28 IN FOCUS Achievements Year Electronic and Computer Engineering undergraduate Anushka PUROHIT was named “Young Achiever of the Year” at the th Annual Women of Influence (WOI) Conference & Awards, organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and the WOI committee. She was cited for her sustainability achievements and for co-founding food upcycling start-up Breer (see item below), which collects surplus bread and uses it to create cra beer. Computer Science and Engineering PhD student WU Aoyu was awarded a Microso Research Asia Fellowship. Aoyu was one of PhD students selected from over candidates from leading research academic institutions in Greater China and the Asian region. His research interests include data visualization and human-computer interaction. He also leads Pulse of HKUST, a data-driven platform that supports smart campus development. Students & Alumni Dr. CAO Zhixing ( PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering) has been named one of the Innovators Under Asia Paci c by MIT Technology Review. He received the accolade for his work on cell biological mechanism discoveries using mathematical modeling, which is helping scientists gain new insights into cancer therapeutics, vaccine development, drug discovery, and other cytological issues. He is now a full professor at East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai. HKUST start-up teams Breer and PanopticAI were named Champions of Environment Sustainability and Social Connectivity respectively in the university/tertiary institute category of Hong Kong’s rst City I&T Grand Challenge. Breer, a food upcycler, also gained the Most Favored Award a er receiving the largest number of votes from the public. Breer comprises Anushka PUROHIT, Electronic and Computer Engineering (see above item), and her teammates from the School of Business and Management. PanopticAI focuses on innovative camera-based remote health monitoring technology. It was co-founded by Bioengineering PhD candidate Kyle WONG Kwan-Long (le , below), Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics (IEDA) Class of graduates Dr. CHIN Jing-Wei (PhD) and CHAN Tsz-Tai (MPhil), and Prof. Richard SO, IEDA and Associate Dean of Engineering (Research & Graduate Studies). In addition to the City I&T Grand Challenge awards, Breer won the HKUST-Sino One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition while PanopticAI received the Grand Prize for the entrepreneurship track and First Prize in the start-up category at the th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.
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