HKUST ECE to Shine at the Hong Kong Electronic Project Competition 2026
Two groups of our ECE and CPEG undergraduate and postgraduate students excelled at the Hong Kong Electronic Project Competition 2026 (HKEPC 2026) , organized by the Electronics Division of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE).
The objective of the competition is to raise awareness and deepen knowledge of innovative technologies in Hong Kong, and to nurture engineers and students to effectively use and apply technologies such as IoT, AI, robotics, and more to improve the quality of life.
Our students achieved Champion and 1st Runner-Up in the Tertiary Education category.
Champion:
- Project tile: Hive – An Intelligent, Multi-Modal Fire Detection Network for Urban Resilience
- Students: Xuan XIE (ELEC, UG), Meien WAN (ELEC, UG), Zixuan YANG (CEPG, UG), Junru REN (ELEC, UG)
1st Runner Up:
- Project title: Edge AI-driven Real-Time Occupant-centric Monitoring and Nudging System for Sustainable Smart Cities
- Students: Wenhao YE (ELEC, PhD), Haolun HUANG (ELEC, Mphil), Sile FANG (ELEC, Mphil), Ruochen DING (ELEC, Mphil)
