emphasizing lighting effects and LED lighting features

After seven months of intense competition, the first Cree Cup - Creative LED Lighting Design Contest for China university students jointly organized by the China Association of Lighting Industry (CALI) and Cree, Inc. has ended, culminating in an award ceremony held at the China led highbay light Technology and Application Forum. Finalist works were showcased in the “China Hotel Lighting Exhibition.”

Nearly 1,000 students, representing approximately 100 universities in China, submitted hundreds of design entries. Fifty designs were chosen for the final round of judging. Winners were chosen based on the following criteria: creativity, practicality, marketability, LED performance, artistic quality and energy efficiency. The judging panel consisted of LED industry experts, scholars and industrial design/lighting application experts. First prize, including RMB 20,000 (approximately US$3,000), was awarded to Huang Jiongzhang, Du Weizheng and Ni Yujun from Taiwan’s National Cheng Kung University. Titled “Lighting to Share,” the design uses a magnetic effect to form different lighting modes, emphasizing lighting effects and LED lighting features.

Second place prizes, including RMB 10,000 each, were given to Jiang Lin, Liu Yanliang, Chen Shan and Zhenma Quzong from Tibet University and Gu Weiwei from Tongji University. The design work from Tibet University, “Solar LED Multi-Functional Butter Lamp,” combines LED lighting and solar energy with traditional Tibetan lamp design, and includes integrated features like cell phone charging. “Guang Ling,” designed by Gu Weiwei, is portable, and uses sound control and LED features to meet the needs of the deaf or those hard of hearing.