Awardees and programmes:
Chan Yau-shing Alvin, Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mak Tat-hang, Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Man Pak-yui, Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Li Runxin, Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Electronic and Computer Engineering
Lam Ka-chun, Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Liu Kei-yiu, Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Man Hoi-yan, Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Tsang Tsz-hin, Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Civil and Environmental Engineering

Competition:
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Tertiary Institution Innovation Project Invitational Competition

Organiser:
Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE)

Award:
Fastest Remote Control Car Award — Second runner-up
Most Creative Bridge Design Award — First runner-up
Best Sandcastle Design Award — Champion
Best Teamwork Award — Champion
Overall ⁠Champion

Details:
In the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Tertiary Institution Innovation Project Invitational Competition organised by the HKIE, students from the Civil and Environmental Engineering and Electronic and Computer Engineering programmes teamed up with colleagues from Shenzhen Institute of Technology and took away a total of five prizes, including the Overall Championship, winning a scholarship of $10,000.

Inter-institutional partnership between Hong Kong and mainland students was a feature of the competition, which aimed to foster collaboration and exchange among engineering institutions across the Greater Bay Area. Participants were asked to design and build two remote-control cars equipped with robotic arms, a bridge and a sandcastle of at least 1 m tall. The goal was to have the robotic cars deliver a flag along the bridge to the sandcastle and erect it on the top in under 15 minutes. Echoing the collaborative theme, the HKMU and Shenzhen Institute of Technology team constructed a sandcastle based on the Great Wall with symbols of a five-angle star and the bauhinia flower, and a bridge in the traditional Lu Ban style. The robots were programmed with Arduino. The team started working together as early as January 2024 to develop and repeatedly test the models and prototypes, and eventually delivered their best performance in the four-hour contest on the day. It proved to be a fun and rewarding collaborative experience.

The Competition was one of the key events of the Hong Kong Engineers Week 2024. A total of 20 higher institutions from Hong Kong and the mainland paired up as 10 teams to compete for 11 prize categories.