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Huang Jiming, a master’s student from the Department of Eletromechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) of the University of Macau (UM), has been accepted by the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), one of the best universities in the US,as a Visiting Student Researcher. Soon Mr. Huang willgo to UC Berkeley tostudy state-of-the-art technologies in the field of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) with the funding of UM.
Mr. Huang’s research interest is flexure hinge-based parallel robot which can successfully accomplish a series of tasks on a micro-nano scale with the aid of precision processing and advanced control techniques.Such robotscan find application incell injectionandmanufacture of micro-machinery such as micro/nano robots, etc.
Early this year Mr. Huang applied to study at UC Berkeley as a Visiting Student Researcher under the guidance of Prof. Liwei Lin, an expert in MEMS field, in hopes of broadening his horizons. After rigorous evaluation of his résumé and research subjects, his application was approved. He willleave forUC Berkeleythis Augustfor a one-year study and research programme.
Inspired by several science education videos about robots seen during his junior high years, Mr. Huang set a goal of studying cutting-edge robot technologies. Upon graduation from the senior high school, he was admitted to the Northwestern Polytechnical Universityin Xi’an, Shaanxi Province,to pursue a bachelor’s degree in machinery design, manufacture and automation. Two years ago, he graduated with top marks and was admitted to UM on the recommendation of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China to study compliant parallel micromanipulators.
Mr. Huang says that he chose UM because he believed that UM could offer an ideal environment for him to progress further in his chosen field. “UM has excellent teachers, a multi-cultural learning environment, advanced laboratory equipment, and a wholesomeacademic atmosphere, which create favorable conditions for my research,” says Mr. Huang,“moreover, the heuristic teaching methodenables me to make continuous progress in my research and study.”
Mr. Huang says he is an introvert and isnotgood at socializing. During his study at the NorthwesternPolytechnical University, he devoted all his time to study without participating in any extracurricular activities. After he came to UM, however, not only did he excel in study, with GPA (grade point average) reaching 3.92 (full marks are 4.0), but also he became more actively involved in extracurricular activities such as concerts, basketball, mountain-climbing and volunteer work. He sayshis changewas due to the stimulating atmosphere and the schoolmates’ contagious passion and encouragement. Active involvement intheseactivities broadened his horizons, improved his cross-cultural communicationskills, and enabled him to make friends with students of different majors.
In 2007 UM and UC Berkeley signed an agreement on academic exchangewhich allows thetwo universities to exchange students on a yearly basis. “I feel very honoured to have been accepted by UC Berkeley as a Visiting Student Researcher,” says Mr. Huang, “but I want to stress that this wouldn’t have happened without the unfailing support of UM. I am very grateful to my thesis advisor for the guidance and to UM for giving me this opportunity.” Mr. Huang says that after obtaining the master’s degree, he will continue to pursue a PhD degree in micro/nano technology.
