Bulletin No. 2, 2012

36 Chinese University Bulletin No. 2, 2012 Engineering Students Shine in Greater China Design Contest Yip Chun-wa, Lam Ho-yi, Mok Tsz-tung and Sa Yat-sing from the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering won the championship in the First Greater China Design Competition by designing a refuse sorting device that uses a sound detection system to sort recyclable materials such as aluminium, plastic and glass. Hosted by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Hong Kong Branch), the competition was held in Guangzhou’s South China University of Technology in March 2012. The Best and the Brightest Engineering Students Win Intel Cup Three undergraduates Shu Jianfei (right), Chan Chun-kit (centre) and Liu Ruifeng (left) from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering developed the Chinese Sign Language Recognition and Translation System for Deaf Mutes. It records the three-dimensional positions of hand gestures in sign languages with Microsoft Kinect, recognizes them with learning-based techniques, and translates them into words or sound. With this innovative design, the team won the championship in the 2012 Intel Cup Undergraduate Electronic Design Contest—Embedded System Design Invitational Contest held in Shanghai. Postgraduate Students Join Leadership Programme in Hawaii Two postgraduate students Yang Yanan (right) and Chan Chung-yiu (left) were awarded the Paul M F Cheng East West Center Leadership Scholarship to go to the East West Center in Honolulu in August for a five-month Asia Pacific Leadership Programme. In 2012, the programme selected 38 elite participants from East Asian countries, including three from Hong Kong. The winning team and supervisor Dr. Li Yiyang (1st right)