The 18th Holtek Cup Creative Competition was held grandly at the Sanlian Hall of STUST. It attracted 300 participants from 100 teams of domestic colleges and universities to compete for prizes and awards of the Creative Product Design Group, "Smart Innovation Application Group, and Intelligent Control Application Group. They strived for a prize of 750,000 NTD and a number of professional awards added by the organizer. This competition was sponsored by Holtek Semiconductor Corporation, hosted by STUST, and guided by the Smart Electronics Industry Program Promotion Office of the Industrial Development Administration, the Ministry of Economic Affairs. It was co-organized The organizers were the Executive Office of the Education Platform for Promoting Industry-Academic Linkage Cooperation and Talent Development by the Ministry of Education, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, and the Bicycle and Health Technology Industry Research and Development Center.

【President Cheng-wen Wu of STUST and Vice President Chang of Holtek Semiconductor were taking a group photo with the distinguished guests and the judges.】

The competition invited President Cheng-wen Wu of STUST, Executive Deputy General Manager of Holtek Semiconductor Zhi Chang, representatives of the Ministry of Education’s Executive Office for Promoting Industry-Academic Cooperation and Talent Education Platform, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Bicycle and Health Technology Industrial Research and Development Center, Beitron Technology, and many distinguished guests from the government, academia, and industry, including Xinhong Electronics, Avnet Technology, and Youfang Technology. They attended the meeting and communicated with the participating teams to discover talents and new ideas.

【A group photo of all the award-winning teachers and students of STUST】

STUST won nine awards in this competition. The team led by Prof. Jun-hong Yang from the Department of Electronics won the first place in the Avnet Technology— Smart Health and Smart Home Application Award, the second place in the "Xinhong Electronics—Wireless Creative Application Award, and the Excellent Work Award of "Group B—Smart Innovation Application Group. The team led by Prof. Jun-hong Yang from the Department of Electronics and Prof. Chi-hua Wu from the Department of Industrial Design won the winner and outstanding award of Group A—Creative Product Design Group. The team led by Prof. Jun-hong Yang from the Department of Electronics and Prof. Da-chi Liu from the Department of Industrial Design won the Outstanding Award of Group B—Smart Innovation Application Group. The team led by Prof. Shi-fang Chen from the Department of Electronics won the Excellent Work Award of Group B—Smart Innovation Application Group. The team led by Prof. Jun-yu Du from the Department of Engineering and Prof. Jun-hong Yang from the Department of Electronics won the Excellent Work Award of Group B—Smart Innovation Application Group. The team led by Prof. Yu-jun Huang from the Department of Electrical Engineering won the third place of the Smart Bicycle and Health Technology Application Award. Among them, the team led by Prof. Jun-hong Yang from the Department of Electronics won seven awards. Altogether, STUST had great achievements with their excellent performance.

【The opening ceremony of the 18th Holtek Cup Creative Competition】

"I Bowling", which won the first place in the Avnet Technology—Smart Health and Smart Home Application Award, is a creative work directed by Li-yu Zhu and Shue-li Liu, guided by Prof. Jun-hong Yang from the Department of Electronics. It takes into account the equality issues in the SDGs and the development of sports technology. As the team members found, when the visually impaired bowlers are bowling, they need a volunteer to tell them the location of the bowling ball, the rolling direction and the remaining pins, etc. The visually impaired bowlers can use this information to adjust their stance and pitching direction, but they are restrained by the limited time they are given to cooperate with the volunteer. After understanding the needs of the visually impaired, they proposed a visually impaired bowling auxiliary system that uses image recognition to replace the role of volunteers. The research and development results can be matched with the two current mainstream bowling systems in Taiwan, namely, the AMF system and the Brunswick system.

【The STUST student team "I Bowling" won the first place of Avnet Technology—Smart Health and Smart Home Application Award in the 18th Holtek Cup Creative Competition.】

President Cheng-wen Wu of STUST said that STUST is happy to host the Holtek Cup Creative Competition. In addition to providing a stage for college students to display their creativity and demonstrate practical skills, the hosting process was in line with STUST’s emphasis on hands-on and learning-by-doing practical talent cultivation concepts. Complementing each other, STUST's cross-department teams participated in the competition and achieved brilliant results, which fully reflected the effectiveness of the university's vigorous promotion of cross-field talent cultivation. The teaching achievements and student learning of STUST have also been recognized. STUST will continue to cultivate globally competitive students, working hard to cultivate practical scientific and technological talents.

【A list of winners of the 18th Holtek Cup Creative Competition - 1】

【A list of winners of the 18th Holtek Cup Creative Competition – 2】