SDG @ T S R E A V N I S L F O R M I N G KDN: PQ/PP100-0/14/18 2019 Issue 5 In Search Keysight CMO Ms Marie Hattar (left) and Keysight Marketing Senior Director Mr Joel Conover (right) presenting the winning prize of Excellence Special Feature Collaborations UTAR student Lim Wen Qing presenting to the judges in New York www.utar.edu.my www.facebook.com/UTARnet www.twitter.com/UTARnet www.instagram.com/UTARnet1 www.youtube.com/UTARnet www.linkedin.com/company/universiti-tunku-abdul-rahman 2019 TOP 200 #501- 600 #111-120 =117 #101- 200 =188 In Search of Excellence The UTAR team inventors of the IoT Detachable Waterway Monitoring Device The IoT Innovation Challenge From left: Ir Danny Ng, Khor Jun Bin, Au Jin Cheng, Lim Wen Qing, Yap Sheng Yao and Tan Kai Siang 2019 trophy this problem to prevent the people and the educational and the team members were very Senior Technical Editor for Aspencore Media environment from suffering the same fate hardworking and focussed. The collaborative Martin Rowe, Keysight Corporate and again in the future, the UTAR team discussed teamwork to design and put all pieces Portfolio Marketing Vice President Jeff Harris, in great length and came up with this brilliant together eventually was truly gratifying in the General Manager of Keysight Electronic Jin Cheng (left) and Wen Qing, receiving the prize on behalf of the team, invention to help monitor and report on the end. Industrial Products Christopher Cain, and from Joel Conover quality of water in the waterways. Wen Qing, on behalf of his team, said, “I Keysight Education & General Electronics Wen Qing said that, “In my opinion, find the idea behind this challenge very useful Measurement Solutions Vice President Ee First place at the Keysight IoT the two possible reasons why we won this as it greatly benefits the society and it looks Huei Sin. competition are that firstly, this device was into sustainability. The challenge was well UTAR is a not-for-profit university, so created in relation to an actual problem organised and professionally implemented the students did not have access to huge Innovation Challenge Finals in New York that took place in Malaysia. Secondly, this despite being held for the first time. funding for a start. However, these students device is modular. We have incorporated Personally, it was an amazing experience. My were ingenious and resourceful. With much TAR Lee Long Chian Faculty of conception and construction stages, UTAR team’s winning entry, the IoT three energy harvesting systems to charge team members and I feel very fortunate to hard work and determination, they exceled UEngineering and Science students Lim worked rather independently on their Detachable Waterway Monitoring Device the battery. They are solar, hydro and wind have won this challenge.” and built the device using existing resources Wen Qing, Au Jin Cheng, Yap Sheng Yao, Tan own, seeking assistance for supporting with LoRa and Self-Sustainability, is a system energy. The solar panels, wind turbine and The team’s adviser and lecturer, Ir Danny available to them. They also managed to Kai Siang and Khor Jun Bin won first (1st) resources from their advisor and lecturer device that consists of four major component water turbine are detachable. Only the Ng said that, “The IoT Keysight Challenge source a sponsor who lent them testing place in the Smart Water category at the finals Ir Danny Ng Wee Kiat. They spent hours functions which are, monitoring of the water necessary parts will be installed on the device presented an opportunity for the students equipment for the device. These students of the Keysight IoT Innovation Challenge held and brainstorming sessions looking into contents— its acidity, temperature, turbidity, depending on the environment. For example, to compete with others on the world stage. have brought much pride to their friends in in New York, USA from 21 to 22 September the intricacies of the device to ensure etc; reporting of the data using peer-to- in the forest, solar and wind energy are not The opportunity presented also enabled the faculty, their family, the university and the 2019. The winning prize was USD25,000 and that the model is tested for practicality peer LoRa Mesh network; analysis of data reliable. Thus, only a water turbine is attached our students to compete and interact with country. Well done. Keysight test equipment worth USD25,000. and precision. collected in the cloud using machine learning to the device.” students from other international universities Lim Wen Qing, Yap Sheng Yao and Au Keysight Technologies Inc sponsored two The preliminary stage of the Keysight algorithm; and energy harvesting system which He added further that, “This device was during the time spent in New York. Through Jin Cheng are Year Three students who are students from the UTAR team, Lim Wen IoT Innovation Challenge required includes solar, hydro and wind energy for self- put to actual test on a river and it worked. this challenge our students also gained currently pursuing their bachelor’s degree Qing and Au Jin Cheng for an all-expenses participants to present their design ideas sustainability of the device. We spent one week to test out the device valuable technical knowledge that will in Mechatronics Engineering. They are paid trip to New York covering the airfare, via online written and video submissions. According to the team, the node to node in the Kuala Selangor River. The judges were enhance their employability.” actively involved in the UTAR Undergraduate accommodation, meals and transportation, to It saw the participation of universities communication present in each device enables also impressed that this device is very much At the finals in New York, the students Research Scheme (URS), a scheme for UTAR present their invention at the finals before a from three regions, namely the United it to form a large sensor monitoring network. community-oriented. People can easily report demonstrated their design and systems undergraduates to train in various aspects team of judges. States, Europe, and Asia-Pacific & Greater Moreover, Machine Learning is used to analyse on any pollution found in waters by merely device at a live-streamed event before a of research project implementation. Khor The Keysight IoT Innovation Challenge China. The preliminary stage attracted the data collected for anomaly detection. using an app. They can easily gain access to panel of esteemed judges. These judges Jun Bin is also a Year Three student. He is is a design competition that challenges nearly 300 entries worldwide in both The data collected can be used to predict the the data (condition of water) as well.” include United Nations Public Information currently pursuing his bachelor’s degree in engineering students worldwide to tracks. future condition of waterways for preventive He elaborated that the most amazing Officer Ariel Alexovich, Founder & CEO of Mechatronics Engineering. Final year student conceptualise low-power sensor networks Among the countries which purposes. It is self-sustainable with the help of feat was that this device was created LunaSonde-cum-Student Innovator Jeremiah Tan Kai Siang is pursuing his bachelor’s to tackle issues brought on by today’s rapid participated in the Asia-Pacific and renewable energy integrated into the system. and built from scratch with support from Pate, Electrical Engineer and YouTube star degree in Actuarial Science. urbanisation. The competition had two Greater China region were Australia, The monitoring device is modular and can be the University. The process itself was a.k.a. “ElectroBOOM” Mehdi Sadaghdar, tracks/categories, namely The Smart Land China, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, modified based on the environment. Another challenge and The Smart Water challenge South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand. Within feature of the system device also allows and the challenge was open to all countries in this region, more than 30 universities the public and community to report on any the region of Asia Pacific and Greater China, took part in the competition. From pollution found in waters, hence making it Europe, and the USA. Malaysia alone, 10 universities, both more community-driven. The UTAR students invented a smart public and private, participated in this By creating a massive monitoring network, device that can monitor water pollutants challenge. Ultimately, the UTAR team was the team believes that the system will be able in rivers and lakes with readings that can the only team selected as the finalist from to monitor every single point from all around be downloaded (through an app) by the the Asia-Pacific and Greater China region. the world and an immediate response can be community to monitor the quality of water. A total of six teams from both tracks taken whenever the water quality reaches a This device, titled the IoT Detachable (Smart Land and Smart Water), including critical stage. Waterway Monitoring Device with LoRa UTAR, advanced to the final stage. The concept and idea, according to the and Self-Sustainability, uses natural energy The other five finalists were student UTAR winning team, was inspired by the recent sources from the sun, wind and water. It teams from Massachusetts Institute water pollution and contamination incident is truly an ingenious invention with much of Technology (MIT, USA), Stanford that took place in the state of Johor, Malaysia. From left: Au Jin Cheng and Lim Wen Qing being interviewed by Joel engineering and scientific principles applied. University (USA), Massey University Over 2,500 people were affected by gas The IoT Detachable Waterway Monitoring Device being tested at the Conover and Keysight Technologies Test Gear Expert and Content The team members, at the idea (New Zealand), Institute of Engineering & poisoning and 111 schools were closed as a Kuala Selangor River for 1 week Strategist Daniel Bogdanoff Management (India), and the University of result of illegally dumped chemical wastes in 02 | In Search of Excellence Technology of Compiègne (France).