THEi Student Applied Research Presentations (SARP) 2023 was successfully held in hybrid mode. It was encouraging to see a high participation rate, with 85 abstracts, 55 research posters and 8 video presentation submissions from final year students across the three faculties.

 

For the first time, SARP2023 was held during THEi’s 2023 Graduation Ceremony. Physical exhibitions took place at THEi Tsing Yi campus on 20 – 24 Nov 2023 and at THEi Chai Wan campus on 27 Nov – 1 Dec 2023. The event was well received by distinguished guests, graduating SARP participants and their families, friends and teachers. Many graduates visited the exhibition to take memorable photos and enjoyed viewing the Book of Abstracts on the interactive video wall. SARP2023 was also exhibited in the 2nd CIFU Symposium, entitled "Circular Use of Resources: From Research to Industry".

 

In addition to the phyiscal exhibitions, the event was also hosted on the THEi website for public viewing. The event website had received over 900 visits during 20 Nov – 1 Dec 2023. Across the whole event, over 600 people from local and overseas education institutions, as well as local businesses, voted in the presentation awards competition.

 

Here are the winners of SARP2023:

 

BEST POSTER AWARDS

 

Faculty of Design & Environment

 

Grand Prize	Miss SZE Hoi Woon BA (Hons) in Product Design	A Stray House Designed for Stray Animals (P4)
Merit Prize	Miss IP Wai Lam BSc (Hons) in Surveying	Applicability of Fire Services Installation in “Three-nil” Buildings (P12)

 

Faculty of Management & Hospitality

 

Grand Prize	Miss CHAN Yuen Ying BA (Hons) in Hotel Operations Management	Satisfied or Dissatisfied? Customer Satisfaction of a Hotel’s Club Lounge - A Case Study (P23)
Merit Prize	Miss CHAN Hei Yi BA (Hons) in Culinary Arts and Management	Recipe Development and Sensory Analysis of Low Sugar Lemon Custard Cake by Using Sugar Substitutes for Diabetes Mellitus (P20)

 

Faculty of Science & Technology

 

Grand Prize	Mr WONG Wai Kit BEng (Hons) in Environmental Engineering and Management	Catalyst Development for the Hydrogen Release from Ammonia Borane – A Systematic Study on Bimetallic Metal Complexes – Cobalt Copper Methanolysis (P48)
Merit Prizes	Miss WONG Chak Sum BEng (Hons) in Building Services Engineering	Adoption of Retro-commissioning for Optimising Energy Performance of Buildings in Hong Kong (P36)
	Miss HO Yuen Wah Daphne BSc (Hons) in Food Science and Safety	Development of a Plant-based, Gluten-free Pumpkin Quinoa Rice Bagel with Yogurt Sauce (P51)

 

BEST VIDEO PRESENTATION AWARD

 

Overall Winner

Mr LEDESMA Andrei BSocSc (Hons) in Sports and Recreation Management Faculty of Management and Hospitality

Comparison of Flywheel Eccentric Bent-over Row Exercise Variations: Electromyographic Responses of Shoulder and Back Musculature (V26)

 

Click here to visit SARP2023: bit.ly/theisarp23

 

 

Acknowledgement: This event was fully supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No.: UGC/IDS(R)25/20).