A STEM Week online course, jointly organized by ZJUI and Dunman High School in Singapore, was held in July. The event attracted many high school students with a passion for science and engineering. It was planned and organized jointly by ZJUI Professor ONG Weeliat and by Mr Chen Shunfa, head of the Design, Innovation, and Research Department at Dunman High School. Topics included Bioinspired Technology, Using Signal Processing for Geologic Surveys, Chinese Megastructures, Sustainable Urban Transport and Infrastructure, Medical Robotics, and Computer Vision. These were chosen by ZJUI professors to immerse students in the world of science and advanced technology and to present them with engineering vision. The course was delivered using pre-recorded presentations and supplemented with live online discussion sessions where students interacted and provided feedback to the professors. The online team, led by Professor Li Erping, the Dean of ZJUI, sought to be approachable and entertaining. Many participants expressed their thanks and appreciation to the professors and suggested ways to improve these sessions. They were excited about STEM Week and expressed their desire to participate in future sessions.
包罗万象的主题课程、各抒己见的讨论互动环节，以及作业和评价反馈环节共同组成了此次线上科学周。由ZJUI院长李尔平教授领衔的教授团队凭借丰富的教学经验、独到的教学方式，寓教于乐地向中学生们科普相关领域的基础知识。为了给同学们提供更优良的学习体验，在课程设计上还精心加入了学习互动环节。通过讨论互动及作业和评价反馈两个环节的设计，一定程度上弥补了线上课程的先天不足，增强了互动性，让同学们学得更加有趣、更加深入。
“Thank you, Prof. Simon for your engaging lecture and for giving me tips on how to show my interest during interviews!”
“Prof. Yang’s session is very enriching. I learned a lot of new knowledge regarding medical robotics and engineering and it gave me an insight into this field.”
“Thank you so much for today’s session as well as the lecture! It was really engaging and enriching! I’ve learnt a lot from these sessions!”
“Thank you, Prof. Huan for making such an informative lecture for us to appreciate the beauty of bio mimicking.”
ZJUI will expand and strengthen connections with high schools at home and abroad. By harnessing interactive teaching tools such as virtual laboratories, virtual reality, online collaboration tools, and science and technology competitions, ZJUI plans to deliver interesting engineering courses to students worldwide to accelerate its mission to cultivate a new generation of international engineering innovation leaders.
Translator | CHANG Long
