The Centre for Innovation and Technology (CINTEC) on the Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), efficiently hosted the finals and award presentation ceremony of the 7th Green Innovation Competition. This yr’s competitors underneath the theme “Green Building for a Liveable City” attracted over 500 students in 103 groups from 80 native main and secondary colleges. These younger innovators actively leveraged their STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) data to conceptualise and design revolutionary and sustainable architectural solutions. By offering this aggressive platform, CUHK is actively bridging classroom principle with the sensible expertise required to tackle accelerating world environmental challenges and collectively construct a greener future.
Professor Darwin Lau Tat-ming, Associate Dean (Student Affairs) of the Faculty of Engineering and Acting Director of CINTEC at CUHK, mentioned: “CINTEC is committed to promoting environmentally friendly concepts such as sustainable development and low-carbon emission reduction. We believe that combining environmental protection with innovative technology will help Hong Kong develop into a more liveable, smarter and sustainable city. This competition not only encourages students to continuously explore innovative solutions for energy conservation and emission reduction, but also drives the exploration and development of green technologies, propelling Hong Kong to become an international green technology hub.”
Bridging classroom creativity with industry-standard rigor
Divided into main and secondary faculty classes, the competitors comprehensively examined students’ innovation and technology capabilities. Participating groups had been required to undergo the entire engineering analysis and growth course of, from conceptualisation and design to manufacturing and repeated testing of their tasks. In the preliminary spherical, every staff submitted an introductory video and an engineering logbook, from which the judging panel chosen the highest ten groups in every class to advance to the finals. In the finals, groups introduced their challenge to an professional panel of judges and the general public throughout a timed presentation and Q&A session. This examined their understanding of their tasks and their means to reply on the spot, whereas enhancing their total I&T literacy. An on-line voting session was additionally held for the general public to vote for his or her favorite tasks.
Outstanding youth breakthroughs
Competition was fierce this yr. The championships within the secondary and main faculty classes had been awarded to Tung Chung Catholic School for its challenge “Smart Guide Duck” and Christian & Missionary Alliance Sun Kei Primary School for “Future Paper Build”, respectively. The on-line voting session additionally acquired an awesome response, recording the very best quantity of votes ever. The first prizes of the Most Popular Design Award went to Po Leung Kuk No.1 W.H. Cheung College for “Cloud Gazing – Dynamic Crowd-Sensing AI Energy Management System” and Christian &Missionary Alliance Sun Kei Primary School for his or her dual-winning “Future Paper Build”. For the total record of winners, please go to: www.cuhk-greenstem.com.
About the Green Technology Creative Competition
CUHK’s Green Technology Creative Competition is a collaborative effort uniting academia, authorities, and {industry}. The 7th Green Technology Creative Competition was funded by the Innovation and Technology Fund of Hong Kong SAR Government and generously sponsored by the Department of Engineering on the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Lee Wai Lee), Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, and Mitsubishi Electric (Hong Kong) Limited.
About CINTEC
The Centre for Innovation and Technology (CINTEC) at CUHK is devoted to nurturing tech expertise with a imaginative and prescient for sustainable growth. By organising a variety of competitions, workshops, visits, and skilled talks, CINTEC actively enhances native students’ curiosity and capabilities in STEAM. This repeatedly injects new momentum into Hong Kong’s sustainable growth, aiming to domesticate an impressive, succesful and forward-looking new technology of I&T expertise.