Patrick Chu - Employment
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Special Education and Counselling, Education University of Hong Kong (11/2016-present)
Teaching experience
Founder and Chairman
99Scholars (3/2013-3/2016)
Department of Special Education and Counselling, Education University of Hong Kong (11/2016-present)
- Research proposal writing
- ‘Informing Chinese handwriting pedagogy through the use of eye-tracking technique: A cognitive load perspective’ for the Standing Committee on language Education and Research (SCOLAR) fund (with PI: Dr. Yuen Chi Pun Kevin and Co-Is: Prof. Simon Liversedge, Prof. Slava Kalyuga, Mr. Kelvin Chan, Dr. Julie Kirkby, Prof. Cheung Hin Tat and Dr. Leung Chi Hung)
- ‘WeCycle III: The use of implicit tasks to measure the effectiveness of the WeCycle drug intervention program’ for the Beat Drug Fund (with PI: Hong Kong Luthern Social Service)
- ‘The use of an implicit association test to measure the effectiveness of a cultural awareness program in reducing teachers’ prejudice towards students from ethnic minorities’ for the EdUHK Knowledge Transfer Grant (with PI: Dr. Leung Chi Hung)
- ‘Online examination of students’ cognitive and executive functions: Early detection of potential students with special education needs’ for the EdUHK Knowledge Transfer Grant (with PI: Prof. Hue Ming Tak and Co-I: Dr. Leung Chi Hung)
- ‘Using implicit tasks to identify students with suicide intention’ for the EdUHK Center of Brain and Education Research Fund (with PI: Dr. Kean Poon)
- ‘Cognitive and neural processing of faces and spoken words in adults’ for EdUHK Department of Special Education and Counselling Research Support Scheme (with PI: Dr. Leung Chi Hung)
- ‘Understanding ‘own-race bias’ from faces and accents: An electrophysiological investigation’ for General Research Fund (with PI: Dr. Leung Chi Hung)
- 'Investigating the effectiveness of an IT entrepreneurship training program for the ethnic minority people in Hong Kong ' for the Public Policy Research Fund (with PI: Dr. Leung Chi Hung and Co-Is: Dr. Miron Kumar Bhowmik and Prof. Yu Wai-Mui Christina)
- Teaching and training
- Organized 3-day 18-hour EEG and ERP (Event-related potential) training workshop for research staff and overseas academics from the Philippine Normal University
- Organized workshops to train 15 research assistants in using Inquisit, ERPLAB and R for experimental design and data analysis
- Supervise honour student projects for 11 students
- Research
- ERP experimental design using Inquisit and EPrime to examine the inhibition and attention ability of ADHD, normal children and adults
- ERP experimental design using Inquisit to examine ‘own-race bias’ in mixed-race individuals and Caucasians with an Asian partner, and people with different accents and face attractiveness
- ERP experimental design using Inquisit to examine past drug abusers’ sensitivity to drug stimuli using Implicit Association Test, Emotional Stroop Task and Dot Probe Test
- Eye-tracking data analysis on autism children using Tobii Studio and R
- ERP data analysis using Matlab and ERPLAB
Teaching experience
- Lecturer for a 3-day 18-hour IWell workshop on the technical skills in EEG and its application in educational and behavioral researches for academics from the Philippines Normal University (10/2017)
- Lecturer for EdUHK SED4042 Honours Project II (9/2017-6/2018)
- Supervised 11 honour student projects in special education
- Course outline consultant for the Open University of Hong Kong CHIN E232CF Language and Psychology (6-7/2016)
Founder and Chairman
99Scholars (3/2013-3/2016)
- Invited as a judge for the 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition in Universitas21, Trans-Tasman 3MT and University of Western Australia in 2014
- Creation of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) database
- Sponsored the prize (research animation video and/or academic website creation) in 3MT competition in Universitas21, UK Grand Final, Trans-Tasman Grand Final, University of Sydney, RMIT University, University of Queensland, University of Western Australia, University of Melbourne and University of Western Sydney in 2014.
- Conducted workshop on ‘How to increase scholars’ online research visibility’ in University of Sydney, University of Western Australia and RMIT University
- Conducted interviews with more than 100 academics about their research in Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore and Australia
Research assistant
School of Education, University of New South Wales (7-12/2011)
‘Rapid Assessment of Second Language Reading Proficiency (Chinese Language) for Learner-Tailored Instruction’
Principal investigator: Prof. Slava Kalyuga (UNSW), Co-investigator: Dr. Chee Ha Lee (UNSW),
funded by UNSW Faculty of Arts and Humanities Faculty Research Grant (2011)
School of Psychology, University of New South Wales (10-11/2009)
‘The relationship between lexical processing strategies and adult reading proficiency’
Principal investigator: Prof. Marcus Taft (UNSW),
funded by the Australian Research Grant Council (2007-2009)
Department of System Engineering and Engineering Management, Chinese University of Hong Kong (8/2008 - 2/2009)
‘Computer-Aided Second Language Learning through Speech-based Human-Computer Interactions’
Principal investigator: Prof. Helen Meng (CUHK),
funded by CUHK Teaching Development Grant (2007-2008) and CUHK Shun Hing Institute of Advanced Engineering (2009-2011)
Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, Chinese University of Hong Kong (10/2004 - 6/2008)
‘Aspectual Asymmetries in the Human Mind: Evidence from Reaction Time Studies’
Principal investigator: Prof. Foong Ha Yap (HK Polytechnic University),
Co-investigators: Prof. Ping Li (Penn State U), Prof. Stephen Matthews (HKU), Prof. Yasuhiro Shirai (Pittsburg) and Prof. Li Hai Tan (HKU)
funded by the Research Grant Council of the Hong Kong SAR, China. (2004-2007)
‘Rapid Assessment of Second Language Reading Proficiency (Chinese Language) for Learner-Tailored Instruction’
Principal investigator: Prof. Slava Kalyuga (UNSW), Co-investigator: Dr. Chee Ha Lee (UNSW),
funded by UNSW Faculty of Arts and Humanities Faculty Research Grant (2011)
School of Psychology, University of New South Wales (10-11/2009)
‘The relationship between lexical processing strategies and adult reading proficiency’
Principal investigator: Prof. Marcus Taft (UNSW),
funded by the Australian Research Grant Council (2007-2009)
Department of System Engineering and Engineering Management, Chinese University of Hong Kong (8/2008 - 2/2009)
‘Computer-Aided Second Language Learning through Speech-based Human-Computer Interactions’
Principal investigator: Prof. Helen Meng (CUHK),
funded by CUHK Teaching Development Grant (2007-2008) and CUHK Shun Hing Institute of Advanced Engineering (2009-2011)
Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, Chinese University of Hong Kong (10/2004 - 6/2008)
‘Aspectual Asymmetries in the Human Mind: Evidence from Reaction Time Studies’
Principal investigator: Prof. Foong Ha Yap (HK Polytechnic University),
Co-investigators: Prof. Ping Li (Penn State U), Prof. Stephen Matthews (HKU), Prof. Yasuhiro Shirai (Pittsburg) and Prof. Li Hai Tan (HKU)
funded by the Research Grant Council of the Hong Kong SAR, China. (2004-2007)
Teaching assistant
School of Psychology, University of New South Wales
PSYC 3311 Language and Cognition (Prof. Marcus Taft, 3-6/2010)
Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, Chinese University of Hong Kong
LIN 5102 Foundations in Linguistics II (Prof. Candice Cheung, 8-12/2008)
LIN 4003 Bilingualism (Prof. Virginia Yip, 1-5/2008)
LIN 4001 Second Language Acquisition (Prof. Virginia Yip, 1-5/2007)
LIN 5112 Linguistic Research Seminars (Prof. Peggy Mok, 9-12/2006)
PSYC 3311 Language and Cognition (Prof. Marcus Taft, 3-6/2010)
Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, Chinese University of Hong Kong
LIN 5102 Foundations in Linguistics II (Prof. Candice Cheung, 8-12/2008)
LIN 4003 Bilingualism (Prof. Virginia Yip, 1-5/2008)
LIN 4001 Second Language Acquisition (Prof. Virginia Yip, 1-5/2007)
LIN 5112 Linguistic Research Seminars (Prof. Peggy Mok, 9-12/2006)