This academic visit in China was led by Chair Chen Professor Su and Professor Ting . During April 1 to April 4, 2008, they took students to , Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Chinese University of Hong Kong,The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, proceeding a visiting journey of four days
In spring vacations I had
the opportunity to travel to
The first day we departed in the
early morning from
We walked for a while to know
the surroundings to end up our tour in
In the second day of our visit
we went to the
The university has 7 libraries, art museums, music halls, a swimming pool, sports fields, tennis courts, squash courts, a water sports centre and gymnasia.
In our visit to Ho Sin-Hang Engineering Building we learned from the experience of virtual sensitiveness department.
The professors introduced to all of us the department, the members of the staff and their most important research that they are doing for the time being. Then we visited several laboratories of the department in order to know in firsthand the research and development in the RFID, maritime and computer science fields.
In the evening we visited
In the third day we
visited the
At 10:30 am I gave a presentation about my research to my professors, the local professors of HKPU and the students.
My research focuses on determining the storage position of the reshuffled container during static retrieving outbound container. In container yards, one major factor that affects their operational efficiency is the need to re-shuffle containers when accessing a container that is buried beneath other containers. The problem concentrates on a yard bay with several tiers in every stack.
To ensure the fluency of loading operations, besides minimizing the total number of reshuffles, controlling the number of reshuffles for single retrieve container operation into average is also very necessary. The optimization model is built, with an objective to minimize the total number of reshuffles for the operations, and with constraints to ensure the number of reshuffles for each retrieve container operation within the average range furthest.
After the presentation we had time to visit the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering RFID technology that involves Radio Frecuency Tags (RF Tags) / Label / Printed Circuit Board (PCB) that contains a coil, a programmed chip and antenna, which uses radio waves to read and write data with external devices.
For dinner we visited the Jumbo floating restaurant to enjoy Dim sum which is the name for a Chinese cuisine which involves a wide range of light dishes served alongside Chinese tea. Dishes may include meat, seafood, and vegetables, as well as desserts and fruit. The items are usually served in a small steamer basket or on a small plate. Yum cha (literally "tea drinking") is the term used to describe the dining session, especially in contemporary Cantonese.
Later
we went to
Then we took the Peak Train in order to get
back to our hotel. This is located in the upper terminus, below the Peak Tower
shopping and leisure complex at Victoria Gap, some 150 meters below the summit
of
Finally, The last day of our visit to
Was a nice experience to visit several schools, present my research abroad and have fun at the same time.
My most sincere gratitude my professors and to the staff of
Industrial Engineering and Management for such a wonderful experience in
