Students Won Top Prizes at Challenge Cup Hong Kong University Students Extra-curriculum Technology Contest

2015-07-15

As a biennial national competition, the Challenge Cup is known as the 'Olympics' in promoting innovation in social science, science and technology for university students in China.  This year, the Hong Kong New Generation Cultural Association held the first Challenge Cup Hong Kong University Students Extra-curriculum Technology Contest in Hong Kong. The winning teams will represent Hong Kong at the National Challenge Cup Competition. Around 100 students from tertiary institutions in Hong Kong participated in the regional competition.  Fourteen teams from the CUHK received the highest share of awards in the Contest, including the top prize, two first-class awards, four second-class awards, three third-class awards, five merit awards, as well as the outstanding organization award.  Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK obtained the outstanding organization award.

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Prof. Liao Wei-hsin, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, CUHK (6th left) represents the the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering to receive the Outstanding Organization Award from Dr Thomas So Chi-ki, Executive Director of Hong Kong New Generation Cultural Association (middle).