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The Joint Laboratory is led by the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and draws its investigators from across the University's sports science and engineering groups.
Director and investigators
Prof. ZHANG Xin directs the Joint Laboratory, and also serves as Director of the Aerodynamics and Acoustics Facility and of the HKUST Sports Science and Technology Research Center, from which the Laboratory's investigators are drawn.
- Aeroacoustics
- Aerodynamics
- Aerospace engineering
- Sports aerodynamics
- Wind tunnel technology
- Computer vision
- Image processing
- Pattern recognition
- Digital signal processing
- Computer networking
- Cyber-physical systems
- Cybersecurity
- Mobile computing
- Wireless systems
- Aeroacoustics
- Aerodynamics
- Aerospace engineering
- Noise and acoustics
- Flow instability
- Sports cardiology
- Heart failure and frailty
- Inflammaging
- Cardiomyopathies
- Crystallography
- Experimental mechanics and dynamics
- Mechanics of materials
- Mobile and ubiquitous computing
- Human-computer interaction
- Cyber-physical systems
Founding partners
The Laboratory was established by a strategic partnership between The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Li-Ning Group. Its plaque unveiling ceremony was witnessed by the President of the University and the Founder of the Li-Ning Brand, and the plaque was unveiled by the Vice-President for Research and Development and the Vice President and Chief Sports Officer of Li-Ning Group.
- Dr. LI Ning — Founder of the Li-Ning Brand and Chairman of the Li-Ning Group
- Mr. HONG Yuru — Vice President and Chief Sports Officer, Li-Ning Group
- Prof. Tim CHENG — Vice-President for Research and Development, HKUST
- Prof. Nancy IP — President, HKUST