Impact Creator Award

Overview

The Impact Creator Award aims to identify and commend exceptional projects that create an impact on students’ learning experience and/or campus enhancement. This Award is designed to honour projects that exemplify creativity and demonstrate problem-solving abilities that make meaningful changes to the University!

Eligibility

  • All graded individual or team projects from undergraduate courses of Semester A or B in 2025/26 are eligible to be nominated.
  • Each team project may comprise up to five members.

Selection Criteria

While acknowledging academic credit, this Award also prioritises the following criteria:

  • University-wide Impact (40%): The project has the potential to improve the physical or social environment of the campus, addressing issues such as sustainability, accessibility, or community building.
  • Innovation and Creativity (20%): The project should demonstrate originality and uniqueness.
  • Impact on Student Learning Experience (20%): The project has the potential to enhance the student learning experience, such as improving access to resources, fostering collaboration, or enhancing engagement.
  • Feasibility/Sustainability (20%): The project is realistic, well-planned, and can be implemented within a given timeframe and resources.

Priority will be given to projects that effectively address the following pressing issues outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):

  • SDG3: Good health and well-being
  • SDG7: Affordable and clean energy
  • SDG9: Industry innovation and infrastructure
  • SDG11: Sustainable cities and communities
  • SDG12: Responsible consumption & production
  • SDG13: Climate Action

Prize

  • Each awardee from winning individual projects will receive a cash voucher of HK$1,000. For team projects, each member of the winning teams will receive a cash voucher of HK$500.
  • Winning projects will be given priority for funding consideration under the Learning Experience Enhancement Initiatives of the LEAD Scheme, providing students with opportunities to implement their ideas on campus and realise them in practical and real-world contexts.

Nomination Procedures

Nominations should be submitted through the Colleges and Schools. Students interested in being nominated may contact their Course Teachers / Project Supervisors.

Submission Deadline

The Award for 2025/26 has concluded. Please stay tuned for the nomination details of 2026/27.

Awardees

Impact Creator Award 2025/26 Awardees

ARJANANONT Marisa, CHUA Clarissa Eugenia, CHUNG King Yin, and ONG Xin Yi, Department of Biomedical Engineering for
Unmanned Specimen Processing Unit for Point-of-Care Diagnosis

CHAN Cheuk Wa Ronni, IU Chak Lok, CHAU Ian Hin Ting, HO Chun Kit, and SO Tsun Kwan, School of Energy and Environment for
Design and Suggestion of a Solar Photovoltaic Power System in City University of Hong Kong

CHAN Ka Man, LOK Wing Lam, NG Pui Yee Joey, and MAK Chi Kit, Department of Public and International Affairs for
The Impact of Generative AI Use and Dependency on University Students’ Learning: A Case Study of City University of Hong Kong

CHEAH Yu Jin, Department of Systems Engineering for
Industrial Metaverse: Extended Reality (XR) in Digital Twin Technologies

CHEUNG Ho Yan Corie, Department of Chemistry for
Forensic Preservation of Aquatic Animal Specimens: Creating Permanent Anatomical Models for Marine Science

CHU Fansong, CHUANG Carlson Kwan Ip, JIANG Xinya, KUNG Ching Yeung and QU Zijie, College of Business for
A Hybrid LLM-OCR Framework for Automated Invoice Extraction and Categorization

FUNG Chun Hin, Department of Electrical Engineering for
Multi-Agent System for Education Project Management

YEUNG Yeuk Yee, Department of Physics for
Measuring Galaxy Spin Orientations with SDSSMaNGA: Methodology and Isotropy Findings

YUEN Tai Fu Tommy, Department of Materials Science and Engineering for
AI-Accelerated Materials Design and Prediction

Final Year Project - Impact Creator Award 2024/25 Awardees

ALEXANDER Jason, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering for
Turning Plastic Waste into Valuable Construction Material in Green Concrete Production via Carbonation

CHENG Sum Kit Cat, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences for
Preliminary Development of a Nanoparticle Pseudo-pathogen for Rapid Porcine and Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Diagnosis

CHEUNG Sum Po, Department of Chemistry for
Synthesis and Structure of Heteroatom-doped Polycyclic Aromatics

LAN Qingyang, School of Energy and Environment for
Sustainable Offshore Floating Platform for Synergetic Energy - Water - Food Nexus

LEE Ka Fai, Department of Physics for
Numerical Computation on Cosmological Correlators

LEUNG Cheuk Nam, Department of Electrical Engineering for
Local Large Language Model (LLM) Mobile Application for Citizenship and Social Development Studies

LIE Bob Jesse, Department of Systems Engineering for
Simulation Study on an Intelligent Manufacturing System to Improve Indonesian Manufacturing Industries

XU Yi Cheng, Department of Decision Analytics and Operations for
Op-Mic: Smart Operations for Efficient & Sustainable Logistics