HKU Engineering Student Wins Champion Award at IET YPEC 2025 for an Innovative One-Stop AI Elderly Monitoring System
An undergraduate student Mr John Man Ho Fok, from the from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering has been awarded the Champion Award at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Young Professionals Exhibition & Competition (YPEC) 2025. This annual event, organised by the IET and co-organised by the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) (機電工程署), provides a prominent platform for talented young engineers and students from various disciplines to showcase their innovations in engineering and technology.
The award-winning project, titled “SAFERIN (智護老)”, is a one-stop Artificial Intelligence (AI) elderly monitoring system. The system utilises voice analysis, Internet of Things (IoT) monitoring, and advanced data platforms to optimise staffing in nursing homes, enhance safety measures, and provide personalised care. This innovative solution aims to significantly reduce fall risks, streamline emergency response, and improve satisfaction levels among elderly residents and caregivers.
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iGEM (SIGs in IW) won a Gold Medal in the Overgrad section at the 2025 iGEM Competition in France
An Innovation Wing-affiliated student interest group comprised of undergraduate student from various disciplines has been awarded HKU’s first-ever Gold Medal in the overgraduate category at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition 2025, held at the Grand Jamboree in Paris.
Led by Li Wangyi Charlotte (BEng Biomedical Engineering) and Zachary Lam Sze Long (BEd&Sc), the team developed NPM‑Zero, an innovative synthetic photosynthetic system that produces hydrogen gas through a photosynthetic module— a creative step toward sustainable, low-energy green hydrogen generation. Their project demonstrates how HKU students are pushing the boundaries of synthetic biology by combining creativity, rigorous engineering design, and real-world problem-solving.
HKU CDS Master’s Team Beats 24 Million Competitors to Win Gold for AI-Powered Architectural Design
BuildMind AI, a team led by Yike Wang, a Master’s student from HKU School of Computing and Data Science (CDS), has won the Gold Award at the National Finals of the China International College Students’ Innovation Competition 2025 (CICSIC). The award-winning project was supervised by Professor Ping Luo, Associate Professor of CDS.
The award-winning project, BuildMind AI, is an intelligent architectural design system capable of compressing the traditional 12-week pre-planning period to approximately two weeks, generating an initial design draft in as little as 15 minutes. Lowering the barriers to professional-grade design support brings real value to SMEs, community projects, and individual homeowners. “Most importantly, it embeds sustainability into the earliest stages of planning, demonstrating how AI can drive both innovation and social impact in practical and meaningful ways,” said Prof Luo.
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