerry Chik Wai Yu Ph.D., B.App.Sci (Hons.)., B. Eng (Hons.), CEO of DiagNoses Pty Ltd .

Dr. Yu has over fifteen years reputation in Applied Research and Development. He served eight years focussing on academia in Hong Kong on new technology and high-tech solutions for industry in China and the Asia-Pacific. Dr. Yu has been awarded over HK$ 1.6M in Industry Contracts and Academic Research Funding with 47 Scientific Publications.

Mr Howard Lai , B. Eng (Hons.), Business Development Director of JPH Technologies And Service Co. Ltd. Mr. Lai has over fifteen years experience in E&M and Business Development. Worked over 8 years at Global labtest: Intertek, SGS & TUV Rhineland..etc

Registration & Enquiries

Written by Ms Karen Cheung

A technical seminar titled “Affirmation of Electronic Nose and how the application in Hong Kong” was organized by the CA Division with AMC and EV Division on 3 July 2020 at the HKIE Headquarters. The speakers, Mr Howard Lai, and Dr Jerry Chik Wai Yu, have revealed an unknown world of sensor technologies to us. The seminar reveals how technology has been evolved so rapidly that unthinkable future application might happen in the physical world.

Dr Jerry and Howard started to present an interesting and mysterious gas detection sensor “E-Nose” to the audience, followed by Dr Jerry’s works in developing multiple applications in matching the needs for different industries, such as automotive market, fumigating market, electric power market and pharmaceutical market.

Dr Jerry disclosed the challenges in the chip-based gas sensor development to the audience, and compared several chipset technologies - ETH Zurich 2019, SUSTC/ RMIT 2020, FIGARO and local HKUST chipset technology. He further demonstrated his works in building prototypes and the sensing database accumulated over the years.

Technology roadmap in sensing and data delivering has been reviewed. Advances in sensor technology have enabled human from distinguishing single gas components from gas mixtures, or even from time dependent gas mixtures.

The field of the human breath content detection has been explored during the seminar. He further explained the latest “Olfactory Sensor Module” which could capture smell in less than 10 seconds, and is 10 times more sensitive than usual sensor. Silicon technology and LTCC technology have been compared in such development.

In the near future, Dr Jerry foreseen that market growth of gas sensors could be realized in several industries, including food & beverage, healthcare, environment, security and agriculture. His remarkable work could let human perceive the odor without the feeling of hunger. It could be imaged that odor data could be visualized and even “freshness” could be derived.

The seminar had full house of audience. The presentation by the speakers has greatly inspired the audience that gas sensing could enable unlimited possibilities and bring great benefits to the society. On behalf of the CA Division and Organizing Committee, we would like to thank Mr Howard Lai and Dr Jerry Chik for their comprehensive and inspiring presentations.