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ISE student won the Champion and the 2nd Runner-up at the Supply Chain and Logistics Management Innovation Project Competition 2017 and the Final Year Project Competition 2016-2017

Miss Ip Sik Yan Pinky, who is a graduate student in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE), participated in the Supply Chain and Logistics Management Innovation Project Competition 2017, organized by Department of Supply Chain and Information Management, Hang Seng Management College, and the Final Year Project Competition 2016-2017, organized by the IEEE (Hong Kong) Computational Intelligence Chapter respectively, together with other contestants from local Universities. After keen competitions, Pinky was awarded the Champion and the Second Runner-up at the two competitions on 7 July 2017 and 26 August 2017 respectively. Pinky, who graduated from the BSc (Hons) in Logistics Engineering and Management (LEM) this summer, received the award of the Champion and the Second Runner-up with her individual project entitled “Study of Physical Activity to Improve Functional Abilities of the Elderly”, which was supervised by Dr W.H. Ip and Dr C.H. Wu. With the problem of population ageing and the policy of “Ageing in Place” in Hong Kong, the student project develops a tailor-made and preliminary exercise program for the elderly to suit their needs and functional abilities on balance training, so as to lower the risk of fall. The performance was validated in terms of accuracy, technical feasibility and safety through extensive laboratory and on-site tests. The Final Year Project Competition 2016-2017 is an annual event organized by the IEEE (Hong Kong) Computational Intelligence Chapter, and is open to all final year undergraduates who are studying in a tertiary institution in Hong Kong, with their individual or group project in an area of computational intelligence. It aims to promote computational intelligence among students in Hong Kong. The Supply Chain and Logistics Management Innovation Project Competition 2017 organized by Department of Supply Chain and Information Management, Hang Seng Management College aims to encourage undergraduate students in the innovation of intelligent and applicable solutions for supply chain, logistics and information management.

ISE student won the Peer Recognition Award and Project Nomination Award of ASM Technology Award 2017

Miss Ting Hiu Wai (Sara), who is a graduate student of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE), received the Peer Recognition Award and Project Nomination Award of “ASM Technology Award 2017”, an open competition run by ASM Pacific Technology Limited. Sara, who graduated from the BEng (Hons) in Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) programme in 2017, won the awards with her final year international project entitled “Design of an Intelligent Occupational Safety Management System (IOSMS) in Cold Chain Logistics”, which was supervised by Dr K.L. Choy. The student project explores the integration between Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques in the field of occupational safety and health. The proposed system integrates Internet of Things (IoT) concept, real-time sensing technology, cloud services, and fuzzy logic technique for workers to achieve occupational safety and operational efficiency working under cold environment. After the adoption of IOSMS, (i) occupational safety and health level of workers, and (ii) operational efficiency were improved with three-month investigation in the case company. The competition is an annual event organized by ASM Pacific Technology Limited, and is open to all final year undergraduates who are studying engineering-related programmes with their final year project appraised at Grade A. It aims to recognize and reward students with outstanding Final Year Projects which demonstrate excellence in technology and innovation.

ISE student won the Gold Prize in the HKEIA Innovation & Technology Project Competition for Students of Electronic Engineering or Related Engineering Fields 2017

Miss CAI Jiaxiao, who graduated from BSc (Hons) in Product Engineering with Marketing (PEM) in 2017, has received the Gold Prize in the HKEIA Innovation & Technology Project Competition for Students of Electronic Engineering or Related Engineering Fields 2017, organized by Hong Kong Electronic Industries Association, with her final year project. After keen competitions, Jiaxiao was awarded the Gold Prize at the competition on 13 October 2017. The HKEIA Innovation & Technology Project Competition for Students of Electronic Engineering or Related Engineering Fields is an annual event organized by the HKEIA, and is open to all final year undergraduates who are studying in a tertiary institution in Hong Kong, with their individual or group project in an area of engineering. It aims to recognize and reward students with outstanding projects which demonstrate excellence in technology and innovation. The competition received considerable amount of applicants of more than 30 projects in this year. The project, “Higher Individuality for Effective Swarm Intelligence” is supervised by Dr. Velvet Chen (ISE) and supported by scientific officer Mr. Sam Lam (ISE). It aims to develop a new methodology for robotic swarm intelligence, which is a field studying the collective robots of simple rules and local interactions. The project proposed a novel concept, swarm individuality, to overcome the conventional low cost–effective approach of increasing the number of swarm and obtain higher system flexibility and re-configurability. A target following technique using computer vision was developed and a novel path planning algorithm, directional A* algorithm was proposed. With an aim to explore the possibility to apply swarm robot in service sector, the system has been tested with a self–developed swarm robot target following system, the Auto–Cart (a new supermarket service system).

ISE took part in Hong Kong Electronics Fair 2017 (Autumn Edition) to Promote Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) Technologies

The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) was invited to exhibit in the Hong Kong Electronics Fair 2017 (AUTUMN Edition) from 13th to 16th October 2017 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). Dr Carman Lee represents RFID/IoT Solutions Laboratory to demonstrate the latest innovative solution – “Industrial IoT-based Smart Robotic Warehouse Management System” (https://www.polyu.edu.hk/ife/corp/cntimgs/techsearch/4_ISE_18_0917.pdf), an Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) project undertook with RV Automation Technology Company Limited. The above solution enhances the operation efficiency of warehouses. It impresses lots of visitors to enquiry for details. The laboratory members explained the solution-related technologies and knowledge enthusiastically to the visitors. During the exhibition period, knowledge are transferred to public. Meeting with potential collaborative partners of the visitors would also probably pave the way for future cooperation.

ISE student won the champion of CILTHK Logistics & Transport Student Final Year Project Award 2017

Miss HO Wing Hang (Iris), who is a graduate student of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE), received the award of champion of “CILTHK Logistics & Transport Student Final Year Project Award 2017”, an open competition run by The Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport Hong Kong (CILTHK). Iris, who graduated from the BSc (Hons) in Logistics Engineering with Management (LEM) programme in 2017, won the competition with her final year undergraduate project entitled “Design of a follow up treatment scheduling system for optimizing the routing of home care nursing staff in the healthcare industry”, which was supervised by Dr K.L. Choy. The student project provides an optimal solution for scheduling the home care nursing staff for a case company. The performance was validated in terms of service satisfaction from the elderly and work satisfaction of the nurses. In regard to the rapid aging population and limited healthcare resources, the proposed method enables further enhancement in providing high service quality and cost effective operation management in healthcare industry. The competition is an annual event organized by the CILTHK, and is open to all final year undergraduates who are studying CILTHK accredited programmes with their individual thesis or group project appraised at Grade A. It aims to celebrate and highlight undergraduate students contributing the Best Practice Development in the field of Logistics or Transportation by recognizing their outstanding academic work. Congratulations again to the winner and we are very proud of our student for the excellent project work and performance.

ISE students received the CILTHK Scholarship 2016/2017 and CILTHK Kerry Logistics Scholarship 2016/2017

Two students of Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE), received the CILTHK Scholarship 2016/2017 and CILTHK Kerry Logistics Scholarship 2016/2017, organized by The Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport Hong Kong (CILTHK). Miss LIANG Wenshan (Iris), who is now a Year 4 student of the BSc (Hons) in Logistics Engineering with Management (LEM), obtained the CILTHK scholarship in the academic year 2016/17 du to her outstanding performance in academic achievement, extra-curricular activities and commitment in serving the society. Iris expressed the view that scholarship is of great importance to those students who are pursuing their interest and aptitude in transport and logistics. She will make the best use of her talent to future development in transport and logistics industry. The CILTHK Scholarship Scheme is an annual event organized by the CILTHK, and is open to all full-time tertiary students studying CILTHK accredited transport and/or logistics programmes in Hong Kong. It aims to promote, encourage and coordinate the study and advancement of the science and art of transport and logistics. Mr WONG Chi-kit (Charles), who graduated from BSc (Hons) in Logistics Engineering with Management (LEM) in 2017, obtained the CILTHK Kerry Logistics Scholarship. Charles expressed that this is an invaluable experience to attend the visit at Kerry Logistics warehouse and apply what he learnt in the real-life situation. It was a good opportunity for him to broaden his mind. The CILTHK Kerry Logistics Scholarship is an annual scholarship offered by Kerry Warehouse (HK) Ltd. to support qualified students undertaking Master/Bachelor programmes in logistics. Other than academic achievement, each shortlisted finalist was invited to give a presentation in a topic concerning the theme of “The Importance of Process Flow in Logistics Industry” after the visit (compulsory participation) in one of the Kerry Logistics operations in Hong Kong.

Awards for PolyU ISE Department’s innovative pedagogies

PolyU ISE Department’s efforts to improve students’ learning experience through innovative pedagogies were rewarded recently with two prizes at the LearnX Impact Awards 2017. The ISE101x "Knowledge Management and Big Data in Business" Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), launched in August 2015, received a Silver Award in the Best Online Learning Model category. The Master of Science in Knowledge Management Master’s programme delivered through a range of in-person and online methods, received a Silver Award in the Best Blended Learning Model category.   excel@PolyU: http://www.polyu.edu.hk/cpa/excel/en/201709/achievements/a1/index.html

ISE student won the Champion of HKIE Manufacturing & Industrial Division Student Project Competition 2016-2017

Miss CAI Jiaxiao, who is a fresh graduate of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE), has won the Champion for her final year project entitled “Higher Individuality for Effective Swarm Intelligence” in HKIE Manufacturing & Industrial Division Student Project Competition 2016-2017 on 2 June 2017. This project is supervised by Dr. Velvet Chen (ISE) and supported by scientific officer Mr. Sam Lam (ISE). This project considers the expanding demands of robotic tasks with higher complexity, higher dimensionality, and different information density. Other than employing the conventional low cost–effective approach of increasing the number of swarm, this project intends to adopt higher swarm individuality to obtain higher flexibility and re-configurability of the system. In order to optimize the system performance using a simple individual robot design and a minimum number of swarm, a target following technique using computer vision was developed and a novel path planning algorithm, directional A* algorithm was proposed. The system has been tested with a self–developed swarm robot target following system, the Auto–Cart (a new supermarket service system). The HKIE Manufacturing & Industrial Division Student Project Competition is an open competition that attracted participating teams from the major Hong Kong universities in June 2016. This competition is an annual event organized by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) to recognize the project handling skills and creativity of students studying in disciplines related to manufacturing and industrial engineering, and it is highly competitive, with two rounds of selection processes to screen out the top three projects.

全港中小學產品設計大賽2016-2017

香港理工大學工業及系統工程學系主辦的「全港中小學產品設計大賽2016-2017」入圍作品評審暨頒獎禮已於2017年5月13日在香港理工大學圓滿舉辦。是次比賽吸引近60間學校報名以及多達300人參與。比賽設有「小學組」和「中學組」兩個組別，參賽隊伍沒有年齡限制，不同組別的同學都可發揮他們的小宇宙，互相切磋。 出席嘉賓包括香港電腦教育學會(HKACE) 、資訊科技教育領袖協會 (AiTLE)、協辦 公司DTSL及各參賽學校的代表。全港中小校學生共有34組入圍作品。參賽作品以產品報告、會報介紹、產品功能及外型設計作評分準則。頒獎典禮當日，所有組別將製成品展現於理工大學校園內，並由多名專業評審即場評分。統計評分後，深井天主教小學的參賽作品【甜心雨傘】奪得小學組冠軍及最具吸引力設計獎，該校另一作品【BB 副被器】則同時奪得亞軍及最具創新設計獎，成績斐然！中學組冠軍由天主教郭德勝中學的【不求人(Self-Competence)】獲得，該作品亦同時獲得最具創新設計獎。 香港理工大學工業及系統工程學系系主任陳鏡昌教授表示，是次活動有助鼓勵創意設計，提升學生對產品設計的興趣，同時展示學生在科學、科技、工程、數學等方面的學習成果。學生由概念圖開始到原型整合製作全程一手包辦，該學系亦安排大學生導師，對每一組同學進行跟進及協助，希望能為每組同學提供最有利的資源與創作環境。是次比賽讓學生有機會把想法付諸實踐，從而啟發學生的創意及設計才能。   媒體報導 http://www.educators.hk/?p=4007  

ISE is partnering with University of Potsdam (Germany) on developing an Industry 4.0 MOOC (Massive Open Online Course)