Engineering & Technology
Mentor: Ms. Monica Ng (Wonder Herb x Agape Engine)
Jophie Lau, Andrea Lee & Bernice Tam
From 4th to 25th August, we participated in a job shadowing programme with Wonder Herb x Agape Engine, working on an AI machine learning project focused on predicting dosage levels for cancer treatment patients. During our first online meeting, we were introduced to key concepts in data preprocessing and machine learning, which laid the foundation for our work throughout the month.
We were tasked with developing a supervised machine learning model to classify cancer treatment dosages into low, medium, or high ranges, according to the stage, cancer type and age of patients. Our work involved cleaning a dataset of patient treatment records, excluding sensitive information, and training classification models like Random Forest to identify the most accurate algorithm for predicting dosage categories.
Our visit to our mentor’s office in the science park was incredibly insightful. He warmly introduced us to his workplace, outlining his daily tasks and projects. We then had a fruitful discussion about our potential university study paths. He gave us a lot of practical advice from his professional experience, encouraging us to find a field we genuinely love. He also generously shared his entrepreneurial journey, detailing how he initially set up his business and the significant challenges he overcame along the way. His story was truly inspiring and gave us a realistic perspective on building a career.
Mentor: Mr Howard Yuan (AI / Robotic-Smartmore Corporation Ltd)
Bernice Leung, Czarina Luk & Bernice Tam
On the 2 August, we visited building 3E at Science Park to shadow Mr Howard Yuan at Smartmore Corporation Ltd, a company that, despite only being 6 years old, has already achieved ‘Unicorn status’. Mr Yuan is a Smart System Engineering Manager, working with applications of their smart machine vision and Industry 4.0 solutions to automate and optimize supply chains. We started off with some introductions, followed by a brief presentation on the company’s impressive background. Afterwards, Mr Yuan began a lecture and demonstration of the company’s sensors, cameras and other devices, explaining their operating logic, advantages, and introducing their specialized LLM IndustryGPT.
Afterwards, we headed with Mr Yuan and a marketing staff to the arena at Science Park, which hosts an exhibition showcasing products and solutions created by various startups at Science Park, where they needed to set up one of their devices to serve as a demonstration of their company’s technology. The device they chose to display was a QA/QC device that used smart machine vision to detect impurities like burns or cracks in biscuits, used in a factory manufacturing biscuits. Although their company mainly creates QA/QC optimization and automation devices for more high cost items like microchips or other electrical components, the marketing lead explained to the arena staff that they chose a simpler application so visitors could easily understand the company’s work, while being similar enough to draw parallels to more of their other, more complicated work.
We also got to take a tour of the arena, where products were divided into various categories like Green Materials & Solutions, Healthcare, Advanced AI Robotics and more.
Overall, through this job shadowing experience with Mr Yuan, we gained a deeper understanding of the career prospects of AI and Robotics engineering and the daily operations of the industry.
Mentor: Maggie Yam (CLP Power Hong Kong Limited)
Celina Ho, Bernice Leung & Czarina Luk
On the 30th of July, we visited the Central Peak Power Station (CPPS), owned by CLP Hong Kong Limited. Ms. Maggie Yam currently works as an outage manager, allocating resources and scheduling tasks to be carried out during the outage season for maintenance purposes. Through some engaging hands-on activities designed by Ms. Yam, we were given a sample case and had to schedule tasks efficiently. We learned about important concepts such as critical paths and float, as well as useful tools such as Gantt charts for project management.
Afterwards, we took a site tour of the power station and visited different facilities. Ms. Yam brought us to the administrative building, where we observed the control room and had a stunning view of the interior of the power plant. Seeing the enormous structures operating before our eyes was truly fascinating. Ms. Yam also introduced the different components within a generator, as well as the different kinds of fuels used for power generation.
We then took a shuttle to the Black Point Power Station, where we saw the newly established D1, along with two power plants that run on natural gas. Ms. Yam gave us a detailed introduction to the different pieces of infrastructure within the power stations and their functions. For example, because CPPS runs on coal, there is a large coal storage facility by the shore. Water is sprayed regularly to prevent the coal from igniting under the sun. There are also many facilities near the exhaust chimney at CPPS to reduce the pollutants released into the air. However, these structures are not seen at the Black Point Power Station, as it runs on natural gas, which emits far fewer pollutants after combustion. We also learned a lot about the internal structure of each power plant, which was an eye-opening experience.
Overall, through this job shadowing experience with Ms. Yam, we gained a deeper understanding of the career prospects in mechanical and electrical engineering, as well as the daily operations of the industry.
