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Congratulations to the student team “PERfECT Viral Sewage Monitoring System” for winning the competition of the University Pitch Competition on Global Grand Challenges 2021-22 held on May 26, 2022. This year, the theme was “Engineering Innovation Meeting Challenges of the Epidemic, Helping Speedy Restoration of Normal Life and Offering Fast Response to Future Crisis”. Six local universities formed their student teams to propose ways to address this aspect.
The HKU team will represent Hong Kong and Mainland China in participating in the 5th Global Grand Challenges Summit in the coming October.
Team members:
Lai Chun Kit – BEng (BME) Year 2
Rachel Natalie - BEng (BME) Year 2
Nafisa Humayra - BEng (BME) Year 2
Zhao Yazhou - BEng (EngSc) Year 2
Supervisor:
Dr Shiming Zhang of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Congratulations to the team!
For details of the competition and results, please visit: https://pitchcomp.hkaes.org/en/index.asp