新闻及香港科大故事

计算机科学及工程学系学生李淑筠是香港其中一个顶尖反曲弓箭选手，可惜两度以些微之差未能获得世界级射箭比赛世界──世界大学生运动会和亚运会的参赛资格，让她梦碎。无缘参加比赛后，她现正处于休学期，并将于9月复课，完成最后一年大学课程。 淑筠中学时选修理科，但她承认自己并非成绩优异的学生，因此从未想过考入大学。但为了能够像她的韩国射箭选手偶像奇甫倍一样能够参加世大，她发奋学习，最终于 2015 年考入香港科技大学。 2017 年世大的入围资格看似容易但机会却在她身边擦身而过。淑筠大受打击，非常失望。后来，她放眼2018年的亚运会。可是再一次，她的出赛排名未能代表香港作赛，再次与大型赛事失诸交臂。 淑筠只难过了一阵子，便立即重新振作。她的坚毅和凡事皆可为的精神与香港科技大学的核心价值不谋而合。科大一直提倡勇于尝试 ，从失败中学习，并且鼓励学生努力不懈大胆追求梦想。 她的家庭背景塑造了她的性格。出身微寒的她在天水围长大，父母需要工作照顾五名子女。淑筠需自掏腰包支付射箭所需用品及参加海外比赛的费用。然而，射箭的装备昂贵，需付约港币 3,500元才能买到十多支优质的箭，因此，她在射箭班当教练，并兼职信息科技工作来应付庞大支出。 淑筠说：「在香港，若没有经济支持，是很难成为顶尖运动员的。」幸好，科大透过例如校友基金的资助，大大舒缓了她由于财政困难而无法参加锦标赛的压力。 她表示，除了财政支持外，教学人员、学系以及行政部门均尽力支持她继续投入射箭生涯。为了确保她能够参加重要的海外比赛，学校既为她的中期试改期，又延长功课提交日期，让她不用担心追不上学业进度。 教授们都十分乐意在学术及全人发展上给予支持。淑筠特别感谢计算机科的蔡友集博士给她无比支持，她说：「蔡教授支持我参加体育运动，更重要的是，他在人生及职业决策上，给予我非常宝贵的意见。」有别于其他人的态度，蔡教授支持淑筠休学一年的决定，因为他深信淑筠清楚知道作为一名学生和射箭选手应如何走自己的路。 工程学院的女生不多，作为其中一员，淑筠有幸在以男性为主的的环境下学习，因为他们都很乐意助她解答疑难。她认为性别差异对学习工程没有影响，而她本人对程序设计情有独钟。

两位科大土木及环境工程学系毕业的女校友，细数她们工作中的乐趣，而这些乐趣，确切铺奠了世界的未来。 

校友梁雄光、冯泳祥和潘雅雯分享了他们如何体验和实践科大工程精神，并如何透过建立强大和团结的网路将其发扬光大。

机械工程生勇闯空中巴士公司Fly Your Ideas 2019 环球比赛次回合

Phoebe Lam MBBS, HKU BSc (BCB), HKUST   Introduction: “Your major doesn’t define your future and you can do whatever you set your heart on”. We might have heard of this phrase numerous times. However, this statement has been overused to an extent where it becomes nothing but a cliché. Following “A Day for Failure at HKUST”, we are going to share five science alumni stories on how they live out this statement, especially on how they picked themselves up after overcoming their limitations, and then went on to accomplish what had been deemed impossible. If you are someone who has always wanted to follow your dream but never gained any traction, we hope that their stories could inspire you to search for your passions! What major did you study at HKUST?

JOAN LI BSc (BIOL), HKUST     Introduction: “Your major doesn’t define your future and you can do whatever you set your heart on”. We might have heard of this phrase numerous times. However, this statement has been overused to an extent where it becomes nothing but a cliché. Following “A Day for Failure at HKUST”, we are going to share five science alumni stories on how they live out this statement, especially on how they picked themselves up after overcoming their limitations, and then went on to accomplish what had been deemed impossible. If you are someone who has always wanted to follow your dream but never gained any traction, we hope that their stories could inspire you to search for your passions! What major did you study at HKUST? BSc in Biology What are you doing now? 

Timothy Wong LLM, LSE PCLL, HKU JD, HKU BSc (BICH), HKUST Introduction: “Your major doesn’t define your future and you can do whatever you set your heart on”. We might have heard of this phrase numerous times. However, this statement has been overused to an extent where it becomes nothing but a cliché. Following “A Day for Failure at HKUST”, we are going to share five science alumni stories on how they live out this statement, especially on how they picked themselves up after overcoming their limitations, and then went on to accomplish what had been deemed impossible. If you are someone who has always wanted to follow your dream but never gained any traction, we hope that their stories could inspire you to search for your passions! What major did you study at HKUST?

Shelly Leung MSocSc in Clinical Psychology, HKU MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL BSc in Biochemistry, HKUST Introduction: “Your major doesn’t define your future and you can do whatever you set your heart on”. We might have heard of this phrase numerous times.