This time, faculty and student achievement, teaching and examination arrangement adjusted to COVID-19, outreach activities, research teaming and opportunities, and laboratory safety were highlighted and discussed.

Through this CityU EE Joint Lab Scheme, the University-Industry collaboration is strengthened. COO of Sengital, Mr Joe Wong, indicated in the ceremony “We sponsored one ITF project of CityU EE faculty member last year and committed to 2 more sponsorship for ITF projects this year. On the other hand, to incubate young talents, we reserved budget of HKD1M this year for CityU EE students to support 6 one-year placement positions including their final year projects!” 

The PNS scheme aims to
1) Promote the importance of engineering study;
2) Engage the nominated F4 / F5 / F6 students from the school principals and provide mentorship;
3) Attend Guest lectures by EE Faculty members;
4) Gain hands-on experience in Lab session;
5) Develop CityU-EE Principal Nomination Scheme (PNS) community at High Schools.

Prof Boyd is the Samsung Professor of Engineering, in the Information Systems Laboratory, Electrical Engineering Department, Stanford University, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. His charisma and prestige in the field attracted over 300 people to his talk, with many sitting on the floor or standing for more than an hour.

Students grabbed every opportunity to introduce their research works to participants during the poster presentation session. This exchange platform also facilitated students to broaden their cross-disciplinary knowledge.

To all of them it was a first-time experience to have a taste of robotic controls involving line tracking and object avoidance. The workshop was a good opportunity for undergraduates-to-be to have some hands-on experience of both hardware and software applications prior to their entry to university.

For the 60 summer camp participants, who have travelled hundred or even thousand miles from home to come to City University of Hong Kong and spent 5 weeks here, mingled with some local students of Department of Electronic Engineering, to learn about mini robotic building and motion control programming as well as to feel the vibrancy of this international metropolis, where blends western and eastern cultures, the hardest thing is to say goodbye, no matter in which language, in its closing ceremony held on 31 July 2017.

Related press release can be found from the blog of the HKSAR Financial Secretary http://www.fso.gov.hk/eng/blog/blog200817.htm.