CUHK students won top awards in the 14th Challenge Cup held at Guangdong University of Technology, beating competition from more than 300 participating universities with over 780 projects from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, to garner the Winners' Cup, the second top prize. CUHK is the only institution from Hong Kong to receive such an award since the competition accepted participation of Hong Kong tertiary institutions in 1997. As a bi-annual national competition, the Challenge Cup is known as the "Olympics" for promoting innovation in social science, science and technology among university students in China. List of the winning engineering projects and awards: Name of Project | Name of Student | Affiliated Department | Name of Award | Sign Language Educator – Vision Aid Sensor Glove | Lai Jintao, Tang Ding, Chen Bowen, Zhong Zhuowei | Department of Computer Science and Engineering | First Award | Semisolid Vanadium Redox Flow Battery | Wang Zengyue | Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering | First Award | Miniature Environment-Friendly Tadpole Robot for Capsule Endoscope to Examine the Entire Gastrointestinal Tract | Zhong Yong, Zhang Lin | Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering | Second Award | Mechanical Energy Harvested Damper | Chu Ki-sum | Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering | Second Award | Hollow-Core, Porous-Shell, Spindle-Like Fe304Nanocapsules for Controlled Drug Delivery | Chan Kai-fung | Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering | Second Award | Wearable Exoskeleton Suit for Paralyzed Individuals | Ma Hao, Chen Bing, Qin Laiyin, Guan Xiao | Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology | Second Award | R-Guardian Anti-lost System | Kuo Wai-keung, Lau Pak-lam, Cheung Wai-lam, Chung Yiu Ting | Department of Information Engineering | Third Award |
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