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SENG Teams Earned Nine Awards at 10th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition

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HKUST students and recent graduates delivered an impressive performance at the 10th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, earning a remarkable total of 12 awards. Notably, nine of these awards were secured by teams comprising School of Engineering (SENG) members. These include two First Prizes in the information technology category and startup category respectively.

Organized by the Hong Kong New Generation Cultural Association, the competition this year attracted a record-breaking 470 projects, over 1,600 participants and 21 tertiary institutions. The prize presentation ceremony took place on June 1, 2024 at Hong Kong Science Park.

The SENG winning teams are as follows:

Track: Innovation

Category: Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering

Second Prize Project: Innovative Batteries
 
  • HUANG Jun (PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
  • LYU Wenxin (PhD in Mechanical Engineering)
  • LI Yang (PhD in Mechanical Engineering)
Merit Prize Project: Develop Faster Testing Methods and Advanced Battery Management Systems for Retired EV Batteries
 
  • MA Sze-Ching (BEng in Sustainable Energy Engineering)
  • CHAN Cho-Hon (BEng in Sustainable Energy Engineering)
  • CHAN Shun-Hong (BEng in Sustainable Energy Engineering)
  • CHAN Yik-Yu (BEng in Sustainable Energy Engineering)


Category: Information Technology

First Prize Project: Coastal Underwater Evidence Search System with Surface Underwater Collaboration
 
  • BAO Fangming (BEng in Electronic Engineering)
  • LIN Hin-Wang (MPhil in Electronic and Computer Engineering)
  • KUI Ka-Yu (BEng in Computer Engineering)
  • HU Weiteng (MSc in Electronic Engineering)


Category: Mathematics and Physics/Mechanics and Control Systems

Second Prize Project: Recovering Building Information Model from 2D Drawings for MEP Systems of Ageing Buildings
 
  • PAN Zaolin (PhD in Civil Engineering)
Merit Prize Project: CardioQuest VR The Heart Health Immersive Experience
 
  • LYU Wenxin (PhD in Mechanical Engineering)
  • LI Yang (PhD in Mechanical Engineering)

 

Track: Entrepreneurship

Category: Startup

First Prize Project: Fly X Creation Next Generation Intelligent Flight Teach
 
  • LIN Hin-Wang (MPhil in Electronic and Computer Engineering)
  • ZHANG Fan (PhD in Electronic and Computer Engineering)
  • WANG Pengyu (PhD in Electronic and Computer Engineering)
  • YIM Ying-Hing (PhD in Electronic and Computer Engineering)
  • HU Suyang (PhD in Electronic and Computer Engineering)
  • LI Jialu (MPhil in Electronic and Computer Engineering)
  • DU Xiawei (MPhil in Electronic and Computer Engineering)
Second Prize Project: Coalot Tech Limited
 
  • LAW Man-Kwan
Merit Prize Project: EC Flow System
 
  • CHONG Wing-Lam
  • JIANG Kaiyin
  • CHAU Wang-Yik


Category: Social Enterprise/Cultural & Creative Services

Third Prize Project: MetaGreenX
 
  • WANG Wang-Lik

(Note: Some of the above projects also include non-SENG members. Only SENG members are listed.)

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