Engineering Innovation Challenge

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 a 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 the all the activities can be found at the Facebook page.

Engineering Innovation Challenge 2021

A virtual briefing and Q&A session between the organisers and the participants will be conducted. This e-briefing is open to all, students and teachers, and will be held on Wednesday, 5 May, 3pm. You can register via this link here or via the QR code below. Registrations for this e-briefing will close 3 May. Competition theme, timeline and details will be shared during the e-briefing.

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 and also 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.

Who can participate in this competition?
The competition involves four categories:
- Secondary Schools
- Junior Colleges
- Polytechnics and ITEs
- University, Singapore & International
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.

To register, click on this link.
Competition Timeline
Is prior experience or skills in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) required?

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.
Why involve a professional engineer? Why can't participants build the product on their own?

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 developing young people’s potential.
What do I benefit from participating in this competition?
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 after than before participating in the competition season

Winners of EIC 2020

Ranking	Team Code	School	Project Title
1^st Place	S-26	River Valley High School	GROWnite
2^nd Place	S-01	School of Science and Technology	Investigation on how the amount of ionising radiation affects the growth rate of Vigna Radiata
3^rd 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

Ranking	Team Code	School	Project Title
1^st Place	J-13	National Junior College	Improving Materials for Packaging Food for Radiation Processing
2^nd Place	J-18	Victoria Junior College	Increasing crop yield by reducing Arsenic poisoning in crops
3^rd 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

Ranking	Team Code	School	Project Title
1^st Place	P-04	Temasek Polytechnic	Food Rejuvenator
2^nd Place	I-06	ITE College West	Improve food security with enhanced food packing methods
3^rd Place	I-04	ITE College East	Photographic Film Ionizing Radiation Indicator
Merit	P-02	Singapore Polytechnic	Revitalize

Ranking	Team Code	School	Project Title
1^st Place	U-22	National University of Singapore	BevSafe: A hand crank-powered portable UV-C based beverage disinfector
2^nd Place	U-25	Nanyang Technological University	BreadBuddy
3^rd 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

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
Merit	S-03	St. Margaret's Secondary School	Oculi Watch
Merit	S-05	School of Science and Technology	Microwave Oven with Inbuilt Infrared Detection
Merit	S-17	NPS International School	Employing Plasma Formation due to Microwave Resonance within Aqueous Spheres in Precision Etching Industry
Merit	S-15	River Valley High School	Thermal and Solar Radiation Powered Lamp
Popularity	S-10	Yuvabharathi International School	IR Assisted Wearable Guider for the Visually Impaired Person

Award	Team Code	School/Institution	Project Title
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

Award	Team Code	School/Institution	Project Title
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

Award	Team Code	School/Institution	Project Title
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