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Awards and Honors
A team of potential students with a track record of numerous honors demonstrates exceptional academic prowess, dedication, and a strong work ethic. Their consistent achievements reflect their commitment to excellence, ability to excel in various subjects, and capacity for innovative thinking. This team stands out for its potential to make significant contributions in their respective fields, driven by their passion for learning and growth.
Awards Received by Students
2024 May
Student
Jiayin Chen
Outstanding Student Project Award (PhD Level) 2023-2024
The Hong Kong Ergonomics Society
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Winning project (PhD Dissertation): Development and evaluation of an immersive virtual reality-based exercise system for poststroke upper limb motor rehabilitation
2023 July
Student
Junyu Zhao
Best Paper Award
14th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2023), San Francisco, California, USA. July 20-24, 2023.
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Winning paper: An examination of factors beyond the 5C model in COVID-19 vaccination decisions
2024 May
Student
Qian Lin
RGC HKPF (Research Grants Council, Hong Kong PhD Fellowship) & HKU Presidential PhD Scholarship
The University of Hong Kong
2022 May
Student
Json Wong
Outstanding Student Project Award (Undergraduate Level) 2021-2022
The Hong Kong Ergonomics Society
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Winning project (final year project): A feasibility study of immersive virtual reality games for upper limb exercise among healthy individuals of different age groups
2020 Sep
Student
Pallavi Goel & Jason Wong
Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant for undergraduates undertaking research
Faculty of Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
2019 May
Undergraduate students:
Qiande He, Rouxian Li, Najia Sharmin, Emmanuel Lee, Chun-Ho Chow, Man-Chung Cheung, and Matthew Sing-ho Wong
Best Project Award
Engineering InnoShow 2019, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
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Winning project: Smart Life Vest
Dr. Calvin Or was the project supervisor
2018 July
Student
Kaifeng Liu (Doctorate Level)
The Council of Technical Groups Student Presenter Award
Human Factors & Ergonomics Society 2018 International Annual Meeting
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Winning project: Effects of images segmentation and target number on visual search: An eye-tracking study
2018 May
Student
Hailiang Wang (Doctorate Level)
Outstanding Student Project Award (Doctorate Level) 2017-2018
The Hong Kong Ergonomics Society
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Winning project: Effects of task- and environment-related interventions on the performance in differentiation and visual search of look-alike drug names using simulation and eye-tracking technique​
2017 Dec
Student
Hailiang Wang (Doctorate Level)
Occupation Safety & Health Best Project Award 2017 – Merit
Occupational Safety & Health Council
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Winning project: Normative data on one-handed static pull strength of Chinese in Hong Kong for work safety design
2016
Student
Hailiang Wang (Doctorate Level)
Champion – Students Project Competition 2016 (Doctorate Level)
The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) Safety Specialist Committee
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Winning project: Effects of task- and environment-related interventions on the performance in differentiation and visual search of look-alike drug names using simulation and eye-tracking technique
2014
Student
Jingya Guo, Mian Yan
Best Paper Award
The 3rd International Conference of the South East Asian Network of Ergonomics Societies. Singapore, Dec 1-4, 2014.
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Winning paper: Head and face anthropometric survey of Chinese adults in Hong Kong
2014
Student
Di Lu (Master of Science Level)
Best Project Award
HKU GO Cambridge Enterprise Competition Program jointly held by Cambridge Judge Business School, UK
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Winning project: A study of two- and three-dimensional data representations for data acquisition: a comparison of bar charts and line graphs
2014
Student
Qingchuan Li (Master of Science Level)
Tony Reynolds Prize for Outstanding Master of Science Project
Department of IMSE, The University of Hong Kong
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Winning project: Testing the effect of text and background color combinations of LED displays on visual performance among older adults
2014
Student
Kaifeng Liu (Master of Science Level)
Master of Science (IELM) Distinction Prize 2013-2014
Department of IMSE, The University of Hong Kong
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Thesis title: A study of single target visual search performance based on zoned area
2012
Student
Alice Lam (Undergraduate Level)
Outstanding Project Award 2011-2012
The Hong Kong Ergonomics Society
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Winning project: Orthographic similarity of drug names: evaluating methods of reducing medication errors
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