MAE Students Won the Champion at the 6th Greater China Design Competition 2017

2017-04-12

A team of students from the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering won the Champion in the 6th Greater China Design Competition. 

Hosted by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Hong Kong Branch, the competition was held in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, on 25 to 26 March 2017.  The theme is to design, build, and perform test runs for an energy conversion system to utilize the gravitational potential energy stored in two liters of water to lift as much simulated ore as possible out of the simulated mine and deposit it into a receiving bin.

The CUHK team, led by Dr. LI Yiyang, Prof. XU Dongyan and the assessor LEUNG Yun Yee, has competed among eight teams from universities in Hong Kong, Macau and mainland.  With its innovative design ideas, and excellent demonstration, CUHK team won the Champion.

The team comprises of the following eight students:

YIP Kwan Yi, YIP Ka Chun, YIP Chi Yiu, CHIU Sin Hang, HO Wing Hang, LEUNG Chun Hei, CHOW Ka Chung, YUE Felix Yun Fei