Initiated by the Education and Youth Development Bureau and organized by Activities Centre of "Bairro do Hipódromo", the “Visit Ideal Road - High-tech Industry” career exploration activity took place successfully on October 14, 2023, at Block N of Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST). This event aimed to provide local high school students in Macau with exposure to local and neighboring high-tech industry development prospects for their preparation and planning of their careers. On that day, the Staff of Activities Centre of "Bairro do Hipódromo" organized nearly 200 local high school students to visit the Faculty of Innovation Engineering (FIE) in the afternoon, where they were warmly received by Professor Wong Hon Cheng of FIE, MUST.
The visit activity was divided into two parts. In the first part, Professor Wong Hon Cheng introduced the basic information, including Bachelor’s degree programs and laboratory facilities of the Faculty of Innovation Engineering to students. During the sharing session, students showed their interests in the FIE’s degree programs and actively asked questions. Professor Wong Hon Cheng encouraged students to develop the ability in different aspects, explore beyond the current scope, and broaden their horizons for the future.
Prof. Wong Hon Cheng shared the basic information about the Faculty of Innovation Engineering (FIE) with local high school students
The second part involved researchers from FIE. The researchers introduced an autonomous driving vehicle to students. The autonomous driving vehicle uses satellite geospatial data for vehicle positioning and to accurately calculate the vehicle’s position, direction and speed. The vehicle is equipped with a forward solid-state lidar, a top 360-degree lidar, a GPS, an INS, a forward-facing camera, three wide-angle cameras, and two computing platforms. The forward solid-state lidar is used for forward object perception, the top 360-degree lidar is used for perceiving the three-dimensional structural information of the surrounding environment, the forward-facing camera is used for object semantic recognition in front, and the three wide-angle cameras are used for visual perception of the vehicle’s surroundings. During this time, students actively interacted with the researchers.
Researchers conducted a demonstration of autonomous driving vehicles