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The Innovation Academy is a hub for attracting and cultivating new generations of talents, not only scholars and researchers but also industry leaders and influencers. It works as an accelerator for inspiration and implementation.
Programmes & Activities
A series of programmes and activities on campus are organized to encourage think-out-of-the-box mindset within students. Activities are designed to capture three goals: Inspire, Equip and Showcase, and engage teachers, students and stakeholders like industry advisors.
Sharing
The Sharing is a series of forums and dialogues organized to invite guest speakers of diverse backgrounds, such as entrepreneurs, industry partners, researchers or alumni, to share their insights on innovation-related topics and successful stories. The format of the sharing is flexible spanning from talks to one-on-one dialogue to panel discussion.
Pitch New Tech Ideas
This is a project pitching event for students to present their project ideas and recruit prospective teammates and academic advisors to form student interest groups on a wide range of topics like robotics, artificial intelligence, electric automobiles and healthcare technologies. The learning process helps to improve students’ ability to effectively advocate an idea or project to a large group of audience. It also allows flexibility for students to form their own team and grow their community of interest and passion.
Hands-on workshop
It creates opportunities for active exchange and learning for the advanced technologies and/or research outcomes from pioneering Engineering projects in the Faculty of Engineering. The concept is borrowed from writer-in-residence to create opportunities for active exchange and learning.
Inno Show
The Engineering Inno Show is a showcase carnival that celebrates and demonstrates the outcome of learning and creation at the end of every semester. It offers a vibrant platform for students to create their own work outside classroom. It also paints a concrete picture of what constitutes an exemplary work in Engineering. Participating students have the opportunity to illustrate their inventive design, demonstrate their research and projects, harness constructive feedbacks from peers, teachers, industry experts and the public through knowledge exchange, and spin ideas into innovative (re)inventions.
Student-initiated courses
“Learning by teaching” helps to train up students’ confidence, organizational and communication skills. The Student Initiated Course is a student-run experiential activity to design, develop and teach a course on a technology-related topic under the supervision of a Faculty Advisor. Student or student teams may propose class(es) of special interest not covered in formal engineering curriculum.
Study Tour
Our study tour is carefully curated to offer students an unparalleled opportunity to fully immerse themselves in the dynamic and ever-evolving world of technology. Through visits to renowned prestigious universities and cutting-edge companies, participants will be able to explore the latest technology, gain valuable insights into the forefront of robotics research and development.
Funding Scheme for projects / activities
The Funding Scheme for student projects/activities by Tam Wing Fan Innovation Fund and Philomathia Foundation Innovation Fund (hereafter called the “funding scheme”) aims to identify, engage and nurture student projects/activities with creative potential to tackle emerging complex engineering problems in the world.
