Magnetic Leviation Contest – IEEE Hong Kong Magnetics Chapter

Schedule

Close for register: 4 July, 2021

On-site workshop (depending on the number of contestants):

Stage 1: From July 12, 2021 to July 16, 2021

Stage 2: From July 19, 2021 to July 23, 2021

Each day for 10 students, a total of 10 groups

Final racing day: 2 August, 2021

Qualification

S3- S5 students

Fee

free of charge

Venue

ISD Works! (Room 4223), Division of Integrative System and Design, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Contact us

For enquiry, please contact

Mr. Fai YEUNG

Phone: 3469 2618

E-mail: [email protected]

Application

link: https://bit.ly/35xsjxZ

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Organizers

IEEE Magnetics Society

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics engineers (IEEE) is the world’s largest technical society, with a worldwide membership of more than 375,000 electrical, electronics, computer engineers and computer scientists in approximately 160 countries. It was established in 1963 and headquartered in New York City of USA. The IEEE Magnetics Society is one of the technical societies and councils with a mission to promote activities related to magnetics.

Division of Integrative Systems and Design

Integrative Systems and Design is a new paradigm for educating technologists and innovators at HKUST. A more holistic systems perspective is necessary to truly innovate and tackle the problems of an ever-changing world. ISD uses integrative systems ranging from robotics to smart cities to biomedical systems to advance learning and knowledge through active teaching and transdisciplinary research. Embedding design and system thinking into the curriculum, combined with an emerging pedagogy of project-based active learning, will develop students’ technical competency, design thinking, understanding of complex and multi-disciplinary systems, and entrepreneurial spirit.

The Academy for Bright Future Young Engineers

The Academy for Bright Future Young Engineers was established under the School of Engineering (SENG) at HKUST. The Academy aims to provide an innovative and student-centered platform to engage high school learners in authentic engineering experiences and inspire them to embrace an engineer’s habits of mind. Students will build resilient problem-solving skills and be empowered to think like engineers through a series of collaborative and student-directed projects.

Committees

Organizing Committee

Committee Chair: Prof. Mitch Li

Committee Members:

Prof. CY Tsui, Prof. Ajay Joneja, Prof. Qiming Shao, Mr. Fai Yeung, Mr. Tianxing Chang, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Prof. Dennis Leung, Associated Head of Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Technical support: Terence, Natalie, Aron, Tin, Yung, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Executive Committe

Committee Chair: Mr. Fai Yeung

Committee Members:

Prof. Mitch Li, Mr. Fai Yeung, Mr. Tianxing Chang, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Technical Committe

Committee Chair: Mr. Tianxing Chang, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Rules

Qualification

All S3 to S5 students.

Content of competition

On-site Training classes (delivered by professors) will be given before the competition Depending on the number of contestants. The classes will cover the basic principle of various kinds of Magnetic Levitation.

During the competition, each contestant will be provided with an electromagnetic coil base with PID control and a strong magnet with 4 cm in diameter, as well as materials like Magnets, cardboards, acrylics, paste, and hot glue.

Participants are expected to make a model with the provided materials and levitate it over the above base.

There is almost no limitation for the model, so you can build it with cardboards, acrylics, plasticine, and any other materials. You can also try 3D printing (3D printers not provided). Even, you can just decorate with some small gadgets or toys. Only to make sure that your model can be levitated successfully. Therefore, the weight of the model should be lower than 150 g.

Grading

•If the model can be stably levitated (which is the main task), the participant will get 50 points.

• If the model is rotatable, the participant will get 15 more points. (YouTube link)

• If the model can bounce up and down, the participant will get 15 more points. (YouTube link)

• Design and creativity of the model will be marked, ranging from 0 to 20 points.

The sum of the above points will be the final score of the participant (from 0 to 100).

Awards

We will have:
• First prize winner: 3 students
• Second prize winner: 3 students
• Third prize winner: 3 students

Each of these 9 winners will be awarded a related certificate (First prize, Second prize, or Third prize).

All the participants will get a certificate of participation.