In Focus - Issue 33 (Spring 2021)

CONTENTS SPRING 2021 I NO.33 HKUST Engineering In Focus Magazine sengpr@ust.hk (852) 2358 5917 https://seng.ust.hk/node/2914 Published by: Communications and External Affairs School of Engineering The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Editors: Diana Liu, Dorothy Yip Contributing Editor: Sally Course Designer: Kingsley Lau hkustengineering HKUST-SENG seng.ust.hk HKUST (Guangzhou) President appointed Founding head named 5 6 COVID- roundup The School’s recent contributions to help tackle the virus 10 Engineering major + X Innovative undergraduate degree option 12 Like what you do Meet the rst woman engineer to win the J. J. Thomson Medal for Electronics 24 Productive moves Students showcase their entrepreneurial spirit 16 AI ‘brain’ behind smart Hong Kong Building the city’s next-generation cloud computing platform 27 Greater Bay success story Award-winning alumna who embraces change

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