ROUND 4

Digital Twin+ for HKUST Campus


Project leaders: Jack C P CHENG
An extension of the Digital Twin for HKUST Campus project, this project explores the different uses of HKUST’s digital twin, a digital replica of HKUST’s living and nonliving physical assets and systems.

 

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Total LED Circadian Rhythm On Bluetooth Mesh


Project leaders: Gary WAN, Arthur LAU, Tom CHONG
The human circadian rhythm is driven by the color temperature and intensity of sunlight throughout the day. Circadian lighting mimics such changes, which can help users realign their circadian rhythm to the clock, or increase focus during an otherwise energy dip at a specific time window.

 

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A Sustainable Movable Vertical Garden


Project leaders: Marshal LIU, Francesco CIUCCI 
Due to off-grid energy generation and sequestration of CO2 by plants, growing hydroponically or aeroponically, under weather proof conditions, this vertical farm will be net-carbon-negative, all while only taking up less space than a quarter of a badminton court.

 

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Digital Transformation of Laboratories with Smart Tracking Tray and IoT Technologies


Project leaders: Jinglei YANG, Nathan XU
The X-Tray automatically updates the inventory status and chemical usage history data in seconds by detecting the RFID tag and measuring the change in weight after each take-return action.

 

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Food Waste Analytics And Visual Feedback For Benchmarking And Behavior Changes


Project leaders: Tim CHENG, Huamin QU
The primary objective is to derive accurate information about the quantity and temporal pattern of food waste for different food categories, as well as other relevant food waste patterns in our dining halls.

 

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Upcycling Yard and Food Wastes into New Resources: Hydrochar for Supporting HKUST Greening


Project leaders: Anthony LEUNG, Tim Chung LEE
A sustainable way to deal with food and yard waste by converting them into hydrochar, which is a high quality resource that can be used as a soil amendment agent for carbon sequestration, improving soil quality, plant health and ecological restoration.

 

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SmART Sounds


Project leaders: Kellee TSAI, Andrew Brian HORNER, Kim-Pong TAM
As an artistic and micro-therapeutic extension of SmART Steps, our proposed SmART Sounds project seeks to introduce acoustic interventions in select areas of the campus.

 

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