HKUST Engineering Showcased Innovation and Experiential Learning at Alumni Reunion and STEM Day
The HKUST Alumni Reunion 2024 on Saturday, January 13 provided an incredible opportunity for alumni to catch a glimpse of the latest developments of their alma mater.
At the “Satellite Remote Sensing” mini-lecture, Prof. SU Hui, a former NASA researcher and an atmospheric scientist of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, gave an in-depth look at HKUST-FYBB#1 - the first satellite launched by a local university, generating a great deal of interest among the audience in the future plan of the HKUST satellite program.
Held in the Fei Chi En Dream Team Open Lab, the “Little Engineers” workshop was fully occupied by children of our alumni. Under the careful instructions of current HKUST students, participants of elementary school age were able to get hands-on experience with small motor car project, leaving them wide-eyed with excitement.
HKUST School of Engineering places a strong emphasis on experiential learning, it is important to commence STEM education at a young age. Coinciding with the Alumni Reunion, interdisciplinary teams within the School of Engineering joined hands to organize the STEM Day, which featured a wide array of entertaining and educational activities for primary and secondary school students. Led by the Center for Global & Community Engagement and elite competition teams, current students helped organize around 20 DIY activities, workshops, and tasters, offering the young participants a fully immersive and highly interactive learning experience.
The student teams contributed to the STEM Day were:
- HKUST Aero Team
- HKUST Red Bird Racing
- HKUST RoboMaster Team ENTERPRIZE
- HKUST Robotics Team
- STEAM Tutor Team
Related link:
- Video: STEM DAY in HKUST
About The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (https://hkust.edu.hk/) is a world-class research intensive university that focuses on science, technology and business as well as humanities and social science. HKUST offers an international campus, and a holistic and interdisciplinary pedagogy to nurture well-rounded graduates with global vision, a strong entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinking. Over 80% of our research work were rated “Internationally excellent” or “world leading” in the Research Assessment Exercise 2020 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee. We were ranked 3rd in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2022, and our graduates were ranked 23rd worldwide and among the best from universities from Asia in Global Employability University Ranking and Survey 2021.
