Leading Innovation in World of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Alumni Honors, Awards & Achievements Electronic and Computer Engineering alumnus Mr Frank Wang, BEng (2006), MPhil (2011), has been named one of the Top 10 Innovators in China by Forbes magazine China edition and one of his company’s products selected as a Top 10 Gadget for 2014 by TIME magazine. Frank started to design unmanned aerial vehicles while studying at HKUST. He founded DJI Innovations in 2006, which has gone on to become a world leader in developing and manufacturing highperformance, reliable, and easy-to-use small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for commercial and recreational use. DJI now has over 1,500 employees and is among the largest businesses of its kind in its market. The TIME accolade was for the company’s Phantom 2 Vision+ flying camera. In a 2014 lecture at HKUST, more than 140 School of Engineering faculty, students and staff attended a presentation by DJI staff member and Electronic and Computer Engineering alumnus Mr Mingyu Wang, BEng (2009), MPhil (2012). Mingyu explained the technologies inside the unmanned aerial vehicles they have developed and provided a live demo of recent products. Prof Zexiang Li who mentored Frank and Mingyu while at HKUST, also gave an overview of entrepreneurship opportunities in the electronic and computer engineering area at the presentation and introduced students who have successfully started their own companies based on the knowledge and ideas gained from course projects, participation in Robocon robotics contests, and final year projects. Samantha Wing Man Kong, 2014 BEng in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, was named among Hong Kong’s top 10 young people in the Outstanding Youth Commendation Scheme, a city-wide honor presented by the HKSAR Home Affairs Bureau and Commission on Youth. The accolade recognizes notable achievements in personal development, leadership and social service. Samantha also received the Social Service Award. A further winner from HKUST was Phoebe Cheuk Lam Lam, School of Science, who was selected as a top 10 outstanding youth. PhD graduate and research associate Dr Michael Lee and PhD students Ken Tseng and Leo Ho, Electronic and Computer Engineering, have co-founded Bistable Technology Limited to develop an electronic shelf label product fabricated at the HKUST State Key Laboratory on Advanced Displays and Optoelectronics Technologies. The team also won second place at the 2014 Inno-China Entrepreneurship Competition for their bistable display project. PhD graduate Dr Pingzhong Tang, 2010 Computer Science, received a 1,000 Talented Youth Award, one of the most prestigious honors for young scientists in China. Dr Tang’s research is on artificial intelligence and game theory. He is currently a faculty member of Tsinghua University. 25 In Focus
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