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IROP Overview & Projects

2018 marks the 7 year for the International Research Opportunities Program (IROP). In the summer, we
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sent out five aspiring undergraduate students to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to learn
from some of the world’s best researchers.

Five MIT students came to our Clear Water Bay campus to explore their interested topics under the
guidance of our faculty members. They also connected with other HKSUT UROP students by working
together on the research projects and enjoying the summer time in a different culture.
On July 26 , a mini conference was held for both the MIT students and the
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UROP students to present their projects to their fellow students and
project supervisors.

The projects done by the MIT and HKUST students are listed as follows:

MIT Students

Thomas BENAVIDES
Major in Materials Science
Supervised by: Professor Angela WU / Division of Life Science
Project Title: Fabricating Microfluidic Devices for Biological Applications

Jose GUAJARDO
Major in Computer Science & Electrical Engineering
Supervised by: Professor Rhea LIEM / Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Project Title: Probabilistic Approach in Flight Trajectory Modeling For Fast and Efficient Noise
Contour Generation

Meital HOFFMAN
Major in Computer Science & Engineering
Supervised by: Professor Pan HUI / Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering
Project Title: AR Campus

Xiqing WANG
Major in Mechanical Engineering
Supervised by: Professor Jinglei YANG / Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Project Title: Design of Smart Wearables for the Elderly

Lawrence WONG
Major in Computer Science & Molecular Biology
Supervised by: Professor Jiguang WANG / Division of Life Science
Project Title: Effective Computational Pipeline for RNA Sequence Variant,
Allele Specific Expression, and Loss of
Heterozygosity Identification

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