UM students won grand prize at “National Structure Design Contest on Information Technology for College Students”
澳大學生於“全國大學生結構設計信息技術大賽”獲特等獎

A student team from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau (UM), recently received a grand prize at the Fourth National Structure Design Contest on Information Technology for College Students, after competing with more than 1,000 teams across China. It is the only team from Hong Kong and Macao to have won a prize in the competition.

This year’s competition attracted nearly 9,000 students in 2,259 teams from 342 universities across the country. During the event, the UM team competed with a total of 1,413 teams in the undergraduate postgraduate categories. Only 50 teams have won the grand prize, with a rate of around 3.5 per cent. The UM team comprised of three students, namely Wang Yuanyu, Xu Yujin, and Wang Yuanhang. They were led by Lok Man Hoi and Lam Chi Chiu, two associate professors in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Before the competition, the team members held discussion sessions with each other and their professors regularly. They also practised techniques of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in order to overcome the various technological issues. The practices also gave them a chance to put their knowledge into practice.

The competition was organised by the China Civil Engineering Society, with assistance from the School of Civil Engineering of Tsinghua University, the School of Civil Engineering and Transportation of South China University of Technology, the Civil Engineering and Architectural Society of Guangdong, and the Architectural Design and Research Institute of Guangdong Province. As one of the most influential competitions in the field of civil engineering in the China, the event aims to enhance students’ abilities in producing technological innovation and practical skills in carrying out technological projects. The topic of the competition was proposed by experts in the industry. The participants were required to design a prefabricated dormitory building on a college campus according to the plan and restrictions, with an appropriate structural selection and layout. The teams were also required to use structural analysis software provided by the organiser to carry out structural calculations and submit their designs according to the analysis results and design specifications.

UM is committed to enhancing education in technology and innovation and actively encourages students to participate in various competitions to broaden their horizons. This award reaffirms UM’s competitiveness, teaching standards, as well as research and innovation standards in professional fields such as civil engineering and environmental engineering.

澳門大學科技學院學生組隊參加“第四屆全國大學生結構設計信息技術大賽”，在全國一千多支隊伍中脫穎而出，以優異的表現獲特等獎，成為港澳地區唯一獲獎的高校隊伍。

賽事吸引全國共342所高校的2259支隊伍近9000人參與。澳大隊伍與參賽的研究生和本科組共1413支隊伍較量，當中只有50支隊伍獲特等獎，獲獎率約為3.5%。

澳大的參賽隊伍由3名土木及環境工程系學生王源鈺、徐煜進和王遠航組成，指導老師為該系副教授陸萬海和林智超。比賽前，導師和隊員多次交流討論，充分發揮創新和合作能力，反覆練習及運用建築信息模型（Building Information Modelling, BIM），積極準備相關的建築信息模型及應用對應的建築規範來克服各種技術問題，將所學知識投入應用，過程獲益匪淺。

比賽由中國土木工程學會教育工作委員會主辦，清華大學土木水利學院、華南理工大學土木與交通學院、廣東省土木建築學會、廣東省建築設計研究院協辦，是國內高校土木工程專業領域中最具影響力的賽事之一，旨在提高大學生的科技創新能力和實踐技能。今屆大賽題目由組委會邀請行內專家命題，要求學生根據建築平面圖和限制條件，為某大學校園配套宿舍進行裝配式建築設計，並進行適當的結構選型和結構佈置。參賽隊伍需使用大賽提供的結構分析軟體進行結構計算分析，並根據分析結果和設計規範提交設計成果。

澳大一直致力加強學生的科技創新教育，積極鼓勵學生參與各項比賽，擴闊視野。是次佳績再次肯定了澳大在土木及環境工程系等專業領域的競爭力、教學水平和科研創新水準。