The University of Macau (UM) said in a statement yesterday that two teams from its Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) garnered second and third prizes during the Fifth National Structure Design Contest on Information Technology for College Students, being the only teams from Hong Kong and Macau to have won prizes in the contest.
A total of 2,266 teams from 328 higher education institutions across the mainland entered the competition, according to the statement.
The statement noted that second prize winners Team 1 comprised students Ho Man Hin, Qiao Yutong, and Zhao Haomiao. Team 2, meanwhile, consisted of students Li Yuchong and Hu Yifan, who are the recipients of the third prize.
Both teams were guided by FST’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor Lam Chi Chiu and Research Assistant Professor Wong Mun On, according to the statement.
The teams, the statement said, “analysed the structural load characteristics of a building and optimised its model structure to ensure that their design solutions met national codes and standards in terms of structural stability”.
The students’ “outstanding performance” reflects their “innovative thinking and problem-solving ability”, the statement pointed out.
The statement provided by the University of Macau (UM) yesterday shows contest winners Zhao Haomiao (from left to right), Ho Man Hin, Hu Yifan, Qiao Yutong, and Li Yuchong.
