青少年發明家比賽2010

The Young Inventor Competition 2008-2009
By Mr C O YAU

Every year, the Young Inventor Competition provides an opportunity for youngsters to get a taste of being an engineer and encourages them to use their imagination and creativity in solving problems. The competition was jointly organised by the MC Division, IMechE – HK Branch and ASME – HK Section, with the support from the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. There were 17 teams from 11 secondary schools and one primary school participated in the game and five awards were set up.

The 1st round competition was held on 15 November 2008 at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Each team was required to design and build a trash collector (the machine) with efficient mechanism to collect the trash in the water tank with limited power source and limited size. The machine collected the greatest amount of trash within the allowed time would get the highest mark and get advantages in the final round.

The final round competition was held on 28 February 2009 at Repulse Bay. All students were required to design, build and operate their rubbish collector to clean up, as many as they could, all rubbish samples placing on the beach at different locations. Unlike the first round of competition, the machine was required to operate on the sand foundation. Several critical factors such as how to ensure the tight attachment between wheels of the collector and sand, the maneuverability of the collector and the mechanism that could effectively collect the rubbish samples within a specified time. In this round of competition, there was no restriction on the design of the collector, it could be remote-controlled or fully automatically-controlled.

The results of the competition were as follows:

• Champion: CMA Secondary School
• 1st runner-up: Fung Kai Liu Man Shek Tong Secondary School
• 2nd runner-up: Sing Yin Secondary School – team 3
• Hi-tech prize: CMA Secondary School
• Creative prize: Sing Yin Secondary School – team 3

All the participants enjoyed the exciting competition and the event was a success. We look forward to the Young Inventor Competition next year.

Original: http://www.hkengineer.org.hk/program/home/idamain.php?cat=IDA&volid=106&dept=mmnc

廠商會中學在學校網頁中報導參加青少年發明家比賽2008

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東華三院鄺錫坤伉儷中學在學校網頁中報告參與香港青少年發明家比賽2008。

我校設計與科技學會會員3B張紹源、3A張穎聰、3B郭俊豪及1A鍾尹文同學，在陳志球老師指導下分別於15/11/2008及28/2/2009，參加由美國機械工程師學會香港分會、英國機械工程師學會香港分會及香港工程師學會-機械、輪機、造船及化學分會聯合舉辦的，香港青少年發明家比賽2008-09第一及第二回合分賽。

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太陽報報導青少年發明家比賽2008

本港三大機械工程師學會合辦的青少年發明家比賽，昨日於淺水灣泳灘進行總決賽，十三支入圍的參賽隊伍各自設計出沙灘垃圾收集器，冠軍由廠商會中學設計的「ＣＭＡ掃雷器」奪得。（胡耀威攝）

「掃雷器」奪冠
01/03/2009

青少年發明家比賽

沙灘上時有發現泳客遺棄的汽水罐、水樽、報紙等垃圾，激發出年輕人清潔沙灘的創意。本港三大機械工程師學會合辦的青少年發明家比賽昨日於淺水灣泳灘進行總決賽，十三支入圍的參賽隊伍因應大會的要求，設計出專在沙灘上收集垃圾的垃圾收集器，各隊的參賽作品發揮無限的創意，冠軍最後由廠商會中學設計的「ＣＭＡ掃雷器」垃圾收集器奪得，該校同時奪得科技獎。（胡耀威攝）

原文：http://orientaldaily.on.cc/archive/20090301/new/new_a48cnt.html

由 英國機械工程師學會香港分部 (IMechE HK)、美國機械工程師學會香港分會(ASME-HK)、及香港工程師學會機械、輪機、造船及化學分部 (HKIE-MMNC) 合辦的青少年發明家比賽 (Young Inventor Competition)，其總決賽已於2月28日 於 淺水灣 順利完成。

YIC 2008 Final Round

當日天氣十分之好，各參賽隊伍都施展渾身解數，務求勝出賽事。

香港的學生，在世界都有著前排的定位，只是內斂一點。透過活動，我們希望可以訓練學生獨立思考，我們自己在工程行業工作，自然更希望鼓勵學生搞發明創造。搞發明創造能使頭腦變得更靈活，並且發揮發明創造的天賦和潛質。學生在比賽過程中保持好奇心，學中玩、玩中學，令創造力和想像力得到充分的發揮。比賽中遊戲兼具教育意義，讓青少年寓遊戲於學習。