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HKU Students Win Awards at the 8th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
HKU students attained thirteen awards at the 8th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition in May 2022. The competition is organised by the Hong Kong New Generation Cultural Association for academic exchanges and innovation and entrepreneurship talents from the tertiary institutions in Hong Kong.
Congratulations go to the following research postgraduate students, who between them received one Second Prize, one Third Prize and three Merit Prizes under the 'Innovation' category, as well as one Second Prize and two Third Prizes in the 'Entrepreneurship' category:
Innovation
Category: Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering
| Award | Name of Project | Project Team Member(s) |
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| Second Prize | Distributed voltage and frequency control of fully inverter based microgrids with high renewable energy penetration | Yau Chung Cheng (PhD student, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering) |
| Third Prize | Dynamic assembly and synergistic control of viscoelastic networks and biomolecular condensates | Huanqing Cui (PhD student, Department of Mechanical Engineering) |
| Merit Prize | Selective separation and wash-free detection of biomolecules inside aqueous two phase droplets | Yang Cao (PhD student, Department of Mechanical Engineering) |
| Merit Prize | Microplastic particle probing and pollution assessment with intelligent blind vision | Yanmin Zhu (PhD student, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering) |
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| Project: Dynamic assembly and synergistic control of viscoelastic networks and biomolecular condensates | |
Category: Life Sciences
| Award | Name of Project | Project Team Member(s) |
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| Merit Prize | A new isogenic syngeneic model for the study and application of metastatic ovarian tumor cells in an intact immune system |
Sum In Tsang
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Entrepreneurship
Group: Entrepreneurship Proposal
| Award | Name of Project | Project Team Member(s) |
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| Second Prize | Gene-to-Health Plus(G2H+) | Guolan Chen Justin Tubbs (PhD students, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine) |
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| Project: Gene-to-Health Plus(G2H+) | |
Group: Startup
| Award | Name of Project | Project Team Member(s) |
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| Third Prize | Smart EMG Clothing | Chuying Sun (PhD student, Department of Mechanical Engineering) Xiaojun Wang (PhD student, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine) Zhentian Shu (MSc(Eng)(ME) student) Xianda Chen (MSc(Eng)(ME) student) |
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| Project: Smart EMG Clothing | |
Group: Social Enterprise /Cultural and Creative Services
| Award | Name of Project | Project Team Member(s) |
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| Third Prize | PyschoSupport | Yu Yeung Lau (MPhil student, School of Public Health) Wing Yan Wong (BBiomedSc student) Wang Yee Chu (MRes[Med] student) Yin Po Hung (MBBS student) |
Winning teams of the Competition may represent Hong Kong at national competitions including the 'Challenge Cup' National College Students' Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Contest and the China College Students' 'Internet Plus' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.