What is the competition about?
This competition aims to interest, excite and enable students to understand and experience how engineering plays a part in energy innovation. This is an annual event that provides an opportunity for Innovation for students from Secondary Schools, Junior
Colleges, Polytechnics, and ITEs to work with professional engineering and business mentors to design or invent a product to demo.
The competition will culminate in Project Displays, Final Judging and Awards Presentation at the National Engineers Day (NED) in Singapore. The competition will take the format of multiple categories
and levels.
The latest updates for the competition workshops details, photographs and videos of all the activities can be found on the Facebook page.
Engineering Innovation Challenge 2021
Previously known as Energy Innovation Challenge, this is the 5th instalment of the competition sponsored by the National Research Foundation (NRF). It is jointly organised by the Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES) and Science Centre Singapore, with
the support of the Ministry of Education.
2021 will mark the 6th year for the competition, coaching students with skills such as prototyping and product development, as well as developing their presentation and collaboration skills. Over the years, many participants have benefited while working
alongside professional practising engineers and gained valuable lessons throughout their competition journey.
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The competition involves four categories:
- Secondary Schools
- Junior Colleges
- Polytechnics and ITEs
- Singapore & International University
Teams can be made up of either individuals or a team of up to four students. All team members MUST be from the same school.
Each school may allow more than one team (up to 10) to participate.
The competition eligibility requires the student(s) compete in their respective category based on their age and the level/class they are currently attending in the year of the competition.
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EIC 2022 to be determined. Stay tuned!
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All students, who may or may not be predisposed to science, math or technology, are welcome to participate in the competition. In fact, the competition aims to inspire, motivate and encourage students to acquire basic technical expertise while challenging the more experienced students. Participants will be given the opportunity and exposure to learn a range of skills, from design and building to finance, marketing, logistics management, arts, in order to research and build their product in this competition.
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The competition creates powerful mentoring relationships between the students and professional engineers, mechanics or technicians. The pool of mentors includes professional engineers from some of the world’s most respected companies. Students get to work closely with and learn from these “stars” of the engineering world. Such meaningful involvement of adults in students' lives serves to develop their potential.
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The journey of building a prototype and going through numerous rounds of revisions with consultation from experts allows participants to gain maturity, build self-confidence and have a greater appreciation of teamwork and professionalism. Students also have fun while building a network of friends and professional mentors who continue to enrich their lives.
The experience aims to enrich students:
- understanding about science, math, teamwork, and the working world
- attitudes about teamwork to be significantly more positive than before participating in the competition season
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The Mentor’s Choice Award was introduced in EIC 2021. Mentors will do a short write-up on their respective teams they were mentoring using this template. The Mentor’s Choice Award would not be based on the participant’s actual scoring or judging criteria, but it is an award/s of its own.
Criteria
- Teams with Mentors Paired by Science Centre Singapore
- Teams in the Finals Round ( Phase C )
- Cat 1 – Cat 3
Winners of EIC 2020
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| Ranking | Team Code | School | Project Title |
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| 1st Place | S-26 | River Valley High School | GROWnite |
| 2nd Place | S-01 | School of Science and
Technology | Investigation on how the amount of ionising
radiation affects the growth rate of Vigna Radiata |
| 3rd Place | S-12 | Orchid Park Secondary
School | UV Tunnel for Sushi Conveyor Belt |
| Merit | S-11 | Orchid Park Secondary
School | Food Irradiating Container |
| Merit | S-10 | Woodlands Ring Secondary School | A Programmable UV LEDs Cultivation System for
the Growing of Irradiated Melanized Edible
Mushrooms as a Potential Source of Vitamin D |
| Merit | S-23 | Anglo Chinese School
Independent | HydroRadiation |
| Merit | S-27 | St Margaret’s Secondary
School | An Improved Insect Sterilisation System |
| Merit | S-04 | School of Science and
Technology | Development of UV Air Steriliser |
| Merit | S-03 | School of Science and
Technology Singapore | Development of a portable irradiation device for
consumables |
| Merit | S-16 | Jurong Secondary School | Using Ionising Radiation to Grow Huckleberries
in Tropical Climates |
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| Ranking |
Team Code |
School |
Project Title |
| 1st Place |
J-13 |
National Junior College |
Improving Materials for Packaging Food for
Radiation Processing |
| 2nd Place |
J-18 |
Victoria Junior College |
Increasing crop yield by reducing Arsenic
poisoning in crops |
| 3rd Place |
J-03 |
Anglo Chinese Junior
College |
Gamma |
| Merit |
J-04 |
Anglo Chinese Junior
College |
A Design of a Small Food Irradiation Device Used
in Less Developed Country to Ensure Food
Security |
| Merit |
J-05 |
Jurong Pioneer Junior
College |
Lota-X |
| Merit |
J-07 |
Jurong Pioneer Junior College |
Locusts Sterilization drone |
| Merit |
J-09 |
Jurong Pioneer Junior
College |
Irradiation in Germination |
| Merit |
J-08 |
Jurong Pioneer Junior
College |
Hydro-grow-nic |
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| Ranking |
Team Code |
School |
Project Title |
| 1st Place |
P-04 |
Temasek Polytechnic |
Food Rejuvenator |
| 2nd Place |
I-06 |
ITE College West |
Improve food security with enhanced food packing methods |
| 3rd Place |
I-04 |
ITE College East |
Photographic Film Ionizing Radiation Indicator |
| Merit |
P-02 |
Singapore Polytechnic |
Revitalize |
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| Ranking | Team Code | School | Project Title |
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| 1st Place | U-22 | National University of
Singapore | BevSafe: A hand crank-powered portable UV-C
based beverage disinfector |
| 2nd Place | U-25 | Nanyang Technological
University | BreadBuddy |
| 3rd Place | U-12 | Chindwin Technological
University Myanmar | Innovative Food Irradiation Chamber |
| Merit | U-24 | PSB Academy | Unmanned Irradiation Vehicle for Farming |
| Merit | U-19 | National University of
Singapore | Low-Cost Food Storage Rack |
| Merit | U-11 | University Tunku
Abdul Rahman | Irradiation truck |
| Merit | U-07 | Institut Teknologi
Bandung | BEAMA: Beam of Accelerated Electrons and UV
Light Sterilizer |
| Merit | U-18 | National University of
Singapore | Locust-Nator | Locust control using IR |
Winners of EIC 2019
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| Award | Team Code | School/Institution | Project Title |
| 1st | S-08 | School of Science and Technology | Development of a Photovoltaic Blue Light Delivery System for the Growth of Corals |
| 2nd | S-11 | Yuvabharathi International School | Infrared Assisted Irrigation System |
| 3rd | S-13 | Dunman High School | Robopleco |
| Merit | S-10 | Yuvabharathi International School | IR Assisted Wearable Guider for the Visually Impaired Person |
| Merit | J-15 | National Junior College | The WIFI Boosting Phone Case |
| Merit | S-02 | Anglo Chinese School (Independent) | 433-RC
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| Merit | S-03 | St. Margaret's Secondary School | Oculi Watch
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| Merit | S-05 | School of Science and Technology | Microwave Oven with Inbuilt Infrared Detection
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| Merit | S-17
| NPS International School | Employing Plasma Formation due to Microwave Resonance within Aqueous Spheres in Precision Etching Industry
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| Merit | S-15 | River Valley High School | Thermal and Solar Radiation Powered Lamp
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| Popularity | S-10 | Yuvabharathi International School | IR Assisted Wearable Guider for the Visually Impaired Person
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| Award | Team Code | School/Institution | Project Title |
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| 1st | J-13
| Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) | Tempo: A Biosensor-Integrated Mobile Application for Real-Time Pacing Feedback to Increase Training Efficiency and Reduce Overexertion Casualties |
| 2nd | J-04
| Hwa Chong Institution | Vehicooler |
| 3rd | J-22 | St. Joseph Institute | Cooking in the Sun |
| Merit | J-06 | Hwa Chong Institution | IReye |
| Merit | J-26 | NPS International School | Solar Paint |
| Merit | J-23 | Jurong Pioneer Junior College | A Stitch In Time Saves Nine |
| Merit | J-17 | National Junior College | Sun Glare Eliminating Windshield |
| Merit | J-24 | Jurong Pioneer Junior College | Clear |
| Merit | J-16 | National Junior College | 3 in 1 Phone Case |
| Merit | J-25 | Jurong Pioneer Junior College | Deep Sea Chargers |
| Popularity | J-04 | Hwa Chong Institution | Vehicooler |
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| Award | Team Code | School/Institution | Project Title |
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| 1st | I-11
| ITE College West | Self Build a Radiation Detector |
| 2nd | P-04 | Singapore Polytechnic | NEW-CLEAR and NEW-PLANT |
| 3rd | P-02 | Temasek Polytechnic | Smart Radiation Detection System |
| Merit | P-01
| Temasek Polytechnic | Radiation is Everywhere |
| Merit | I-09 | ITE College East | Smart Wear |
| Merit | I-08 | ITE College Central, School of Engineering | Low-Cost & Portable Radiation Detector for Education |
| Popularity | P-01 | Temasek Polytechnic | Radiation is Everywhere |
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| Award | Team Code | School/Institution | Project Title |
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| 1st | U–09
| National University of Singapore | Project Rad-X |
| 2nd | U-15 | PSB Academy | Underground Latent Radiation Autobot (U.L.T.R.A.) |
| 3rd | U-06 | Nanyang Technological University | Autonomous Radiation-Mapping Robot |
| Merit | U-05 | Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation | Low-Cost and Portable Ionizing Radiation Detector |
| Merit | U-07 | Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation | Portable Background Radiation Detector with GM tube and Arduino Nano |
| Merit | U-04 | Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation | A Low-Cost IOT Based Background Radiation Monitoring System |
| Merit | U-08 | Technological Institute of the Philippines | GeCo: A Compact Pocket Geiger Counter for Mobile Devices |
| Merit | U-01 | National University of Singapore | Detecting Radiation with Modified Domestic Items |
| Merit | U-02 | Chindwin College, Myanmar | Design of Digital Geiger Müller Counter |
| Merit | U-13 | Technological Institute of the Philippines | Project Raven: Semiconductor Spectral Detector for Ionizing Radiation Agents |
| Popularity | U-08 | Technological Institute of the Philippines | GeCo: A Compact Pocket Geiger Counter for Mobile Devices |