Capstone projects are the culmination of students’ university experience, demonstrating their knowledge of their field as well as research and problem-solving skills. 

This competition aims to provide a university-wide platform for students to showcase the outcomes of their year-long capstone projects to a much wider audience.  

Prior to the contest, a training workshop will be organized to equip prospective student contestants with communicative and language skills.  

We believe that this initiative will promote academic excellence and interdisciplinary communication by providing an opportunity for final-year students from across the faculties to gain valuable experience in presenting their research work in public. Winning students will receive trophies, certificates and Amazon gift cards, and their great performances will be showcased as exemplary samples in their capstone programmes. 

DETAILS

Format

Inspired by competitions including the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®), Four Minute Thesis (4MT), and Rapid Fire Presentation, students will be given a maximum of 4 minutes to present their capstone project with a maximum of 4 slides. The goal is to effectively communicate your capstone project in a short period of time that it would be understandable to a lay audience.

Eligibility

All final-year students completing their capstone projects are eligible to participate in the competition. Students may enter individually for solo capstone projects or enter as a team for group projects.

Competition spots are limited and will be allocated in the order of registration. 

Training

To help prospective contestants prepare for the competition, a Training Workshop on “Communicating your capstone project to a wide audience” will be organized. The workshop is open to all students interested in joining the competition or sharpening their capstone presentation skills for free. 

Date: 13th March 2024 (Wed)
Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Venue: LSK212

To register for the workshop, click here (Deadline for registration: 11th March 2024) 

Qualifying Round

Participating students should fill in the online registration form for the competition and submit a video recording of their capstone presentation. For students competing as a group, all students must register but only one student (team representative) needs to submit a video on behalf of the group. 

Online registration form: Click here
Video submission deadline: 28th April 2024 (Sun), 11:59pm
Video submission guidelines: Click here

Video submission form: Click here

Contestants will be notified of the qualifying round results by 3rd May 2024. 

Grand Final

Date: 10th May 2024 (Fri) 
Time: 4:00pm 
Venue: LSK Lecture Theatre 4 (UG)

Panel of Judges: 

Professor CHU Ming Chung from the Department of Physics

Professor Helen MENG from the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management

Professor Julian PFROMBECK from the Department of Psychology

Contestants:

• CHEUNG Yu Him Aiden (English, Faculty of Arts) – The impact of ChatGPT on the acquisition of English indirect questions: A mixed-methods study
• DING Long Tung and CHEN Yi-Hsuan (Data Science and Policy Studies, Faculty of Social Science) – Exploring attitudes, facilitators and barriers of the grey digital divide in Hong Kong
• HUNG Kim Pong (Risk Management Science, Faculty of Science) – Reasoning approach for financial risk detection
• NG Chikit (Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering) – Enhancing autonomy in flexible robotic surgery through DRL
• SULTAN Zenna (English, Faculty of Arts) – The role of age in second language acquisition: The case of South Asian secondary school students in Hong Kong
• TAN Haohong (Economics, Faculty of Social Science) – Populism’s impact on the economy: An empirical study on Turkey’s economy
• TANG Hiu Lam (Psychology, Faculty of Social Science) – Can I help you even though you cannot hear me?
• TSO Wing Suet (English Language Education and English Studies, Faculty of Education) – The effects of Digital Oral Dialogue Journals (DODJ) on learners’ self-regulated speaking in Hong Kong secondary classroom
• WONG Sze Ting (Early Childhood Education, Faculty of Education) – Early childhood educators’ perceptions of self-efficacy in teaching fundamental movement skills
• ZHANG Dongyang (Economics, Faculty of Social Science) – A drowning dragon: The recent sharp depreciation of RMB