fun and thought-provoking competition was organized by the School of Engineering’s Center for Global & Community Engagement in Spring , promoting Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics as well as inclusiveness (iSTEAM) among Hong Kong students. The Underwater Robot Competition called for primary and secondary school students to work in teams to create robots that would compete against each other to complete a series of underwater tasks. The Center recruited HKUST student mentors to teach basic robot-making skills to the participating student teams during a one-day workshop and to help organize the two-day competition. Over students from Primary to Form joined the event. With participants from di erent backgrounds and with di ering abilities, some with special needs, the project created multiple learning opportunities in science, technology, creativity and social inclusion. Prof Tim Woo, Director of the Center for Global & Community Engagement, said the initiative provided an excellent platform to raise students’ awareness of iSTEAM. He said participants could gain robotics knowledge on the one hand and get to know what STEAM was all about on the other. Understanding the values and needs of students with di erent abilities further extended the competition’s reach. At least % of the teams included special education needs participants, he said. ..................................................................................................................................... iSTEAM on Show at Underwater Robot Contest A or the third consecutive year, a combined research team from the Departments of Electronic & Computer Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering received the Gold Award in the Web Accessibility Recognition Scheme, jointly organized by the O ce of the Government Chief Information O cer and the Equal Opportunities Commission. The team comprised Prof Tim Woo, Prof Albert Wong, and research assistant Kobe Lam, Electronic and Computer Engineering, together with Prof Brian Mak and PhD student Yingke Zhu, Computer Science and Engineering. Since , team members have developed two Android mobile apps to enhance hearing-impaired children’s ability to communicate. Both apps are available from Google Play. F ighteen members of the HKUST Wu Zhi Qiao team, including from the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and four from the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, have been awarded honors by the Wu Zhi Qiao (Bridge to China) Charitable Foundation for their exemplary work over / . The awardees were recognized with the Best Community Project and Best Wu Zhi Qiao Project accolades for their bridge construction work in Dawazhe Village, Yunnan Province. The team also received the Outstanding Performance Gold Award (Hong Kong Team) for their e orts throughout the year. E 29 IN FOCUS Gold Award for Web Accessibility HKUST Wu Zhi Qiao Team Honored
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