Faculty of Engineering

AMPed

Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Science, The 7th Engineering Inno Show / By

Antimicrobial resistance is a global phenomenon arising from the indiscriminate use of antibiotics. To combat this problem, the Antimicrobial Peptide Cecropin B (CecB), a highly-effective, broad-spectrum antibiotic alternative is expressed in transgenic Chlorella autotrophica, a well-studied and highly-productive protein expressing microalgal chassis. It is expressed with a secretion signal peptide for extraction; and SUMO-tag for in-vitro cleavage using SUMO-protease. To validate efficacy, the isolated CecB is tested against common aquatic pathogens. The in-vitro cleavage system, barring the signal peptide, is also expressed using a bacterial chassis. This is to test the design and quantify the differences between microalgal and bacterial synthetic capabilities. To modify the system for industrial use, the signal peptide is removed and the SUMO-protease is additionally inserted, under a nitrogen-starvation inducible promoter, to cleave SUMO in-vivo and generate active AMPs. The microalgae are then freeze-dried, preserving active AMPs internally, which can then be used as supplemental feed.

HKU Racing @ 7th Inno Show

Mechanical Engineering, The 7th Engineering Inno Show / By

HKU Racing (HKUR) is an initiative led by dedicated HKU students who intend to compete in the Formula Student UK (FSUK) event in 22/23 and beyond. We design an open cockpit, formula-style race car from the ground up. It is a vehicle that materializes a group of passionate students’ dream of designing their very own race car. Apart from designing the vehicle, we build, fabricate, and drive our design on track to compete with other student teams around the world. With a clear goal of competing in the FSUK event in summer 2023, we have assembled talented students and gained tremendous support from experienced engineers and technical staff within the university and external communities. Three entities at the University of Hong Kong supervise our project, namely the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing under the Faculty of Engineering. Since the faculty’s founding in 1912, it has kept pace with developments in the engineering world and is always at the forefront of engineering research. Aligning with the university’s vision of having more innovative student-led projects, our goal promises excellent potential to nurture a new generation of talented individuals. Our project will provide valuable experience for their future careers.

HINCare: An Intelligent Timebanking System for Elderly Care @ 7th Inno Show

Computer Science, The 7th Engineering Inno Show / By

With a rapidly ageing population in Hong Kong, volunteer services handled by NGOs (Non-Government Organizations), which lack systematic management, are urged for improvements. This project, HINCare, proposes a volunteer service platform solution for NGOs to manage their systems better. HINCare integrates user data and provides personalized recommendations using HIN (Heterogeneous Information Network) and KG (Knowledge Graph). In particular, volunteers and the elderly are optimally matched to cater to elders’ needs. This project will contribute to Hong Kong volunteer businesses by promoting public help for the elderly. Besides, the study is a real-life application to analyze the effectiveness of various recommendation models and algorithms.

UniAsset.io – Trade Blue Chip NFT With $1 Dollar

Computer Science, The 7th Engineering Inno Show / By

UniAsset is a Web3 on-chain protocol focused on the NFTFi track. A NFT Fractionalization Trading Solution for Retails.

We believe that strong consensus on Blue Chip NFTs will spawn the next bitcoin-style long-term appreciation. UniAsset’s vision is to enable any retail investor to profit from long-term growth or short-term trading opportunities by being able to track expensive Blue Chip NFT prices with a dollar’s worth of principal.

UniAsset has distinguished itself in many representative Hackathons (e.g. Huobi Incubator Second Prize, Moonshot Factory Top5, $25K Amazon Startup Prize) and gained the attention of more than 40 Venture Capitals globally.

Within five years UniAsset will become the Grayscale of decentralized NFT world, within ten years, hopes to become the leading infrastructure for securitizing NFT assets in the Metaverse.

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Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, SIG Projects, The 6th Engineering Inno Show / By

Diabetes is one the most pressing chronic diseases in Hong Kong. There are about 0.7 million people in Hong Kong are suffering from diabetes. Realizing efficient blood glucose management is highly demanded to improve the patients’ healthcare. Currently, the blood glucose is mostly measured with the finger-stick method. However, the finger-stick method is painful and cannot continuously monitor the glucose level. This project develops a minimally invasive glucose biosensor by using a microneedle as sensor carrier and use HKU-developed “PERfECT wearable” platform for wireless data transmission. We hope this project could improve the health technology in Hong Kong to better serve the patients with diabetes.

PERfECT Wearables: for Minimally-Invasive and Continuous Blood-Glucose Monitoring @ 6th Inno Show

Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, SIG Projects, The 6th Engineering Inno Show / By

Diabetes is one the most pressing chronic diseases in Hong Kong. There are about 0.7 million people in Hong Kong are suffering from diabetes. Realizing efficient blood glucose management is highly demanded to improve the patients’ healthcare. Currently, the blood glucose is mostly measured with the finger-stick method. However, the finger-stick method is painful and cannot continuously monitor the glucose level. This project develops a minimally invasive glucose biosensor by using a microneedle as sensor carrier and use HKU-developed “PERfECT wearable” platform for wireless data transmission. We hope this project could improve the health technology in Hong Kong to better serve the patients with diabetes.

FOOD City PANDA Run!

Computer Science, The 6th Engineering Inno Show / By

FOOD City PANDA Run! is a 3D Runner Game developed during the course of COMP3329 Computer Game Design and Programming. We aim to apply gamification to food delivery apps such as foodpanda, so that the game can be embedded in those apps to meet business objectives such as retaining current customers and attracting new ones. With some food on the tray on top of the player’s car, the player needs to avoid obstacles and collect coins on the delivery road, to make sure the food doesn’t drop and the delivery is successful.

REVIVER – a puzzle platforming game

Computer Science, The 6th Engineering Inno Show / By

A single-player puzzle platforming game made with Unity. Inspired by Portal and Tenet.
In the game, the player needs to go through all the testing chambers to get to the center of a laboratory to save the world. Player needs to move objects or open doors in forwarding or backward time flow. Moving these objects may help the player pave the way to the exit but it may become also an obstacle in the other time flow. Therefore player needs to plan their actions through trials and errors.

Cyber Security Education

Computer Science, The 6th Engineering Inno Show / By

HackOS, a sandbox offensive cyber-security simulator game made with Unity, also the course project of COMP3329.

HackOS aims at educating/introducing its players on cyber-security. The goal of the game is not neccessary to have high player retention rate, fancy animations or game mechanics, but rather to resemble the realism of “hacking” as much as possible.

With great freedom, players could perform any actions within the confine of the sandbox. The player could interact with a terminal, launching attacks against emulated servers, services, or any other emulated computer systems exist in the game.