Engineering Students Named Champion and First Runner-Up at Hong Kong Electronics Project Competition 2026

Two groups of engineering students won the Championship and First Runner-Up respectively in the tertiary education category of the Hong Kong Electronics Project Competition 2026 (HKEPC 2026), organized by the Electronics Division of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE).

The objective of the competition is to raise awareness and deepen knowledge of innovative technologies in Hong Kong, and to nurture engineers and students to effectively use and apply technologies such as IoT, AI, robotics, and more to improve the quality of life.

The two teams comprise students in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering (ECE), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE), and Computer Engineering Program (CPEG).

Champion
Project title: Hive – An Intelligent, Multi-Modal Fire Detection Network for Urban Resilience
Team members: XIE Xuan, WAN Meien, REN Junru (all ECE undergraduate students), YANG Zixuan (CPEG student)

First Runner-Up
Project title: Edge AI-Driven Real-Time Occupant-Centric Monitoring and Nudging System for Sustainable Smart Cities
Team members: YE Wenhao, DING Ruochen (both ECE PhD students), HUANG Haolun (ECE MPhil student), FANG Sile (MAE MPhil graduate)