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