HKEIA Activities
The "Braille Embosser " Project wins the HKEIA Innovation & Technology Project Competition Award (2009/2010)
Out of 30 projects from under graduates of electronic engineering or related engineering fields of universities in Hong Kong, "The Braille Embosser" project, led by Prof. Tim Woo, and completed by Patrick LEE Kwan Pak, Matthew TING Kin Man and KWAN Siu Hung from the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) won the Gold Award of the HKEIA Innovation & Technology Project Competition Award (2009/2010).
The objective of this award is to recognize and reward students with outstanding final year projects which demonstrate excellence in technology and innovation. The Award is co-organized by The Hong Kong Electronic Industries Association (HKEIA) and Hong Kong Electronic Industries Association Education Foundation (HKEIAEF).
Led by Dr. Humphrey K.W. Leung, Vice-Chairman of the HKEIA, and Group CEO of Solomon Systech Ltd., the panel of judges included CEOs from leading electronics companies. Overall the judges remarked that many of the entries showing talents of students with a high degree of innovation and excellent applications of new technologies.
The HKEIA Innovation & Technology Project Competition Award Presentation Ceremony was held on 24 November at InnoAsia 2010 Networking Dinner in the Hong Kong Science & Technology Park.
The Awards are Gold, Silver & Bronze Prize for 3 outstanding projects and 7 Merit Prizes. Winners are as follows: -
Gold Prize
Project: Braille Embosser
Students: Patrick LEE Kwan Pak, Matthew TING Kin Man and KWAN Siu Hung
Supervisor: Prof. Tim WOO
Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Silver Prize
Project: Geographically Aware Walkie-Talkie for iPhones and iPod Touch.
Student: Lo, Kwok Chun
Supervisor: Prof. Yao Foong, Frances
Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong (CityU)
Bronze Prize
Project: Controlling SRVI Using Android Phone
Student: Wong Tak Fuk
Supervisor: Prof. Li On-kwok, Victor
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
7 Merit Prizes
- Project: Face Recognition in Embedded System
Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) - Project: Smart Network Connected Fashion Stores
Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong - Project: Blind Separation on Non-Negative Signal Sources
Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong - Project: Exploration of Control of Brushless DC Motors
Department of Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechinc University - Project: Robot Painter
Department of Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechinc University - Project: Hand Gesture Motion Detection and Analysis
Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University - Project: FlashDB: A Database Management System for Solid-State Drives
Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University
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