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Cultivating Wider Vision<br />
Local Input<br />
Reaching out to different sections of the community and<br />
alumni has continued to raise the School’s profile.<br />
Boosting Pre-entry Interest<br />
Moves to enable high school students to gain more insight<br />
into the world of engineering have led to an increasing<br />
number of activities between different members of the<br />
School and potential applicants. Such events have met with<br />
an enthusiastic response from secondary school students.<br />
Students from Christian Alliance SW Chan Memorial<br />
College helped to produce a fluorescent pen to monitor<br />
cleanliness in hospitals in a hands-on project in 2010-11<br />
with Prof King Lun Yeung, Chemical and Biomolecular<br />
Engineering. When run over any surface in the hospital,<br />
the pen can show if the area meets the appropriate<br />
hygiene standard. The marker was the first of its kind in<br />
Hong Kong. The following year, students field tested a<br />
smart antimicrobial coating in a school setting with Prof<br />
Yeung.<br />
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The School worked with IBM to build interest among<br />
secondary school students in technology and the work<br />
of engineers. In 2009, the ongoing collaboration resulted<br />
in a series of Engineering Week programs while in 2010<br />
the School provided day camps over the summer for<br />
secondary school students and teachers. The Technology<br />
Exploration Camp 2010 saw 800 students from 40<br />
secondary schools take part in hands-on laboratory<br />
sessions, including building electronic dice, creating flash<br />
animations and making skincare lotion. Students gained<br />
additional inspiration through interaction with HKUST<br />
academics and IBM experts.<br />
An interactive workshop provided a fascinating<br />
introduction to multi-image panoramas for 50 high-flyers<br />
from local and international schools in Hong Kong. The<br />
event was led by Prof Pedro Sander, Computer Science<br />
and Engineering. Prof Sander broke the world record in<br />
September 2010 when he produced the world’s largest<br />
digital photo with a resolution of 150 billion pixels.<br />
The School ran its first photo contest in 2010 to encourage<br />
secondary and tertiary students to see the connections<br />
between engineering and daily life. The contest received<br />
a total of 775 photo submissions from more than 375<br />
contestants, with 46 pictures finally selected as winners. The<br />
first round of judging was through an online poll on Facebook.<br />
The final judging was provided by a panel comprising Ir Dr<br />
Andrew Ka Ching Chan, then President of The Hong Kong<br />
Institution of Engineers, Mr Sui Kou Ng, then Vice Chairman<br />
of the Hong Kong Association of the Heads of Secondary<br />
Schools, and Mr Bobby Yip, former President of Hong Kong<br />
Press Photographers Association.