UTAR 拉曼大学获奖新闻（定时更新）

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来源： http://news.utar.edu.my/awards/2019/77/77.html

First place at the Keysight IoT Innovation Challenge Finals in New York


Keysight Technologies Chief Marketing Officer Marie Hattar (left) and Keysight Technologies Portfolio Marketing Senior Director Joel Conover presenting the winning prize of USD25,000  to Au Jin Cheng and Lim Wen Qing (second and third from left)

UTAR Lee Long Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science students Lim Wen Qing, Au Jin Cheng, Yap Sheng Yao, Tan Kai Siang and Khor Jun Bin won first (1st) place in the Smart Water category at the finals of the Keysight IoT Innovation Challenge held in New York, USA from 21 to 22 September 2019. The winning prize was USD25,000 and Keysight test equipment worth USD25,000. Keysight Technologies Inc sponsored two students from the UTAR team, Lim Wen Qing and Au Jin Cheng for an all-expenses paid trip to New York covering the airfare, accommodation, meals and transportation, to present their invention at the finals before a team of judges.

The Keysight IoT Innovation Challenge is a design competition that challenges engineering students worldwide to conceptualise low-power sensor networks to tackle issues brought on by today’s rapid urbanisation. The competition had two tracks/categories, namely The Smart Land challenge and The Smart Water challenge and the challenge was open to all countries in the region of Asia Pacific and Greater China, Europe, and the USA.

The UTAR students invented a smart device that can monitor water pollutants in rivers and lakes with readings that can be downloaded (through an app) by the community to monitor the quality of water. This device, titled the IoT Detachable Waterway Monitoring Device with LoRa and Self-Sustainability, uses natural energy sources from the sun, wind and water. It is truly an ingenious invention with much engineering and scientific principles applied.

The team members, at the idea conception and construction stages, worked rather independently on their own, seeking assistance for supporting resources from their advisor and lecturer Ir Danny Ng Wee Kiat. They spent hours and brainstorming sessions looking into the intricacies of the device to ensure that the model is tested for practicality and precision.


Jin Cheng (left) and Wen Qing, receiving the prize on behalf of the team, from Joel Conover


The UTAR team inventors of the IoT Detachable Waterway Monitoring Device (From left): Ir Danny Ng, Khor Jun Bin, Au Jin Cheng, Lim Wen Qing, Yap Sheng Yao and Tan Kai Siang

The preliminary stage of the Keysight IoT Innovation Challenge required participants to present their design ideas via online written and video submissions. It saw the participation of universities from three regions, namely the United States, Europe, and Asia-Pacific & Greater China. The preliminary stage attracted nearly 300 entries worldwide in both tracks.

Among the countries which participated in the Asia-Pacific and Greater China region were Australia, China, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand. Within this region, more than 30 universities took part in the competition. From Malaysia alone, 10 universities, both public and private, participated in this challenge. Ultimately, the UTAR team was the only team selected as the finalist from the Asia-Pacific and Greater China region.

A total of six teams from both tracks (Smart Land and Smart Water), including UTAR, advanced to the final stage. The other five finalists were student teams from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, USA), Stanford University (USA), Massey University (New Zealand), Institute of Engineering & Management (India), and the University of Technology of Compiègne (France).


From left: Au, Lim, Joel Conover and Keysight Technologies Test Gear Expert and Content Strategist Daniel Bogdanoff

UTAR team’s winning entry, the IoT Detachable Waterway Monitoring Device with LoRa and Self-Sustainability, is a system device that consists of four major component functions which are, monitoring of the water contents— its acidity, temperature, turbidity, etc; reporting of the data using peer-to-peer LoRa Mesh network; analysis of data collected in the cloud using machine learning algorithm; and energy harvesting system which includes solar, hydro and wind energy for self-sustainability of the device.

According to the team, the node to node communication present in each device enables it to form a large sensor monitoring network. Moreover, Machine Learning is used to analyse the data collected for anomaly detection. The data collected can be used to predict the future condition of waterways for preventive purposes. It is self-sustainable with the help of renewable energy integrated into the system. The monitoring device is modular and can be modified based on the environment. Another feature of the system device also allows the public and community to report on any pollution found in waters, hence making it more community-driven.

By creating a massive monitoring network, the team believes that the system will be able to monitor every single point from all around the world and an immediate response can be taken whenever the water quality reaches a critical stage.

The concept and idea, according to the UTAR winning team, was inspired by the recent water pollution and contamination incident that took place in the state of Johor, Malaysia. Over 2,500 people were affected by gas poisoning and 111 schools were closed as a result of illegally dumped chemical wastes in the river.  With a great concern to help solve this problem to prevent the people and the environment from suffering the same fate again in the future, the UTAR team discussed in great length and came up with this brilliant invention to help monitor and report on the quality of water in the waterways.


The IoT Detachable Waterway Monitoring Device being tested at the Kuala Selangor River for 1 week

Wen Qing said that, “In my opinion, the two possible reasons why we won this competition are that firstly, this device was created in relation to an actual problem that took place in Malaysia. Secondly, this device is modular. We have incorporated three energy harvesting systems to charge the battery. They are solar, hydro and wind energy. The solar panels, wind turbine and water turbine are detachable. Only the necessary parts will be installed on the device depending on the environment. For example, in the forest, solar and wind energy are not reliable. Thus, only a water turbine is attached to the device.”

He added further that, “This device was put to actual test on a river and it worked. We spent one week to test out the device in the Kuala Selangor River. The judges were also impressed that this device is very much community-oriented. People can easily report on any pollution found in waters by merely using an app. They can easily gain access to the data (condition of water) as well.”

He elaborated that the most amazing feat was that this device was created and built from scratch with support from the University. The process itself was educational and the team members were very hardworking and focussed. The collaborative teamwork to design and put all pieces together eventually was truly gratifying in the end.

Wen Qing, on behalf of his team, said, “I find the idea behind this challenge very useful as it greatly benefits the society and it looks into sustainability. The challenge was well organised and professionally implemented despite being held for the first time. Personally, it was an amazing experience. My team members and I feel very fortunate to have won this challenge.”

The team’s adviser and lecturer, Ir Danny Ng said that, “The IoT Keysight Challenge presented an opportunity for the students to compete with others on the world stage. The opportunity presented also enabled our students to compete and interact with students from other international universities during the time spent in New York. Through this challenge our students also gained valuable technical knowledge that will enhance their employability.”

At the finals in New York, the students demonstrated their design and systems device at a live-streamed event before a panel of esteemed judges. These judges include United Nations Public Information Officer Ariel Alexovich, Founder & CEO of LunaSonde-cum-Student Innovator Jeremiah Pate, Electrical Engineer and YouTube star a.k.a. “ElectroBOOM” Mehdi Sadaghdar, Senior Technical Editor for Aspencore Media Martin Rowe, Keysight Corporate and Portfolio Marketing Vice President Jeff Harris,  General Manager of Keysight Electronic Industrial Products Christopher Cain, and Keysight Education & General Electronics Measurement Solutions Vice President Ee Huei Sin.


Wen Qing presenting the team’s IoT Detachable Waterway Monitoring systems to the panel of judges

UTAR is a not-for-profit university, so the students did not have access to huge funding for a start. However, these students were ingenious and resourceful. With much hard work and determination, they exceled and built the device using existing resources available to them. They also managed to source a sponsor who lent them testing equipment for the device.  These students have brought much pride to their friends in the faculty, their family, the university and the country.  Well done.

For more information on Keysight’s IoT Innovation Challenge, check out the event website at https://www.iotchallengekeysight.com/. A video on the competition is available here.

Keysight Technologies, Inc. is a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world. Keysight's solutions optimise networks and bring electronic products to market faster and at a lower cost with offerings from design simulation, to prototype validation, to manufacturing test, to optimisation in networks and cloud environments. Customers span the worldwide communications ecosystem, aerospace and defence, automotive, energy, semiconductor, and general electronics end markets. With the IoT Innovation Challenge, Keysight is looking for next-generation engineers who can think big and small to innovate solutions to the challenges that arise in this ever-changing world.


The IoT Innovation Challenge 2019 Award trophy

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来源：http://news.utar.edu.my/awards/2019/75/75.html

Champion in CFA Society Malaysia Ethics Challenge 2019


From left: Hor, Kong, Lay, How and alumnus Jeff Tan Heng Siang

Four Faculty of Business and Finance (FBF) students emerged as the Malaysia National Champion in the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Society Malaysia Ethics Challenge 2019 held at the InterContinental Hotel, Kuala Lumpur on 21 September 2019.

Organised by the CFA Society Malaysia to improve students’ awareness of the potential ethical dilemmas and issues faced by investment professionals in the investment management industry, the challenge required the participating teams to analyse real cases and formulate solutions to them.

Mentored by Finance lecturer Lim Chong Heng, the UTAR FBF team comprised Finance students Lay Yi Cong, Hor Cindy, Kong Jia Hui, and Financial Economics student How Chao Xun. Throughout the competition, the quartet proved their mettle in a 10-minute presentation which saw them demonstrating their maturity and understanding of the case, further impressing the judges with their precision in answering the judges’ questions in the subsequent session.

The quartet will represent UTAR at the Regional Grand Finals in Singapore on 19 October 2019.

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来源：http://news.utar.edu.my/awards/2019/76/76.html

PR graduate wins fourth Supernewsroom Young PR Professional Award


Bachelor of Communication (Hons) Public Relations graduate Ku Wen Xin has added another mark of recognition to UTAR’s list of academic achievements by winning the “Supernewsroom Young PR Professional Award 2019” on 29 July 2019 at Kampar Campus.


Proud winner Ku (middle) with Maartandan (left) and Dr Lee

The award was presented by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of intelectasia Consultancy and Founder of Supernewsroom Manminder Kaur Dhillon, who is also the Industry Advisor (IA) for UTAR’s Department of Public Relations. Others present at the award ceremony were intelectasia Chief Strategy Officer Puspavathy Ramaloo, Dean of UTAR Faculty of Arts and Social Science (FAS) Dr Lee Lai Meng, Department of Public Relations Head S. Maartandan, UTAR staff and students.

Ku, the fourth recipient of the award, received RM500 cash prize. She was selected among three shortlisted names for the interview process with FAS Dean, Deputy Dean, Head of Department and Manminder.

She was selected based on her excellent academic, soft skills and co-curriculum performances. Apart from acknowledging students for their outstanding achievements, the award also aims to recognise students’ excellence in their academic journey as well as to encourage their continuous contributions to the field of PR and in their future career.

“I am pleased and very thankful to have received this award and I would like to thank Ms Manminder for her initiative in motivating public relations graduates to strive for greater success and heights by recognising their academic accomplishments,” enthused Ku. She added, “Receiving recognition for your efforts is definitely a feel good emotion and I will certainly take this award as an opportunity for me to further propel in the field of communication and public relations.”

Ku also thanked UTAR and expressed, “This award would not be possible without the great guidance and support from my lecturers. UTAR has provided a well-structured syllabus and the lessons that I learnt in my three-year university life has given me plenty of exposure to public relations and event management. I am grateful to UTAR for its education and it has truly prepared me for my future career development. Thank you UTAR.”

Supernewsroom Young PR Professional Award was inaugurated to encourage and recognise PR students for their exceptional dedication, outstanding achievements and academic excellence throughout their academic journey. It is an initiative by UTAR and intelectasia Consultancy to understand and appreciate young PR talents who will help contribute to developing a collaborative network for advancing education and vacation.

aaron_mlk

其实你可以把它翻译成华文，以方便我们阅读，楼主

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aaron_mlk 发表于 29-9-2019 02:05 PM
其实你可以把它翻译成华文，以方便我们阅读，楼主

英文不怎么好，怕翻译错误