Engineering Students Reap Most Awards at Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition 2019

2019-05-30

Media Release

Twenty-one student teams from CUHK received awards at the Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition 2019, held on 25 and 26 May, eighteen of which was formed by students of the Faculty of Engineering.

The University, with the largest number of awards among tertiary institutions in Hong Kong, has also received the Outstanding Institution Award and completed a sweep of all ten Mathematics and Physics / Mechanics and Control Systems awards under the Innovation category, which exemplified CUHK’s research and innovation excellence in these areas.

Innovation First-class Award: Multi-modality Digital Holography-based Two-photon Excitation Microscope

Ren Mindan and his team members, who are PhD students from the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, won the first-class award with “Multi-modality Digital Holography-based Two-photon Excitation Microscope”. The system combines a powerful Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) random-access scanner with high-speed resonant galvo-scanners to realise many new functionalities that no current commercial solutions can provide, especially the optical imaging functions such as video-rate fluorescent imaging with simultaneous multi-point optical stimulation, ultrafast axial scanning, multi-plane imaging, and curved plane imaging.

Ren Mindan said they developed the mechanical units and operating software in a year and a half, under the supervision of Prof. Shih-Chi Chen, Associate Professor from the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering. The team is now working with the Hong Kong Eye Hospital, using this new invention to find out the molecular mechanisms of optic nerve diseases and degeneration.

The Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition 2019 was organised by the Hong Kong New Generation Cultural Association. A total of 676 students from 16 local tertiary institutions submitted 203 projects for the two categories of the competition, namely “Innovation” and “Entrepreneurship”. Winning teams will represent Hong Kong at the biennial “Challenge Cup” National College Students’ Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Contest, the China College Students’ “Internet Plus” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition and the Beijing-Hong Kong Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Cup.

The following is the list of CUHK awarded projects:

Award	Name of Project	Name of students	Affiliated Department
Category: Innovation
First-class	Multi-modality Digital Holography-based Two-photon Excitation Microscope	REN Mindan, GENG Qiang, CHEN Dihan, CHEN Jialong	Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering
Second-class	Unfoldable Supramolecular Single Chain Nanogel-based integrin ligand tether regulates mechanosensing of stem cells	CHEN Xiaoyu	Department of Biomedical Engineering
Second-class	Design and development of an economical mechanical gastrointestinal tract simulator	YAN Kim	Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering
Second-class	An Intelligent Robotic System for Autonomous Airport Passenger Trolley Collection	HO Danny, SHEN Yutian, ZHANG Ang, LI Chenming	Department of Electronic Engineering
Third-class	CRISPR/Cas9 3D bioprinted platform for rare genetic disease modeling	PANG Tak Keung, HA Tin Yan, HUNG Li-Min, LAU Alexandria	Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Sciences
Third-class	Simple and rapid colorimetric detection of serum lncrna biomarkers for early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer	LOU Ut Kei, WONG Chi Hin	Department of Biomedical Engineering
Third-class	Controlling the reduction extent for optimal performance of a Ni/Al2O3 dry reforming catalyst	LI Ming	Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering
Third-class	Tail inspired robotic system design and control	CHU Xiangyu, AN Jiajun, LO Chun Ho, CHUNG Tsz Yin	Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering
Third-class	Novel compliant robotic instrument for organ retraction and space opening	YIP Hoi Wut, CHU Xiangyu, CAI Yuanpei, CHUNG Tsz Yin	Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering
Third-class	Self-propelled pole climbing robot with kinesthetic teleoperation robotic arm	MAN Cheuk Ying, WONG Fei Yan, CHEUNG Chi Hang, CHEUNG Chun To	Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Merit	Ketone Breathalyzer	LOU Kuan Wen, YING Yau Kit Stanley	Integrated BBA Program, Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management
Merit	Self powered smart watch and wristband	CAI Mingjing, WANG Jiahua	Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering
Merit	Cable driven biomechanical energy harvester over the knee	CHAN Hung Tin Hugo	Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering
Merit	Wearable actuated material using smart materials to excite the C-tactile afferents for comfort feeling	SIU Ngai Chun Edward, CHOW Timothy Hong Yin	Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering
Merit	Wireless Real-time Microscope in Ultracentrifuge	WEI Yuanyuan, KUO Hsu Ting	Department of Biomedical Engineering
Category: Entrepreneurship
Third-class	Capmi Motion Capture Sensor Development	HO Chun Kit, CHENG Lai Ying, CHOI Ka Chon	Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Integrated BBA Program
Third-class	Gabi	MAK Lai Ying, WONG Tsz Yin, LEE Hoi Sun	Department of Government and Public Administration, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Third-class	RExChat	YING Yau Kit Stanley, LOU Kuan Wen, MAK Shui Ying, XIE Yingxue, MA Cheng Keng, SO Wai Ying	Integrated BBA Program, Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management

This article was originally published on CUHK Communications and Public Relations Office website and edited by the Faculty of Engineering.

18 out of 21 CUHK Engineering projects were recognised, the most among tertiary institutions in Hong Kong.