UM students win third prize at 11th National Structure Design Contest for College Students
澳大獲全國大學生結構設計賽三等獎

Three students from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology (FST), University of Macau (UM), recently won a third prize at the 11^th National Structure Design Contest for College Students held in Wuhan.

The three students are Wong Chan Hou, Ieong Un Teng, and Ieong Un Kio. They competed with 108 teams formed by more than 300 faculty members and students from 107 universities in China. The participating teams in the final are winners of preliminary contests held in their respective provinces. This year, teams from a total of 1,182 universities participated in the preliminary contests.

The theme of this year’s competition is ‘Long-span Water Pipe Supporting Structure’. Each team was required to design and fabricate a long-span bamboo water pipe supporting structure which was used to support a 6.5-metre water pipe with a full water load of 50 kilograms. Water needed to be fully loaded to the water pipe, which was followed by a process of unloading water. The model submitted by UM was a combination of a cable net system and a series of column assemble. The model weighed 179.2 grams and the structure passed both the loading and unloading test.

Wong says that the competition allowed him to put knowledge into practice, broadened his horizons, and improved his civil engineering skills. The supervisors of the UM team are FST associate professors Er Guokang and Lam Chi Chiu. Tou Ka Man, a technician from the Structures Laboratory of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, provided assistance with the team’s model testing at UM.

Co-organised by the professional advisory committee for civil engineering programmes at higher education institutions and the educational affairs committee of China Civil Engineering Society, the annual competition is one of the nine highest-ranked inter-varsity competitions in science and engineering in China. It is also the most important competition in the field of civil engineering. The event aims to provide a platform for civil engineering students to exchange ideas, build friendships, improve civil engineering skills, apply their creativity, and learn how to work with others. It also hopes to strengthen ties among civil engineering departments at various universities.

澳門大學科技學院土木及環境工程系學生黃振豪、楊沅婷及楊沅喬赴武漢參與“第11屆全國大學生結構設計競賽＂，與來自全國各省市107所大學共108支隊伍300多名師生同台較量，並脫穎而出，獲三等獎的優異成績。

該競賽由高等學校土木工程學科專業指導委員會、中國土木工程學會教育工作委員會合辦，於武漢大學舉行。今年參賽的107所大學都是於較早前在各省的選拔賽中，從1182所高校勝出而進入決賽之精英校隊。澳大隊伍設計、製作和測試十多款不同結構模型，並優化出拉力網及柱組合中最優方案參與現場製作和加載比賽。澳大隊的結構模型以奇妙的設計、精美的製作、輕盈的造型、足夠的強度和合理的結構剛度，以179.2克的模型總重製作了一個可以承受50公斤之渡槽支承系統結構，並同時滿足入水及排水功能，贏得在場師生一片掌聲，並獲評審團一致好評，最終奪得三等奬。

黃振豪表示，參與全國性賽事不但把課堂上所學的專業知識加以應用，而且從與不同高校的優秀隊伍切磋，加強自己在土木工程的技能，是一次擴寬眼界的機會。澳大隊伍指導老師為科技學院副教授鄂國康及林智超，結構實驗室技術員杜家文協助模型測試工作。

每年一次的“全國大學生結構設計競賽＂為全國理工科九大大學生學科競賽之一，是全國土木工程專業大學生的最高賽事。競賽旨為透過設計和製作結構模型，讓來自全國不同高校的學生互相交流、建立友誼、切磋技能、發揮學生創新和合作能力，也讓參賽高校土木工程系保持更緊密的聯繫。