REPORT REPORT 2017 2017 REPORT REPORT 2017 2017 Young Inventors Challenge 2017 Report

Compiled by: YIC 2017 Working Group Committee and ASTI R&D Department

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Printed By: Firdaus Press Sdn.Bhd. No.28, Jalan PBS 14/4, Taman Perindustrian Bukit Serdang 43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor Tel/Fax: 03-8940 5595 WE WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH YB Datuk Seri Panglima Madius Tangau YB Dato' P Kamalanathan Prof. Madya. Dr. Ramzah Dambul

Ministry of Education Ministry Of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) Malaysian Flying Academy UEM Group Berhad Yayasan Hasanah ECM Libra Foundation JACTIM Foundation Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) And To all Mentors, Judges, Volunteers and Event Committee Members Working Group Committee of YIC 2017

Project Advisor Dr. Mohamed Yunus Bin Mohamed Yasin

Project Director Mr. Anandan Shanmugam

ASTI Secretariat Representative Ms. Vanitha Vasu

Chief Judges Dr. Ewe Chun Te Mr. Faizal Noor Batcha Mr. Velavan Sengodan

Committee Members Mr. Jegatheswaran Panderengan Dr. Hooshmand Palany Ms. Sharmanee Thiagarajah Table of Content

Executive Summary Page 2 About ASTI Page 3 1.0 Introduction and Background Page 4 2.0 Mode of Implementation Page 6 3.0 Online Training Page 8 4.0 Event Day Page 9 5.0 Invention Pitch Video Competition Page 25 6.0 Project Paper Writing Competition Page 28 7.0 Assessment Evaluation for YIC 2017 Page 30 8.0 Judging Page 49 9.0 Volunteers Management Page 52 10.0 Funding and Budget Page 53 11.0 Achievement of the Project Page 55 12.0 Recommendations for the future Page 57 13.0 Conclusion Page 60

Executive Summary

Young Inventors Challenge 2017 is an ‘inventive’ competition organised by the Association of Science, Technology and Innovation (ASTI) annually since 2013. We have held this event for the past 5 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 Serve…”

YIC 2017 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 attended by Dr. Mohamed Yunus Yasin. We have received a total of 480 teams applications of which 117 teams were shortlisted based on their proposal. The shortlisted teams were given online training prior to the event.

A total 102 teams participated in the grand finale. Prizes were given out in categories like Platinum Award, Gold Award, Silver Award, Bronze Award, Invention Pitch Video Competition and Project Paper Writing Competition.

A number of 20 judges attended the Judges Training before the final event. The judging team for YIC 2017 was headed by Mr. Faizal Noor Batcha and Mr. Velavan Sengodan. A total of 60 judges attended and deliberated during the final event.

In conclusion, YIC 2017 was a success with more schools showing an interest in YIC which can be seen in the increased number of applications that we have received in 2017 including applications from the Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia. The students came up with various inventions and were excited to participate in the YIC 2017 Grand Finale.

Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 | 2 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 association in Malaysia for the promotion of education and understanding of scientific knowledge, technological advancement and Innovative projects in both locally and internationally.

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.

3 | Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 Introduction 1& Background The Association of Science, Technology and Innovation (ASTI) is a non-governmental organiza- tion (NGO) and also non-profit oriented organization working towards empowering young chil- dren through various projects such as Science Fair for Young Children (SFYC), Young Inventors Challenge (YIC), Creative and Critical Thinking Camp (CCTC), ASTI Leap Challenge (ALC), Wings of Fire Series and ASTI outreach programmes.

YIC requires teams of up to 4-5 secondary school students to put their minds together and come up with an invention. The purpose of the programme is to build and encourage the creative and inventive capability of young people.

We started this program in 2013 as a pilot and the response have been remarkable ever since i.e. we have been growing at almost 100percent year on year.

• The Young Inventors Challenge 2013 (YIC 2013) theme was "GREEN INVENTIONS: IDEAS ON SUSTAINABILITY". A total of 12 teams from all over the country participated in this pilot project, showcasing their green inventions at Wisma Belia on the 24th August 2013.

• In 2014, theme was kept the same; "GREEN INVENTIONS: IDEAS ON SUSTAINABILITY" and a total of 49 teams participated in the Grand Finale which was held at Dewan Dr.Siti Hasmah, Rumah Puspanita on the 20th September 2014.

• For 2015, ASTI expanded the competition more and the theme was "INVENTIONS TO HELP A MILLION: TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE". A total of 145 proposals from various teams were received and 63 teams were shortlisted to participate in the Grand Finale. The final competition was held at Sunway University on 19th September 2015. There were 52 teams from all over the country who attended the Grand Finale.

• In 2016, new theme was introduced "Inventions To Serve…" and we have received 204 proposals from 292 registrations. We have shortlisted 80 teams to participate in the Grand Finale. The shortlisted teams were given training which was held in Penang, Johor, Pahang, KL& Selangor, Sabah, Sarawak and Philippines. The Final Competition was held at Sunway University on 15th October 2016 with 67 teams participating.

This year ASTI expanded the competition even wider where we target 100 teams from Malaysian and ASEAN countries in conjunction with Malaysia being the Secretariat for the ASEAN education Ministries, as informed to us by the Deputy Minister of Education, Malaysia. The theme was kept the same "Inventions To Serve… " and we had received 372 proposals from 480 registrations from 5 countries including Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and Philippines. We have shortlisted 117 teams to participate in the Grand Finale. Online Students Training was conducted from May-June 2017 for the shortlisted teams.The Final Competition was held at CIDB Convention Centre, Cheras on 30th September 2017. Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 | 4 Aims & Objectives

The aim and objectives of YIC are:

• To develop future inventors. • To give an opportunity to young and future inventors to develop and showcase their inventions. • To help young inventors to experience the inventive cycle, from conceptualisation to product/prototype. • To introduce the idea of "using inventions as a tool to make a positive change in society". • To give opportunities to young people 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 project. • Enhance self-esteem and confidence. • Acquire public presentation and writing skills. Target Group • Young people aged between 13 and 17 (Form 1 to 5). • A team of 4 – 5 young people. • Teams made up of different races (Highly Encouraged). Preferred Output and Outcome Preferred Output Application Received Understand the invention process Creation of a network of young Inventors Understand the Theme Creation of caring Inventors with their own IPs Learn to communicate invention process Young People with confidence to think/act via Invention Pitch Video outside the box

Learn to communicate invention through A community of young thinkers who would project paper writing benefit their community and nation

Table 1: Preferred Output and Preferred Outcome

5 | Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 Mode of 2 Implementation Publicity - Sending Out Letters • During the month of January and February 2017 information flyers on YIC 2017 with a cover letter have been send to randomly selected 2600 schools. • We manage to send flyers and letters to the following Schools: * Maktab Rendah Sains Mara (MRSM) * Sekolah Berasrama Penuh * Sekolah Bestari * Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi * Sekolah Kluster Kecemerlangan * International Schools * Private Schools * ASEAN Countries Embassies * Previous Year's Participants • Some follow-up with phone calls and ''word of mouth'' publicity was also done. Event Promotion • The Traxx FM interview was attended by Dr.Mohamed Yunus Yasin on the 8th February 2017. Participants Application • Interested students were requested to form a team of 4-5 people. • Each team is required to have at least one Mentor, and submit their application to ASTI. • As of 15th February 2017, ASTI had received a total 480 applications. • Once the applications were received, the teams were emailed with the Students Manual as a guideline for them to prepare their Invention proposals. They were given until 15th March 2017 to submit their proposals. Proposal Submission by Participants • As of 20th March 2017, ASTI had received a total of 372 proposals with a broad range of ideas related to the theme to be marked by the judging panel.

Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 | 6 The Judging Process: Proposal Marking and Shortlisting

• Each proposal was blindly reviewed by three different judges. • The judges were emailed the proposals along with the marking spreadsheet and marking guideline. • There were a total of 45 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. • The judges decided to set a cut-off mark of 60% out of the total allocated marks for the final team to be selected. • 117 best proposals were shortlisted according to the 60% criteria, and the shortlisted teams were notified via email on the 20th of April 2017. • Table 2 below shows the breakdown of applications received, proposals received and shortlisted teams. No State Application Received Proposal Received Shortlisted Team 1 Johor 39 34 11 2 Kedah 17 15 10 3 Kelantan 6 5 2 4 Melaka 14 9 5 5 Negeri Sembilan 12 11 2 6 Pahang 13 12 2 7 Perak 5 4 1 8 Pulau Pinang 25 21 7 9 Sabah 65 52 15 10 Sarawak 49 39 12 11 Selangor 88 62 14 12 Perlis 15 12 4 13 Terengganu 7 5 1 14 W.P.Labuan 1 1 0 15 W.P.Putrajaya 1 1 1 16 W.P.Kuala Lumpur 38 28 6 17 Philippines 21 16 7 18 Thailand 58 39 14 18 Indonesia 5 5 2 20 Singapore 1 1 1 Total Teams 480 372 117 Table 2: Breakdown of Applications Received, Proposals Received and Shortlisted Teams 7 | Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 Online 3 Training Preparation of the Online Training Video • The training module and script for online video was developed by the R&D department of ASTI with the help of the Mr.Benjamin Iqbal, a Cambridge University trained educationist. • The voice over talent was identified and the online training video recording was completed. Online Training for Shortlisted Teams • YIC 2017 Online Training Video 1: Introduction to ASTI and YIC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcHbBbMyoEY&t=38s Published on 8 May 2017

• YIC 2017 Online Training Video 2: Invention and Intellectual Property https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQLQaUxkqqY&t=1s Published on 22 May 2017

• YIC 2017 Online Training Video 3 : Project Management and Report Writing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g85qxGfa18U&t=11s Published on 29 May 2017

• YIC 2017 Online Training Video 4 : Judging Criteria and Report Structure https://youtu.be/5WVfM7oV-eY Published on 5 June 2017

• YIC 2017 Online Training Video 5 : Mentoring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-u0N4EEifc&t=29s Published on 15 May 2017

Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 | 8 Event 4 Day YIC 2017 Participants A total of 102 teams from all over Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia participated in the YIC 2017 grand finale. The List as shown below. Each team consist of 4 – 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 professional.

No School Name State/Country Team Name 1 SMJK Chung Ling Pulau Pinang The Blazing Starz 2 SMJK Heng Ee Pulau Pinang Future Innovators 3 SMK (P) St George Pulau Pinang Georgian Inventors 4 SMK Bukit Jambul Pulau Pinang The Little Big Inventor 5 SMK Mengkuang Pulau Pinang The Pearls Of Mengkuang 6 SMK USJ 13 Subang Jaya Selangor The Old Schools 7 MAZ Int. School Shah Alam Selangor Contagious Science 8 MAZ Int. School Shah Alam Selangor Eco Filtration Unit 9 MAZ Int. School Shah Alam Selangor Eco-M 10 MAZ Int. School Shah Alam Selangor Greenlight Go 11 MAZ Int. School Shah Alam Selangor Water Hippos 12 SBP Integrasi Gombak Selangor Integomb-mangoilsteen 13 SMA Persekutuan Kajang Selangor The Vernonia Tea 14 SMA Persekutuan Kajang Selangor The Silver Valen 15 SMK Sultan Abdul Samad, PJ Selangor Koolhouz Inventors 16 Sri Murugan Centre Selangor Firebirds 17 SMK Kota Kemuning , Klang Selangor KK3-edible Film 18 SMK Dato Jaafar Johor Bahru The Hype Mechanics 19 SMK Dato Jaafar Johor Bahru Irresistable Inventor 20 SMK Dato Jaafar Johor Bahru The Massive Inventors

9 | Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 No School Name State/Country Team Name 21 SMK Dato Jaafar Johor Bahru Innovation Boys 22 SMK Dato Jaafar Johor Bahru Law & Law Event 23 SMK (P) Sultan Ibrahim Johor Bahru 01 (Zero One ) 24 SMK (P) Sultan Ibrahim Johor Bahru Alecs 25 SMK (P) Sultan Ibrahim Johor Bahru Farvalous Day 26 SMK (P) Sultan Ibrahim Johor Bahru T.R.D.F.T (The Responsible Divine Flawless Teenagers) 4 27 SMK Seri Kenangan Segamat Johor Bahru Green Apple 28 SMK Seri Kota Puteri 2 Johor Bahru The Vortex Of Smk Seri Kota Puteri 2 29 SMK Taman Daya 2 Johor Bahru SMK Taman Daya 2 30 SMK Taman Mount Austin Johor Bahru Team Massive 31 SMK Puteri Wangsa Johor Bahru SMK Puteri Wangsa 32 SMK Taman Johor Jaya 1 Johor Bahru JJ1 Warrior The Malay College Kuala 33 Perak IRIS Kangsar SMK Kubang Bemban, Pasir 34 Kelantan SMKKB3-ECO PAVI Mas W.P.Kuala 35 SM Sains Seri Puteri S.A.S (Serious About Science) Lumpur W.P.Kuala 36 Oxburgh Academy Fabulous Five Lumpur W.P.Kuala 37 Wesley Methodist School K.L. Cash Me Ousside-Cmo Lumpur 38 Sekolan Sultan Alam Shah W.P.Putrajaya Super Science Bros 39 Sekolan Sultan Alam Shah W.P.Putrajaya Wajdi Team 40 Nexus International School W.P.Putrajaya Nexus Wolves 41 SMK Bukit Mewah Negeri Sembilan SBM Inventors 42 SMK Bukit Mewah Negeri Sembilan Innovative Team II 43 MRSM Alor Gajah Melaka Fullhouse 44 SM Sains Muzaffar Syah Melaka Engineerie-X Team 45 SM Sains Muzaffar Syah Melaka Mozac 4 SMA Al Madrasah Al 46 Perlis LV Paper Alawiyah Ad Diniah SMA Al Madrasah Al 47 Perlis Evict Insect Alawiyah Ad Diniah SMA Al Madrasah Al 48 Perlis New Herbal Alawiyah Ad Diniah 49 MRSM Kuala Terengganu Terengganu MRSMKT 002

Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 | 10 No School Name State/Country Team Name 50 MRSM Bentong Pahang Ethehoviant 51 MRSM Kubang Pasu, Jitra Kedah Odcot I.K.E 52 MRSM Kubang Pasu, Jitra Kedah (Innovative Kupa Encorparated) 53 MRSM Kubang Pasu, Jitra Kedah Oh My Inventor !! 54 MRSM Kubang Pasu, Jitra Kedah Luminaria Light 55 SMK Taman Hi-Tech, Kulim Kedah Hi-Tech Team 56 SMK Sungai Kob-ALC Kedah Dynamic Proactive 57 SMK Dato Lela Pahlawan-ALC Kedah D'lela Inventors 58 SMK Seri Badong-ALC Kedah Space Shuttle 59 Regent International School, SP Kedah Phantom Alpha 60 Kolej Datu Patinggi Abang Haji Abdillah Sarawak Tesla Reincarnates 61 Kolej Datu Patinggi Abang Haji Abdillah Sarawak D'permata 62 Kolej Datu Patinggi Abang Haji Abdillah Sarawak Jawhira Abdillah 63 Kolej Datu Patinggi Abang Haji Abdillah Sarawak Eureka Kids 64 SMK Tiong Hin Sarawak Up Up Tiong Hin 65 SMK Tun Abdul Razak Sarawak Soar Dragon Soar 66 SMK Rosli Dhoby Sibu Sarawak D'legend01 67 SMK Rosli Dhoby Sibu Sarawak Zealot Inventors Team 68 SMK Rosli Dhoby Sibu Sarawak Gryffindor Bubble Crystal 69 SMK Jalan Arang Sarawak Enroute 70 SMK St Columba Miri Sarawak Bicycle Railway System 71 SMK Tawau Sabah Aques 72 SMK Tawau Sabah Inventor Brains 73 SMK Tawau Sabah Neutronova 74 SM All Saints Sabah RE Shock St Michael Secondary School 75 Sabah A-TEAM Penampang St Michael Secondary School 76 Sabah SMSM 3 Penampang St Michael Secondary School 77 Sabah SMSM 1 Penampang 78 SMK Limbanak Penampang Sabah Antique Group 79 SMK Limbanak Penampang Sabah Hakuna Matata-Pain off! 80 SMK Pekan Telipok Sabah Strong Hearted 81 SMK Pekan Telipok Sabah Shield of Faith

11 | Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 No School Name State/Country Team Name Philippine Science High School, 82 Philippine The Dreamweavers Soccsksarge Region Campus Philippine Science High School, 83 Philippine Energizers Bicol Region Campus Philippine Science High School, Cordillera 84 Philippine Pisay B Administrative Region Campus Philippine Science High School, Cordillera 85 Philippine Pisay C Administrative Region Campus Princess Chulabhorn Science 86 Thailand 3PKN High School Pathumthani Princess Chulabhorn Science 87 Thailand A Little Bit High School Pathumthani Princess Chulabhorn Science 88 Thailand PCSHP Warriors High School Pathumthani Princess Chulabhorn Science 89 Thailand Plantae-plywoods Girls High School Pathumthani Princess Chulabhorn Science 90 Thailand Range Dragon High School Pathumthani Princess Chulabhorn Science 91 Thailand Tiger Team High School Pathumthani Princess Chulabhorn Science 92 Thailand Valentine Cat High School Pathumthani Princess Chulabhorn Science 93 Thailand S.W.A.G High School Mukdahan Princess Chulabhorn Science 94 Thailand The Study of Efficiency High School Mukdahan Princess Chulabhorn Science 95 Thailand Project Alpha High School Mukdahan Princess Chulabhorn Science 96 Thailand Innogent High School Loei Princess Chulabhorn's College 97 Thailand 2MT Colorful (Phetchaburi) Princess Chulabhorn's College 98 Thailand Wetland (Phetchaburi) Princess Chulabhorn Science 99 Thailand PCCTRG High School Trang 100 School of Science & Technology Singapore SK2 101 Kharisma Bangsa School Indonesia Technovation 102 Kharisma Bangsa School Indonesia KBAB Table 3: List of Teams Participated in YIC 2017

Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 | 12 Three Teams pulled out at last minute which is:

No School Name State/Country Team Name 1 SMK Abdullah Munshi Pulau Pinang Munshian 2 SM Teknik Melaka Bukit Piatu Melaka The Aama 3 SM Sains Selangor Selangor Virgo Table 4: List of Teams that Pulled Out Event Day Summary Arrival, Registration and Breakfast

YIC 2017 was held on 30th September 2017 at CIDB Convention Centre, Cheras. The event started at 7.00 a.m. with the arrival and registration of the participants. This was followed by breakfast. A total of 102 teams registered themselves for the competition. After registration and breakfast session, the participants were allowed to setup their booths and models.

Booth Setup, Model Setup, Opening Ceremony and Judging

Once the booths and models were setup, the Opening Ceremony was held at 9.30 a.m. Next on the agenda was the briefing by the Judging Team at 9.45 a.m. More than 60 judges were present to judge the inventions and they mostly comprised of university lecturers, engineers, environment consultants, intellectual property specialist, etc.

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Mentor Seminar Session

While the judging and cross judging process was on going, Mentor Seminar Session took place at the Dahlia Seminar room from 10.00 a.m. till 1.30 p.m. Mentors attended this seminar session. Below is the agenda of the Mentor Seminar Session:

Time Topic of Discussion Speaker Introduction to ASTI 10.00am to 10.15am Dr. Mohamed Yunus Yasin and YIC 10.15am to 10.55am ALC as School Level YIC Dr. Mohamed Yunus Yasin Innovation In Empowering Ms. Aishah Parkes 10.55am to 11.35am Teachers 100% Project How Educational Systems Can Incorporate Community Building Ms. Gwen Yi 11.35am to 12.15pm and Start-up related community Tribeless Founder event Mr. Mohammad Yusuf Mohammad Jaafar 12.15pm to 12.55pm Structuring a Unicorn Head of Social Enterprise Ventures (SEV) in Malaysia Judging Feedback by the Chief Mr.Mahamed Faizal Noor 12.55pm to 1.10pm Judge Batcha Mentor Sharing Session and 1.10pm to 1.30pm Mr. Anandan Shanmugam Certificate Presentation Table 5: Agenda of Mentor Seminar Session

15 | Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 16 17 Public Viewing and Certificate Presentation

At 1.00 p.m., the hall was opened for public viewing. Public was allowed to visit the booths and ask questions if they had any. Public Viewing session was closed at 3.00 p.m. All the teams that participated were presented with Certificates of Participation by our special guests at their respective booths.

Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 | 18 Prize Giving Ceremony

Our Guest of Honour YB Dato' P Kamalanathan, Deputy Minister II, Ministry of Education arrived at 2.30 p.m.

The VIPs who attended the event were Prof. Madya. Dr. Ramzah Dambul, Deputy Secretary General of MOSTI, Dr Mohamed Yunus bin Mohamed Yasin, President of ASTI, Major Dr Vineswaran Munikanan, Treasurer of ASTI, Mr.Anandan Shanmugam, Project Director of YIC 2017, Mr.Faizal Noor Batcha, Chief Judge of YIC 2017, Mr.Velavan Sengodan, Chief Judge of YIC 2017, Mr.Yoshiaki Okabe, Director and International Cultural Exchange (ICE) Committee Chairman, JACTIM Foundation, Mr.Kazuki Kimoto, Secretary General, JACTIM Foundation, Datuk B.Sahadevan, Managing Director of NLFCS, YBhg Datuk Florence Goh, President of Care United, Ms.Sumitra Nair, Vice President Talent and Digital Entrepreneur, MDEC

Ms.Aneita Abdullah was the host for the Closing & Prize Giving Ceremony.

Before the Prize Giving Ceremony, few of our dignitaries gave their speeches. Mr.Anandan Shanmugam was the first dignitary to give his opening remark. He said the teams that have participated in YIC in the past have gone abroad and won competitions at international level such as in Hong Kong. He added that this should not be the end and the students should continue their inventing journey.

19 | Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 After the speech by Mr.Anandan Shanmugam, The guest of honour, Deputy Minister II, Ministry of Education was called upon on stage accompanied by Dr.Mohamed Yunus Yasin to deliver keynote speech and give out Tokens of Appreciation. The recipients of the Token of Appreciation were, Mr.Yoshiaki Okabe, Director and International Cultural Exchange (ICE) Committee Chairman, JACTIM Foundation, and Ms.Siti Kamariah, Vice President Education of Yayasan Hasanah who were the funders of YIC 2017.

Mr.Velavan Sengodan was called on stage to give the judging feedback. He said that the judges had a tough time judging the participants due to so many amazing inventions. He added that the judging was done based on creativity, innovation, presentation skills and safety features.

After that, Dr.Mohamed Yunus Yasin gave his thank you speech in which he encouraged the participants, regardless of the result, not to give up and to continue their inventive journey. Besides that, he also thanked everyone involved in YIC 2017 including the volunteers in making YIC 2017 a success.

Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 | 20 | Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 The winning teams for Invention Pitch Video Competition, Project Paper Writing Competition, Bronze Award, Silver Award, Gold Award and Platinum Award were announced. The details of the winning teams are as below:

Platinum Award Winner

School Name State/Country Team Name Team Invention Title SMK Seri Kota Puteri 2 Johor The Vortex Left-Over Food Separator Version 1

Gold Award Winner School Name State/Country Team Name Team Invention Title Princess Chulabhorn Science High School Thailand PCCTRG Filtering Oil Tank Trang Philippines Science High School Cordilera Philippine PISAY C Land Slide Warning System Administrative

Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 | 22 Silver Award Winner

School Name State/Country Team Name Team Invention Title St Michael Secondary Sabah A-Team Chili Track School Penampang Princess Chulabhorn Wireless Sensor Network For Illegal Science High School Thailand Project Alpha Logging Detection Mukhadan Kharisma Bangsa Scoliosis Measuring Device Using Indonesia Technovation School Waterpass And Gyroscope Concept

23 | Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 Bronze Award Winner

School Name State/Country Team Name Team Invention Title The Pearls Of SMK Mengkuang Pulau Pinang The Capsule To Planting Vegetables Mengkuang Shield Of Low Cost Environmentallu Friendly SMK Pekan Telipok Sabah Faith Air Ventilation Negeri SMK Bukit Mewah Sbm Inventors Smart Ward Sembilan SMK Taman Mount Austin Johor Massive Xo-Switch

Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 | 24 Invention Pitch Video 5 Competition The participating teams were requested to come up with a 3 minute video to pitch their invention, but it was not made compulsory. 34 teams participated in this competition and submited their videos on time. The details of the winning teams are as below: Winning Teams of YIC 2017 Invention Pitch Video Competition Champion School Name State/Country Team Name Team Invention Title Philippine Science High The School, Soccsksarge Philippine Hybrid Portable Nebulizer (HPN) Dreamweavers Region Campus

25|25 Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 1st Runner Up School Name State/Country Team Name Team Invention Title SMKKB3 Eco SMK Kubang Bemban Kelantan EcoPAVI Pavi

2nd Runner Up School Name State/Country Team Name Team Invention Title Zealot Inventors SMK Rosly Dhoby Sibu Sarawak SMART Gree-N-uino Team

Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 | 26 27 Project Paper Writing 6 Competition The participating teams were requested to come up with 3 page project paper but it was not made compulsory. 32 teams participated in this competition and submitted their paper. Judging teams have marked the paper and selected three best project paper. The details of the winning teams are as follows: Winning Teams of YIC 2017 Project Paper Writing Competition Champion School Name State/Country Team Name Team Invention Title School of Science and Singapore SK2 Grey Water Recycling System Technology

Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 | 28 1st Runner Up School Name State/Country Team Name Team Invention Title Zealot Inventors SMK Rosly Dhoby Sibu Sarawak Smart Gree-N-Uino Team

2nd Runner Up School Name State/Country Team Name Team Invention Title SM St. Michael, Mucko (2 In 1 Insect Repellent And Sabah SMSM3 Penampang Disinfectant)

29 | Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 Assessment Evaluation for 7 YIC 2017

Student’s Assessment Evaluation A survey was conducted during the event and the survey forms were distributed to the participants of the YIC 2017. A total of 465 students answered the survey forms. An analysis of the feedback that we received through the survey is shown below:

Gender of Participants Ethnicity of Participants Malay

49% 51% Male 33% 39% Chinese Female 12% 16% Indian Others

Figure 1: Gender of Participants Figure 2: Ethnicity of Participants

Figure 1 is about participants' gender and Figure 2 shows the ethnicity of participants. Based on Figure 1, male students were more than female students. From the total participants, 49% of YIC 2017 participants were Female students. Meanwhile, Male students were 237 of the total participants. Figure 2 shows that Malay participants were the majority at the event. They comprise of 39% of the total students. This is followed by the Chinese and Other ethnicity participants. Other ethnicity includes participants from Kadazan, Kadazandusun, Brunei, Indonesian, Filipino, and many more. Indian students also took part in the event and were 16% of the total participants.

Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 | 30 Satisfaction Level of Participants on the Venue and Event Day 250 226 221 t 210 202 209 n 199 196 190 200 189 184 170 165 183 178 180 162 161 155 164 157 s po nd e 150 e

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Figure 3: Satisfaction Level of Participants on the Venue and Event Day

Figure 3 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 the venue and surroundings, registration counter helpfulness & efficiency, how interesting and complete was the event's agenda, facilitators' helpfulness & courteousness, booth space, location guide satisfactory & helpfulness, food & drinks satisfactory and coordination of overall event. Students were very satisfied with all the aspects mentioned above as most of them rated good and very good.

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n 300 212 Below Average 183 197 182 Average 200 133 143 s po nd e

e 88 98 Good 100 60 Very Good 5 6 5 14 1 3 No .of R 0 Was the YIC Was the YIC Online How satified you are Students Manual Training Video overall with the YIC procvided to you helpful? Competition helpful?

Figure 4: Participants Opinion on Competition and Resources Provided

Participants' opinion on students' manual helpfulness, students' online training helpfulness and overall YIC competition is shown in Figure 4. Most of the students rated good and very good on these questions. On overall YIC satisfaction, majority of students have rated as above good.

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n 200 168 Good 146 Very Good 150 s po nd e e 100 74 f R 54 54 50 No . O 2 6 0 4 2 6 0 How well did the YIC How useful is YIC to How much did you organisers assist you you in making you contribute towards and answer your think innovatively? writing the invention questions on your report? invention? Figure 5: Students’ Opinion on Inventions

Assistance from organisers and how well they answered questions on inventions, how useful YIC was in making students think innovatively and students' contribution towards writing invention report is shown in Figure 5. Overall, most students have rated Good and Very Good for the above mentioned matters. Students who have said these matters are Below Average and Poor are very few.

Students’ Opinion on Inventions Yes 500 No 400 415 416 300 200 100 27 26 No.of Respondent 0 Did participating in Will you participate YIC motivate you to in more events be an Inventors? such as YIC?

Figure 6: Students’ Opinion on Inventions

Figure 6 is also on students' opinion on inventions. Students were asked if they were motivated to be an inventor by participating in YIC and if they would participate in more events such as YIC. A vast majority of the students have said Yes to both the questions that were asked.

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How Much YIC Has Helped Students Gain Certain Qualities 250 245 202 198 195 197 213 210 200 173 170 154 187 184 147 150 155 100 81 64 54 51 52 49 50 32 No.of Respondent 55 34 14 4 5 7 04 0 16 1 Self Leadership Team Project Public Report Creative & Confident Skill Work Management Speaking & Writing Out of the Skill Presentation Skill box Skill

Poor Below Average Average Good Very Good Figure 7: How Much YIC Has Helped Students Gain Certain Qualities

Figure 7 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 & presentation skill, report writing skill and to think creatively & out of the box. For each of the qualities mentioned above, 80% of the students have rated Good and Very Good.

Students’ Opinion on YIC 2018 Yes 400 No 365 300 337 200 68 93 100

No.of Respondent 0 Would you like to Would you like to have a participate in YIC 2018? training session for YIC 2018

Figure 8: Students’ Opinion on YIC 2018

Figure 8 explains students' opinion on YIC 2018. Students were questioned if they would like to participate in YIC 2018 and if they would like to have training session for YIC 2018. Based on the above chart, a majority of the students eager to participate in YIC 2018 and would like to have a training session for YIC 2018.

Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 | 34 Students’ Opinion on Invention Pitch Video Competition 149 149 139 150 126 109 108 100 52 52 46 50 2 7 3 7 1 9 No.of Respondent 0 Creativity/Innovation Communicating your Further improve your invention to public invention and understanding Poor Below Average Average Good Very Good Figure 9: Students’ Opinion on Invention Pitch Video Competition Students' opinion on Invention Pitch Video Competition if they participated in Invention Pitch Video Competition is shown in Figure 9. To know the students' opinion on Invention Pitch Video Competition, students were asked if the video making helped them in area of creativity/ innovation, to communicate their invention to public and further improve their invention and understanding. Most students have said that the Invention Pitch Video Competition has helped them to improve in all the 3 aspects above.

Students’ Opinion on Project Paper Writing

180 165 149 160 142 139 140 120 105 137 100 80 63 60 50 48

No.of Respondent 40 20 4 5 5 4 4 4 0 Help your written Help you understand Help you organise communication skill? your invention your thinking Poor Below Average Average Good Very Good

Figure 10: Students’ Opinion on Project Paper Writing

Figure 10 shows students' opinion on Project Paper Writing. Students were asked if they have participated in project paper writing, how it has helped them in written communication skill, understanding their invention and organise their thinking. It's shown that project paper writing has helped them to improve the above mentioned qualities as most of them rated good and above.

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Students’ Opinion on the Judging Process 415 Yes 450 395 370 No 400 350 300 250 200 150 52 No.of Respondent 100 34 16 50 0 Was the Judging Process Were the Judges Do you think the Judges Clear? Friendly? spent enough time at your booth? Figure 11: Students’ Opinion on the Judging Process

Figure 11 is on students' opinion on the judging process. According to the students, the judging process was clear because out of 465 students only 34 of them have said that it was not clear. The judges were said to be friendly by most students. And a large number of students have said that the judges had spent enough time at their booth.

37 | Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 Mentor’s Assessment Evaluation

A survey was conducted during the event targeting all the mentors. A total of 66 mentors answered the survey forms that were distributed. An analysis of the survey is shown below:

Age of Mentor Gender of Mentor 3% 2% 18-24 33% 25% 36% 25-34 Male 35-44 67% 34% 45-54 Female 55-64

Figure 12: Age of Mentors Figure 13: Gender of Mentors

Ethnicity of Mentor Highest Degree of Education of Mentors 2% 27% 3% 3% Others 45% SPM Malay 40% Diploma 14% 52% Indian 14% Bachelor's Degree Chinese Master's Degree Doctorate Degree

Figure 14: Ethnicity of Mentors Figure 15: Highest Degree of Education of Mentors Figure 12, 13, 14 and 15 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 25 – 34 years old age group which is 36% of the total mentors followed by mentors who are 35 – 44 years old which is 34%. Out of the 66 mentors, 67% of them are female. Mentors for YIC 2017 comprise of Malay, Chinese, Indian and from other races as well. Meanwhile, 52% of the mentors hold a Bachelor's Degree. Satisfaction Level of Mentors on the Venue 60 41 40 40 40 38 20 21 20 21 21 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 No.of Respondent Comfortability Suitability Cleanliness Adequacy of of Venue of Location of Venue space for your team Poor Below Average Average Good Very Good Figure 16: Satisfaction Level of Mentors on the Venue

Satisfaction level of the mentors on the venue can be seen in Figure 16. This subject includes comfortability of venue, suitability of location, cleanliness of venue, and adequacy of space for the team. Most mentors have rated venue Good and Very Good which means they are satisfied.

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Satisfaction Level of Mentors on the Facilitators 50 42 39 39 40 30 24 19 21 20

10 2 4 1 No.of Respondent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Courteousness How well informed How helpful and of the facilitators are the facilitators effective were the facilitators

Poor Below Average Average Good Very Good Figure 17: Satisfaction Level of Mentors on the Facilitators

To know the satisfaction of mentors about the facilitators, mentors were asked on courteousness of the facilitators, how well informed were the facilitators and how helpful and effective were the facilitators which is shown in the figure 17 above. Most of the mentors rated Good and Very Good for the above mentioned questions.

Satisfaction Level of Mentors on the Event and Food 39 39 40 36 36 38 30 23 21 21 23 20 16 10 3 7 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 2 0 1 0

No.Of Respondent Helpfulness How Adequacy Coordination Satisfaction of the interesting usefulness of overall with food registration was the of the event and drinks counter agenda guides/signs Poor Below Average Average Good Very Good

Figure 18: Satisfaction Level of Mentors on the Event and Food

Figure 18 shows the satisfaction level of the mentors on the event and food. Mentors have mentioned that the registration counter was helpful; the agenda was interesting, the guides/ signs were adequate and useful and coordination of overall event was good. This is because most of the mentors ranked above good for these aspects. Satisfaction with food and drinks is rated good the most followed by very good.

Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 | 40 Satisfaction Level of Mentors on the Competition and Resources Provided 160 Support from 34 your School 140 Overall Satisfaction with YIC 120 35 100 Adequacy of YIC online Student 80 37 20 Training 60 Helpfulness of YIC 23 Students Manual 41 No.of Respondent 40 6 17 20 2 18 7 0 0 0 2 Poor B.Average Average Good V.Good Scale 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 online student training adequacy, overall satisfaction of YIC 2017 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 below average.

Mentors’ Opinion on How Much YIC Helped Them Gain Certain Qualities 48 50 44 44 43 40 43 43 40 30 20 16 16 16 16 17 14 11 10 3 4 2 No. of Respondsnt 001 001 001 00 00 00 001 0 Instill Ability Help to Problem Ability of Leadership How far do Discipline & listening develop Solving Mediating skill to you think the Responsibility to young mutual improvement Disputes guide students have Among people trust & among team overall Members respect team benefitted from YIC

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 2017 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, mediating disputes/maintaining team cohesiveness, leadership skill to guide the team, how far do the mentors think the students have overall benefitted from participating in YIC and what they think of the students experience in the inventive cycle/process/challenge. From the graph in Figure 20, it is clear that most mentors gained these qualities by participating in YIC. Most mentors have rated Good and Very Good for each quality that we wanted to instil and develop in the mentors.

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Would you like to participate again as mentor in YIC 2018 98% Yes

Figure 21: Would you like to participate again as mentor in YIC 2018

Figure 21 is about mentors' opinion about YIC 2018. 98% of the mentors have said they would like to participate again as mentor in YIC 2018.

Besides that, we also asked the mentors for the suggestion of theme for YIC 2018 and their responses as shown below: Suggestion of Theme for YIC 2018 by Mentors • Invention to help address climate change • Towards a cleaner environment • Invent and Educate • Creative innovation • Innovation for life • Recycling • Sustainability • Invention for everyone • Invent for a better future • Science saves world • Eco- friendly • Green House/Green Tech • Invention/innovation for a better world

Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 | 42 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 2017? • 1 hour at least per week • Too many hours count 400 hours • Twice a week • 1-7 months • 10-70 hours • Average 4 hours/day • Every day after school 2.30pm- 4.30 pm

2. What impacts did you have with your students/mentees? • Mentor and mentees vital role for a successful project completion • Cooperation • Teamwork, good listener, increase confidence level • Enhance communication insight of the young minds through show • Discipline and preference • Improve the students report writing skill and innovation skills • Awareness on problem statement • More creative & critical thinkers • Closer rapport understanding among the members

3. Any other support or assistance would enable you to be even more effective in YIC 2018? • Collaborative workshops with the organizations • More knowledge on guiding students in the invention • Funding and expert to help • More training program • Financial support and technical experience

4. What do you think the students have gained? • Besides knowledge, skills, sense of responsibility and goal-focused • Problem solving, trouble shooting skills, scientific skills, communication skills • Experience and exposure • The creative thinking and soft skills • Discipline and teamwork • Easily adapt to new environment

5. How good was YIC's role in creating opportunity for young inventors for the outside world? • By opening their minds on the possibility of helping humanity at young age • Very good in motivating the students to show their invention and innovation

6. Do you think YIC has cultivated the idea of using inventions to make a positive change in society? • Yes definitely • Yes, obviously • Yes-need to focus on specific team • Yes. It would even good to have information videos to explain

43 | Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 7. What are your creative suggestions to improve the YIC? • Project tracking and sustainability follow-ups • Please send at least one volunteer to each school • Workshop during mentor session • Each group get a medals • Sponsorship either in the form of accommodation or air ticket • Ways to marketing the inventions • More categories of prizes

8. Suggest ways to create awareness/participation from school/students. • Common Facebook page where all projects presented can be seen so others will become aware of the existing tech/projects which will help them generate ideas/innovations and improvements • Advertisement through TV and radio • More reached programme in Sabah • More promotion • Full support for the accommodation, food, ticket expenses • To organize school level competition • Create blogs • Workshop ( hands on)

9. What were the biggest challenges or problem you faced as a mentor? • Financial aspects in accommodation and transport • How to motivate students whenever they have problems along the way • Need a course on mentoring • Time constraint • The effectiveness of the product, poor knowledge on coding • Encouraging teams to participate without any funds

Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 | 44 Visitor’s Evaluation

A survey was also conducted among visitors to know their feedback at YIC 2017. We managed to get feedback from 24 visitors.

Age of Visitors Gender of Visitors 18-24 13% 12% 25-34 33% Male 17% 67% 25% 35-44 Female 45-54 33% 55-64

Figure 22: Age of Visitors Figure 23: Gender of Visitors

Professional Degree Ethnicity of Visitors 4%

12% Master's SPM Others 12% 42% Degree 21% 13% Indian Malay Highest Degree Diploma 25% of Education of 25% Chinese Visitors Bachelor's Degree 46%

Figure 24: Ethnicity of Visitors Figure 25: Highest Degree of Education of Visitors

Figure 22, 23, 24 and 25 above shows the demography appropriation of visitors. Based from the pie chart, 84% of the visitors are in the age of 18 to 54 years old. While for gender of visitors there were 33% male and 67% female. Most of the visitors were Malays during the YIC Event 2017. Besides that, 46% of the visitors have bachelors degree as their maximum degree of education.

How did you know about YIC 2017?

17% Others 41% Web 42% School

Figure 26: How Did You Know About YIC 2017?

Figure 26 indicates respond of the visitors on how they know about YIC 2017. 42% of the visitors respond falls into schools groups which mean they know about YIC 2017 through their teachers, the participants, and through word of mouth. Based on the pie chart, majority of the visitors who were involved in the survey were public and guardians of the participants.

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Satisfaction of Visitors on Venue and Event 18 18 18 18 16 14 13 13 12 12 11 11 10 10 8 8 7 6 6

No. of Respondent 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Suitability Availability Cleanliness Usefulness Satisfaction of Location of Parking of Venue and of Information of Location Space Surroundings Counter Guides Comfortability Availability Helpfullness of Exhibition of food of Facilitators Hall resources Poor Below Average Average Good Very Good Figure 27: Satisfaction of Visitors on Venue and Event

Figure 27 shows the visitors response when they were surveyed about their satisfaction level on the Venue and Event. A large portion of the visitors rated good and very good for suitability of location, availability of parking space, comfortability of environment, cleanliness of venue , availability of food resources, usefulness of information counter, helpfulness of facilitators and lastly satisfaction of location guides.

How impressed were you by the following aspects of competition 20 Poor 18 18 18 Below Average 15 Average 15 Good Very Good 10 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 3 No.of Respondent 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Attractiveness Presentation The level of How much did of booth and Skill of team inventing you learn setup

Figure 28: How impressed were you by the following aspects of competition Figure 28 above shows the visitor's impression on attractiveness of booth and setup, presentation skill of team and the level of inventing. More than 22 visitors rated good and very good for attractiveness of booth and setup, presentation skill of team and the level of inventing. While most of the visitors specified that they have learned and gained information by going by Young Inventors Challenge 2017.

47 | Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 Suggestion of Next Year’s YIC 2018 Yes 24 21 No 25 20 15 10 2

No.of Respondent 5 0 0 If you have children in Would you recommend this secondary school would you competition to others to be like them to participate in YIC part of YIC as participants, 2018? visitors, mentors and volunteer? Figure 29: Suggestion of Next Year’s YIC 2018

Figure 29 above refers to suggestions for Next Year's YIC 2018 when they were surveyed. Based from the analysis above, almost all the visitors agreed to have their children to participate in YIC 2018 and will recommend this competition to others to be part of YIC as participants, visitors, mentors and volunteer.

Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 | 48 8 Judging Judges Selection

An invitation was sent to all the judges who participated in both Young Inventors Challenge and National Science Fair for Young Children via e-mail. At that time, 50 professionals agreed to contribute as a judge for Young Inventors Challenge 2017 Grand Finale. As decided by the working group committee the judging team worked independently from the working group committee. Judges Training

A Judges Training was conducted on 9th September 2017 at ASTI Secretariat Office. A total of 20 judges attended this training session before the Grand finale. The judges were given a small introduction about ASTI and YIC by Mr.Anandan Shanmugam, the project director of YIC 2017 upon their arrival. Mr.Velavan Sengodan, the Chief Judge, 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 the judges and what constitutes an invention with the aim to have a uniformed judging would be carried out uniformly.

Later on the judges were requested to mark all the reports. After marking the reports, the judging panel also brainstormed on the sets of questions to ask the participants. The training session concluded with Q&A session.

49 | Young Inventors Challenge Report Event Day Judging

In the morning, judges started arriving at 7.30am for briefing at 8.00am. That morning we had 60 judges who turned for the event, and 2 more judges for the Core Judging Panel. The judges were divided into 15 judging groups in total, each judge group were made up of 2 judges and 2 cross- judges. The judges came from varied backgrounds and organisations.

Briefing was given to the judges until 9.00am. 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 visited the Student Project Teams booths and scored the inventions based on the Judging Score Sheet. The main judging process started at 9.45am and ended at 12:30pm as planned.

The time keeping was centralised by the announcement from the emcee. Each Student Project Team were given at most 20 minutes of the judges' time, hence the Ushers guided the judges at every 20 minutes interval. Each Project Team was given 10 minutes to present, and another 5-8 minutes for Q&A by the judges. During this time, the moderating Panel of Judges visited the Student Projects Teams at random to get a general sense of the entire competition.

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 scoring Student Project Teams were then deliberated by the Panel of Judges. At 1.00pm, the Core Judging Panel visited the top 10 projects and verified the prize winning teams by 3.00pm.

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Volunteers 9 Management ASTI formed an Event Committee comprising of volunteers from various fields during the Young Inventors Challenge 2017. 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. Name Department 1 Mr. Anandan Shanmugam Project Director 2 Ms.Vanitha Vasu Event Committee Head 1 3 Ms. Umahsankaiah Muthunaikar Event Committee Head 11 4 Mr. Sakthivel Ganeson Safety & Hall Management 5 Mr. Jaganath Rajaendran Crowd Management 6 Ms. Noorul Huda Stage & Prizes Management 7 Ms. Sankari Ganesan Judging 8 Ms. Dharisinee Jegathisan F&B Management 9 Mr. Sivaraj Arumugam Traffic, Transportation & Security Department 10 Ms. Malini Ushering Department 11 Ms. Caroline Survey Department 12 Mr. Mohamed Hassan Public Relation 13 Ms. Yugeswari Krishnan Press Management 14 Mr. Kumaresan Ramakrisnan Media Management 15 Ms. Nanthini Registration Department 16 Ms. Malini Mentor Seminar Session (Saturday, 10Am-1Pm) Table 6: YIC 2017 HOD List

Before the final event, 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 28 facilitators attended the event to assist the HODs on the event day. Most of the facilitators were from UPSI and Manipal International University. All the facilitators were very helpful in making the event a success.

Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 | 5252 Funding 10 and Budget Funding

Young Inventors Challenge 2017 was supported and funded by Yayasan Hasanah, UEM Group Berhad, Malaysian Flying Academy, JACTIM Foundation, ECM Libra Foundation and Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF).

These funding organizations are the backbone of the achievement and success of the event. The funds pledged and disbursed by our major sponsors are shown in the table 7 below:

No Funders/Sponsors Grant Allocation (RM) 1 Yayasan Hasanah 50,000.00 2 UEM Group Berhad 50,000.00 3 Malaysian Flying Academy 35,000.00 4 JACTIM Foundation 25,000.00 5 ECM Libra Foundation 25,000.00 6 Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) 10,000.00 Total 195,000.00 Table 7: YIC 2017 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

53| Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 Account Statement of YIC 2017 Income Statement for the Project Period Ended 30 October 2017 Funding Income 2016 (RM) Yayasan Hasanah 50,000.00 UEM Group Berhad 50,000.00 and Budget Malaysian Flying Academy 35,000.00 10 JACTIM Foundation 25,000.00 ECM Libra Foundation 25,000.00 Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) 10,000.00 TOTAL INCOME 195,000.00 Less: Expenditure Module Development, IP generation and internal licenses 15,000.00 YIC Letter Postage 3,816.00 Judges Training 1,000.00 Online Training 10,000.00 Evaluation & Research 1,000.00 Sponsorship for SMK Rosli Dhoby 900.00 Venue 22,000.00 Exhibition Booths 28,200.24 Prizes & Souvenirs 25,560.00 Insurance (for students , mentors & volunteers) 4,482.00 Accommodation (students & volunteers) 4,560.00 Meals (students & volunteers) 12,875.00 Audio / Visual Rental 2,450.00 Designing, Printing & Promotion 8,769.02 Event Committee 5,000.00 Transportation for Event 2,350.00 Project Manager 45,738.00 Project Manager Benefit 8,572.20 Project Directors Allowance 12,000.00 Secretariat Utilities 20,000.00 Volunteers and WGC Appreciation Dinner 5,000.00 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 239,272.46 Excess of (Expenditure)/Income (44,272.46)* *The excess of expenditure was paid by Association of Science, Technology and Innovation.

Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 | 54 Achievement 11of the Project Graph Showing Comparison of Participation from YIC 2013-2017 500 480 Applications Received Shortlisted Teams 400 372 Proposals Received Final Participation 300 292 204 200 191 No.of Teams 156 145 111 117 63 80 100 56 52 67 102 14 49 18 14 12 0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Year Figure 30: Comparison of Participation from YIC 2013-2017 Figure 30 shows the growth of YIC since 2013. There is an increase in the number of applications received from 2013 to 2017. This indicates that Young Inventors Challenge has reached more people year by year as more people are interested in participating in YIC.

Figure 31 shows Singapore, 1 Indonesia, 5 applications that we had received for Johor, 39 Kedah, 17 YIC 2017 by state Kelantan, 6 Thailand, 58 and country which Melaka, 14 Philippines, 21 was overwhelming. Negeri Sembilan, 12 Teams from Pahang, 13 Selangor have Perak, 5 sent the most W.P.Kuala Lumpur, applications. YIC W.P.Putrajaya, 1 38 W.P.Labuan, 1 Pulau Pinang, 25 2017 has even Terengganu, 7 Perlis, 15 reached out to Sabah, 65 ASEAN country Selangor, 88 as there were applications from Philippines, Sarawak, 49 Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia.

Figure 31: Application received by State and Country for YIC 2017 55| Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 Achievement 11of the Project Recommendations 12 for the Future YIC Event Committee Strength and Weakness Strength Weakness • Experienced team • Space for sitting arrangement very limited • Venue was very convenient and near to as not able to accommodate seating for public transport mentor • The accommodation was near to public • For press management good response when transport and near to the venue as well follow up, but less press members turn up • Certificate presentation in booth was good for the event idea and saves times • Registration set up was delayed because the • Good teamwork and cooperation from all hall opened late facilitators • Not enough garbage bins provided • Early planning system and easy to navigate • The lights on few booths were not working • Great networking and team building • PA system in charge person arrived late • Flow for the event was well planned • Participation of students from oversea • All the rooms (secretariat room, VVIP room, judging room and teachers briefing room) located in one building and it was easy to manage with minimum facilitators. • The booth setup and hall setup was approved two days earlier and this makes the preparation to complete earlier • Respondents did not have any problems in understanding the Survey forms and they were able to answer all the questions. • Registration went on smoothly • Able to multitask at once • All volunteers were very helpful • The event went on smoothly because the students and teachers followed the instruction from the facilitators.

57| Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 YIC Working Group Committee Swot Analysis and Recommendations Strength Weakness Recommendations • Good Project Director • Funding constraint • Expending internationally to ASEAN • Food was spicy for international students countries • Emcee not provided with clear information • Attracting more variety school • Younger volunteers should manage for the Future • Effective online training separately 12 • Cost savings from online training • Poor working group attendance • Good venue for the event • Late arrival of few guest without • VVIP arrival was on time notification • Good coordination for overall YIC • Cost incurred due to withdrawal of few programme teams at the last minute • Sponsorship in kind for drinks from Milo, • Improve on Judges comments for the Revive and Calpis inventions for the inventors • Manage to save and cut cost to run the overall event • Able to manage the event with few facilitators • The event serve as training ground for younger volunteers • CIDB allowed to do the set up earlier • Strategic and cost effective hotel • Time management was good • Facebook live was good (Social media) • 480 registration and 372 proposals (100% increase) • Many committed judges • More team from Sabah and Sarawak • Implemented most of last year’s recommendation Threat Opportunity

• Funding • Possibility of more product funding • Publicity • Schools from more countries • Too many competitions • More event broadcasting • Last minute withdrawal • Schools interested to do School Level YIC (ALC) Recommendations • Look for more sponsors • Train future Project Director • Look into same venue • Automatic qualification for schools that organize school level YIC (ALC) • More publicity • Further improve and add online training • Do publicity via social media live interviews

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13 Conclusion YIC 2017 was a huge success. We had attracted some multiracial teams from various parts of Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia. We had received 480 proposals which is an increase from last year but only 117 teams were selected. From the 117 teams selected, 102 teams participated in the Grand Finale. Even the number of participating teams had increased from last year.

Our survey shows 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.

Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 | 60 57 | Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 | | Young Inventors Challenge Report 2017 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) www.asti.org.my

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