SEEE came up tops in inaugural SMART Poly FYP Challenge 2015
21 Dec 2015
In line with Singapore’s drive towards being a SMART Nation, SP’s INDT Department launched the inaugural SMART Poly FYP Challenge in December 2015. The Challenge was aimed at encouraging students to do a project in the final year of their diploma programme using Smart Technology. Smart Technology generally uses software, electronics or mechanics to take inputs (e.g. statistics, video feed, etc.) and applies automated processing to analyse the inputs and provide useful outputs. It can come in different forms – wearable devices (e.g. smart watch, Google Glass), personalised and location-based solutions (e.g push notification apps) and autonomous robots (e.g. self-drive vehicle, drone delivery).
DEEE and DCPE students clinched the Gold ($1000), Silver ($750) and Commendation ($200) awards for their SMART project ideas. These awards were presented by Mr. Tan Peng Ann, Senior Director (Administration Cluster), at the Partners' Networking Evening event of the SP Engineering Show 2016 on 21 Jan 2016.
Gold Award ($1000)
Project Title: Intelligent Mouse Trap
Mice have been found in offices and laboratories near to the "rubbish collection points” of Singapore Polytechnic. The problem with using traps to get rid of these pests is that if the trapped mouse is not removed promptly, it will rot and give out an unpleasant smell. Deploying staff to daily check the traps tantamounts somewhat to ineffective utilisation of human resource.
DEEE students, Chng Yong Quan Edmund, Melvin Wong Yi Yang, Tan Po Lin, under the supervision of Chong Siew Ping, worked on a project called “Intelligent Mouse Trap” to tackle this problem. The project uses a sensor to detect a trapped mouse and a GSM module to send SMS to the supervisor when a mouse is trapped so that the trapped mouse can be disposed of immediately. The sensor circuit designed is “low power,” that is, it can be battery operated for weeks and at “low cost.” This project demonstrates the use of info-communication technologies to solve a real problem.
Silver Award ($750)
Project Title: Ino84SG
DEEE final year students Fong Jia Yi, Max Lee Yong Jin, Goh Kai Yao Bryan, under the supervision of Teo Shin Jen, worked on a project to create an innovative platform comprising major building blocks for smart solutions such as WiFi enabled hardware, cloud computing and data analytics. These are pitched at the right level to educate citizens and enable citizen driven innovations especially those with technically deprived background to ideate, prototype, and test co-created IoT solutions to help bring about better and smarter living.
Commendation Award ($200)
Project Title: Crowd Monitoring in SP Food Courts
DEEE final year students, Lester Lim Sheng Long, Bryen Suhardi and Ong Rong Sheng Branston, under the supervision of Tan Hak Hwee, worked on the project to monitor and display crowd density in SP food courts on a mobile phone application so that a user can avoid going to a crowded food court especially during lunch time. Using an IP camera with Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) feature, and by processing the video images from an existing camera in the food court with using video analytics to determine the crowd density, an indicator will be shown which provides the user with a better visualisation of the crowd in the Food Court.
Commendation Award ($200)
Project Title: EasyLock
DCPE students, Parmar Varun Samir, Keshav Prasath Asaithambi, Saw Thian Hwee, under the supervision of Dr Lim Joo Ghee, worked on this project to develop an IoT (Internet of Things) smart locker system that was easy to use and manage. Users were able to rent and access a locker using a smart phone. The smart phone was used to scan any available locker and rent it for a specified period of time. The phone could also lock and unlock the locker, thereby doing away with the need for a physical key. Besides winning the commendation award in the SP Smart Poly FYP Challenge, the project was also showcased in the Tech In Asia 2016 and InnovFest Unbound 2016.