Honam University’s Entries in the ‘4th Industrial Revolution Creative Engineering Design Competition’ Receive Praise

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Honam University received high evaluations for the content and technical completeness of the entries submitted to the ‘4th Industrial Revolution Creative Engineering Design Competition,’ which was held to generate students’ creative ideas and designs.

In particular, many papers and projects in the computer category involved AI convergence application technologies, earning praise that the university is leading the realization of AI vision in line with its reputation as an ‘AI-specialized university.’

According to Honam University on the 4th, the 4th Industrial Revolution Innovation Leading University Project Group held the competition on the 3rd at the International Conference Room on the first floor of the Central Library and held an awards ceremony for 32 winning works.

The prestigious grand prize of this competition, which opened on the 2nd, went to the New Technology Club category for ▲Suspension optimized for rotational speed; the gold prize in the Convergence Project (Design) category for ▲Forest Shelter; the New Technology Student Research Project for ▲Development of autonomous driving algorithm using model cars; and in the paper category for ▲Pre-training of natural language processing model for voice recognition-based non-face-to-face surveys.

The competition showcased various products combining ideas and technical skills from students and professors from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electronic Engineering, Department of Computer Engineering, Department of Future Automotive Engineering, Department of Counseling Psychology, Department of Industrial Design, and Department of Business Administration.

For the 27 submitted works and 15 papers, 18 external industry experts in the engineering field were invited to conduct evaluations. For the works, the judging focused on creativity, technical skill, operational status and completeness, and presentation skills; for the papers, on creativity, research content, and depth; and for the design category, on visual aesthetics and originality of the work.

Jung In-seong, head of the Gwangju branch of the Electronics Technology Research Institute, who was in charge of judging 10 student research projects, said, “I was worried that the projects might be too difficult for undergraduate students when proposed, but after the final presentation judging today, the research content and depth were on par with the Electronics Technology Research Institute’s standards.” He added, “Some results can be utilized by the Electronics Technology Research Institute. I hope the students who carried out the projects will be selected as researchers and have the opportunity to work together.”

Park Sang-chul, president of Honam University, said, “Despite the difficult research environment due to the spread of COVID-19, many works stood out with timely items and creative ideas, and I want to praise the students.” He urged, “Please make efforts to not stop at the idea stage but to continue to prototype production and mass production through thoughtful research.”

Jung Dae-won, director of the Honam University Innovation Leading University Project Group, said, “This year, there was remarkable progress in the depth of content and technical completeness in the fields of works, papers, and design, which is rewarding.” He added, “Especially, the eco-friendly eco-design works and the ‘Hodeoki Air Purifier,’ which incorporated our university’s character Hodeoki into the design, received praise as a convergence design where engineering and design collaborated.”

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