Tech 4 Good Challenge is the first-ever nationwide tech challenge jointly organized by ViTrox Technologies and UTAR, and coordinated by ViTrox Academy. It is also the first national invention competition in Malaysia to be jointly organized by local technology companies and academia. The judging panel is composed of 18 senior engineers from industry, research professors from academia, and front-line practitioners in education.

The final round of the Tech 4 Good Invention Challenge was held at ViTrox Campus 2.0 in Batu Kawan on July 8, 2023. A total of 37 teams advanced to the final round, and the winning teams shared a total prize money of RM24,000. The contestants, who came from different states and backgrounds, showcased their creative projects using engineering design processes to solve real-world problems in the categories of agriculture, sustainability, and well-being.

Congratulations to the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering’s team on the achievements! First Runner Up Prize (RM1500) winner in the Agriculture Track Project: IoT Based Smart Vertical Farming System Name of Students: Loi Ming Xun, Lim Keng Yang & Goh Chan Chew Supervisor: Dr. Mohd Shahrimie Mohd Asaari.

7 August 2023 | Innovate Malaysia Design Competition 2023

Innovate Malaysia Design Competition is the largest design competition in Malaysia, open to all third year or final year degree engineering, computer science, IT, and science/mathematics students. The goal of the competition is to promote innovative culture in engineering design work, tackle real-world problems with practical engineering solutions, and churn out brightest talents for product development, further research, and commercialization.

This is an industry-driven undergraduate-level design competition led by technology companies, supported by government agencies and engineering professional bodies. This year’s competition received 191 teams from 34 universities nationwide signed up to participate in the competition in various technology domains and application areas including IC Design, Embedded Systems, IR4.0 Applications, Data Analytics & AI Applications, and Cloud/Web/Mobile Apps Design. 25 teams were shortlisted as finalist teams to compete during the event for multiple prizes offered by the industry as well as engineering professional bodies.

Congratulations to School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering’s teams on the achievements:

First Prize (RM5000, Intel Core i3 Laptop System with Microsoft Office, 256 GB SATA SSD) winner in the Embedded System Design Track

Supervisor: Dr. Ahmad Nazri Ali
Name of Students: Lum Kah Hong, Tan Shu Han and Ng Chee Kheng (Final Year Student, Electronic Engineering Program)

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Second Prize (RM3000, Intel Core i3 Laptop System with Microsoft Office, 512 GB PCle SSD) winner in the IC Design Track.

Supervisor:  Dr. Siti Fatimah Abd Rahman
Name of Students: Teoh Yong Keong (Final Year Student, Electronic Engineering Program)