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Joint Team formed by graduates of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering (AAE) and Mechanical Engineering (ME) scored Champion at Hong Kong Techathon 2021

Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering (AAE) graduates together with Mechanical Engineering (ME) research postgraduates have formed a team FJ005, to join a start-up competition, the Hong Kong Techathon 2021, with the topic of indoor visual positioning system for IoT applications.. There were 4 divisions at Hong Kong Techathon 2021, and PolyU won in 2 divisions. The team from AAE and ME outperformed others in the Smart City Division and became the champion.

Hong Kong Techathon is a competition for programmers, engineers, designers, marketers, and entrepreneurs to present their business solution ideas and prototypes. Competitors of over a hundred groups from different universities pitched for seed fund and incubation support. This year, the Division has provided one-week online workshops and programmes (2-9 January 2021) guiding participants to brainstorm new business solutions and presenting their ideas to renowned academic and industrial panellists.