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Triumph for Budding Engineers
Two teams of Mechanical and Automation Engineering students achieved excellent results at the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Undergraduate Engineering Training Integration Ability Competition 2019. Team Sweeping Hero, made up of Fan Chun-yin, Au Tsz-him Vincent, Ng Pui-hin and Ho Siu-sum, captured the First Prize and Best Cooperation Award in the ‘Pick and Place’ category. Team CUER, formed by Kwok Chun-keung, Law Tsz-lung, Wong Po-ting and Chan Po-wah, won the Best Cooperation Award in the ‘Energy Relay’ category. Both teams were led by Prof. Xu Dongyan and Dr. Li Yiyang, while Yu Siu-ning and Leung Yun-yee served as assessors for Team Sweeping Hero and Team CUER respectively. The competition was held on 26 and 27 October in Guangzhou by the Guangdong Department of Education, drawing more than 300 participants from 24 universities.
This article was originally published in No. 547/548, Newsletter in Dec 2019.