The 26th Chemistry Olympiad (for Tertiary Institutions), co-organized by the Hong Kong Chemical Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry, was held in the afternoon of February 28, 2015 at City University of Hong Kong. Teams from six local universities participated in this event. The theme for this year was “Chemistry and Discovery”.
CUHK team made a presentation on the contributions of Nobel Laureates in Chemistry in 2000, namely, Alan J. Heeger, Alan G. MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa, on the advancement of Chemistry in “Conductive Polymers” and got the Champion for this competition.
CUHK Team (Year 3 undergraduates from the Department of Chemistry)
| Team Leader: | PAK Chi Yuen | (Year 3) |
| Presenting Team | NG Yik Kwong (Captin) CHAN Wai Ming TSE Ho Wing |
(Year 3) (Year 3) (Year 3) |
| Supporting Team: (Powerpoint Production) |
AU Yik Ki CHEUNG Yin Ying, Yvette LAW Ching Man |
(Year 3) (Year 3) (Year 3) |
| Supporting Team: (Literature Search) |
CHAN Ngai Chung CHOW Ho Yin CHUNG Kiu Fung, Ronald Kevin PANG Yat Sing WONG CHAK Kei WONG Kai Wui Rex |
(Year 3) (Year 3) (Year 3) (Year 3) (Year 3) (Year 3) |
The CUHK team coordinator was Prof. Lam Sik Lok, assisted by Dr. Kendrew Mak, while Prof. Xie Zuowei sat on the panel of judges as the representative from CUHK.
CUHK Team made a presentation about the contributions of of Nobel Laureates in Chemistry in 2000
CUHK Team presenters received the prize
[Prof. Kevin Leung (left1), Mr. Tse Ho Wing (left3), Mr. Ng Yik Kwong (right 3) Miss Chan Wai Ming (right2)]
CUHK Team taking photo with the Chairman and teaching staff
[Prof. H.K. Lee (left 1), Prof. Kevin Leung (Left 2), Prof. S.L. Lam (left 3), Dr. Y.S. Cheung (Right 1)
Let’s see what the team says:
“Participating in the 26th Chemistry Olympiad was surely a challenging but also a fruitful journey. We would like to express our gratitude to the classmates who encouraged us to join this competition. The theme of this year is about the discovery and contribution of different Nobel Prize Laureates in Chemistry. At first we thought it would be a tough ‘war’. Will an undergraduate be able to present the academic work from professional researchers? The result turned out to be great and enjoyable.
We have gained much support from different people. We would like to express our gratitude to Prof. Sik Lok LAM, Prof. Qian MIAO and Dr. Kendrew K.W. MAK, who gave us useful and inspiring advice on the ways which we could drill in this topic. We discovered that academic background is not solely the important part of our presentation. Sometimes it is more about passion, communications, and the ability to transcend boundaries among different academic fields. We would also like to thank Dr. CHEUNG Yu San for giving us some final remarks and his accompany on the day of competition. At but not least, we greatly appreciate the efforts from our supporting team. It was exciting to prepare such an excellent powerpoint within 48 hours.
Chemistry is indeed a very fascinating and intriguing realm of science. Participating in this competition expands our horizons in the field of chemistry and we hope we can witness or even participate in the development of chemistry in the future.”