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HKUST 2015-2016
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STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS
The HKUST Robotics Team comprising 60 students
from different departments gained many awards over
the year.
Robocon Teams
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First and Second Runners-up, Robocon 2016 Hong
Kong Contest
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First Runner-Up, 2015 ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest
Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Team
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Championship, Explorer Class, 11th Hong Kong/Asia
Regional IET/MATE Underwater Robot Challenge
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Undergraduates
Renjing Huang, Po
Sang Lo
and
Chun Ki Yeung
, Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, won multiple awards at the 14th
National Challenge Cup, including the Grand Prize
in the Grand Final, First Prize in the Theme-based
Competition on “Smart Green Cities”, and Second
Prize in the Hong Kong Regional Competition.
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Youzhe Fan
, MPhil students
Ji
Chen
and
Chenyang Xia
, Electronic and Computer
Engineering, won the Gold Award at the first 5G
Algorithm Innovation Competition, held as part of
the InnovateAsia FPGA Design Contest.
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HKUST solar car team
Sunstrider
won the Energy
Efficient Design Award at the New Energy New
Generation Solar Car Competition, organized by the
Environment Bureauand theElectrical andMechanical
Services Department of the HKSAR Government.
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PhD student
To Hung Tsui
and Postdoctoral
Research Fellow
Dr TianWei Hao
, Civil and
Environmental Engineering, secured the Grand
Prize at the 2016 HKIE Innovation Awards for Young
Members (Category I).
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Global Business students
Julia Leung
,
Alan Lam,
Chevan Tin
and
Tony Hui
triumphed in the Hong
Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
(HKICPA) Qualification Programme Case Analysis
Competition 2015. Julia was also named Best
Presenter.
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Quantitative Finance students
Henry Chow, Billy
Lee, Serena Wu
and
Jason Zhao
teamed up
with
Leo Chen,
Finance, to win the top honor at
the Hong Kong Final of the Chartered Financial
Analysts Institute Research Challenge 2015-2016.
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Overall Third Runner-up and Guts and Glory Award,
MATE International ROV Competition 2016
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Albert Tanoto, Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, Most Valuable Person “MVP” Award
in Product Presentation, MATE International ROV
Competition 2016
Smart Car Teams
22
Two Third Class Awards, Certificate of Merit, 10th
Freescale Cup Smart Car Competition, South
China Region
Others
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PhD graduate
Dr Qing Lu
, Division of Life Science,
received the Young Scientist Award from the Hong
Kong Institute of Science.
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A Chemistry undergraduate team, comprising
Samantha Ting Hung, Teddy Lap Tak Hung
and
Nadiya Aisha Yudiana
, won the 2016 Hong Kong
Chemistry Olympiad Championship.
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MSc students
Lixie Hu, Xiaoyang Liu
and
Hao Lu
,
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, received
the Global Youth Innovator Award at the 2016
iCAN Consumer Electronics Show.
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HKUST’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle team brought
home the first prize from the International Aerial
Robotics Competition 2015 – Asia/Pacific Venue.
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AteamfromtheUniversity’sAeronautics InterestGroup
student organization, supported by the Department
of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, ranked
second in Asia and first in Hong Kong at the 2016
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Design/Build/Fly Competition.
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Undergraduate
Karen Ka Long Leong
, Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering, was awarded the
Arthur L Williston Medal by the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers.
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Research Associate
Dr Changsheng Chen
and PhD
students
Baojian Zhou
, Electronic and Computer
Engineering, and
Jun Ma
, Civil and Environmental
Engineering, won First Prize at the 2015 Inno-China
Entrepreneurship Competition.
