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for Global Health Technology (SIGHT) program. This project
seeks to help the underprivileged through simple technology.
SIGHT members first visited slums in Cambodia last year to
understand the difficulties faced by NGO’s medical teams.
They returned to Cambodia this year with their developed
electronic medical record system and drug dispensary boxes
to answer the needs of the medical teams there.
Two Environmental Management and Technology Program
graduates initiated an innovative Food & Beverage Game
to promote sustainability at secondary schools. Through
playing the game, students are taught how to protect the
environment in daily life and develop a sustainable way
of living. The activity constitutes an active community
engagement effort with strong education element for the
high school students.
Capstone projects by Environmental Management and
Technology Program final-year students included the Ocean
Plastic Education and Solutions Project, which set out
to strategically plan a major year-long campaign on the
importance of keeping plastic out of waterways. Students
organized a “No More Plastic Waste” campaign at HKUST
and developed a teaching kit for primary and secondary
schools. To draw public attention to the issue, the students
joined the
Out to Sea – Oceans of Plastic Exhibition
at the
Hong Kong Science Museum in November 2015.
IPO will continue to promote a vibrant and collaborative
learning environment to help students discover their interests,
acquire necessary skills and further develop their potentials
testing their imagination.
