Perspectives March 2021∣Youth Hong Kong
Combining the elements
Michael Leung
l Our third scholarship-winner is Michael Leung who did an internship with General Electric.
l 梁同學分享他在通用電氣實習的經驗，坦言機會 難得。
l The advice of a wise mentor and a fruitful exchange at the University of Liverpool complemented his experience.
l 他在利物浦大學交流期間，獲頂尖導師指導，豐 富了他的交流經驗和眼界。
l As a talented electronic engineer, he discovered important elements of excellent preparation for a bright future career.
l 梁同學是極具潛力的電子工程師，他在學習期間， 了解到如何為未來工作作出更佳準備。
I chose Liverpool for my overseas exchange because the university is famous for electrical and electronic engineering. Initially, my studies were mainly related to digital and wireless communication systems. I learnt about communication systems all the way from the 19th to the 21st centuries.
studies because signal processing provides the theory and principles behind today’s technology while data structure provides knowledge of software building.
Learning practical skills is one of the main objectives of the university, as well as learning theory. Data processing and image processing both require the skills of software building and programming and by learning programming languages like MATLAB at Liverpool I made big improvements to both my practical skills and knowledge. So much so, that I am now confident that my programming skills can be applied in any future research and work environment.
Such straight talk felt like a punch in the gut to me at first, but actually Dr Chung was presenting me with a key to success. That key opened a window through which I could see that although I was interested in various fields of research, my experience and knowledge in any specific field was insufficient for choosing between them. I also realized that if I wanted to innovate in modern technology, I first needed to gain experience in the business world and learn about society’s needs. Then, I could decide on the area where further research was required and make a valuable contribution.
Throughout the scholarship, Dr Roy Chung Chi-ping, GBS, JP, was my mentor. He is a successful businessman in the field of engineering who taught me a great deal. He explained how students nowadays don’t know enough 5G technology is now trending, but one of the professors, before they choose a subject for research. Many of them Dr Xu Zhu, explained how it is still unfeasible and just want to continue studying incompatible with many to avoid working straight environments, being too complex and too costly. The I am now confident that my programming after graduation, or they are encouraged by parents challenges involved in making skills can be applied in any future and teachers who see good 5G more widely available academic results and think research and work environment. have encouraged me to do their children should go further research in this area, on to do a higher degree. including even the latest 6G.
I also had the pleasure to learn from experts during the courses on signal processing and data structure that followed. This was fundamental to my onward 28
