Monthly Archives: July 2011

Make it work!

Posted on July 30, 2011 by icsally

Six students of PolyU’s Department of Mechanical Engineering are working hard to get ready their Intelligent Windmill Field Control Demonstration System for an national electric automation competition to be held in Tianjin, China in next week. They will be competing with more than 50 student teams coming from different universities and colleges on the Chinese Mainland for the “Mitsubishi Electric Automation Cup”. The Intelligent Windmill Field Control Demonstration System is a project work of the students undertaken at the IC during the summer of 2010/11. The System demonstrates how electric automation can help to maximize the energy generated by wind turbine. The … Continue reading →

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So long, farewell!

Posted on July 30, 2011 by icsally

Time flies. The two-week training for the BIT (Beijing Institute of Technology) students completed on Friday, 29 July. The students were so excited to demonstrate the outcome of their group work effort – Personal Transportation Device at PolyU campus to their mentor. The trip to Hong Kong means a lot to them. Academically, they were given the opportunity to go through different technical workshops at the IC and work as a team. Socially, they met with many local students during the training and shared with each other the university study life in Beijing and Hong Kong. Culturally, they visited many places … Continue reading →

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Students’ outstanding performance honoured

Posted on July 26, 2011 by icsally

  Two groups of Mechanical Engineering students were nominated by the IC to receive this year’s Bosch Rexroth Scholarships, each worth of RMB10,000 for their outstanding performance demonstrated in their group project work. A project presentation and sharing session was arranged for the students to meet with Mr Sunny Lee, General Business Unit Sales Manager, Pneumatic, Bosch Rexroth China on Friday, 22 July. Mr Lee also took the opportunity to present the RMB10,000 scholarship cheque to the two student groups in the presence of Dr Stephen O’Brien, Director of IC. PolyU IC has enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Bosch Rexroth, one … Continue reading →

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Let’s go “camping”

Posted on July 20, 2011 by icsally

It’s summer. It’s hot. So what is the best thing to do now? Go camping. Yes. Camping. Thousands of local secondary school students are spending their splendid summer on a variety of activities. One of the hottest summer activities is to go camping – not in a field but somewhere in the city centre – PolyU campus and hostel at Hung Hom. The summer camps are organized by different academic departments at PolyU, aiming at providing University life and experience for school students in an interesting and enjoyable way. School students are able to visit the University campus and facilities as … Continue reading →

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A “hot” experience for BIT students

Posted on July 20, 2011 by icsally

Students of Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) are enjoying the hands-on practical training delivered by the IC currently. The BIT students started their training on Monday, 18 July. The training will last for 2 weeks and they will learn and experience different engineering processes and applications at different IC workshops. In addition to the enjoyable learning and experience, students are also expected to complete a group project – Personal Transportation Device. The BIT started to send its students to undertake IC summer training in 2010. According to the IC instructors, the BIT students are all very smart, hard working and demonstrate good learning … Continue reading →

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Dr McMahon of UCEAP visiting IC

Posted on July 11, 2011 by icsally

Dr Mary E. McMahon, Regional Director, Asia & Africa, Education Abroad Program of University of California (UCEAP) paid a visit to the PolyU and IC today (Mon, 11 July 2011). The University of California and PolyU are currently discussing on the establishment of student exchange agreement between the two parties.

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