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A joint team led by the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Tongji University's Shanghai Research Institute for Intelligent Autonomous Systems
has successfully invented 'TJ-FlyingFish', an unprecedented amphibious drone capable of exploring underwater environments.
Reported by Sing Tao Daily (left), CUHK news center (Right), CUHK Facebook and CUHK Instagram, May 2024
Minghao Dou (with Xuchen Liu, Dongyue Huang, Biao Wang, Jinqiang Cui, Qinyuan Ren, Lihua Dou, Jie Chen and Ben M. Chen)
Guan Zhao-Zhi Award
Cash Prize: CNY 5,000
42th Chinese Control Conference, Tianjin, China, July, 2023
Ka Lung Cheung, Benyun Zhao, Guidong Yang, Jihan Zhang
YDC Dare to Change Business Pitch Competition 2022-2023
Best Business Idea Award
Cash prize: HKD 15,000
Young Enterpreneurs Development Council, Hong Kong, July, 2023
Jihan Zhang, Benyun Zhao, Guidong Yang, Ka Lung Cheung, Jia Dou, Binxin Han
Professor Charles K. Ko Student Creativity Award
Postgraduate Group CHAMPION
Cash prize: HKD 18,000
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, June, 2023
Chuanxiang Gao, Ruoyu Wang, Xinyi Wang, Yizhou Chen, Zuoquan Zhao, Wendi Ding
Professor Charles K. Ko Student Creativity Award
Postgraduate Group SECOND RUNNER-UP
Cash prize: HKD 6,000
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, June, 2023
Junjie Wen
Award for Best Paper Presentation
PRE-ICRA 2023
Chinese Association of Automation, May, 2023
News about TJ-FlyingFish
A joint team led by the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Tongji University's Shanghai Research Institute for Intelligent Autonomous Systems
has successfully invented 'TJ-FlyingFish', an unprecedented amphibious drone capable of exploring underwater environments.
Reported by Taikungpao (left), Wenweipo (right), CUHK news center, Hong Kong, May 2023
Guidong Yang, Jihan Zhang, Xi Chen, Benyun Zhao, Chuanxiang Gao, Ka Lung Cheung, Ben M. Chen
Drone and AI-based Digital Platform for Outdoor Built Asset Inspection and Information Management
Bronze Medal
48th Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, Geneva, Switzerland, April, 2023
Ruoyu Wang, Yizhou Chen, Xi Chen, Zixuan Guo, Mark Kyeredey Ansah, Yu Zhai, Ben M. Chen
Autonomous Indoor Drone Inspection and Modelling System
Bronze Medal
48th Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, Geneva, Switzerland, April, 2023
Diving drone (TJ-FlyingFish [Mirs-X]) can switch between flying and swimming
Reported by NewScientist, London, U.K., February, 2023
Search and rescue artifact (TJ-FlyingFish [Mirs-X]): drone is capable of diving
Reported by Huanqiu, Beijing, China, February, 2023
Yu Zhai
Best Presenter Award
International conference on Computer and Drone Applications
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia, November, 2022
Ben M. Chen
Outstanding Contribution Award
Technical Committe on Control Theory
Chinese Association of Automation, July, 2022
Panpan Zhou
2021 IEEE CSS Beijing Chapter Young Author Prize
Cash Prize: CNY 2,000
40th Chinese Control Conference, Shanghai, China, 2021
Kangcheng Liu
Professor Charles K. Ko Student Creativity Award
Postgraduate Individual MERIT
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2021
Shupeng Lai (with Menglu Lan, Ben M. Chen)
Guan Zhao-Zhi Award
Cash Prize: CNY 5,000
37th Chinese Control Conference, Wuhan, China, 2018
Team Instinct Cougar
Indoor & Outdoor Competition Champion
International Micro Aerial Vehicle Competition, Toulouse, France, 2017
Team U-Lion: Shupeng Lai, Yingcai Bi, Menglu Lan, Jiaxin Li, Hailong Qin, Kun Zhang
Overall Championship Award (Gold), Best Platform Design Award (Gold)
Total Prize: SGD 8,000 in Cash and 5 iPad Mini 4
Category D2: Fully Autonomous
Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition, 2017
Ben M. Chen
Provost’s Chair at the National Unviersity of Singapore, 2016
Team AeroLion: Kangli Wang, Yijie Ke, Mo Shan (NUS UAV Group), Xiang Li, Fei Wang (AeroLion Technologies)
Champion
Cash Prize: CNY 100,000
Category: Rotor-Wing Competition
The 3rd AVIC Cup ~ International UAV Innovation Grand Prix, Anji, Zhejiang, China, 2015
Team V-Lion: Jinqiang Cui, Hailong Qin, Yingcai Bi, Jiaxin, Li, Menglu Lan, Mo Shan, Wenqi Liu
1st Runner Up
International Micro Aerial Vehicle Competition, Aachen, Germany, 2015
Team AP-Lion: Menglu Lan, Jiaxin Lin, Kaijun Liu, Shuai Wang, Mengmi Zhang
Overall Championship Award (Gold), Best Performance Award (Gold), Best Theory of Flight Award (Gold), Best Video Award (Silver)
Total Prize: SGD 8,000 in Cash and 5 Samsung Tablets
Category D2: Fully Autonomous
Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition, 2015
Team LV-Lion: Yingcai Bi, Jiaxin Li, Wenqi Liu, Hailong Qin, Mo Shan
Overall Championship Award (Silver), Best Performance Award (Silver)
Cash Prize: SGD 3,000
Category D2: Fully Autonomous
Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition, 2015
Limiao Bai (Sen Yan, Xiaolian Zheng, Ben M. Chen)
Best Student Paper Award
The 2014 International Conference on Financial Engineering, London, U.K., 2014
Team AeroLion
Champion
International Micro Aerial Vehicle Competition, Delft, the Netherlands, 2014
Fei Wang (with Peidong Liu, Shiyu Zhao, Ben M. Chen, Swee-King Phang, Shupeng Lai, Tong H. Lee, Chenxiao Cai)
Guan Zhao-Zhi Award
Cash Prize: CNY 5,000
33rd Chinese Control Conference, Nanjing, China, 2014
Team U-Lion: Kangli Wang, Yijie Ke, Kun Li, Tao Pang
Overall Championship Award (Gold), Best Performance Award (Gold), Most Creative Award (Bronze)
Total Prize: SGD 4,000 in Cash and 5 iPads
Category E: Unconventional
Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition, 2014
Team Q1-Lion: Fei Wang, Swee-King Phang, Zizhang Ai, Wenqi Liu, Wei-Lian Mook
Overall Championship Award (Silver), Best Performance Award (Gold), Best Theory of Flight Award (Gold)
Cash Prize: SGD 4,000
Category D2: Fully Autonomous
Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition, 2014
Team Q2-Lion: Kevin Ang, Jinqiang Cui, Peidong Liu, Shupeng Lai, Dong Wang
Best Theory of Flight Award (Silver)
Category D2: Fully Autonomous
Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition, 2014
Team NUS2T-Lion
2nd Place Overall (1st in Final Round)
Cash Prize: CNY 80,000
Category: Rotor-Wing Competition
The 2nd AVIC Cup ~ International UAV Innovation Grand Prix, Beijing, China, 2013
Team NUS2T-Lion
New Innovation Star Award
Cash Prize: CNY 10,000
Category: Creativity Competition
The 2nd AVIC Cup ~ International UAV Innovation Grand Prix, Beijing, China, 2013
Kangli Wang, Xiang Li, Di Deng, Hongyu Tian, Youyang Cheng
Overall Championship Award, Best Performance Award, Most Creative Award
Total Prize: SGD 10,000 in Cash and 5 iPads
Category D2: Fully Autonomous
Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition, 2013
Kangli Wang, Xiang Li, Di Deng, Hongyu Tian, Youyang Cheng
Overall Championship Award, Best Performance Award, Most Creative Award
Total Prize: SGD 10,000 in Cash and 5 iPads
Category D2: Fully Autonomous
Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition, 2013
Kevin Ang, Fei Wang, Swee King Phang, Peidong Liu
Most Creative Award
Cash Prize: SGD 2,000
Category E: Unconventional
The 2nd AVIC Cup ~ International UAV Innovation Grand Prix, Beijing, China, 2013
Team GremLion
Finalist (of 9 selected among 144 teams from 153 countries)
DARPA UAVForge Challenge
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency & Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Atlanta, USA, 2012
Sing Jie Lee, Yuxiang Wang, Yi Ling Tan, Sharon Ang, Shiyi Li
Overall Championship Award, Most Creative Award
Total Prize: SGD 10,000 in Cash and 5 iPads
Category D: Autonomous and Flying by Video
Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition, 2011
Feng Lin (Ben M. Chen, Kai-Yew Lum, Tong H. Lee)
Best Application Paper Award
Cash Prize: USD 1,000
8th World Congress on Intelligent Control & Automation, Jinan, China, 2010
Swee King Phang, Jun Jie Ong, Ronald Yeo
Best Performance Award
Category D: Autonomous and Flying by Video
Cash Prize: SGD 1,000
Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition, 2010
Guowei Cai (Ben M. Chen, Tong H. Lee)
Best Application Paper Award
Cash Prize: USD 500
7th Asian Control Conference, Hong Kong, 2009
Tao Wang, Fei Wang, Li Liu
Best Theory Award
Category D: Autonomous and Flying by Video
Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition, 2009
