YIC Competition 2016

YIC 2016 was held on 15^th October 2016 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 67 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 9.30 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.

While the judging and cross judging process was on going, Mentor Seminar Session took place at Lecture Theater 6 from 10.00 a.m. till 1.00 p.m. Mentors attended this seminar session. Below is the agenda of the 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 3.00 p.m. All the teams that participated were presented with Certificates of Participation by our special guests at their respective booths.

Our Guest of Honour YB Dato’ P Kamalanathan, Deputy Minister II, Ministry of Education arrived at 3.45 p.m. The VIPs who attended the event were Prof. Madya. Dr. Ramzah Dambul, Timbalan Ketua Setiausaha MOSTI, Dr.Mohamed Yunus bin Mohamed Yasin, President of ASTI, Major Dr Vineswaran Munikanan, Treasurer of ASTI, Mr.Anandan Shanmugam, Project Director of YIC 2016, Dr.Ewe Chun Te, Chief Judge of YIC 2016, Mr.Hajime Tokuda, Director and International Cultural Exchange (ICE) Committee Chairman, Jactim Foundation, Mr.Suguru Hattori, Member of ICE Committee, Jactim Foundation, Ms.Mami Saito, Member of ICE Committee, Jactim Foundation, Mr.Kanta Kuno, Secretary General, Jactim Foundation, Ms. Cindy Chow, Senior Manager – Events & Outreach Programmes; Sunway Education Group, and Mr. Jayaraman Kuppusamy, Deputy President of Perinnbam Malaysia. Ms.Rathi Devi 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 that 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.

After the speech 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 , Ms. Cindy Chow, Senior Manager – Events & Outreach Programmes, Mr.Hajime Tokuda, Director and International Cultural Exchange (ICE) Committee Chairman, Jactim Foundation, and Ms.Norazida Binti Azhar, Executive of Education of Yayasan Hasanah who were the funders of YIC 2016.

Dr. Ewe Chun Te was called on stage to give the judging feedback. He said that the judges had a tough time judging the participants. He added that the judging was done bases on creativity, innovation, presentation skills and safety features.

After that, Dr.Mohamed Yunus Yasin gave his speech and he encouraged the participants not to give up and to continue their inventive journey. Besides that, he also thanked everyone involved in YIC 2016 including the volunteers in making YIC 2016 a success.

The winning teams for Video Log Competition, Project Paper Writing, Bronze Award, Silver Award, Gold Award and Platinum Award were announced. The details of the winning teams are as below:

Champion :

Team Name : Agrarian Advancers

Team Invention Title : Solar-Powered Arduino-Based Npk Analyzer

School Name : Philippine Science High School, Bicol Region Campus

The participating teams were requested to come up with a 5 minute video documenting their inventing journey. A total of 29 teams participated in this category by submitting their videos. The details of the winning teams are as below:

CHAMPION:

Team Name : ELYIT

Project Invention Title : INFERNO 009

School Name : SMJK AVE MARIA CONVENT

1st Runner Up :

Team Name : DE-ZELBRENE1

Project Invention Title : MULTI-PURPOSED IRONING BOARD

School Name : SMK ST JOHN TUARAN

2nd Runner Up :

Team Name : MRSM TEAM

Project Invention Title : ZE-CONDS

School Name : MRSM BENTONG

CHAMPION:

Team Name : LIOYDIE FANATICS

Team Invention Title : RAIN CATCHER RING (RCR)

School Name : PHILIPPINE SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL,CAR CAMPUS

1st Runner Up :

Team Name : SMK SUNGAI TAPANG 2

Team Invention Title : THE ECO-GREEN SAMURAI,FOOD WASTE DISINTEGRATION MACHINE

School Name : SMK SUNGAI TAPANG, KUCHING

2nd Runner Up :

Team Name : GEOLOGY ROCKS

Team Invention Title :THE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY GROCERY BAG

School Name : SMK PEKAN TELIPOK