Toy Competition Revs Up Design Creativity Materializing the Potential of 3D Printing Gordon S Marshall Early Career Chair in Engineering, and Prof Yong Chen, both Daniel J Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, USC; and Prof Yonghua Chen, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hong Kong. The second HKUST-USC forum took place in December , following the success of the rst HKUST-USC forum in January . Both were supported by HKUST’s Sponsorship Scheme for Targeted Strategic Partnerships. A video of the second forum is available at http://goo.gl/UFHetV. he second HKUST-USC forum on D Printing: Research and Practice, jointly organized by the Department of Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management (IELM), and Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California (USC), brought together eight panelists from academia and industry for a thought-provoking discussion on recent trends and developments in the eld. Industry panelists comprised: Dr Xiaoshu Xu, Founder and CEO of Hunan Farsoon High-tech Company, who gave an overview of D printing developments; Mr Andrew Chiu, Managing Director of DP Technology Ltd, who looked at recent trends and gave his own perspective on the future of D printing in Hong Kong; Dr Jing Zhang, Founder and CEO of SprintRay Inc, who spoke on his research and the latest D printing technology; and Mr Tsz King Leung, US Product Design Company, who discussed designing and building an individual D printer. Four academics from three di erent universities then provided insights into cutting-edge research on D printing, including statistical quality control methodology. Participants comprised: Prof Fugee Tsung, then Head of the IELM Department, HKUST; Prof Qiang Huang, T he My Toy Design Competition , co-hosted by the Department of Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management, Federation of Hong Kong Industries, Hong Kong Toys Council and The Toys Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong Limited, encouraged further design, creativity and innovation among young people, attracting more than entries from over , Hong Kong participants. The competition, rst held in , seeks to nurture students’ creativity and discover talented designers. Two categories of entries were available in the second contest, Traditional Toys and Toys with Smart Device Apps, with over HK$ million in funding secured from di erent sources, including the CreateSmart Initiative, established under the Hong Kong government’s Create Hong Kong agency, and local toy companies and associations. Thirty-eight nalists in the Student Group (secondary schools and tertiary institutions) and in the newly added Designer Group were chosen by a judging panel comprising design professionals, academics, industry specialists and toy users. An award ceremony was held on May , , with Mrs Janet Chu, Assistant Head of Create Hong Kong, as the guest of honor. HKUST undergraduates Tak Hei Wong and Tin Lam Yeung, Electronic and Computer Engineering, received the bronze award in the Smart Device Apps category for Spiderbot, a robot that behaves like a spider and a car. The toy is controlled via Bluetooth through smartphone Android apps using voice input and buttons. Two School of Business and Management undergraduates also received the bronze award in the Traditional category for their Big Money card game. A total of awards were presented. T 25 IN FOCUS
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