Singapore’s Smart Nation

Singapore’s Smart Nation drive swings into the energy sector. The government wants companies/institutes to test cleantech innovations in the city and to use it as a 'living lab' to test cutting-edge energy technologies.

To align with Singapore’s Smart Nation drive, as well as to promote the use of DesignSpark Software, i.e. DesignSpark PCB, DesignSpark Mechanical and DesignSpark Electrical, Republic Polytechnic School of Engineering organized a sustainable energy system design competition for students to utilize DesignSpark software to design, document and add-value to their Final Year Project (FYP).

20 FYP teams, which consisted of 4-5 students per team, have participated in the competition. The students were working on projects which are related to renewable energy, sustainable energy and energy efficiency to align with the energy efficiency seminar hosted by RS Components in 2016. Out of the 20 teams that participated in the competition, 5 teams have won an award. Winning projects are listed in the table below:

First Prize	PV system design for Golf Club Team Members: RISHIEKEYSH NAIDU HUSNURRAZIN B MOHAMAD RAZAK MUHAMMAD RAZANOOR BIN MOHAMED HISHAM AHMED SHADIQ BIN DAUD MUHAMMAD HAMKA BIN JOHARI
Second Prize	AC Smart Plug with IoT Controlling and Monitoring Team Members: DELROY NEO JIA EN KOH HUI PING ROBIN ANG KOK XIAO KANG TEO CHEE WEE
Third Prize	Water Efficiency System Team Members: LEE HAN HO, LIONEL NURUL AIN BTE ASRI LUT MIKAIL SIM AL-AN'AM BIN IBRAHIM CHAN YAN YI
Special Prize 1	Solar Power Cleaning Boat Team Members: IHTISYAMUDDIN HAZIQ BIN ABU BAKAR TEO SHI YUAN GOH YING QI JASPER ONG WUI MIN
Special Prize 2	Designing Solar Air Conditioning System Team Members: NUR MADINA BTE ABDUL RAZAK BRYAN MARK TEDDY NABIHA HUSNA BTE ARHAM LOH SONG YIN ARETHA HAN YICHOU

With the experience gained in this competition, we look forward to more participation in the future and encourage engagement with every engineering student to promote smart nation and sustainability.