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Business Students Go Global

B usiness is an international language.

Today’s business leaders must think glo-bally.

To help students achieve this goal, the School of Business and Management is initiating exchange programs with eight universities in the U.S., Canada and South Korea, sending a total of 18 outstanding students this year for one semester each.

Marketing student Susanna Wong Yu Shan is one of the first batch of lucky third-year students to go overseas. Before leav-ing for the University of Toronto earlier this month, she talked about the clear ob自 jective of her semester abroad. "Marke tin

is a global subi

]ect, so it will be very useful

Ida WoNG, David CHuc, Kai-lung Hu, and Susanna WoNG broaden their horizons.

to Asia," says the am-bitious Chuc, who has already gained European business experience during a year of study in the U.K.

As HKUST con-tinues to establish it-self, the opportuni-ties for educational and cultural ex-change will only grow. SBM’sunder-graduate program

di-rector, Dr. Joseph in my future career to know about different cultures.’,

This fall, SBM students will be studying at the Universities of

Lian, says the School hopes to involve more students in an expanded exchange program to include European universities. Pennsylvania and

Southern Califor-nia (USC), and Bos-ton College in the U.S., the University ofBritish Columbia in Canada, and at the University of Yonsei in South Korea. In the spring, a second group will attend the Univer-sity of Maryland and Notre Dame, in addition to the above-mentioned institutions.

Exchange does imply give and tak巴, USC student David Chuc is the first foreign student to come to HKUST as part of the SBM exchange program.

’,My knowledge of

international busi-ness won

t be com-plete without a close look at Hong Kong, the gateway

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Cert位nlythat is the case with HKUST grad Haley Lai Hoi Yin. She so impressed the deans of both business and engineering schools at the University of Pe1msylvania dur-ing her year of study there last year, that they are establish-ing an official exchange program with HKUST’s School of Business and Management and the School of Engineering. This year, three HKUST business students and one engineering student-all of whom have A averages-will attend Penn for either one or two semesters. Once the exchange program is f叫lyrunning, Pe1m students will also come to HKUST.

Students have the Director of Public Affairs, Dr. Priscilla Ching Chung, to th紅lkfor initia切可 the ex-change with her alma mater.

’,I wanted HKUST students to benefit from the same educational experiences I had," Dr. Ching-Chung says.’,As president of the local Penn aluumi club, I was

able to interest Perm people in our University, and to raise money to support the exchange program. The four students going to Perm this year are funded by the local club. There are many Ivy League grads working here and I hope they can also initiate such programs.’,

For Haley, her year abroad was the high point of her academic c缸,eer.

At the end of her second year in the Computer Science Department, she won a Zonta Club of East Hong Kong study-abroad scholarship. As the scholarship money was not enough to cover all the costs of a year of study, the University of Permsylvania agreed to waive tuition fees

and accept Haley as the 妞,stexchange student from HKUST. "I 巴xpectedit would take me one or two months to get used to living in the U.S., but after two weeks I felt very happy’,,Haley, who chose her English name from a book

just before leaving for the U.S., says.

’,Here in Hong Kong my friends are mostly Chinese.

At Penn, my friends were from Dubai,訕訕1ce,India, Eng-land, the Phllippines. lt was very international 位1dI liked

Haley LA, Hoi Yin was a legal studies course.

that,’,she says.

During school holi-days’Haley traveled with her friends along the east-ern coast of the United States,’,from Niagara Falls

to Miami Beach’,

Academically, Haley excelled, earning a 3.85 GPA at Pe1U1. In addition to courses in Penn

sSchool of Engineering & Applied Sciences, she took five classes in the renowned Wharton School of Busi-ness, her favorite of which

Haley found the teaching style, curriculum and credit system at Penn to be very s世1ilarto those at HKUST.

’,I gained confidence in Hong Kong’s education

sys-tem because I saw that my level is simil位﹒topeople from different countries.’,

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TAs Bridge Student/Faculty Gap

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demand by faculty that their future seems assured.

"TAs are an important part of the teaching program-we know that because the

depart-ments keep asking for more!’, Prof. Peter Dobson, VP-AA, told new TAs at a special orienta-tion day earlier thjs month.

ButTAsarenotonly highly valued for the academic side of their work-demonstrating in laboratories, taking tutorials, leading discussion and prob-lem solving sessions, as well as the all important marking and grading. They also provide a vital link between the students and faculty.

’,Above all, I think you need to be a friend to the

w1der-the U.K., Portugal, Bangladesh, w1der-the U.S. and Canada, among other plac凹, willbring ou汀Apopulation to just over 400. In all

94new TAs took part in the program of orientation and workshops run by the ETC's Instructional Devel-opment Unit.

The workshops showed T As how to operate and make the best use of audiovisual equipme肘, and gave them hints on preparing for tutori-als, organizing grading and teaching students close to their own age.

’,It’s important to recog-ruze that being a teacher your-self is a partofyourownlearn-ing process,’, said Prof. Dobson, who encouraged TAs to work on their communica-tion and presentation skills. "Think of this as an opportunity, not just a chore.’,

Certainly that message seemed to have been taken on board by some of the attendees. Terry Xu Ting from Shanghai, an MPl吐l student in Mechaiucal Engineering said: ’ ,I tlunk it will be fun. What I

m looking forward to most is the chance to become more familiar with Hong Kong students.’,

New TAs get to grips with information resources in the library. graduates,’,Dr. Neil Mickleborough, Associate Dean ofEng泊eer­

ing and Chairman of the Engineering PG Studies CommHtee, told theTAs.’,They can relate to you as a role model-they can’t look at me in the same light because I

m going old and grey," he expiained.

This year, roughly 140 new TAs from Hong Kong, the PRC,

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quick 但1daccurate measurement of some aspect of the biological world. Speed and accuracy are the big fac-tors- for example, you can test for con ta宜unating bacteria in the water at beaches by taking a sample and growing cultures on Petri dishes. But tlus takes several days-wouldn

t it be better if we could get 也1 almost instant reading?

This is just one of the potential applications of biosensors that Dr. Reinhard Renneberg, a newly arrived Reader in the Departments of Chen必stry and Cherrucal Engineering, will be work-ing on at HKUST. Others include a lac-ta te sensor that c位1 test fitness (in hu-mans and in animals!), biosensors to help people pinpoint what they are allergic to and a small, portable machine for on-site testing for org也1ic water pollution in rivers and streams.

Of course, the practicalities are much more complicated than the basic princi-pie 凶1plies.The biomolecule lτmstsome­ how be attached to the clup and it has to be kept alive and active. And the biologi-P erhaps you

re a fih1ess fanatic who

would like a quick and easy way of meas-uring your fitness level. Or a diabetic who needs to measure blood sugar regu-larly? Then you could well stand to ben-efit from the technology of biosensors.

A biosensor is not a term that the average man or woman on the street in Hong Kong is likely to be familiar with. So what is a biosensor? And why should we be interested in them?

The principle seems simple enough: take a biomolecule, such as an enzym巴, an antibody, or a living cell, and hook it up to a clup to give you the means for a

cal activity has to be converted into an electrical signal for measurement. So the biosensor scientist has to know a lot about biological systems, electronics, rrucrosystems, biochemistry,· medicine, environmental sciences and any other fields where biosensors could have an application.

According to Dr. Renneberg, who wants to help put Hong Kong on the 叮可orldmapofbiosensors”,this relatively new technology is on the verge of break -ing into the big time-becom-ing part of our everyday lives. Dr. Re1meberg has already developed several commercial applications of biosensors during lus work in lus native Germany, including tl1e lactate sensor, a microbial waste wa-ter sensor 旭1d a sensor for myocardial infarction.

But, says Dr. Re1meberg, the spark needed to drive creative research had dimmed somewhat in Germany. With plenty of energy, ideas and enthusiasm in evidence, it certainly seems that Hong Kong and its attendant challenges have brought back that spark!

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Staff Keen to Continue Learning

T alk to a few non-academic members

of staff at HKUST, and it soon becomes apparent just how much they value the University

s support of staff development. The variety of courses that staff have un-dertaken is quite mind-boggling, from two-day fire fighting courses to part-time MBA programs.

All non-academic staff members can apply for sponsorship of develop-ment courses, and a very rough straw poll of some of the central support departments confirms that the vast majority of people do. For example, around 72 staff members in the Ii-brary-70% of the total staff-partici-pated in courses of one type or another in 1994-95.

May Leung, EOII in the library, was one of 45 people who took part in a two-day Creative

Problem Solving and Total Qual-ity Management course organized by the Library.

’,First the

instruc-tor introduced the idea of

crea-tivity, how to de- May LEUNG fine it and how to be creative in our ap-proach to problems. Then we came up with some problems we encoLmtered in the library and split into groups to come up with solutions," says May.

Techniques such as brain storming and brain writing have helped May in tackling problems arising from enquiries at the li-brary counter. "I think the scheme is a good thing, but as an EO, I don

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there are that many opportunities

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for rel-evant courses

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We

ve been very fortunate to have this sort of funding available, we

ve had enormous benefit from it," says Mike Hud-son, Director of EMO, who positively en-courages his members of staff to take job-related courses. The range of co叫ses

undertaken by the large EMO staff is neces-sarily broad, cov-ering language, building services en-gineering, in-door air quality, first aid trair1-ing, and horticulture, to name but a few. Felix Ping-Kuen LEE Felix Ping-Kuen

Lee, senior teclmician ir1 the Estates Man-agement Section of EMO, has taken several

courses, including an MBA in Construc-tion and Real Estate and New Territories Land Use and Development Studies.’, Tak-ing these courses showed me how to think, how to plan, and how to organize my job," he says.

Of course, combir1ing work and study requires plenty of effort and commitment on the part of the staff. Chi CheLmg Ts巴, Chief Tech-nician in the Facili-hes Group of the OLS recently fin-ished an MSc in Electrical and Elec” 仕or吐cEngir1eerir1g

Chi Cheung TsE at I-王KUST.For two and a half years

he devoted two evenir1gs a week to his degree work.

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academic staff, several changes were am10tmced last month.

’,Staff development for non-academic staff has been, and will continue to be supported by the University as a means of continuous professional ad、 ancement,"said Mrs. Alice P.M. Fok, Director of Personnel.

Major changes include:

• the tlu·esholds for ’,m司orcomses九 i.e.ones where more stringent guide仙1esapply,have

been increased to HK$15,000 for Terms A staff and HK$9,000 for Terms Band C staff;

• paid study leave for local courses requiring day release may be granted for up to half of the total period required, subject to a maxi-mum of 30 half-day sessions a year. Staff may use leave time or work Satmday morn-ings in their short weeks to make up the difference;

• for Mandarin/Cantonese courses, the maxi

mum allowance has been increased to HK$1,500 over a 12-month period;

• the President, together with the three Vice-Presidents, will consider all applications by non-academic staff for overseas duty visits

as an interim measure;

• staff entitled to contractual leave passage

who wish to combine an overseas duty visit with personalleave will be asked tocontrib -ute to the cost of the row1d h·ip passage on a pro-rata basis.

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T he first

fri叫ly

staff/ student basketball match of the 1995-96 sea-son tipped off on 6 Sep-tember and resulted in an all too comfortable win for the students. The final score was 28 points to 56, but nobody was too worried about the outcome.

"It was good fun,' says Michael Wong, chairperson of the student Basketball Club. "It's a good

opportu-GENES 眩, 20Sept 1995

nity for us to practice, and to get to know the staff better." Other matches are in the pipeline, ir1cluding a possible three-on-three 九treetbasketball" session in the Atrium late this year or early next. The staff team

will be trainmg in earnest at their regular Wednesday night slot from 6-8 pm in the indoor sports hall. New players are welcome.

An inter-university tournamentmrni.d-Novem-ber is next on the Basketball Club's agenda. You can e-mail the club at: s叮 bbn/1.

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ave you ever thought how much you, as a student, spend each month? Do you know how much you pay for accommoda-tion, food, travel and other day-to-day essentials? To find out,

Genesis

talked to a few of HKUST's students.

William

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Siu Kwun

2nd year FINA, living at hof!le •Trarispor,t: $300

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•Trin~port: $600 • Foo,d: $1;006 I

•Books/study materials: $10Q, •A'ccommodation: -;•Entertainment/actiVitil-!S ' and hobbies: $400 ,, ~Clothing .$2,()0-300 · . •Tuiiion. fees: $2,5,00: ·

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•Transport: $200 •Food: $2,000 . •Books/study' materials: $30 ·· •Accommodation: '$~50 .r , •Entertai]lmeritlactivities and hobbies:·$1,500 •

•Clothing: $300 •Tuition fees: $2,500

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students received government assistance last year. This year, the maximum award is expected to be

about HK$65,000. Students who find it difficult to meet study and living expenses are encouraged to

apply for government assistance. Information and ' advice are available from the Student Affairs Office.

High society or hawkers pitch? SU societies used

every means at their disposal to attract new members during the first few weeks of term! From eye-catching stalls and special membership deals, to musical renditions, and even a posthumous visit from

Bruce Lee, UST had it all.

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Coping with Work Overload

. Are you feeling overwhelmed by the work that is piling up?

Help is on the way. We asked Prof. Kenneth C. Smith, Director of the Computer Engineering Program, for his advice on how students can cope with studies more

effectively. Here are some of his wise words:

Think of yourself as self-employed!

"A major problem students have in the transition from secondary school to university is the notion of who is boss. I tell my students that the

best model to work with is the idea of self-employ-ment. Success in their lives will depend on how hard they work for themselves.

immediately after you are given an assign-ment or challenge. Discover what the scope

of the problem is, what its dependencies are, and what you need to proceed. Then work toward obtaining them. Working early is based on the notion that it is best to suffer disap-pointment early because there is longer to re-cover.

"The course load is heavy here. One of the

rea-sons is that many of the faculty are young and ide-alistic and have worked very hard in their own

ca-reers and believe everyone Prof. Kenneth C. SMITH

"It is also my firm belief that a few mo-ments spent preparing for a lecture and getting an idea of what is likely to happen pays off re-else should also. But it is important to

understand that engineers, for example, are always working under overload if their job is interesting. There are bored engi-neers, but people who are bored deserve it. They don't understand what life could be like if they were active."

Examine your workload as a profes

-sional!

"I tell my students to examine their workload as an engineer would. What are they good at; what do they find most difficult? Certainly don't abandon what they are good at because that's a chance of getting a high grade with a minimum effort. Balance is crucial."

Early action is best!

"The best time to work hard is at first,

GENESIS, 20 Sept 1995

markable dividends in your understand-ing of the lecture."

Teamwork is important!

"The self-employed person is willing to get help from anyone. In various engi-neering departments we are setting up

student-mentoring schemes. Classes are divided into groups of students where

strengths can be shared and weaknesses improved. Of course in a team, everybody must work."

Set out an hypothesis and test it!

"Have an idea about the outcome of whatever you are studying and look for reinforcement of your conjecture. The

strength of an entrepreneur is his or her ability to make decisions on incomplete data."

Q

I am a new student and have just applied for Government grant and loan. When am I likely to get the

money?

A

Bonnie Cheng (SAO): "In general, applicants for Government grant/loan are notified of the results within tlu-ee months of the date of application. If successful, they will be paid the assistance within a month of the result being known. Applications from current students are invited in April/May and from new sh1dents in September. Early application results in early notification and payment. It is also important that applicants should provide complete and accurate information to avoid any delay in processing. For individual cases that are not straightforward, it may take longer for the Government to assess. Students who have any financial difficulties before the release of Govern-ment grant/loan, or who have any queries, are encouraged

to contact the Student Affairs Office for assistance."

Q

I had two badminton rackets and two books stored in my locker, now they are missing. Why are the

student lockers so unsafe?

A

Donny Siu (Sh1dent Amenities Counter): "Unfortu-nately, there are several reported cases of loss of property from student lockers nearly every semester. In the majority of cases, the padlocks are not damaged. I would like to remind locker users once again to use more sturdy pad-locks, even if they may be a bit more expensive. Do not use number locks because they are easy to decode. Also, re-member not to leave the key in the lock. Believe it or not, there have been a few reports of this kind of carelessness in the past! Although security guards and SAO staff patrol the locker areas regularly, better prevention can only be achieved if users also make an effort to safeguard their belongings."

Q

I was interested to see that the Engineering School is offering summer school courses this year.

But I want to know why almost all the courses are 100 level ones? I think it would be better to have more

advanced courses provided in the summer; as students

have more time to study then.

A

Prof. Ping Ko (Dean of Engineering): "There will be advanced courses available as well as the 100 level courses offered. The engineering departments are now working to offer courses in addition to those listed in the last issue of

Genesis

.

"

Q

I will graduate at the end of this year and I like the

campus very much. Can I still use USTfacilities after my graduation?

A

Pandora Yuen (SAO): "Alumni are nah1rally wel-come to visit the campus whenever they wish. They may use the catering outlets, the Library and sports facilities subject to certain conditions. However, there are certain facilities and services, such as student amenities and medical/ dental services, which are for students only and not open to alumni. Students are welcome to contact the University Development Office for further details (Director, Miss Loretta S. M. Pang, tel. 2358 6103, University Development Officer, Miss Daisy W. S. Chan, tel. 2358 6105)."

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Coming Soon!

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hits and Chinese

blockbusters will soon be shown on campus with the return of the

Stu-dents

Union Film Society, bigger and

better than ever.

Plans are afoot to screen two mov

ies a month, free of charge for students

and staff alike. With the aim of

promot-ing art appreciation on campus, the

so-ciety is conducting a big membership drive this year.

But if the films are free, why

be-come a member?’,This year, we want

to organize special activities for people

who really love films,’,says Grifton

Au, the society's external vice

chairper-son. Talks by film directors would be a preferred option but, says Wilson Chia,

internal vice chairperson, the society is

realistic about its chances of finding a

slot with these busy people. Other ideas include special presentations for

film buffs that would be 叮nembers

only’,

Members have a chance to suggest

films they would like to see, particu-larly as the program for future presen-tations is not yet finalized. Members are also entitled to discounts on film posters available exclusively through

the society. A three-year membership

is a bargain at only $30 for staff and

first-year students (UG and PG).

Sec-ond-year students pay $20 to join, and

third-year students pay $10.

In October, the society will take

part in the Second Inter-University

Film Festival. This year

s theme is

’,War'’,to coincide with the 50th Aru吐-

versary of the end of World War II.

The festival will present such

clas-sics as

Dr. Strange/ave, All

Quiet

011

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Fro川, Don ’t

Cry

N日nking

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Apocalypse

Now

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Fesh-val screenings at HKUST will be on 5 and 10 October; film times to be an-nounced later.

Interested parties can e-mail the

肌肉 at:

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家去。在途上 ,我又看見繁華的香港披上了閃燥 的衣裳, 令我又記起, 猶記得當我填寫聯招表格的時候,身旁的朋 友都紛紛勸告我,假若不想後悔的話 3 就緊記切 勿選擇它一一香港科技大學 。然而,我偏偏揀選 了它作為我的第一志願,作為我接受高等教育的 學府,只因我獨愛它既擁有的濃厚求學氣氛。在 它的懷抱內 3 每個學生都擁有著一份努力不懈和 勤奮不倦之心。 仍記起在學期初的時候,我除了要面對全新 的科目外,更要應付那些源源不絕的功課和排山 倒海的測驗或考試。為了應付這一切一切,我每 晚均會留在校內的圖書館裡溫習 。雖然如此,可 慶幸的是我從不感孤寂 3 因為我身邊總有不少 「科大人 j 和我共同作戰。每晚在歸途中 ,看見 那顆美麗的東方之珠,心中總感到無限的滿足。 我恕我已達到了入讀科大的目的一一做一個勤奮 不倦的人。 不知不覺1的 3我察覺到自己已進入了一個充 滿規律的生活模式 ,那就是上課一一到圖書餾溫 習 回家溫習 3 一星期內有六天均如此。直至 有一天 3 當我在車上看著維多利亞港的夜色︱恃 3 我終於失去了那份一直伴著我的滿足感一一 那天早上,在我往圖書館的途中 ,遇見了一 位送貨員。 「請問科大的健身室在哪見?

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T-shi 付s. 職員和學生購買夏季T恤,可獲 額外八折至九折優惠 間,我駭然地發現在科大裡3 除了課室、飯堂和 園書館夕︱、3月︱︱的地方,我甚麼也不知道! 不錯,科大的讀書壓力絕對不會比會考輕 3 但是,大學的生活又豈止於追求成績優劣那般簡 單呢?大學教育又豈止於培訓︱學生勤奮讀書那般 表面呢? 誠然 ,有不少典型的科大人會花大部分時間 於書本上 ,久而久之,變得對甚麼也泠感,對周 遭的事情不聞不問 ,直接形成了一般人對科大的 印象一一只是一塊「好 J 的讀書園地。但我卻不 甘心在三年的大學生活中 , 只穿梭於謀室與圖書 餾之悶。 科大其實是一處發展個人潛能的好地方 3 因 除了上課時間外,只要你肯獻出一顆心 ,一點時 間 s便可以盡情享用校內先進的設施,參與不阿 類型的課外活動 ,甚至加入策劃者的行列 ,學習 與人合作和講過的技巧。成功的科大人就能擁有 善用有限時間的技巧 ,用努力不懈的意志去面對 重重的挑戰,積極地求取課內外的知識。 今天的我正朝著成功的科大人lit發,希望能 在僅有的三年澀,學習那真正又全面的勤奮不倦 的精神 ,以致不但能把這寶貴的精神應用於書本 上 ,還能運用於日常生活中, 迎接每項挑戰。 看著眼前那熟悉的、親切的、美麗的香港夜 景,繁華的燈光又再次燃點起我那份成為科大學 生的滿足感。如果我可以再次選擇的話,香港科 技大學仍然是我至愛的首選。 科大 黑白 轉載《星島日報》 九九五年士二月三十 日 圓圓圓圓型車HHDIIDIIIIIIII圖圖

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認論微粒子,兔它喃及全球

科大舉辦微粒子課程深受 Sl以'

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表, i望有韓國現 代電于公司的人 員等。從此可 見,亞洲業界人 士對空氣微粒研 究和控制的重視 程度。 空氣微粒, 可謂品類繁多,

TSI有限公司的Pat Keady小姐介紹微粒子產生器的操作。

既有固體 , 也有 液態,小可至數 納米(nanometer) 直徑,最大也不 過幾十微米(mi

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學名稱為氣溶膠

(aerosols),是空氣污染物、煙霞、霧氣,甚至 是酸雨的基本成分,微粒子對人類健康影嚮極 大2 與地球的環境生態也息息相關,香港科大 上月底便舉辦了一個三天課程,邀請國際微粒 子專家向本地業界人士介紹微粒子的重要研究 成果。 據與會議者指出,微粒于的成因有兩種, 一種是自然成因,例如由風砂、海洋鹽份蒸發 及火山活動做成。另一種是人為成因, i原於燃 燒過程。最明顯的例子,是由各種工業活動而 生成的陣陣濃煙 3 冒入大氣而成為微粒子。 人為微粒在過去的整個世紀裡以驚人速度 增加 i 空氣中塵埃密怖,除了有損人類健康 3 還減低大氣的能見度 ,形成酸雨,改變地球的 日!!頁平衡。 crometer)。是看不見、觸不到的小東西2所以 這學問特別強調探jRrJ及量度的方法 i 科大在課程 裡也介紹了數款測量新儀~'讓參加者試用。 微粒子在空氣中的生命3 變化多端 3但最 後總是塵歸塵、土歸土,有的就慢慢飄落地 面,另有的︱鐘水而降 i 但在同一時間肉,有更 多更多的微粒 ,透過種種途徑散插在大氣中, 這樣循環不息,空氣 中的微粒也愈來愈 多,整個世紀積頁頁下 來 3 便達到了影嚮地 球生態的地步。 例如酸雨。酸雨 又如煙霧(smog) ,也是由微粒于做成,大 大地減低大氣的能見度。 另一例是日 Jm失衡。正常來說,大︱湯照射 到地球的能量,約有百分之三十反射回太空。 可是,一旦有愈來愈多的微粒子在大氣存在, 他們可以直接或間接影嚮地球所吸收的熱量 3 由於地球受熱直接左右氣候的變化,昕以微粒 子便成為影嚮地球氣候的一個極不穩定因素。 簡單的例子,便可了解,細如微粒,可禍 及全球。如今的研究 ,使希望找到一個微粒子 的轉化及運作模型,了解相闊的物理和化學變 化,從此預測它們對大氣的影嚮,屬好屬壤, 讓人類能趨吉避兇,早作防預。 科大今紋的微粒于課程, 由工學院及化學 工程系籌辦,得到了明尼蘇達大學David Pu1教 授、維也納大學W Szymanski教授及TSI有限 公司的 Gilma閃 Sem先生作為課程議者 ﹔又邀 得前美國徵粒子學會會長、加州理工的﹞ohn Seinfeld教授發表演講,可說是一個極為專業 而權威的課程i科大希望將來多辦此類活動 , 讓更多本地業界人士受惠。 正因如此,空氣微粒這門學悶 ,受到了極 為廣泛的重視。科大今i失舉辦的課程,有來自 韓國、日本、台灣、香港、新加坡、印尼、印 度、澳洲、及紐西繭的四十位學術及專業人士 參加 3 其中包括香港地下鐵路、香港中華煤氣 企司、生產力但進局、及環境保護者等多位代 大多是由化學微粒子 所形成,包括硫酸 鹽、離酸鹽、納、 氯、金屬微粒,等 等。它們隨雨而下 , 酸化雨水,種蝕建築 物,腐蝕有機生物 , 對大自然生態極為有 害。 議者之一的Szymanski教授介紹激光微粒測計器的操作方法。

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椅也改為大眾化的茶餐龐路線。 顧名思義,荼餐聽者,街頭巷尾,總有一家,只消閃閃一坐,一杯紅茶, 校園餐廳提供的食品種類繁多,各有風味.繼有位於LGl ,集中西美食與 一個麵包3 一份報紙,i_\lj能磨掉老半天的時光。 無趣海殼的自助飯盒,因lt鄰的船型西餐廳,大堂的中式茶I慎,學術廊側富歐i建 但LG7的學生餐廳,並不止此而已。它亦中亦西,既有荼餐廳的 “皇牌”一 情調的咖啡室,還有LG5和LG7的快餐食堂,林林積極,任君選擇,當然更少 一特餐、三文治、通粉、冷熱飲品,..,也有中式燃手小菜,炒粉踅飯.至於1買 不了的是夜宵勝地一-i每旁的車仔麵店。隨著LG7學生餐廳添土新妝,同學和 錢嗨,就議大家親自去評評,是否一直H荼餐廳的合宜了 。 同創 一九九五年九月二十日

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科大工商管理學生走向世界

mt 功的工商界領袖都有

一個共同點:面向世界,洞悉 經濟大勢。 科大工商管理學院十八名 本科生, 已邁向成功的第一步 在該學院今年首辦的國際 交換生計剖下 , 他們將赴美 國、加拿大及南韓等八悶著名 學府,攻禎一個學期的衛科課 程,與當地學生3切薩學問 3 交換研習心得。 年初分赴美國的賓夕凡尼亞大學、南加 州大學、馬利蘭大學、聖母院大學和波 士頓學院 3 加拿大的英屬哥倫比亞大學 和多倫多大學及南韓的延世大學。 市場學系三年級學生黃汝fjl!f是首批 赴美加的學生之一。她曾到多倫多大學 -j屋,非常喜歡,昕以毫不猶疑選了多 大。她說:“市場學是一門面向世界的 科目 ,認識不同的文化 》對我將來的職 業會大有神益。” 這tlt幸運兒 3 ﹔︱寄分為三年 級及二年級兩組,於九月及明 交流的第一步 (右起) 許佳龍、黃汝洞和黃嘉儀同學歡迎美國交換生祝乃達同學。 間是到多倫多大學作交換生的資訊 與系統管理學系三年級學生黃嘉儀則希 望透過在異邦唸書,可訓練自己更為獨

科大與實夕凡尼E大學建立交換生計劃

貧宰一印象至為深刻

對科大計算機科學系畢業生賴海燕同學來說,確然如 此。去年她在美國賓夕凡尼亞大學當了一年交換生,給該 校工商及工程學院的院長留下了深刻的印象,由是 為科大與賓大建立正式交換生計劃鋪平了道路。 今年,賴海燕間學的學弟學妹·fl'『 工商管理 學院及工學院共四名甲級優異生,將步其後塵,負 笈賓夕凡尼亞大學,修讀一至兩個學期的課程。1年 交換生計釗走上軌道時,賓大的學生也會到科大來 學習。 這個交換生計剖得以順利開展,實有賴賓大校 友、科大公共事務處主任奏家德博士的戳力椎動。 秦博士說. “我希望科大的同學同樣享有我曾 接受的教育經驗。香港賓大校友會會長的身分使我 待以說服在科大的賓大校友 ,並為交j食生計剖籌 款。四名到賓大交換的同學都是由賓大校友會贊助的。常 春藤聯盟。可rLeague)有很多畢業生在這裡工作,我希望他 們也能推展類似的計,劑。” 在美國學習的一年可說是賴同學學習生涯的一個高 峰。 去年中 ,賴同學獲計算機科學系推薦得崇德社(香港 東分區)的海外教育獎學金,由於數目不足以應付一年的 學習費用,賓大遂同意兔收賴同學一年的學贅,並接納她 為賓大第一名科大交換生。 賴同學說,“原先我以為梅花上一到兩個月的時間去 適應美國的生活,不過,半個月下來,我感到很僅意。” 她住在一間男女子宿 舍,與一名菲律賓女室友 共住 g二人更成為好友。 她的朋友來自世界各國 , 至今大家還保持著密切的 聯緊。她說 “我在香港 的朋友大多為中國人,但 在賓大 3我的朋友來自世 界各地杜拜、法國、印 度、英國及菲律賓,我很 喜歡這種環境。” 每當學校假期 ,賴向 學便會與朋友結伴遊覽美國東岸,從尼加拉大瀑布跑到通 亞美海灘。 在學習方面,賴同學成績優異。除了賓大工學院的課 程以外,她更在著名的華頓商學院選修了五個學科,她特 別喜歡其中一個法律課程。她覺得,賓大的教學方法、課 程灰學分制,均與科大甚為相i丘。 “我對香港的教育制度充滿信心,因為我發現,我的 水平,與其他國家最好的學生相若。” 主L。 來而不往非禮也。按 此交換生計剖,美加等地 大學的學生也會陸續來 港 3 在科大商學院研讀三 個月,以促進雙向交流。 美國南加州大學工管系學 生祝乃達同學是該項計劃 受惠的第一人。他表示 2 他曾在英國作了一年交換 生,加上他在美國唸書2 E可以掌握了歐美的商貿經 驗 3 香港乃迪往亞洲的大 門 3 有機會在此學習 2 將 使他對國際貿易的認識更 為全面。 隨著科大不斷發展, 教學及文化的交流更會日 益增長。工商管理學院本 科部主任練乙錚博士表 示,該院正計劃擴大該項 交換生計劃,增加交換生 的數目 ,並﹔符合作的範圍 擴及歐洲的大學 ,但!唯一 的困難是科大的宿位非常 有限 3難以提供給外來交 換生。

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