🏆 Congratulations to Yonchang Xie – 2nd Place Winner at Future Seawork 2025!

We’re proud to announce that Yonchang Xie has won 2nd place at Future Seawork 2025, a prestigious UK-wide competition celebrating student innovation in the commercial marine sector! 🥈🎉

Yonchang’s project focused on reliable situation awareness for autonomous surface vessels in busy maritime environments — a crucial advancement for ensuring safety, trust, and performance in autonomous maritime systems. His work impressed judges with its technical depth and potential real-world impact in one of the most challenging domains for autonomy. ⚓🤖

About Future Seawork: Held during Seawork 2025 (June 10–12, Southampton), this competition invites students from UK universities to showcase innovative, near-market-ready projects in the marine industry. As a winner, Yonchang was awarded:

🧠 A dedicated pod in the Seawork Innovations Hall
💷 Travel support
🧭 Mentorship from a senior figure in the marine sector
🏅 Recognition at the Seawork Awards ceremony
📰 Media exposure in Maritime Journal and on Seawork.com

This is a fantastic recognition of Yonchang’s hard work and an exciting step forward for student-led innovation in maritime autonomy. Huge congratulations again, and we can’t wait to see where this journey takes him next! 🌟