新闻及香港科大故事

CHAN Kai Ho, Hercules, a year 4 student of Risk Management & Business Intelligence Program (RMBI) has won the Champion of International Space-Out Competition in Taipei. As a US certified hypnotherapist, Hercules encourages students to space-out which helps improve mental status.

Miss WONG Man Yi Rachel (Year 3, Division of Life Science) is an elite athlete in Acrobatic Gymnastics. She represented Hong Kong in?Level 6 Mixed Pair Category? at the Acrobatic Gymnastics National Championships 2017. The competition was taken place from 22 to26 Nov 2017 in Jiangsu which attracted all top acrobatic gymnasts from China to compete with each other.

On 18 October 2017, the 2017-18 HKUST Sports Teams Flag Presentation Ceremony was held at the Atrium to kick-offthe intervarsity sports competition seasons this year.

Risk Management and Business Intelligence (RMBI) students Charles WONG and Florence SZETO together with their teammates from The University of Hong Kong won the Champion of the HSBC Financial Dialogue Series - FinTech Challenge 2017 in early August 2017.

Risk Management and Business Intelligence (RMBI) students won the "Best Business Idea Award" in EY Hackathon Hong Kong 2017 with a flight delay prediction project which was recommended as the highest commercial value project in the competition.

香港科技大学（科大）机械人团队(团队)今年横扫各项本地及国际赛事合共九项殊荣，当中包括于海洋先进技术教育（MATE）在美国加州长滩举办的国际遥控机械人（ROV）大赛中，勇夺世界冠军。是该比赛自2002年开始，首支赢得世界赛全场总冠军的亚洲团队。 继团队的Robocon小队「火之龙」于今年六月的全港大专生机械人大赛中八度夺冠后，另一支专责设计水底机械人的科大机械人小队「白鲸」，亦击败来自欧洲、美加、亚洲，以及中东地区的24支冠军队伍，夺得国际遥控机械人大赛世界赛的全场总冠军以及安全意识奖。 团队导师兼科大环球社会中心总监胡锦添教授认为，团队的成绩斐然，全因队员上下一心，全力以赴应战。他说：「他们来自不同的国家与文化背景，说不同的语言，但每次面对问题，他们总能利用事实和理据这些共同语言，克服障碍，充分体现科学、科技、工程和数学（STEM）教育的精神。」 15名来自10个不同地区的团员，利用各自的文化特质，为「白鲸」队带来独特的优势。例如香港的团员经常游走深水埗鸭寮街一带，寻求改善机械人性能的「贴士」、来自内地的队员则埋首淘宝采购重要的机械人组件、印度尼西亚的成员协助团队收集其国家所举办的同类型赛事资料；而来自美国及加拿大的成员，则以流利的英语向评审解说科大机械人的设计理念。 国际遥控机械人大赛的参赛队伍，须控制他们的机械人于15分钟内在水底完成包括建筑工程、维护工程、环境清理及缓解风险四项任务。团队亦须就其设计的机械人制定宣传策略与相关推广文件，包括编制报告等，以证明机械人符合所有技术及安全要求。 有关香港科技大学

The new Library website was rolled out in August 2016, with massive content migration completed in that summer. It replaced our 20 years old in-house developed library website system with a completely new look and design. The website was so well developed, it was granted the Best in Class Award in the 2017 Interactive Media Awards competition, indicating that the project had met and surpassed the standards of excellence, and the website had met strict guidelines in all areas ? an achievement that only a small fraction of sites in the competition could obtain.

Wendy CHENG and Maryellen WAT, Year 4 students of Environmental Management & Technology Program (EVMT), won the 2nd Business Sustainability & Risk Management Case Analysis Competition 2017 organized by The Association of International Accountants (AIA)-Hong Kong Branch. It's the second consecutive year that IPO students won the championship.