Young Inventors Challenge 2015 Report
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i | REPORT Young Inventors Challenge 2015 Our Heartfelt Thanks!
Ministry Of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) Sunway University Jeffrey Cheah Foundation Malaysian Flying Academy Yayasan Hasanah SME Corp Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia Vijiyaratnam Foundation Malaysian Community & Education Foundation (MCEF) ASTRO Vaanavil Thinakural
And
To all Mentors, Judges, Volunteers and Event Committee Members
Young Inventors Challenge 2014 REPORT |ii Working Group Committee of YIC 2015
Project Advisor Dr. Mohamed Yunus Bin Mohamed Yasin
Project Director Mr. Anandan Shanmugam
Chief Judge 1 Dr. Ewe Chun Te
Chief Judge 2 Mr. Faizal Noor Batcha
ASTI Secretariat Representative Ms. Vanitha Vasu
Training and Event Committee Head Mr. Jegatheswaran Panderengan
iii | REPORT Young Inventors Challenge 2015 Table of Content
Executive Summary 1 1.0 About ASTI 2 2.0 Introduction 3 3.0 Mode Of Implementation 6 4.0 Training for YIC Participants 8 5.0 Event Day 13 6.0 Video Log Competition 25 7.0 Project Paper Writing Competition 27 8.0 ASTI - YIM Innovation Awards 2015 28 9.0 Public Relations 30 10.0 Assessment Evaluation for YIC 2015 31 11.0 Judging 41 12.0 Volunteers Management 43 13.0 Funding and Budget 45 14.0 Achivement of the Project 47 15.0 Recommendations for the future 49 16.0 Conclusion 53
Young Inventors Challenge 2015 REPORT | iv Executive Summary Young Inventors Challenge 2015 is an ‘inventive’ competition organised by Association of Science, Technology and Innovation (ASTI) annually since 2013. We have held this event for the 3 years consecutively. The Young Inventors Challenge (YIC) is one of ASTI’s projects to promote science, technology and innovation among secondary school students. This year’s theme is Inventions to Help a Million: To Make the World a Better Place.
YIC 2015 was publicized by sending out flyers, follow-up phone calls, publicity through “word of mouth” and an interview with one of the local radio stations. We have received a total of 191 teams application of which 63 teams were shortlisted based on their proposal. The shortlisted teams were given training prior to the event.
A total 52 teams participated in the grand finale. Prizes were given out in 4 categories, namely Overall YIC Champion, Video Log Competition, Project Paper Writing Competition and ASTI – YIM Inclusive Innovation Award 2015. Additionally, for the Overall YIC 2015 Champion winning team, Sunway agreed to pay them a bursary of RM100,000 for their Pre-university or A-Levels studies.
A number of 40 judges have agreed to assist and 25 judges attended the Judges Training before the final event. The judging team for YIC 2015 was headed by Dr. Ewe Chun Te.
In conclusion, YIC 2015 was a success with more schools showing an interest in YIC and it can be seen in the increased number of applications that we have received in 2015. The students came with various inventions and were excited to participate in the YIC 2015 Grand Finale.
1 | REPORT Young Inventors Challenge 2015 About ASTI
The Association of Science, Technology and Innovation (ASTI) is an association of educators, scientists, industry representatives and individuals who are committed to advancing the role of the scientific community in inspiring the youth of the nation to join and excel in the world of science.
The members aim to help revolutionalise the teaching, understanding, and awareness of the vital role of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) plays in fulfilling the economic, health and environmental requirements of the world’s population.
ASTI was set up by the founders of Science Fair for Young Children (SFYC) on 25th October 2012.
ASTI’s Vision: To be the premier Malaysian Association for the promotion of education & understanding in scientific knowledge, Technological advancement and Innovational projects in both Malaysia and the World.
ASTI’s Mission: To provide leadership in scientific education and technical support to improve and grow awareness in all areas of science through generation, dissemination and exchange of information & services.
ASTI’s Objectives: We provide encouragement & support to the young generation through a variety of activities that are able to develop & help creativity, invention & innovative results in science, technology & innovation.
Young Inventors Challenge 2014 REPORT |2 Introduction The Association of Science, Technology and Innovation (ASTI) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) working towards empowering young children through various projects such as Science Fair for Young Children (SFYC), Young Inventors Challenge (YIC), and Creative and Critical Thinking Camp (CCTC).
Science Fair for Young Children (SFYC) is a project designed for primary school students, and about 200,000 participants have taken part in this initiative at the school, regional and national levels. As a follow up to the SFYC, a competition at a more advanced level for the secondary school was proposed in the form of the Young Inventors Challenge (YIC). It requires teams of up to 5 members each to put their minds together and come up with an invention. This kicks started with the theme “GREEN INVENTIONS: IDEAS ON SUSTAINABILITY”. A total of 12 teams from all over the country participated in this pilot project, showcasing their green inventions.
In 2014, the Young Inventors Challenge competition was open once again to secondary school students aged 13 to 17 years old and we encouraged the teams to be in groups of 3-5 students of different races to come together in an inventive process. The purpose of the programme is to encourage the creative and inventive capability of young people. The theme for YIC 2014 was kept the same; GREEN INVENTIONS: IDEAS ON SUSTAINABILITY.
In 2015, we planned to expand the challenge with the Theme Inventions to Help a Million: To Make the World a Better Place”.
After the initial publicity and acceptance of statement of interest from teams, the students were given the proposal writing manual to assist them to write a proposal.
The project was then implemented in 3 phases comprising of: Phase One: The student’s proposal submission, 145 proposals with various teams were received and 63 teams were shortlisted to participate in the Grand Finale. Phase Two: Workshop session for selected participants and their mentors. The shortlisted teams were given training in 7 locations across the country, which took part in Penang, Johor, Kelantan, Terengganu, KL& Selangor, Sabah and Sarawak. Phase Three: Final Competition. The final competition held in Sunway University on 19 September 2015. All together 52 teams from all over the country took part in the Grand Finale.
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2.1 Objectives of YIC 2015
Among the main objectives of YIC are:
• To give an opportunity to young and future inventors to develop and showcase their inventions in the area of “helping many people”. • To help young inventors to experience the inventive cycle, from conceptualisation to product/prototype. • To introduce the idea of “using inventions to make a positive change in society” to the participants. • To give opportunities to young adults who are inventive to promote their ideas to the outside world.
By participating in YIC, the participants would also:
• Produce an original invention and receive recognition for participating in the event. • Meet and network with other inventors who share similar passion. • Develop creative and innovative thinking skills. • Develop teamwork dynamics to solve problems. • Use resources such as the internet, library and experts to hone their research skills. • Learn to document their invention ideas. • Enhance self-esteem and confidence. • Acquire public presentation and writing skills.
2.2 Target Group
• Young people aged between 13 to 17 (Form 1 to Form 5) • A team of 4- 5 young people • Multi-racial teams are encouraged • Able to write proposals and presentations in English
2.3 Preferred Output and Outcome
Preferred Output Preferred Outcome Creation of a network of young Understand the invention process inventors Creation of caring Inventors with their Understand the Theme own IPs Learn to communicate invention Young People with confidence to think/ process via video log act outside the box A community of young thinkers who Learn to communicate invention would benefit their community and through project paper writing nation
5 | REPORT Young Inventors Challenge 2015 Mode of Implementation a. Publicity – Sending Out Letters
• During the month of January and February of 2015, information flyers on YIC 2015 with a cover letter have been send to randomly selected 2000 secondary schools. • We managed to send flyers and letters to the following category of Schools: o Maktab Rendah Sains Mara (MRSM) o Sekolah Berasrama Penuh o Sekolah Bestari o Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi o Sekolah Kluster Kecemerlangan o International Schools o Private Schools • Some follow-up with phone calls and ‘’word of mouth’’ publicity was also done. b. Event Promotion
• The Traxx FM interview was attended by Dr.Mohamed Yunus Yasin and Mr.Faizal Noor Batcha. c. Participants Application
• Interested students were requested to form a team of 3-5 people. • Each team is required to have at least one Mentor, and submit their application to ASTI. • As of 2nd March 2015, ASTI had received a total of 191 applications. • Once the applications were received, the teams were emailed with the Students Manual as a guideline for them to prepare the Invention proposals. They were given 15 days to submit their proposals. • Please refer to Table 1 for the breakdown of applications received according to state. d. Proposal Submission by Participants
• As of 30th March 2015, ASTI had received a total of 145 proposals with a broad range of ideas related to the helping a million theme to be marked by a panel of judges. • Table 1 shows the breakdown of proposals received by state.
Young Inventors Challenge 2014 REPORT | 6 e. The Judging Process: Proposal Marking and Shortlisting
• Each proposal was reviewed by three different judges. • The judges were emailed with the proposals along together with the marking spreadsheet and marking guideline. • There were a total of 30 judges from across the nation who volunteered their time. They were experts from academia and industry. • Each result was cross-referenced. • The judges had a tough time screening through the proposals three times before finalizing the qualifying teams. • There was also a final judging review meeting held at ASTI’s office on 25th April 2015 to finalize the shortlisted teams. A total of 7 judges attended this meeting. • The judges decided to set a cut-off mark of 50% for the final teams to be selected. • 63 best proposals were shortlisted according to the 50% criteria, and the shortlisted teams were notified via email on 28th of April 2015. • Please refer to table 1 for breakdown of shortlisted teams according to state.
Applications Proposals Shortlisted No State Received Received Teams 1 Johor 5 4 3 2 Kedah 11 4 1 3 Kelantan 3 3 2 4 Melaka 6 5 1 5 Negeri Sembilan 6 5 2 6 Pahang 27 17 6 7 Penang 16 13 7 8 Perak 7 2 2 9 Sabah 10 4 2 10 Sarawak 19 15 9 11 Selangor 56 52 22 12 Terengganu 12 10 4 13 W.P. Labuan 4 2 0 14 W.P. Putrajaya 1 1 0 15 Kuala Lumpur 7 7 1 16 Singapore 1 1 1 TOTAL 191 145 63 Table 1: Breakdown of Application Received, Proposal Received and Shortlisted Teams.
7 | REPORT Young Inventors Challenge 2015 Training for YIC Participants a. Preparation of the Training Documents
• Master trainers were selected and the modules were developed by the R&D department of ASTI with the help of the YIC committee members. • Master trainers were identified which were Mr. Anandan Shanmugam from the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Dr. Mohamed Yunus Yasin from “The 450 Movement”, Mr. Jegatheswaran Panderengen from Pharmaceutical Bureau, Assoc Prof Dr. Mudiarasan Kuppusamy from Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation and Dr. Ewe Chun Te, an education expert and entrepreneur. b. Training for Shortlisted Teams
• On 9th of May 2015, Training of Trainer session was conducted to finalize the flow of the Students Training and Presentations. • The trainings were conducted by the master trainers. • During the meeting, training teams were formed and each team was assigned to conduct the students training in various regions. • The training agenda was finalized as shown in Table 2 below:
Time Programme Duration 9.00am to 9.50am Arrival ,Registration and Breakfast 50 Minutes 9.50am to 10.00am Presentation on INTRODUCTION TO YIC 2015 10 Minutes 10.00am to 10.45am Presentation on UNDERSTANDING INVENTIONS 45 Minutes Presentation on HELPING A MILLION - BEING AN 10.45am to 11.30am 45 Minutes INVENTOR 11.30am to 12.15pm Presentation on JUDGING CRITERIA 45 Minutes 12.15pm to 1.00pm Lunch 45 Minutes 1.00pm to 1.30pm Presentation on MENTOR TRAINING 30 Minutes 1.30pm to 2.00pm Team Building Activities 30 Minutes Presentation on INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND 2.00pm to 2.45pm 45 Minutes COMMERCIALIZATION 2.45pm to 3.15pm Presentation on HOW TO WRITE PROJECT PAPER 30 Minutes 3.15pm Training Concludes Table 2: YIC Students Training Agenda
Young Inventors Challenge 2014 REPORT | 8 • As a follow-up, the shortlisted teams were invited to attend the YIC 2015 Students Training. The details of YIC 2015 Students Training is shown in Table 3:
No of No. of No. Of No State Date Venue Teams Students Mentor To Attend Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Negeri Sunway 1 16 May 29 122 30 Sembilan, Pahang, University Melaka Penang, Kedah & KDU, 2 17 May 6 20 3 Perak Penang SJK (T) Taman 3 Johor, Singapore 23 May 4 17 3 Tun Aminah SM Lodge, 4 Sarawak 23 May 8 35 5 Kuching SMK Tun 5 Sabah 24 May 3 14 2 Ahmad Shah SMK Mahmud 6 Kelantan 30 May 2 10 2 Mahyidin SMK Tengku 7 Terengganu 30 May 4 20 2 Intan Zahara TOTAL 56 238 47
Table 3: YIC Students Training
c. YIC 2015 Students Training Survey Analysis
A survey was conducted on the Satisfaction Level of the students during the Young Inventors Challenge (YIC) 2015 Student Training sessions which were held before the grand finale. Below is the summary of the responses of all the students who participated in the survey during the training.
Level of Study of YIC 2015 Participants
No of Respondents 120 101
100
80
60 42 37 40 23 15 20 No. of Respondents
0 1 2 3 4 5
Level of Study Form 1 to Form 5
Figure 1: Level of Study of YIC 2015 Participants
9 | REPORT Young Inventors Challenge 2015 Based on Figure 1, a total of 218 students participated in the survey. The majority of the students who attended the training were Form 4 students who formed 46% of the total participants. Meanwhile, Form 1 students were the least among the participants, whom totalled 7% of the total participants.
Participants Opinion on Training Sessions
250 211 215 214 Yes 200 No 150 148
100 84
50 22 19 19 No. of Respondents 0 Is the place easy Did you have Was this Was the training for you to get fun in this trainining session too to? training session difficult long? session? to understand? Participants Opinion on Training Sessions
Figure 2: Participants Opinion on Training Sessions
The chart in Figure 2 states that most of the participants were happy with the training sessions. They find the training sessions not difficult to understand and not too long as well. Most of the participants had fun during the YIC 2015 Students Training because only a small percentage of participants find the training not fun. Meanwhile the trainings were also held in strategic locations as the students did not find it difficult to get to the locations. Only 22 participants have said it was difficult to get to the place.
Understanding of Presentation 100 92 90 82 81 81 85 Poor 80 75 68 70 64 Average 60 Good 50 50 40 Very Good 30 20 Excellent
No. of Respondents No. of 12 6 10 0 0 3 0 0 Did you understand Did you understand Did you understand the topic on the topic on the topic on 'Helping 'Introduction on YIC 'Understanding a Million-Being an 2015'? Inventions'? Inventor'?
Understanding of Presentation
Figure 3: Understanding of Presentation Figure 3 shows the Understanding of Presentation. Topics covered in this figure are Introduction on YIC 2015, Understanding Inventions and Helping a Million-Being an Inventor. Majority of the students understood the presentation. Meanwhile there were no students who had a poor understanding of the presentation.
Young Inventors Challenge 2015 REPORT | 10
Understanding of Presentation 120 106 Poor
100 97 90 Average
80 77 Good 62 60 55 54 Very Good 40 35 38 40 29 Excellent
No. of Respondents No. of 20 2 8 4 2 0 Did you understand Did you understand Did you understand the topic on 'Judging the topic on the topic on 'How to Criteria'? 'Intellectual Property Write Project Paper'? and Commersialization'? Understanding of Presentation
Figure 4: Understanding of Presentation Meanwhile Figure 4 shows the Understanding of Presentation on Judging Criteria, Intellectual Property & Commercialization and How to Write Project Paper. Most of the students understood the presentation as they rated good and above. Only a few students were unable to understand the presentation. Less than 5 students rated poor for their understanding on Presentations for the above mentioned topics.
Overall View of Participants
120 116 Poor 102 100 81 Average 80 59 Good 60 50 43 Very Good 40 Excellent
No. of Respondents No. 20 1 7 2 5 0 Rate the Overall Training? Did your Understanding of the Inventive Process Improve after The Training? Overall View of Participants
Figure 5: Overall View of Participants Figure 5 shows the overall view of the participants. Based on the chart in Figure 5, majority of the participants felt that the overall training was good except for 1 participant who felt that the overall training was poor. 116 students had said the training was very good. Besides that, the majority of the students benefitted from the training because their understanding of the inventive process improved after attending the training.
11 | REPORT Young Inventors Challenge 2015 During the Students Training sessions the students were asked to suggests themes for YIC 2016 and their responses are shown below:
• Change the life of poor with Science • combating global warming • Save Earth • Into the Future • Make a better tomorrow • Small but Powerful • Help to Save Time, Energy and Cost • Inventions to help the poor • Rural Electro citification • Reduce Carbon Footprints • How to make a better world/better future • Solar Energy • Making Dream a Reality. Go Beyond Imagination • Think Beyond
Young Inventors Challenge 2015 REPORT | 12 Event Day 5.1 YIC 2015 Participants A total of 52 teams participated in the YIC 2015 grand finale. Each team consists of 3 – 5 students who were mostly multiracial in nature. Participants were between 13 and 17 years old. It was compulsory for each team to have 1 or 2 mentors. These mentors were either the students’ teachers, parents or a profesional.
YIC 2015 PARTICIPANTS DETAIL
No State School Name Team Name Students Name
Dhurai A/L Mani
Adam Hafizi Bin Hamidon Kuala Sekolah Menengah Muhamad Nur Mustaqim Bin Le Crete 1 Lumpur Sains Alam Shah Ahmad Malek Afif Naufal Bin Aminul Rashid
Rus Hishdan Huzairi Bin Rus Hilmy
Muhammad Rafiq Bin Mohd Ramdzi Muhammad Afiq Hakimi Bin Zaini Arif Sekolah Menengah 2 Melaka Mozac Fighters Sains Muzaffar Syah Fathul Khaliq Bin Abdul Khairi Muhammad Amirul Hakeem Bin Faizal Muhammad Amirul Bin Yusman
Haney Karmila Binti Kaswadi
Nurhafizah Binti Ishak Negeri The Kursiah 3 Kolej Tunku Kurshiah Muna Nazirah Ahmad Latifi Sembilan Creature Inventor Siti Nur Najwa Othman
Alya Hannah Abdul Rahman
Hanis Nasuha Binti Amer
Nur Hazwani Binti Khairuddin Negeri Sekolah Menengah 4 Ultimate Prodigy Nurhumaira Binti Suhaimi Sembilan Sains Rembau Nurhaliza Saadah Binti Lokman
Rafiqah Farhanah Binti Redzuan 13| REPORT Young Inventors Challenge 2015 YIC 2015 PARTICIPANTS DETAIL
No State School Name Team Name Students Name
Muhamad Yusri B Azmi
Aniq Fario B Khadri Sekolah Menengah Sains Tengku Pahang Prodigious 1216 Ayu Nazirah Bt Ab Rawi 5 Abdullah Nurzafirah Bt Burhanuddin
Siti Nur Aring Azwa bt Sheikh Salahuddin
Mohamad Shazwan Yazid Bin Mohamed Shukri Muhammad Hanis Hilmi Bin Mohd Rosli Sekolah Menengah Sains Tengku The Marvellous 6 Pahang Abdullah Hilmi’s Team Irfan Haziq Bin Zainudin Nursaidatulathirah Bt Abdul Naim
Muhamad Sharul Idzwan B Mohhd Sanusi
Riddhi Sawant
Archimedes’s Kareena Ranai 7 Selangor ELC International School Amateurs Visagan Ravindran
Shivam Pandya
Unaiza Nawar Tanisha
Environmental Carina Anne Gnanou 8 Selangor Maz International School Protectors Ayman Adil
Oliver Luc Fernandez
Mashal Hamid
9 Selangor Maz International School The Y-Nots Isabelle Ong Yee Yee
Yong Seow Ann (Grace)
Raisha Rahaman
Sudiksha Saravanan 10 Selangor Maz International School Inventors Ciara Angelina Cacas
Jenet Princy Antony Velankanni
Surheern Ravimdran
Punnet Singh Grewal 11 Selangor Maz International School Sci-Fiers Adam Razhan Merican Bin Shiraz Merican Marc John Fernandez
Vinaayagathevan Mahathevan
Yu Ching Chong
12 Selangor Maz International School Bo-Peep System Sarvesuwaran Uthayasoorian
Mohamed Dhanyal Faiz
Aida Sofia Binti Mohd Hanafiah
Young Inventors Challenge 2015 REPORT | 14 YIC 2015 PARTICIPANTS DETAIL
No State School Name Team Name Students Name
Aishath Mishka Shifau
Aadhya Jha
13 Selangor Maz International School Vaaams Vaishnavi Narayanan Aafiyah Aaeshah
Attika Afroz
Naviinesh A/L Gunalan
Priyashyne A/P Ganesh Kumar Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Selangor Mad Science! Naven A/L Mahalingam 14 USJ 13 Meena Raj A/P Rajaram
Rishi Kartini A/P Padmanand
Clayton Khoo Jun Wei
Joshua Lau Chuan En Einstein’s Secret Selangor Regent International School Sarnesh Manickavasagam 15 Children Muhamed Arshad Riyaz
Tivakaran Sivagaram
Puteri Alifah Az-Zahara Binti Shuhaimi
Fatin Alawiyah Binti Ahmad Sahimi Sekolah Menengah Agama 16 Selangor Lustrous I’Zzah Liyana Binti Mohamad Rosli Persekutuan Kajang Nur Syafiqah Binti Jalalludin
Arifah Husna Zulfah Binti Zul Bahari
Zhafran Aiman Bin Zulkarnain
Muhammad Fikry Bin Rizaludin Sekolah Menengah Agama 17 Selangor Graphenators™ Fatin Adiba Binti Amran Persekutuan Kajang Haziq ‘Aiman Bin Shamsuddin
Nik Izzlyn Syazwani Bt Nik Soh
Muhammad Syahmi Bin Suhaimi
Muhammad Nabil Bin Naim Sekolah Menengah Agama Selangor Indoles Muhammad Hazim Bin Hamdan 18 Persekutuan Kajang Muhammad Azim Bin Zahrullaili
Ahmad Syahmi Bin Mohamad Nasir
Muhammad Izzul Iffat Bin Ahmad Sukri
Muhammad Hafiz Bin Adnan Sekolah Menengah Agama Selangor Genial Muhammad Irfan Daniel Bin Abdul Karim 19 Persekutuan Kajang Muhammad Hasan Bin Muhamad Hussaini
Mohamad Sulaiman Bin Mohd Hashim
15 | REPORT Young Inventors Challenge 2015 YIC 2015 PARTICIPANTS DETAIL
No State School Name Team Name Students Name
Yashlen Pichyalangan
Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kokulan Kumar 20 Selangor Extreme Inventors BS 2 Vishnu Vijayan
Lokgan Ganesan
Muhammad Jazli Jamaludin
Sekolah Menengah Sains Hulu Magna Potentia Rahul Nair A/L Bhaskaran 21 Selangor Selangor (Great Potential) Muhammad Nazmi Alif M.Saad
Ahmad Farid Ridhwan Bin Ahmad Nazmi
Foo Jhin Khai
Shoban Raja
22 Selangor Sekolah Sri Tenby Lord of the Locks Siew Wei Voon Leow Zhi Hoe
Cheah Jit Hong
Thoy Yvonne
Siow Poh San
23 Selangor Sekolah Sri Tenby US Tan Xuen Yin
Sia Qi Xin
Lee Jesslyn
Hoe Huey Huey
Lo Yen Xuan 24 Selangor Sekolah Sri Tenby Yeah Chay Yun Ni
Anis Zulaikha Ismail
Nurul Iman Bt Syed Alwi
Azalea Zakirah Zailan
25 Selangor Asia Pacific Smart School The Elite Zhafyra Irdina Anuar
Audrey Lee Weng Yan
Mysara Bt. Jamaludin
Chan Yen Feng
Hor Ming Xiang
26 Selangor Sri Kuala Lumpur # Team Berries Tan Zhi Chuen
Muhammad Danish Bin Dzakihilmy
Ryan Kang Jee Hong
Tan Cheng Yew
Tan Dun Yuan 27 Selangor Sri Kuala Lumpur Double TT Tan Ei Siang
Ryan Tew Le Oon
Young Inventors Challenge 2015 REPORT | 16 YIC 2015 PARTICIPANTS DETAIL
No State School Name Team Name Students Name
Nur Syaafiqah Sakiinah Binti Mohd Amirul Ashraf Nur Sakinah Binti Nasaruddin Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Pahang IQ-4 28 Datuk Bahaman Nur Salwani Binti Saharel Nurul Hafizah Binti Rizal
Dafina Athira Binti Jamil
Nur Afiqah Bt Zulkalnain
Syahirah Izwani Binti Mohd Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Pahang Future Norsazwani Bt Harmen 29 Datuk Bahaman Nur Azizah Binti Rasit
Nur Farisha Erlyana Bt Roslan
Danial Bin Wahid
Nik Amer Abdul Adzim Bin Nik Hasanuddin
30 Perak Malay College Kuala Kangsar Radical Uno Muhammad Akmal Bin Ramatan Shaikh Irfan Zikry Bin Shaike Mohd Imran Muhammad Haziq Fikri B Mohamad Khidzir
Muhammad Ikhwan B Khairul Anuar
Syahnon Irwan Putera Bin Ahmad
31 Perak Malay College Kuala Kangsar Radical X Jeyhan Onn Bin Mohd Tahir Mohamad Suzaifi Bin Sukri
Ismail Imran Bin Ibrahim
Arsyad Bin Abu Bakar
Maktab Rendah Sains Mara Amirun Hafiz Bin Ad=bdul Mutalib 32 Penang Subterfuge Transkrian Nur Azyyati Binti Ahmad Pauzi
Muhammad Farhan Bin Mohd Rozli
Rahmat Hidayat Bin Mohd Hashim
Maktab Rendah Sains Mara Nik Amir Zakwan Bin Nik Zahid Penang Green Inventors 33 Transkrian Ahmad Faizal Bin Azizi Nur Baiduri Binti Abdul Razak
Wayne Tan Rui Yan
Sekolah Menengah Jenis William Se 34 Penang Jaws Kebangsaan Chung Ling Alvin Ewe Tze Zin Toh Qing Jun
Chuah Hao Feng Sekolah Menengah Jenis 35 Penang Fort Knox Kebangsaan Chung Ling Daryl Lee Kai Yuen Gan Yu-Shuang
17 | REPORT Young Inventors Challenge 2015 YIC 2015 PARTICIPANTS DETAIL
No State School Name Team Name Students Name
Chng Zhan Yi Sekolah Menengah Jenis Penang Power Watts Teh Jian Xiang 36 Kebangsaan Chung Ling Lee Richie
Santhiya A/P Chandran
Sukuna A/P Thuyavan Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan 37 Johor Kec Young Scientist Gan Siew Ee Sultan Ibrahim Mohd Aizan Bin Mathivanan
Haarini A/P Nadesan
Pramira A/P Ganesan
Assila Diana Bt Amran Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan 38 Johor The Fantasticants Elisa Shafiqah Binti Shahrilnizam (P) Sultan Ibrahim Geetha Ganeson
Lim Li Yen
Kabilan A/L Raja
Mathana Ruban A/L Ragunathan Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Mohammad Basharullah Khan Bin Johor Varuna 39 Sultan Ismail Jafarullah Thinesh A/L Nantha Balan
Jaysrina A/P Mahalinga Moorthy
Pranav Manikantan
School of Science and Patchandi Yugan Kumar 40 Singapore Team Alert Technology Singapore Chandrasekaran Dinesh
Tay Asher
Siti Adni Binti Abd Rahman
Norshahirah Nafisah Binti Mohd Azli Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Terengganu Divergent Nor Afiqah Adriana Binti Roslan 41 Tengku Intan Zaharah, Dungun Siti Athirah Binti Azmin
Nurul Syakirah Amira Binti Aminodin
Nur Nabilah Bt Mustafa
Syarifah Dyana Balqis Bt Syed M.Zulkifli Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan 42 Terengganu Frivio Wan Nur Adilla Bt Wan Mustafa Kamal Tengku Intan Zaharah, Dungun Nurul Nabila Bt Shahruddin
Nur Adriana Aqirah Bt Yahya
Young Inventors Challenge 2015 REPORT | 18 YIC 2015 PARTICIPANTS DETAIL
No State School Name Team Name Students Name
Nur Ain Binti Sulaime
Noor Emyleana Binti Adnan Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Terengganu Extream Regen Nurul Salsabila Binti Mat Jusoh 43 Tengku Intan Zaharah, Dungun Nurhafiza Binti Mohd Zu Che Ku Anis Farhana Binti Che Ku Abu Bakar
Nurul Maizatul Amira Bt Zolkeple
Nurul Asyikin Bt Zainuddin Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan 44 Terengganu Linoz Nur Alia Shafiah Bt Azian Sufardi Tengku Intan Zaharah, Dungun Siti Nurnatasha Bt Abdul Jabar
Nur Athieqa Najwa Bt Rusli
Nur Hikmat Bt. Zakaria
Ahmad Shahrul Wardi B. Mustapha Sekolah Menengah Sains Tengku Kelantan Farisan Muhammad Izzul A'Kief B. Abdul Halim 45 Muhammad Faris Petra Amirah Bt. Salahudin
Nur Izzaty Syamimi Bt. Che Sharif
Bernard Then Ying Kang
Chiew Chang Hian Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan 46 Sarawak The Bomb Jeffery Chee Chin Foh Paku Liew Jian Yong
Nguang Siew Jun
Cessie Valenie Ak Edwin
Justin Luisa Ak Janis
47 Sarawak Kolej Dpah Abdillah Drag us to Science Aileen Julie Ak Iha
Ezzuan Ezzerin B Irwandee
Nur Syafiqah Binti Madhie
Nur Hanina Bt Affendi
Siti Nurfatihah Bt Aidel
48 Sarawak Kolej Dpah Abdillah AL Khaibar Syazani Bin Ali Mohd Azraei Bin Hamden
Muhammad Dzulsyahmie
Fatin Emilya Wahida Binti Pauji
Nur Amani Binti Azzuddin Dots Watch/ 49 Sarawak Kolej Dpah Abdillah Muhammad Rahiman Bin Abdul Manab Incandescence Dyg Wafa Amirah Bt Abang Zainal Abidin Asley Laja Anak Alexander
19 | REPORT Young Inventors Challenge 2015 YIC 2015 PARTICIPANTS DETAIL
No State School Name Team Name Students Name
Yvonne Tan Yen Jie
Justine Fong Ming Yuen
50 Sarawak Sekolah Menengah Lodge Uranium Tsan Jian Feng Roger Loh Tze
Wilson Chong
Yeo Wei Hung
Tan Shih Yung 51 Sarawak Sekolah Menengah Lodge Panda Muhammed Ellhaam Bin Juahir
Znwe Liew Tzune We
Atifah Binti Muarifin Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan 52 Sabah Gaha Three Nur Nadhirah Izzati Binti Faridzul Agama Tun Ahmad Shah Syahirah Zulkipli Ahad
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5.2 Event Day Summary YIC 2015 was held on 19th September 2015 at Jeffrey Cheah Hall, Sunway University. The event started at 7.00 a.m. with the arrival and registration of the participants. This was followed by breakfast. A total of 52 teams registered themselves for the competition. After registration and breakfast session, the participants were allowed to setup their booths and models.
Once the booths and models were setup, the Opening Ceremony was held at 9.00 a.m. Next on the agenda was the briefing by the Judging Team at 9.15 a.m. More than 50 judges were present to judge the inventions and they mostly comprised of university lecturers, engineers, environment consultants, intellectual property specialist, etc.
While the judging and cross judging process was on going, Mentor Seminar Session took place at Lecture Theatre 7 from 10.00 a.m. till 12.30 p.m. Mentors attended this seminar session. Below is the agenda of the Mentor Seminar Session:
Time Topic of Discussion Speaker Dr. Mohamed Yunus 10.00 am – 10.15 am Introduction to ASTI, YIC Yasin, President ASTI Dr. Othman Omar, Director, Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia and Innovation Development 10.15 am – 10.50 am Perspectives about Innovation in the and Advancement Context of Young People (IDec), Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia Ms. Noor Azmaliza Romlee, Manager, Academy of Sciences Activating Global Experience Among Malaysia 10.50 am – 11.25 am Youth Mr. Nazmi Lao, Programmes Executive, Academy of Sciences Malaysia Ms. Cindy Chow Mei Ling, 11.25 am – 12.00 pm Getting to know Sunway University Senior Manager – Events & Outreach Programmes Sunway University
12.00 pm – 12.15 pm Judging Feedback Mr. Faizal Noor Batcha Chief Judge II YIC 2015.
Mentor Sharing Session and Certificate Mr. Anandan 12.15 pm – 12.30 pm , Presentation Shanmugam Project Director YIC 2015 Table 5: Agenda of Mentor Seminar Session
At 12.30 p.m., the hall was opened for public viewing. Public were allowed to visit the booths and ask questions if they had any. Public Viewing session was closed at 3.30 p.m. All the teams that participated were presented with Certificates of Participation by our special guests at their respective booths.
Young Inventors Challenge 2015 REPORT | 22 Our Guest of Honour YB Datuk Dr Abu Bakar He added that this should not be the end and the Bin Mohamad Diah, Deputy Minister of MOSTI students should continue their inventing journey. arrived at 3.00 p.m. The VIPs who attended the event were Dr. Elizabeth Lee, Senior Executive After the speech by Dr. Mohamed Yunus Mohamed Director of Sunway Education Group and Yasin, Deputy Minister of MOSTI was called Sunway University; Ms. Wong Lei Lei, Director upon on stage accompanied by Mr. Anandan of Marketing Sunway Education Group; Ms. Shanmugan to give out Tokens of Appreciation. Shahira Ahmed Bazari, Managing Director of The recipients of the Token of Appreciation were Yayasan Hasanah; En. Muhamamad Aziph Dato’ Dr. Elizabeth Lee, Ms. Shahira Ahmed Bazari, Mr. Mustapha, CEO of Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia; Muhammad Aziph Dato’ Mustapha and Mr. Mr. Maheshvaran Balakrishnan, Vaanavil Channel Maheswaran Balakrishnan who were the funders Manager; Mr. Jayaraman Kuppusamy, Deputy for YIC 2015. President of Perinnbam Malaysia; Dr. Mohamed Yunus bin Mohamed Yasin, President of ASTI; Dr. Next up was MoU Signing involving Dr. Mohamed Subramaniam Gurusamy, Deputy President of ASTI; Yunus Mohamed Yasin and Mr. Ali Zareh, Managing Mej Dr. Vikneswaran, Treasurer of ASTI; Mr. Anandan Director Start Health. After the MoU Signing, Mr. Shanmugam, Project Director of YIC 2015; Dr. Ewe Anandan gave out Token of Appreciation to YB Chun Te, Chief Judge I of YIC 2015; Mr. Faizal Datuk Dr Abu Bakar bin Mohamad Diah. Noor Batcha, Chief Judge II of YIC 2015 and Mr. Ali Zareh, Managing Director of Start Health. Dr. Ewe Chun Te was called on stage to give the judging feedback. He said that the judges had Ms. Shankaree of ASTRO V buzz was the host for a tough time judging the participants. He added the Closing & Prize Giving Ceremony. Before the that the judging was done bases on creativity, Prize Giving Ceremony, few of our dignitaries gave innovation, presentation skills and safety features. their speeches. Dr. Mohamed Yunus Mohamed After that, Mr. Anandan gave his speech and he Yasin was the first dignitary to give his speech. encouraged the participants not to give up and He said that teams that have participated in to continue their inventive journey. Besides that, YIC in the past have gone abroad and won he also thanked everyone involved in YIC 2015 competitions at international level such as in including the volunteers in making YIC 2015 a Hong Kong. success.
23 | REPORT Young Inventors Challenge 2015 The winning teams for Video Log Competition, Project Paper Writing, YIM Inclusive Innovation Award and the Overall Champion were announced. The details of the winning teams are as below:
Winning Teams of Young Inventors Challenge 2015 Grand Finale (Overall Champion)
CHAMPION Team Name : Mad Science Project Name : Ultra Violaceus Contego School Name : SMK USJ 13, Selangor Prize Given : RM2, 000 + Trophy + Certificate for each participant and Bursary worth of RM100, 000 per team from Sunway University for Pre-University or A-Level Studies
2ND PRIZE WINNER Team Name : Mosaic Fighters Project Name : Smart Safety Helmet School Name : SMK Sains Muzaffar Shah, Melaka Prize Given : RM1, 500 + Trophy + Certificate for each participant and Bursary worth of RM75, 000 per team from Sunway University for Pre-University or A-Level Studies
3RD PRIZE WINNER Team Name : The Kursiah Creature Inventor Project Name : SPIXHAUST School Name : Kolej Tunku Kurshiah, Negeri Sembilan Prize Given : RM1,000 + Trophy + Certificate for each participant and Bursary worth of RM50,000 per team from Sunway University for Pre-University or A-Level Studies
4TH PRIZE WINNER Team Name : Team Alert Project Name : The Portable Integrated Medical Kit (PIMK) School Name : School of Science and Technology, Singapore Prize Given : RM750 + Trophy + Certificate for each participant and Bursary worth of RM 25,000 per team from Sunway University for Pre-University or A-Level Studies
5TH PRIZE WINNER Team Name : The Y-Nots Project Name : Safe Rattler Toys for Infants School Name : MAZ International School, Selangor Prize Given : RM500 + Trophy + Certificate for each participant and Bursary worth of RM10,000 per team from Sunway University for Pre-University or A-Level Studies
Young Inventors Challenge 2015 REPORT | 24 Video Log Competition
The participating teams were requested to come up with a 5 minute video documenting their inventing journey. A total of 21 teams participated in this category by submitting their videos. This Video Log Competition was judged by ASTRO Production Team. The details of the winning teams are as below:
Winning Teams of YIC 2015 Video Log Competition
CHAMPION Team Name : The Y-Nots Project Name : Safe Rattler Toys for Infants School Name : MAZ International School, Selangor Prize Given : RM500 + Certificates
1ST RUNNER UP Team Name : Vaaams Project Name : Solar powered plug-point School Name : MAZ International School, Selangor Prize Given : RM300 + Certificates
2ND RUNNER UP Team Name : Radical X Project Name : Care J Project (Multi-Purpose Bed) School Name : Malay College, Kuala Kangsar, Perak Prize Given : RM200 + Certificates
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Project Paper Writing Competition
The teams that participated in YIC 2015 were requested to submit a 2 page Project Paper. For this Project Paper, the students were required to write a summary on their inventions. A total of 21 teams submitted their Project Paper for this Project Paper Writing category. The details of the winning teams are as follows:
Winning Teams of YIC 2015 Project Paper Writing Competition
CHAMPION Team Name : Archimedes’s Amateurs Project Name : Reusable Water Purifier System School Name : ELC International School, Selangor Prize Given : RM500 + Certificates
1ST RUNNER UP Team Name : Radical X Project Name : Care J Project (Multi-Purpose Bed) School Name : Malay College, Kuala Kangsar, Perak Prize Given : RM300 + Certificates
2ND RUNNER UP Team Name : Mosaic Fighters Project Name : Smart Safety Helmet School Name : SMK Sains Muzaffar Shah, Melaka Prize Given : RM200 + Certificates
27 | REPORT Young Inventors Challenge 2015 ASTI – YIM Innovation Awards 2015
In conjunction with YIC 2015, Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia (YIM) and The Association of Science Technology and Innovation (ASTI) introduced a new award called ASTI - YIM Inclusive Innovation Award. Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia has agreed to sponsor this award category for the top three winners. We believe that through this programme we can create a platform for young creative and inventive people to showcase their talent and possibly built their career in this area. The details of the winning teams are as follows:
Winning Teams of YIC 2015 ASTI-YIM Inclusive Innovation Award
CHAMPION Team Name : Jaws Project Name : Portable Mobile Charger (PMC) School Name : SMJK Chung Ling Prize Given : RM1, 000 + Trophy + Certificates
1ST RUNNER UP Team Name : The Kursiah Creature Inventor Project Name : SPIXHAUST School Name : Kolej Tunku Kurshiah Prize Given : RM700 + Trophy + Certificates
2ND RUNNER UP Team Name : Future Project Name : Product Of Rubber Seeds School Name : SMK Datuk Bahaman Prize Given : RM500 + Trophy + Certificates
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Public Relations During the month of January and February 2015, information flyers on YIC 2015 with a cover letter had been sent to 2,000 schools which were selected through random process. Besides that we also managed to send flyers and letters to a few selected schools. Additionally, we also followed-up through phone calls and ‘’word of mouth’’ publicity.
In addition Dr. Mohamed Yunus Yasin and Mr.Faizal Noor Batcha a attended Traxx FM interview to promote the event.
Two weeks before the Grand Finale, Dr.Mohamed Yunus Yasin and Dr.Ewe Chun Te attended a BFM Interview to promote and invite the public to visit the event. http:// www.bfm.my/young-inventors-challenge-mohd-yunus-bin-mohd-yasin-ewe-chun-teh. html#.ViRdofOTFpI.facebook
During the YIC 2015 Grand Finale, ASTRO 360 covered the event and it was broadcasted on ASTRO Vaanavil later. They interviewed Dr. Mohamed Yunus Yasin and Mr. Anandan Shanmugam during the event.
Young Inventors Challenge 2015 REPORT | 30 Assessment Evaluation for YIC 2015
10.1 Student’s Assessment Evaluation A survey was conducted during the event and the survey forms were distributed to the participants of the YIC 2015. A total of 215 students answered the survey forms. An analysis of the feedback that we received through the survey is shown below:
Gender of Partcipants Etnicity Of Participants
8% Malay 18% 46% 54% 56% Chinese 18% Indian Others
Male Female
Figure 6: Gender of Participants Figure 7: Ethnicity of Participants
Figure 6 is about participants’ gender and Figure 7 shows the ethnicity of participants. Based on Figure 6, 54% of YIC 2015 participants were Female students. Meanwhile, Male students were 46% of the total participants. Figure 7 shows that Malay participants were the majority at the event. They comprise of 56% of the total students. This is followed by the Chinese and Indian participants who were 18% each. Participants from other races also took part in the event and were 8% of the total participants.
31 | REPORT Young Inventors Challenge 2015 Satisfaction Level of Participants on the Venue and Event Day
80% 66
60% 51 48 46 45 44 44 40 41 43 42 37 38 40% 35 34 30 28 25 22 21 18
Percentage 14 15 20% 13 9 10 7 6 4 6 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 2 0% Comfortability Suitability Cleanliness Registration Event Facilitators Booth Location Food of Venue of of Venue counter Agenda Helpful Space Guide and Location helpful interesting Satisfactory Drinks Satisfactory Poor Below Average Average Good Very Good
Figure 8: Satisfaction Level of Participants on the Venue and Event Day
Figure 8 shows the satisfaction level of participants on the venue and event day. The topics covered to know the satisfaction level of participants were comfortability of venue, suitability of location, cleanliness of venue, registration counter helpfulness, how interesting was the event’s agenda, facilitators’ helpfulness, booth space, location guide satisfactory and food & drinks satisfactory. Students were very satisfied with the cleanliness of the venue because 66% of the participants have rated it very good. For food and drinks category only 21% of the students have said that it is very good which is quite low compared with other topics.
Competition & Resources Provided
100 100 93 96 94 90 80 70 70 65 60 50 37 40 30 30 19 20
No. of. Respondents of. No. 10 5 6 10 3 1 1 0 Students Manual Students Training Satisfaction on Helpful Helpful Overall Competition Poor Below Average Average Good Very Good
Figure 9: Participants Opinion on Competition and Resources Provided
Participants’ opinion on students’ manual helpfulness, students’ training helpfulness and overall event competition is shown in Figure 9. Most of the students have said that the above mentioned matters were Good and Very Good. Out of the 215 students, only less than 20 students have said that students’ manual helpfulness, students’ training helpfulness and satisfaction on overall competition is Below Average and Poor.
Young Inventors Challenge 2015 REPORT | 32 Inventions
120 113 110 98
100 83 77 80 66
60
40 32 31 15 No. of Respondents of No. 20 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 Asssistance from How useful YIC to Contribution Organizer for you as a future towards writing Questions on Inventors invention report Inventions Poor Below Average Average Good Very Good
Figure 10: Students’ Opinion on Inventions
Assistance from organiser for questions on inventions, how useful YIC was to students as future inventors and students’ contribution towards writing invention report is shown in Figure 10. Overall, most students have rated Good and Very Good for the above mentioned matters. Those students who said these matters are Below Average and Poor are less than 35 students. These details shall be analysed in details for upcoming year events.
How Much did YIC help you gain the following
60% 58 56
50% 50 49 49 47 42 39 40% 37 38 35 36 34 30% 29
20% 18
Percentage % 16 14 14 13 12 10% 8
00 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0% Self Leadership Team Project Public Report Out of Confident Skill Work Management Speaking Writing the Box Skill & Skill Thinking Presentation Skill Poor Below Average Average Good Very Good
Figure 11: How Much YIC Has Helped Students Gain Certain Qualities
Figure 11 explains how much YIC has helped students gain certain qualities. Qualities that we wanted the students to gain are self-confident, leadership skill, team work, project management skill, public speaking skill & presentation skill and to think out of the box. For each of the qualities mentioned, students have rated Good and Very Good. It was rated more than 80% by the students.
33 | REPORT Young Inventors Challenge 2015 YIC 2016 YES 100% 85% 81% NO 80%
60%
40% 19% 15% 20%
No. of Respondents of No. 0% Would you like Would you like to participate to have a in YIC 2016? training session for YIC 2016 Question
Figure 12: Students’ Opinion on YIC 2016
Figure 12 explains students’ opinion on YIC 2016. Students were questioned if they would like to participate in YIC 2016 and if they would like to have training session for YIC 2016. Based on the above chart, 85% of the students would like to participate in YIC 2016 and 81% would like to have a training session for YIC 2016.
Judging Process 197 193 Yes 200 No 136 150
100 72
50 8 13 No.of Respondents 0 Was Judging Were the Judges Do you think the Process Clear? Scary Judges spent enough time at you booth?
Figure 13: Students’ Opinion on the Judging Process
Figure 13 is on students’ opinion on the judging process. According to the students, the judging process was clear because out of 215 students only 8 of them have said that it was not clear. 136 students said that the judges were not scary. Meanwhile 72 students said the judges were scary. And a large number of students have said that the judges had spent enough time at their booth. But only 13 students felt the judges did not spent enough time at their booth.
Young Inventors Challenge 2015 REPORT |34 Besides that, we also asked the participants for the suggestion of theme for YIC 2016 and their responses as shown below:
Suggestion of Theme for YIC 2016 by Participants • Digital Lifestyle • Eco Friendly ways to disposal • Humanity Communication • Improving Traditional Inventions • Keep the Green World • Moving Forward • Green Inventions • How to overcome the problem of pollution • Pollution Kills, Kill Pollutions! • Better Nature • An Invention to save marine lives • Gadgetry and Military • Waste to Wealth • How innovation helps the World? • How to avoid traffic jams • Technology and Machinery • Invent for a better tomorrow • Eco-friendly • How to solve crisis • Inventions that help the African • An unpolluted world • Improvement in aircraft investigation • Good Inventions for Infants • Aircraft and Aerospace development • Eco-Friendly ways to disposal • Functionality and Décor • Humanity Communication
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10.2 Mentor’s Assessment Evaluation A survey was conducted during the event targeting all the mentors. A total of 47 mentors answered the survey forms that were distributed. An analysis of the survey is shown below:
Age of Mentors Gender of Mentors 0% 0% 18-24 9% 6% 25-34 35-44 34% 19% 30% Male 45-54 66% 55-64 36% Female 65-74 75 more
Figure 14: Age of Mentors Figure 15: Gender of Mentors
Ethnicity of Mentors
9% 17% Malay 52% Chinese 22% Indian
Others
Figure 16: Ethnicity of Mentors
Highest Degree of Education of Mentors 0% 0% 2% SPM 6% 4% STPM 18% Diploma
70% Bachelor's Degree Master's Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree
Figure 17: Highest Degree of Education of Mentors
Figure 14, 15, 16 and 17 show the age of the mentors, mentors’ gender, and ethnicity of the mentors and education level of the mentors. Majority of the mentors come from the 35 – 44 years old age group which is 36% of the total mentors followed by mentors who are 45 – 54 years old (30%). Out of the 47 mentors, 66% of them are female. Mentors for this year’s YIC comprise of Malay, Chinese, Indian and mentors from other races as well. Meanwhile, 70% of the mentors hold a Bachelor’s Degree.
37 | REPORT Young Inventors Challenge 2015 Venue and Event Day
40 35
28 26 26 26 24 25 25 22 21 21 18 18 19 20 17 18
11 10 8
4 2 2 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 No.of Respondents 0 Comfortability Suitability Cleanliness Helpfulness Event Courteousness Booth Location Satisfaction of Venue of of Venue of Agenda of Facilitators Spacing guidelines with Food Location Registration Interesting and Drinks Counter Questions Poor Below Average Average Good Very Good
Figure 18: Satisfaction Level of Mentors on the Venue and Event Day
Satisfaction level of the mentors on the venue and event day can be seen in Figure 18. This subject includes comfortability of the venue, suitability of the location, cleanliness of the venue, and helpfulness of the registration counter, how interesting is the event’s agenda, courteousness of the facilitators, booth spacing, location guidelines and satisfaction of food and drinks. Overall, mentors were happy and satisfied with the venue and event day. Most mentors were very satisfied with the courteousness of the facilitators. 35 mentors said the facilitators’ courteousness was very good. But food and beverages were only rated to be good by the mentors. 25 mentors have said food and beverages were good meanwhile only 10 mentors said it is very good.
Competition and Resources Provided
30 26 25
25 23 23
20 17 16 16
15 13
10 7
4 4 No.Of Respondents No.Of 5 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Helpfulness of Adequacy of Overall Support from YIC Students YIC Student Satisfaction your School Manual Training with YIC 2015
Poor Below Average Average Good Very Good
Figure 19: Satisfaction Level of Mentors on the Competition and Resources Provided
Figure 19 explains the satisfaction level of mentors on the competition and the resources provided to them. It comprises of helpfulness of YIC student’s manual, YIC student training adequacy, overall satisfaction of YIC 2015 and the support they received from their school. On the whole, mentors were happy and satisfied with the above mentioned matters. This is because less than 10 people have said it was average and below.
Young Inventors Challenge 2015 REPORT | 38 How Much YIC Helped You Gain Certain Qualities
30 27 24 25 21 21 19 19 20 20 17 15 14 15 10 4 2 3 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Instill Discipline & Ability Help to Problem Mediating No. of Respondsnts of No. Responsibility listening to develop Solving Disputes Among young mutual trust Members people & respect
Poor Below Average Average Good Very Good
Figure 20: Mentors’ Opinion on How Much YIC Helped Them Gain Certain Qualities
Mentors’ opinion on how much YIC 2015 has helped them gain certain qualities is shown in Figure 20. Qualities that we wanted the mentors to obtain through YIC are like instilling discipline & responsibility among team members, ability to listen to young people, help to develop mutual trust & respect, problem solving and mediating disputes. From the graph in Figure 20, it is clear that most mentors gained these qualities by participating in YIC. They rated Good and Very Good for each quality that we wanted to instil and develop in the mentors. Mentors who rated average and below for each subject listed above are less than 5 people.
Besides that, we also asked the mentors for the suggestion of theme for YIC 2016 and their responses as shown below:
Suggestion of Theme for YIC 2016 by Mentors • Creativity to create harmony • Universe concept • Today’s Invention Tomorrow’s Happiness • Renewable energy • Saving the environment with Science & Technology • Ways to reduce pollution and to purify things that have been polluted • Environmental friendly • Work/Power/Energy • Prevention is better than cure • Environment
We asked the Mentors the following question and their responses are as below:
1. How many hours did you spent with your team for YIC 2015? • Meet infrequently. Most of the times, through e-mail. • 12 Hours per day. • 3 hours per week. • 4 hours a day, 2 days per week. • 5 months.
39 | REPORT Young Inventors Challenge 2015 2. What impact did you have with your students/mentee? • Provided moral support and guided them on their report and project. • Closer bond because I’ll listen to their idea & help to improvise & make it real with low budget • Rapports built. Mutual understanding & respect. • Brainstorming on the details of the project. • Guide them in problem solving and report writing. Encourage & facilitate them. • They are very confident in their project presentation. • Great, hardworking students. • Guide and train & support the with necessary elements. • Communication skills and science learning process.
3. Any other support or assistance would enable you to be even more effective in YIC 2016? • More guidelines on the report writing for students (lack knowledge to guide students). • Financial and material to educate student about science. • Innovation ideas & techniques. Guidance on project paper writing. • Financial support (very difficult to get support from the school & even the PIBG) • Collaboration with university. • Collaboration with various NGO & government organisations.
4. How far do you think the students have benefitted from participating in the YIC? • Students have more advanced creative thinking. • They can go any level competition. • More motivated & confident. • They learn a lot of values and knowledge. • They knew the right platform to present their ideas in helping people in the world. • Team work, project writing, making video log • To be more responsible, meeting deadlines, sense of urgency.
5. What do you think they have gained? • Knowledge to carry out project, confidence to present and develop their ideas. • More knowledge about advance inventors. • Self-esteem & think out of box. • Good team building. • They have responsible to practise in community. • Knowledge, thinking skills. • Experience. A very good teamwork, creative in suggesting ideas. Expert in problem solving. • Learn new skills of report writing, Photoshop software to produce poster, video log. • Research-knowledge based learning.
6. What were the biggest challenges or problem you faced as a Mentor? • Time. Lack of knowledge how to guide students over a period of time • Not enough equipment/apparatus at school was not as complete as higher institution • To make sure originality of idea that fit to the theme. To make sure the layman could benefit. • The students’ language ability/soft skill. • To help them compile their ideas. All of them had different ways to think.
Young Inventors Challenge 2015 REPORT | 40 Judging
11.1 Judges Selection
An invitation was sent to all the judges who participated in Young Inventors Challenge 2013 & 2014 and National Science Fair for Young Children 2014 through e-mail. In response to the e-mail sent, a total of 50 judges agreed to get involve of and contribute as a judge for Young Inventors Challenge 2015 Grand Finale. The judging team works independently from the working group committee.
11.2 Judges Training
A Judges Training was conducted on 5th September 2015 at Sunway University, courtesy of Sunway. A total of 19 judges attended this training session before the Grand finale. The judges were given a small introduction about ASTI and YIC by Dr. Ewe Chun Te, Chief Judge I upon their arrival. Dr. Ewe Chun Te then presented the Judging Score Sheet and had a discussion with all who attended. The purpose of this session is to develop a common understanding amongst all the judges as to what constitutes an invention judging score sheet, so that judging would be carried out uniformly.
Mr. Faizal Noor Batcha, Chief Judge II, later conducted an exercise on report marking and all the 54 reports were marked by all the judges who attended the training. After marking the reports, the judging panel also brainstormed on the sets of questions to ask the participants. Next, Ms. Vanitha Vasu briefed the judges on event logistics. The training session concluded with Q&A session before a networking lunch.
41 | REPORT Young Inventors Challenge 2015 11.3 Event Day Judging In the morning, judges started arriving at 7:30 for briefing at 8am. That morning we had 40 judges who turned for the event, and 3 more judges for the Core Judging Panel. The judges divided into 10 judging groups in total, each judge group were made up of 2 judges and 2 cross-judges.
Briefing was given to the judges until 8:45am. The judges were reminded not to give suggestions to project teams as it will influence the next cross judging process. Shortly after the opening ceremony, the judging process officially started and the judges were visiting the Student Project Teams booths and scored the inventions based on the Judging Score Sheet. The main judging process started at 9:30 and ended at 11:30 as planned.
The time keeping was centralised by the announcement from the EMCEE. Ushers guided the judges at each time interval of 20 minutes. The moderating Panel of Judges (the Chief Judge 1 & 2, and an independent judge) visited all the projects unofficially. Each Project Team was given 10 mins to present, and another 5-8 mins for Q&A by the judges. Judges then went to the judge’s room and the judging groups agreed on a score (including the report marks) for each project team. At 12:45 pm, the scores were tabulated and ranked. The top 15 projects were then moderated by the Panel of Judges. At 1:00 pm, the Core Judging Panel visited the top 5 projects and verified the top 3 prize winning teams by 2pm.
Young Inventors Challenge 2015 REPORT | 42 Volunteers Management
ASTI formed an Event Committee comprising of volunteers from various fields during the Young Inventors Challenge 2015. In developing the volunteers to be future leaders of the society, these volunteers were assigned to head departments within the YIC Event Committee. The details of the departments headed by the volunteers are shown in table 6:
No Department Name 1. Head Mr. Jegatheswaran Panderengan 2. Assistant Head Ms. Vanitha Vasu 3. Registration and Accommodation Ms. Umahsankariah Muthunaikar 4. Hall Management Mr. Ragavan Pandian 5. Food and Beverage Mr. Jayasilan Kandasamy 6. Transportation Department Mr. Nutanaya Sivaceyon 7. Crowd Management Mr. Jaganath Rajaendran 8. Judging Ms. Rimala Vani 9. Stages, Prizes and Ushering Ms. Sankari Ganesan 10. Survey Mr. Kumaresan Ramakrishnan 11. Media (Photo, Video, Music) Mr. Thirunauarasan Ramjan 12. Press Management Ms. Kalaivani Paramaisevam Table 6: Event Committee of YIC 2015
Before the final event, 3 meetings were held to discuss the implementation process of the event day. Each Head of Department (HOD) was given the task within their job scope under the supervision of the YIC Working Group Committee. Another 40 facilitators attended the event to assist the HODs on the event day. Most of the facilitators were from Institute Perguruan Raja Melewar. All the facilitators were very helpful in making the event a success.
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Funding and Budget
13.1 Funding
Young Inventors Challenge 2015 was supported and funded by Sunway University, Jeffery Cheah foundation, Malaysian Flying Academy, Yayasan Hasanah, Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia, Vijiyaratnam Foundation, Malaysian Community & Education Foundation (MCEF), ASTRO Vaanavil and Thinakural.
These funding organizations and individual funders are the backbone of the achievement and success of the event. The funds pledged and disbursed by our major sponsors and individual funders are shown in the table 7 below:
No Funders/Sponsors Grant Allocation(RM) 1. Malaysian Flying Academy 80,000.00 2. Yayasan Hasanah 25,000.00 3. Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia 13,039.00 4. Malaysian Community & Education Foundation (MCEF) 10,000.00 5. Vijiyaratnam Foundation 6,000.00 6. Mr. Shahin Jamal 5,000.00 TOTAL 139,039.00 Table 7: YIC 2015 Funding
Note: Due to funding constraints, we successfully reduced the expenses. For example seed funding, accommodation and etc. was reduced to complete the project with great success.
45 | REPORT Young Inventors Challenge 2015 13.2 Account Statement of YIC 2015
Income Statement for the Project Period Ended 30 October 2015.
Income 2015 (RM) Malaysian Flying Academy 80,000.00 Yayasan Hasanah 25,000.00 Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia 13,039.00 Malaysian Community & Education Foundation (MCEF) 10,000.00 Vijiyaratnam Foundation 6,000.00 Mr. Shahin Jamal 5,000.00 TOTAL 139,039.00 Less: expenditure Module Development, IP generation and internal licences 21000.00 YIC Manual (Student, Mentor & Judges) 1000.00 Judges Training 1000.00 Student Workshop 21881.57 Evaluation & Development 1000.00 Venue 25000.00 Exhibition Booths 13737.60 Prizes & Souvenirs 25105.40 Insurance (for students , mentors & volunteers) 1822.00 Accommodation (students & volunteers) 2,035.00 Meals (students & volunteers) 7,897.00 Audio / Visual Rental 2,900.00 Designing, Printing & Promotion 6,115.20 Event Committee 5,743.00 Project Manager 38,520.00 Project Manager Benefit 7,126.20 Secretariat Utilities 26,400.00 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 208282.97 Excess of (Expenditure)/Income (YIC Debt to ASTI) (69,243.97)
Young Inventors Challenge 2015 REPORT |46 Achievement of the Project
Graph Showing Comparison for 2013, 2014 & 2015 191 200 180 156 160 145
140 111 120 100 80 63 56 49 52 No. of Teams 60 40 18 14 14 12 20 0 Applications Proposals Shortlisted Final Received Received Teams Participating Teams 2013 2014 2015
Figure 21: Comparison for 2013, 2014 and 2015
Figure 21 shows the growth of YIC since 2013. There is an increase in the number of applications received from 2013 to 2015. This indicates that Young Inventors Challenge has reached more people year by year as more people are interested in participating in YIC.
47 | REPORT Young Inventors Challenge 2015 Application Received by State for YIC 2015 Singapore 1% Kuala Lumpur 4% Johor 3% W.P.Putrajaya 1% Kelantan2% W.P.Labuan 2% Kedah Terengganu Melaka 3% 6% 6% Negeri Sembilan 3%
Pahang Selangor 14% 29% Penang 8%
Sarawak 5% 10% Sabah Perak 4%
Figure 22: Application received by State for YIC 2015
Figure 22 shows applications that we had received for YIC 2015 by state which was overwhelming. Teams from Selangor have sent the most applications. YIC 2015 has even reached out to our neighbouring country as there were applications from Singapore too.
Besides that, the 1st Runner-up of Young Inventors Challenge 2013 has participated in International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX) and has won Silver Medal in both Malaysia Young Inventors Competition (MYIC) and Asian Young Inventors Exhibition (AYIE).
The Champion of YIC 2014 has participated and won Silver Medal in Malaysian Technology Expo which was held on 12th – 14th February 2015 at Putra World Trade Centre.
The 1st Runner-up of Young Inventors Challenge 2013 has participated in World Invention Innovation Contest (WIC) 2015 in Korea and Won Gold Medal for their invention on Agro Pot.
Young Inventors Challenge 2015 REPORT | 48 Recommendations for the Future
After completion of each milestones (i.e. the student/mentor training and judges training/process, Event committee formation and completion and final overall), a post mortem was conducted and below are their recommendations. 15.1 Students Training Recommendations
Add multiple language Add more food Add more activities and games Free Transportation More motivational speech More video on problem around the world More engaging Activity based slides More interactive slide Hand-on Project More Videos, Use latest Microsoft apps Training should be given before the students are required to hand in their proposals
49 | REPORT Young Inventors Challenge 2015 15.2 Judges Observations and Recommendations
Proposals & Projects: Judging Process o Found that theme was occasionally not o Need to normalise the scores between present, mainly the rural schools. strict and lenient judges o Students do not understand the * Maybe have the teams’ judge more difference between proposal and report projects o Improve on the originality; learn to do * More judges should attend the judges background research and critique other training similar approaches o Send information earlier to respective judges Project Teams Training: o Have a specific time slot for judges to o Stronger guidelines about YIC and ASTI, go back and suggest improvement e.g. in videos o Upon receiving the projects proposals Other from the students, judges can have a o Students from school who are not session with the mentors to advice participating should come and learn o Mentors should provide or ignite brilliant from the other contestants. ideas to participants o Should have more participants from rural o Find ways to connect with relevant schools experts Theme for YIC 2016 suggested by Venue & Parking: Judges: o Have a clear signage that tells you o Healthcare where the venue is o Solve meaningful problem o Reduce the volume of background music. o Green materials/invention Difficult to hear the students o Helping the disable/special people. o Some reimbursement for the judges would Inventing aids or robots that could help be good, e.g. parking fee the disables/special people. o How Malaysian resources can be Judging Score Sheet: innovated globally. Innovative ideas for o Elaborate judging criteria, e.g. a detailed special needs rubric as Judging Scoring Sheet o Wearable product. Innovative education o Include the element of Research o Medical innovations. Biodiversity- Methodology harnessing the potential value o Incorporate the team background (level of students and school capacity) into scoring system
Young Inventors Challenge 2015 REPORT |50 15.3 YIC Event Committee Strength and Weakness
Strength Weakness • Experienced team • Booth size and spacing in between booths • Manageable number of Head of very narrow Departments • Space for sitting arrangement very limited • Ease of communication as not able to accommodate seating for • Venue was very convenient and near to mentor public transport • Delay in starting prize giving ceremony as • The booked accommodation was nearer Judging was still going on to the venue and easy to reach on time • Less outsider to visit the event as the hall • Certificate presentation in booth was located in 4th floor good idea and saves times • Less promotion on the event • Able to finish prize giving ceremony in 1 • Few media/press attended the event hour • Projector in hall was not clear and the • Department work flow accomplished as resolution was low planned • Rehearsal was not conducted, hence the • Students & Teachers satisfied with service Stage & Prizes Department and Media provided departments face difficulties in terms of • Number of facilitators was sufficient coordination during the prize giving • Help from Sunway guards, easy parking ceremony facilities • Signage was removed , thus the judges, • Good teamwork and cooperation from all participants, mentors, VIPs faced difficulty facilitators in finding the hall • Able to accept critiques • The facilitators was coming from far and • Early planning system and easy to managing their transportation was difficult navigate • Walkie talkie not in good working condition • Great networking and team building & Lack of communication equipment • Able to multitask at once • Less sitting arrangement in the hall • Wrong location of media • Last minute changes of reporters
51 | REPORT Young Inventors Challenge 2015 15.4 YIC Working Group Committee Swot Analysis and Recommendations
Strength Weakness • Venue sponsors were very cooperative • Inadequate funding • Good event organizing • Publicity for funders and public • Professional and committed judges • No participation from indigenous/refugee Overwhelming response from judges teams • Efficient usage of volunteers • Lack of interracial team composition • Minimal protocol • 54 teams from only 30 schools • Good Training • Quality of invention proposals needs • Participation from 13 states of Malaysia improvement including Sabah and Sarawak • 1st international participation • Experienced organizers • Attractive remuneration i.e.: Sunway Bursary for winning teams • Committed volunteers • Very efficient secretariat • Very positive and universal theme • Good team work among working group and volunteers
Opportunity Threat • Very friendly funders • Late funding confirmation • Work closer with promising funders i.e.: • Cash flow problem Yayasan Hasanah • Limited secretariat work force • To work with Sunway University/Jeffrey • Other similar events competing for the Cheah Foundation for early bursary same source funding • Setting up and outsourcing an event • Keeping YIC relevant with the times management team
Suggestions • More publicity in media • Innovative publicity • Relooking at the format of the day to allow more time for public viewing • Get schools to bring the students to visit • Give trophy to the mentor (1) • Look at improving the manual and doing video training (preproposal submission)
Young Inventors Challenge 2015 REPORT |52 Conclusion
YIC 2015 was a huge success. We had attracted some multiracial teams from various parts of Malaysia although more improvement needed here. We had received 145 proposals but only 63 teams were selected. From the 63 teams selected, 52 teams participated in the Grand Finale after 2 teams had pulled out of the last moment.
Our survey shows great female participation and a high satisfactory level of all of our stakeholders. We believe that this program can be a platform for young creative and inventive students to showcase their talent and possibly build their career in this area.
53 | REPORT Young Inventors Challenge 2015 Young Inventors Challenge 2015 REPORT | 54 55 | REPORT Young Inventors Challenge 2015 Association of Science, Technology & Innovation (ASTI) (PPM-012-10-25102012) No 16A, Jalan 21/12, Sea Park, 46300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan. Email : [email protected] Tel/Fax : 603 - 7877 8571 603 - 7865 5557 (9am - 5pm)
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