MEEM technology workshop nurtures management talent for local industry
One of the highlights of the workshop is the Robot Technology Competition, held on 4 August, in which participants learn about robot technology by assembling and programming a robot by themselves. They are also required to develop a management strategy and programme the
robot with the appropriate intelligence to implement the strategy, so as to solve a simulated engineering management problem during the competition.
Results of the competition were announced during the prize presentation ceremony, officiated by Professor David C L Liu, Secretary General of Chiang Chen Industrial Charity Foundation; Professor Lilian Vrijmoed, CityU’s Dean of Student Learning; and Professor Michael Hung, MEEM Head. (Results shown in table below) “We want students to go through a new integrative learning experience, as well as convey a message that there is good prospect pursuing a future in the manufacturing industry,” said Professor Hung.
“Chiang Chen MEEM Technology Workshop” is one of a series of activities in MEEM’s “Revival in Manufacturing Engineering and Its Education in
According to a survey commissioned by the Federation of Hong Kong Industries last year, of the 59,000 factories serving
Robot Technology Competition results
Prize | Winner |
First prize | |
Second prize | Ho Lap College |
Third prize | |
Innovative Design Award | St. Francis of Assis’s College |