UM Open Day showcases distinctive characteristics
澳大校慶開放日展特色
The University of Macau held an Open Day today (17 January). Many students, parents, and residents attended the event to learn more about the university, including admission information, teaching mode, and campus facilities, while experiencing firsthand the vibrant atmosphere of the campus. Some students and parents said that UM offers a wide variety of disciplines and its faculty team and facilities have reached international standards, so they consider UM their first choice for higher education.
The Open Day were held from 11:00am to 5:00pm, during which time various buildings on campus, including faculties, colleges, laboratories, the university library, and the Sports Complex, were open to visitors, with onsite staff to provide information about the distinctive characteristics and facilities of their faculties. There were also information booths, lectures, and information seminars to present the curriculum of each department as well as information about the residential colleges to enable students planning to pursue higher education to have a better understanding of their preferred academic programmes and the living environment of UM so they could make early planning for their studies.
Marques from a Portuguese school attended the Open Day with his parents. He considers UM his first choice and plans to apply to UM. Marques’ father is very supportive of his son’s decision, because he thinks UM has developed rapidly, and has reached international standards both in terms of faculty and facilities, which will provide good learning conditions for his son’s development.
Ms Cheng, whose daughter is in her third year of high school in Hong Kong, thinks that UM is a very good university because of its beautiful environment, strong faculty team, and good learning atmosphere. Leung and Lee, two students who are about to graduate from high school, attended the information seminar and found the detailed information and clear explanations very helpful in planning their university studies and course selection. They also highly praised the beautiful campus.
This year’s Open Day coincides with the 40th anniversary of the university, so the university held an opening ceremony for anniversary celebration. The anniversary slogan is ‘Set sail anew on the ruby jubilee’. The research team from the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) gave two presentations titled ‘Set Sail for New Horizons—Artificial Intelligence Ushers in a New Era of Digital Economy in Macao’. In the first presentation, an FST professor shared the important role of AI in promoting smart tourism, smart finance, smart government, smart city development, and unmanned systems in Macao. In a separate presentation, an FST student shared the technologies behind unmanned intelligent vessels and their applications.
In addition to the above activities, there were also science lectures, creative workshops, fun experiments, booth games, performances, sports experiences, parent-child games, and other exciting activities, such as plant treasure hunts, mock courts, hand sanitiser DIY, paper airplane workshops, coffee tasting and brewing, sandpainting, autonomous bus exhibition, zebrafish show, archery, and ‘A Day at UM’ guided campus tours. These activities allowed everyone to experience the vibrant campus life, gain a better understanding of teaching and research at UM, and experience the rapid development of the university.
校慶開放日由上午11時至下午5時在澳大舉行，不同的學院、書院、實驗室、圖書館、體育館等均開放參觀，並有專人在場詳細介紹各院特色和設施，同時設多個諮詢展位、多場講座和簡介會，全方位呈現各學系的課程內容和住宿式書院的資訊，讓準備升讀大學的學生更了解心儀的課程和大學生活環境，及早做好升學規劃。
來自葡文學校的Marques跟父母一起參觀澳大，他表示澳大是他的首選，希望能到澳大升學。Marques的父親十分支持兒子報讀澳大，因為澳大發展迅速，無論師資和設施都達國際水平，良好的學習條件有助兒子的發展。
女兒正在香港讀高三的鄭女士認為，澳大環境優美，師資力量強且學習氛圍好，是一所非常好的大學，今次特意到澳大了解入學資訊，為女兒報考澳大做規劃。另外，即將中學畢業的梁同學和李同學參加了升學講座，認為資訊詳盡和講解清晰，有助規劃升讀大學和選科，他們還對澳大環境讚不絕口。
適逢澳大40周年校慶，開放日期間還舉行了校慶啟動儀式。今年的校慶口號為“不惑新航，揚帆追夢”，澳大科技學院研究團隊以“揚帆新航——人工智能開啓澳門數字經濟新紀元”為題進行演講，介紹人工智能技術如何帶動澳門智慧旅遊、智慧金融、智慧政務、智慧城市、無人系統技術等的建設和發展，同場還講解了無人智能船艇系統的應用和技術。
除了上述活動，澳大校慶開放日還有科普講座、創意工作坊、趣味實驗、攤位遊戲、表演、運動體驗、親子遊戲等精彩活動，例如植物尋寶、模擬法庭、自製消毒搓手液、紙飛機工作坊、品味精品咖啡及手冲體驗、沙畫製作、斑馬魚展、射箭體驗、“做一日大學生”校園導賞等，讓大家體驗多元的校園生活，瞭解澳大教研發展的同時，感受澳大的日新月異。
新聞來源：傳訊部
UM FST students’ smart milk tea vending machine wins first prize at national competition
澳大科技學院學生智能奶茶售賣機奪全國賽一等獎
An intelligent milk tea vending machine developed by University of Macau (UM) students stood out from 1,210 shortlisted entries at the 16th ‘Challenge Cup’ National College Students’ Science Project Competition and won the first prize. The UM team was the only team from Macao to win the first prize at this competition.
The smart vending machine was jointly developed by three UM students in the Department of Electromechanical Engineering and the State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City, namely Hu Zhiyuan, Ouyang Mingcong, and Ding Ziqin, under the guidance of Associate Professor Yang Zhixin in the same department. They used infrared sensors on the key points of the robotic arm to ensure that the robotic arm can be accurately docked in various spatial positions. In terms of smart control, they used temperature and volume sensors to remotely monitor multiple liquid containers on an IoT platform. In addition to automatic brewing of milk tea, customers also have the option of adding tapioca pearls, coconut gel, brown sugar, and other ingredients according to their preferences. Alternatively, they can choose other beverages. The smart vending machine accepts a variety of payment options, such as WeChat Pay, Macao Pass, and Mpay.
Hu says that the smart vending machine was very well received during the trial period, and received unanimous praise and recognition from the judges at the competition. He expressed gratitude to the Science and Technology Development Fund, Macau SAR for its (file no. 194/2017/A3, 0018/2019/AKP). Hu adds that they are in the process of developing a second-generation version of the machine, which will have more functions, such as face recognition. The machine is expected to be available in the Faculty of Science and Technology building soon to allow more students to enjoy milk tea on campus at any time of the day.
Hailed as the ‘Olympics’ of college science project competitions, the ‘Challenge Cup’ is a highly influential national competition among college students in China. It is jointly organised by the Communist Youth League, the China Association for Science and Technology, the Ministry of Education, the All-China Federation of Students, and local governments. It provides a platform for Chinese universities to showcase their talented students, serves as a catalyst for technology transfer, and creates an opportunity for businesses to find talented college students and their innovative projects.
澳門大學學生共同研發的“全智能無人售賣奶茶飲料機器人”於第十六屆“挑戰杯”全國大學生課外學術科技作品競賽中，從全國二千多所高校共1210件優秀入圍作品中脫穎而出獲得一等獎，成為澳門地區唯一一支獲一等獎的隊伍。
澳大機電工程系及智慧城市物聯網國家重點實驗室三位學生：胡致遠、歐陽銘聰和丁子欽在機電工程系及智慧城市物聯網國家重點實驗室副教授楊志新的指導下合作研發了“全智能無人售賣奶茶飲料機器人”。他們利用機械手臂關節點上的紅外感測器，確保機械手可準確地停靠在各個空間位置上；在智慧控制方面，採用了溫度和容量傳感器，實現多個液體容器在物聯網平台上的遠程監控。為配合城市智慧化，設備除了可以自動冲製奶茶外，顧客可隨意選擇加入珍珠、椰果、黑糖等配料，也可選擇其他飲料。此外，機器人還配備了如微信、澳門通、澳門錢包等電子支付。
胡致遠表示，售賣機在試行階段已深受同學歡迎，比賽上亦獲得評審的一致好評及認可，感謝澳門特別行政區科學技術發展基金資助支持（檔案編號：194/2017/A3, 0018/2019/AKP）。胡致遠指智能奶茶機現正處於研發第二代階段，將來會加入如人面識別等技術，令其功能更加全面。奶茶機將設於科技學院，讓更多學生在校園隨時隨地享受奶茶的滋味。
“挑戰杯”被譽為當代大學生科技創新的“奧林匹克”盛會，是中國大學生關注度最高的全國性競賽。由共青團中央、中國科協、教育部、全國學聯和地方政府共同主辦，展示了全國各高校的育人成果，有效促進高校科技成果轉化，也是企業界接觸和物色優秀科技英才、引進科技成果的重要途徑。
(From left) Ding Ziqin, Hu Zhiyuan,
Ouyang Mingcong, and Yang Zhixin
(左起）丁子欽、胡致遠、歐陽銘聰與楊志新
The smart milk tea vending machine
全智能無人售賣奶茶飲料機器人