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Who we are in global Hong Kong: Independent research of self, community and identity

Project Overview
Project Title	Who we are in global Hong Kong: Independent research of self, community and identity
Project Leader	Prof May-yi Shaw
School / Dept	SHSS / HUMA
Project Duration	Jan 2018 - Dec 2019
Project Description	Through the support of this TD project, the project leader aims to develop an extensive experiential learning project through the creation of a 4000-level HUMA course that focuses on student-driven research. This 4000-level HUMA course: allows students who are passionate about a subject matter to conduct an independent research project over a longer period of time, with greater resources and guidance helps them design a more sophisticated research methodology develops networks to collect primary data provides them enough time and space to integrate all that they have gathered and present their insights and findings to the very community whom they decided to research and learn about in the first place.
Project Outcome	The project is still ongoing. Project outcomes will be updated upon project completion.
Status	Ongoing
Project Documents (Only accessible by HKUST users)	Project Plan
Adaptation	Full Project

Development of Learning Materials to Support the Sustainability Education Initiative at HKUST and Related Assessment Innovation

Project Overview
Project Title	Development of Learning Materials to Support the Sustainability Education Initiative at HKUST and Related Assessment Innovation
Project Leader	Prof David Mole
School / Dept	IPO / ENVR
Project Duration	May 2016 - Dec 2017
Project Description	The project funding aims to support a CEI staff member, with a small amount of funding for student interns. The key deliverable has been the development of the course Introduction to Sustainability (SUST 1000). The course was approved for inclusion in the undergraduate common core in June 2016 and was successfully delivered in the Fall and Spring terms 2016 and the Fall term 2017. It is being delivered again in Spring 2018.
Project Outcome	The course is successfully evolving toward a fully-flipped form of blended-learning, with knowledge outcomes chiefly achieved through student review of online materials, while in-class time is used for a wide range of learning activities. The course is interdisciplinary and has provided a vehicle for faculty across The Schools to be involved in The evolution of The curriculum and The delivery of The classes.
Status	Completed
Project Documents (Only accessible by HKUST users)	Project Plan Final Report
Adaptation	Full Project

Motivating Student's Interest in Earthquake Engineering via Reverse Experiential Learning

Project Overview
Project Title	Motivating Student's Interest in Earthquake Engineering via Reverse Experiential Learning
Project Leader	Prof CC Chang
School / Dept	SENG / CIVL
Project Duration	Jul 2017 - Jun 2019
Project Description	To develop two key elements to facilitate the development of an experiential learning course on earthquake engineering, the course will be designed according to the following four learning stages: 1. Model building, performance prediction and verification Students construct building models and predict the performance of their building models as well as others’. The models will then be tested on a shake table using simulated earthquake in a competition as verification. 2. Reflective observation Students make observation and conduct group discussions to reflect on the performance of their building models; and to identify factors that might affect the seismic performance. 3. Issues and knowledge conceptualization Students conduct guided discussion to facilitate the connection between the identified factors and the related domains of knowledge. 4. Experimentation and model refinement Some illustrative experiments will be performed to demonstrate key technical issues pertinent to the seismic performance of building models. Students refine their building models and explain the reasons behind.
Project Outcome	The project is still ongoing. Project outcomes will be updated upon project completion.
Status	Ongoing
Project Documents (Only accessible by HKUST users)	Project Plan
Adaptation	Full Project

Practical humanities: Independent filmmaking as experiential learning in film studies

Project Overview
Project Title	Practical humanities: Independent filmmaking as experiential learning in film studies
Project Leader	Prof Daisy Du
School / Dept	SHSS / HUMA
Project Duration	Sep 2016 - May 2018
Project Description	This project aims to integrate concrete experience with the concepts and theories in film studies to bridge the gap between classroom knowledge and real practice in our society. This will be achieved through an independent filmmaking project embedded in a common core film studies course “HUMA 3000X: Independent Cinema in Contemporary China,” which will be offered in spring 2017. Through the filmmaking project students are expected to apply and creatively use the knowledge learned in class, such as film theories, filming techniques, and social issues.
Project Outcome	The project is still ongoing. Project outcomes will be updated upon project completion.
Status	Ongoing
Project Documents (Only accessible by HKUST users)	Project Plan
Adaptation	Full Project

Development of Experiential Learning in Electric Vehicle

Project Overview
Project Title	Development of Experiential Learning in Electric Vehicle
Project Leader	Prof C N KO & Prof David LAM
School / Dept	SENG / MAE
Project Duration	Jul 2016 - Dec 2017
Project Description	The project aims to add in time-based factor to measure the nature of the experiential tasks or milestones in the course. We intend to measure the time taken by the team to reach the main milestones, namely, the delivery of project charter and the submission of the team’s overall design concept. This time-based measurement will give us in-process feedbacks on how the course is being received and how we should gauge the difficulty of the course and fine-tune the content of the remaining part of the course. This is an additional metric that is particularly useful to measure experiential learning as this allows us to calibrate the assigned experiential tasks' difficulty.
Project Outcome	Students learned the industrial way to collect voice of customers and determined their project Ys (based upon CTQs) and carried out project activities and project management that ensure the project Ys were accomplished on time and budget Each group overcame their first milestone hurdle to generate the first 3D CAD drawing and BOM of their own EV Students were eager to propose ideas and find out how to reassure their design ideas by carrying out Finite Element Analysis and experiments to prove their viabilities before putting them into their solid products Each group manufactured their own design modules and securely assembled their own EV that could race with other teams’ EVs in class. The competition had really brought out their best, teamwork, dedication and hard work towards building own unique EV The students were able to successfully attempt what a graduate engineer can do by converting their ideas into practical design features that can live up to the satisfaction of their customers regarding additional safety, seat room and a hard rain proof shelter etc..
Status	Completed
Project Documents (Only accessible by HKUST users)	Project Plan
Adaptation	Full Project

Community heritage and food process technology project: Oral history, salt production, Hakka food tradition and experiential learning in Yimtintsai Village, Sai Kung

Project Overview
Project Title	Community heritage and food process technology project: Oral history, salt production, Hakka food tradition and experiential learning in Yimtintsai Village, Sai Kung
Project Leader	Prof Marshal YS LIU and Prof S W CHEUNG
School / Dept	SHSS/HUMA & SENG/CBME
Project Duration	Sep 2016 - Aug 2018
Project Description	This project aims to develop a community heritage service program in Yimtintsai Village, Saikung, into an interdisciplinary experiential learning platform of “Community Heritage and Food Processing Technology” for two courses in the Division of Humanities and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, namely, HUMA3630 Community and Cultural Identity and CENG4630 Food Processing Technology, and one USEL (Undergraduate Student-initiated Experiential Learning) Program in School of Engineering, respectively.
Project Outcome	The project is still ongoing. Project outcomes will be updated upon project completion.
Status	Ongoing
Project Documents (Only accessible by HKUST users)	Project Plan
Adaptation	Full Project

Development of an experiential course "Using movie to teach science"

Project Overview
Project Title	Development of an experiential course "Using movie to teach science"
Project Leader	Prof Che Ting CHAN
School / Dept	SSCI / PHYS
Project Duration	Jan 2016 - Dec 2017
Project Description	The project aims at improving students' potentials of being a successful educator on the one hand; on the other hand, strengthening their concepts in science. By participating in organising a science summer camp to secondary school students, our undergraduates will learn: To clarify and consolidate the concepts of the subject materials To create and develop teaching tools that can be used to teach Science in an interesting manner To organise teaching and learning activities To present and communicate with a broad audience; and To communicate with secondary school students
Project Outcome	The project is still ongoing. Project outcomes will be updated upon project completion.
Status	Ongoing
Project Documents (Only accessible by HKUST users)	Project Plan
Adaptation	Full Project

Engaging undergraduate students in a high-school outreach initiative in life science

Project Overview
Project Title	Engaging undergraduate students in a high-school outreach initiative in life science
Project Leader	Prof Ho Yi Mak
School / Dept	SSCI / LIFS
Project Duration	May 2016 - Aug 2017
Project Description	The project aims to motivate the undergraduate LIFS students to relate what they have learnt about human genetics to current issues; and then to transfer their knowledge to high school students. The project proposed a new course that engages students in scientific literature review and laboratory-based problems. At the end of the course, students will lead the laboratory exercises that they have optimized to high school students.
Project Outcome	The project is still ongoing. Project outcomes will be updated upon project completion.
Status	Ongoing
Project Documents (Only accessible by HKUST users)	Project Plan
Adaptation	Full Project

Environmental Economics and Policy Clinic

Project Overview
Project Title	Environmental Economics and Policy Clinic
Project Leader	Dr K L Shum
School / Dept	IPO / ENVR
Project Duration	Feb 2016 - Jan 2017
Project Description	The project aims to teach environmental economics and policy in a practicum and action-learning format with two teaching and learning components: case analysis and problem-based learning.
Project Outcome	The project is still ongoing. Project outcomes will be updated upon project completion.
Status	Ongoing
Project Documents (Only accessible by HKUST users)	Project Plan
Adaptation	Full Project

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Experiential Learning in Aerospace Engineering: Development of an Interactive Online Gaming Platform to Improve Student Understanding of Aircraft Performance and Design

Project Overview
Project Title	Experiential Learning in Aerospace Engineering: Development of an Interactive Online Gaming Platform to Improve Student Understanding of Aircraft Performance and Design
Project Leader	Prof Larry Li
School / Dept	SENG / MAE
Project Duration	Apr 2016 - May 2018
Project Description	This project aims to bring the aircraft design and build experience into the classroom, integrate it with the theoretical concepts of aerospace engineering, and use its experiential mechanisms to form definitive links between classroom knowledge and real-world practice.
Project Outcome	The project is still ongoing. Project outcomes will be updated upon project completion.
Status	Ongoing
Project Documents (Only accessible by HKUST users)	Project Plan
Adaptation	Full Project

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